Long-term development through strategic partnerships
Uppsala University has strategic partnerships with a number of companies and organisations. (See which ones further down the page.) The ambition is to continuously develop these collaborations to contribute to societal benefit and innovation while strengthening the university's research and education.
The partnership anchors long-term cooperation, for example through research and development projects; increased mobility in the form of guest professorships and industrial PhD students and direct knowledge exchange through study visits, guest lectures as well as an industry-specific point of view on the content of the education at the university to match the needs of the labour market.
The partnerships are based on joint and mutual intentions. They aim to create mutual knowledge development, make joint work visible, draw attention to results and strengthen the research carried out within the partnership.
The strategic partnerships also work to spread the experiences from previous projects, develop and establish new forms of collaboration and find new areas within the university for collaboration.
Partnerships are concluded with larger companies or public organisations to enrich the university's research and education. They are characterised by a large breadth that includes several fields of science and subjects. The initiative for a partnership can either be taken from Uppsala University's management or from an external partner.
Benefit from the partnerships
The partnerships exist to make it easier for the external parties to get in touch directly with researchers and students at the university.
If you have an idea about collaboration, or just want to know more about the partnerships and the opportunities available, you are welcome to contact the partnership leaders at Uppsala University. You will find their contact details under the respective partnerships below.
New strategic partnership for the good of cultural heritage
Uppsala University and the Swedish National Heritage Board have signed a letter of intent on cooperation in the area of cultural heritage research. Visby will be the node for this close cooperation between in cultural heritage research and practice.
News article: A step towards a strategic partnership for the good of cultural heritage
The strategic partnerships of Uppsala University
Alleima
Uppsala University's partnership with Alleima involves joint commitments for long-term collaboration within research, education and innovation. The strategic partnership will contribute to the recruitment of specialist competence, continued joint research in materials science – and within related areas – as well as increased mobility through, for example, industrial PhD students, guest lecturers and study visits.
The partnership also aims to find new areas for collaboration where the university can work together with Alleima to meet the challenges in the transition to a sustainable society and a circular economy.
The partnership with Alleima was established in April 2024.
Partnership manager at Uppsala University:
Urban Wiklund, professor of materials science at the Department of Materials Science at Uppsala University e-mail: urban.wiklund@angstrom.uu.se, phone: 018-471 3092
Partnership leader at Uppsala University:
Fredrik Engelmark, collaboration manager at the Division for Research and Partnership Support, fredrik.engelmark@uu.se, telephone 018-471 7158
Cytiva in Sweden
Uppsala University and Cytiva (formerly GE Healthcare Life Science, Amersham Biosciences, Pharmacia Biotech) have collaborated for several decades, where research from the university has contributed to the development of several of Cytiva’s products that promote the development and production of medicines, and Cytiva has been an attractive employer for former students from Uppsala University over the years. The collaboration covers areas such as research, education and competence provision, through, among other things, the Testa Center, the competence center AM4Life, guest lectures and theses.
The strategic partnership, which was established in November 2024, aims to strengthen these areas, promote knowledge exchange and create new innovations for the development of transformative medicines. The partnership must also act as a catalyst for extended cooperation and be able to adapt to new needs and opportunities.
Aims of the partnership
The strategic partnership between Uppsala University and Cytiva will contribute to:
- Deepen the cooperation within various educational programmes
- Increase the number of joint research projects
- Attract external funding to strengthen research and education
- Drive the development of new innovations
- Explore and establish new areas for collaboration
- Promote skills development for employees in both academia and the industry
- Identify and develop cooperation on strategically important issues
AIMday 2025
In the spring of 2025, an AIMday will be arranged within the partnership, as part of developing the activity plan. Read more here: https://aimday.se/uu-cytiva-partnerskap-2025/
Partnership manager at Uppsala University
Helena Danielson, Professor at Department of Chemistry – BMC
email: helena.danielson@kemi.uu.se, phone: 018-471 45 45
Partnership leader at Uppsala University:
Helena Bysell, Collaboration manager at the Division for Research and Partnership Support, email: helena.bysell@uu.se, phone: 018-471 7158
Hitachi Energy
Uppsala University's partnership with Hitachi Energy focuses on research, competence development, recruitment and communication.
Partnership manager at Uppsala University:
Saman Majdi, Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering at Uppsala University, e-mail: saman.majdi@angstrom.uu.se, telephone: 018-471 58 54.
Partnership leader at Uppsala University:
Petter Bertilsson Forsberg, collaboration manager at the Division for Research and Partnership Support petter.forsberg@uu.se, telephone 073-648 49 19.
Region Gotland
The focus areas for collaboration between the University and Region Gotland are:
- Supporting an attractive island with room for development and environmental aspects for the society as well as for the University
- Mutual knowledge exchange
- Research and innovation
FRUGO is a project that Region Gotland, Uppsala University and Tillväxt Gotland are running together during the years 2024-2027 and that targets a strengthened business sector; increased research and development capacity; and sustainable development on Gotland. The project is part of the activities within the strategic partnership.
Partnership manager at Uppsala University:
Olle Jansson, Head of department at Department of Game Design, phone: 073-4619063, e-mail: olle.jansson@speldesign.uu.se
Partnership leader at Uppsala University:
Gustav Melén at the Division for Research and Partnership Support, phone: 018-471 7052, e-mail: gustav.melen@uu.se
Uppsala kommun
The partnership with Uppsala municipality has sustainable community building as a special collaboration theme, but also includes activities and forms of collaboration in other areas.
Partnership manager at Uppsala University:
Esbjörn Larsson, professor at Department of Education, phone: 018-471 7628, e-mail: esbjorn.larsson@edu.uu.se
Partnership leader at Uppsala University:
Anette Persson Stache at the Division for Research and Partnership Support, phone: 018-471 1820, e-mail: anette.stache@uu.se
Volvo Car Corporation
Uppsala University's partnership with Volvo Car Corporation involves joint commitments to, among other things, collaborate within research, education and innovation. In the long term, the strategic partnership hopes contribute to the recruitment of well-educated engineers but also to effective research with the goal that existing and future technologies will contribute to economic and sustainable growth as well as good competitiveness.
The partnership with Volvo Car Corporation was established in April 2022.
Partnership manager at Uppsala University:
Erik Berg, professor at the Department of Chemistry – Ångström Laboratory, erik.j.berg@kemi.uu.se
Partnership leader at Uppsala University:
Petter Bertilsson Forsberg, collaboration manager at the Division for Research and Partnership Support, petter.forsberg@uu.se, telephone 073-648 49 19.