Collaboration at the Faculty of Educational Sciences
We work with municipalities, county councils, government agencies and the business community in many different ways.
Partner preschools, partner schools and business-based education (VFU)
The purpose is to collaborate on VFU in teacher training, to start collaborations between teachers and researchers and for the university to offer competence development for partner preschools and partner schools' teachers.
Business-based education (VFU) in the teacher programmes (in Swedish)
Internationalisation of schools
The Centre for Professional Development and Internationalisation in Schools (information in Swedish) works to ensure that internationalisation is a concrete reality in schools. Courses, seminars and conferences are arranged in Sweden and abroad, and tailored continuing education is provided for individual teachers, teams of teachers, schools and municipalities.
Contract education
We collaborate with municipalities, regions, businesses and authorities and offer courses for skills development and contract education.
Contract education at the Department of Education (in Swedish)
The ULF agreement
ULF is a national project that developes and tests sustainable collaboration models between academia and the school or school system regarding research, school activities and teacher education. Uppsala university is one of 27 higher education institutions that are participating in the project, together with a large number of municipalities/school authorities.
The ULF agreement's national website
Forum for Community Engagement
FoSam (Forum för Skolsamverkan) is an arena for regional collaboration between Uppsala University and seven municipalities: Enköping, Heby, Knivsta, Sigtuna, Tierp, Uppsala and Östhammar. FoSam is jointly funded by Uppsala University through the Faculty of Educational Sciences and the municipalities.
The operations initiate/support/propel mutually enriching collaborative projects, primarily in research and with a focus on professional development and operational improvement in the field of preschools/schools.
Stay in touch
Uppsala University has several international alumni chapters across the world as well as alumni associations connected with different subject areas or departments.
By being a member of an alumni association you can stay in contact with your study programme and your friends from your time in Uppsala. You will receive information about developments in your area of study and invitations to events organised by the association.
The Uppsala University Alumni Network is a global network for former students and staff at Uppsala University.