Facts & Figures 2019

This is UPPSALA UNIVERSITY

Uppsala University is a meeting place for knowledge, culture and critical dialogue. Our mission is to gain and disseminate knowledge for the benefit of humankind and for a better world. • Excellence in research and education across a broad range of subjects • Sustainable solutions to the challenges facing society • Cross-disciplinary cooperation • Integrated educational and research environment • Active external collaboration • Balance between disciplinary breadth and depth, diversity and specialisation, education and research, local, national and global roles • Working environment and leadership characterised by openness, responsibility and trust • Principles of collegiality and student influence • Activities characterised by equal opportunities, gender equality and the equal value of all people • Core values: integrity and critical thinking, openness and diversity, democracy and justice QUALITY since 1477

• The first university in Sweden – founded in 1477 • One of the world’s top 100 universities • Active, systematic quality improvements • Wide range of courses • Interdisciplinary campus areas • International Master’s programmes • Student exchange and research cooperation with universities throughout the world • Key collaborative partner for business and society • International networks: U4, Coimbra, Matariki, Sanord, The Guild • Centres and offices: Shanghai and Hanoi • Turnover 2018: SEK 7.1 billion (EUR 688 m) – about 70% research and PhD studies: SEK 5.0 billion (EUR 485 m) • No of employees 2018: 7,108 • Facilities 2018: 395,000 square metres Turnover and full-time equivalent Income in 2018 by activity. employees 2014–2018 Total SEK 7,061 m. 8,000

7,000

6,000 Bachelor’s and Master’s level education 29% 5,000 Contract education 1% 4,000 Research and PhD 3,000 programmes 69% Contract research 1% 2,000

1,000

0 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Turnover, total (SEK m) Turnover, research (SEK m) Turnover, education (SEK m) No of full-time equivalent employees

Research grant income in 2018 by funding body. Total SEK 2,312 m.

Swedish Research Council 34% Swedish Cancer Society 3% Wallenberg Foundations 9% Swedish Research Council Formas 3% EU 9% Swedish Foundation for Humanities Own foundations 8% and Social Sciences 3% Vinnova 2% Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research 4% Forte 1% Royal Institute of Technology 4% Sida 1% Swedish Energy Agency 4% Other funding bodies 17% World-leading RESEARCH

• International cutting-edge research in nine faculties • Research addressing both fundamental scientific questions and societal challenges • Strong research environments • Specialisation and multidisciplinary collaboration • National and international research collaboration • 55% of research funded by external sources in 2018 • Increasing research grants • Involved in three EIT Knowledge and Innovation Communities: EIT InnoEnergy, EIT Raw Materials and EIT Health • Involved in ten national strategic research areas • Large share of grants from Swedish Research Council in 2018 • Around 40 ERC grants • 32 new EU Horizon 2020 projects in 2018 • Peer-reviewed scientific publications in 2018: 5,099 • No of PhD students 2018: 2,342. Degrees: 363 • No of teachers 2018: 1,906 full-time equivalents (43% women) – including 606 full professors (30% women) Value of EU projects granted to Uppsala University 2007–2018

30

25

20

15 EUR million 10

5

0 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 ERC projects EU projects excluding ERC

Uppsala University’s share (%) of total contract value of free project grants allocated by Swedish Research Council 2014–2018 % 25

20

2014 15 2015 2016 10 2017 2018 5

0 Humanities and Social Medicine and Health Natural and Engineering Sciences Sciences + Educational Sciences Swedish Research Council research field classification First-class EDUCATION

• Wide range of courses and programmes from undergraduate to doctoral level in nine faculties • Lifelong learning through continuing education • Dedicated investments in high quality • Stimulating study environment • Educational development with active student participation • 144 study programmes at Bachelor’s and Master’s levels • 1,922 freestanding courses • 40 different languages taught • 43,910 registered students in 2018 (24,534 full-time equivalents), 25% at Master’s level • Most popular programmes: law, medicine, psychology • Degrees conferred in 2018: 5,320 (51% at Master’s level) • 50 international Master’s programmes and more than 780 freestanding courses in English • Student exchange agreements with 400 universities around the world • 1,461 incoming exchange students and 1,072 outgoing • 1,120 fee-paying international students in 2018 No of full-time equivalent students Tuition fee-paying students 2014–2018 per disciplinary domain 2014–2018

16,000 700 14,000 s 600 12,000 500 10,000 400 8,000 300 6,000

4,000 200

2,000 Full-time equivalent student 100

0 0 Humanities and Medicine and Science and 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Social Sciences Pharmacy Technology Antal Helårsstudenter 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

No of Bachelor’s and Master’s exchange No of students registered in PhD programmes programme students 2014–2018 with activity level of 1% or more 2014–2018

1,800 1,000 1,600 1,400 800 1,200 1,000 600 Anta l 800 400 600 400 200 200

0 0 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Humanities and Medicine and Science and Incoming women Incoming men Social Sciences Pharmacy Technology Outgoing women Outgoing men 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 BenefitingSOCIETY

• Knowledge exchanges with business and society • Interaction and partnership for mutual benefit with actors in private sector, public sector and civil society • Organised collaboration platforms as well as separate initiatives • Examples of collaborative partners in the region: Uppsala University Hospital, National Veterinary Institute, National Food Agency, Medical Products Agency, Geological Survey of Sweden, City of Uppsala and Region Gotland • Life science cluster in the Stockholm–Uppsala region includes five universities, hundreds of companies, university hospitals and innovation support functions • UU Innovation – organisation for supporting commercialisation and collaboration with the business community • Uppsala University Holding – part-owner of companies in biotech, life sciences, materials science, space tech, renewable energy, social sciences and humanities • 33 new student-started companies in 2018 • Continuing education courses • Contacts with alumni – 26,000 alumni in global network • 400,000 visitors to Uppsala University’s museums and gardens in 2018

CAMPUS Areas

The Ångström Uppsala Uppsala Biomedical Segerstedt Geo Centre Campus Evolutionary Biology Laboratory Science Park Centre (BMC) Building Blåsenhus Centre (EBC) Botanical Garden

English Park Campus

Ekonomikum – Centre for Economic Sciences

Information Technology Centre (ITC)

The Rudbeck Laboratory

Uppsala University Hospital

Uppsala Castle Carolina Rediviva (Uppsala University Library)

The Munken Block University Campus Museum Main Building Gamla To rget Gustavianum The Ångström Uppsala Uppsala Biomedical Segerstedt Geo Centre Campus Evolutionary Biology Laboratory Science Park Centre (BMC) Building Blåsenhus Centre (EBC) Botanical Garden

English Park Campus

Ekonomikum – Centre for Economic Sciences

Information Technology Centre (ITC)

The Rudbeck Campus Gotland (Visby) Laboratory

Uppsala University Hospital

Uppsala Castle Carolina Rediviva (Uppsala University Library)

The Munken Block University Campus Museum Main Building Gamla To rget Gustavianum Humanities and Social Sciences Social and Economic Geography Faculty of Arts Sociology ALM – (Archives, Libraries, Museums) Statistics Archaeology and Ancient History Faculty of Theology Art History Theology Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology Game Design Medicine and Pharmacy History Faculty of Medicine History of Science and Ideas Immunology, Genetics and Pathology Literature Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology Musicology Medical Cell Biology DEPARTMENTS Philosophy Medical Sciences Faculty of Educational Sciences Neuroscience Education Public Health and Caring Sciences Surgical Sciences Faculty of Languages Women’s and Children’s Health English Linguistics and Philology Faculty of Pharmacy Modern Languages Medicinal Chemistry Faculties and Scandinavian Languages Pharmaceutical Biosciences Pharmacy Faculty of Law Law Science and Technology Faculty of Science and Technology Faculty of Social Sciences Biology Education Centre Business Studies Cell and Molecular Biology Economics Chemistry, BMC Economic History Chemistry, Ångström Food, Nutrition and Dietetics Earth Sciences Government Ecology and Genetics Housing and Urban Research Engineering Sciences Informatics and Media Information Technology Peace and Conflict Research Mathematics Psychology Organismal Biology Physics and Astronomy

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