Campus Gotland in brief
On Campus Gotland, education and research are carried out in the three disciplinary domains in seven of the university’s nine faculties and in about 15 departments.
Campus Gotland is an integrated part of Uppsala University, where departments and faculties pursue education and research. At the same time, via its location in the middle of the Baltic Sea, the Visby World Heritage Site and the small-scale, multi and cross-disciplinary environment, Campus Gotland is a unique part of Uppsala University.
Campus Gotland is one of six development goals in the area 'renewing education and research' in Goals and strategies for Uppsala University. Above all, it deals with the fact that education and research environment at Campus Gotland offers particularly good opportunities for testing new paths and exploiting the potential of multi- and interdisciplinarity, regional collaboration and sustainable development.
Campus Gotland has approximately 1,900 full-time students, about 1,200 of whom are on-campus students; and around 270 employees, 190 of whom are researchers and teachers, as well as an administrative division with around 80 employees. Of about 1,200 full-year students studying on campus (i.e. not distance students), around 25% are estimated to be international students (2024/2025 academic year).
There are currently around 15 University departments operating at Campus Gotland. The Department of Game Design is located entirely in Visby.
Numbers
All discipline of domains are represented on campus, i.e.
Education
At Campus Gotland you can study subjects within the humanities, law, technology and sciences, social sciences, languages, game design and educational sciences. At present, 17 Bachelor-level programmes (first cycle), 8 Master’s-level programmes (second cycle), and about 250 standalone courses per academic year.
Research
Research is carried out at most university departments operating in Visby. However, it is the research in a couple of subjects that is unique to Campus Gotland, namely in wind energy, conservation and in game design.
Collaboration
Through Campus Gotland, the University wants an important role in the regional development. Among other things, it is about developing the interaction with Gotland society. This coincides with the University's mission, goals and strategies for Campus Gotland.
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Sustainable development
Uppsala University has a legal responsibility to support sustainable development. Campus Gotland aims at contributing to this mission by developing research, education and collaboration in the field.
Campus Gotland in numbers
At the present time, some 15 university departments are operating at Campus Gotland. All the respective areas of research are represented on campus.
