Official opening of Uppsala University – Campus Gotland 1 July

The merging of Gotland University and Uppsala University is celebrated 1 July in Visby with a full day of events. The opening ceremony will be held in the morning with entertainment and the roll call of the first ever students at Campus Gotland. Interesting seminars will follow during the rest of the day. Come and join us!

“Campus Gotland must be an integrated part of Uppsala University. Our vision is to create a unique profile within our University and a long-term, competitive operation on Gotland, thereby contributing to the development of Sweden as a nation of knowledge”, says Eva Åkesson, Vice-Chancellor of Uppsala University.

Thanks to its placement in the Baltic Sea, Campus Gotland and its small-scale and multi-disciplinary environment will become a unique part of Uppsala University. It shall house an academic environment for research and education with the same level of quality as the Universtiy as a whole. Campus Gotland will function as a greenhouse for developing good ideas that can benefit the entire University, with particular focus on development of web-based learning and Liberal Arts education.

“The merger is a historic event and I am confident that operations at Campus Gotland will enrich Uppsala University’s continued development”, says Eva Åkesson.

Opening ceremony 1 July:

(Events held in English in italics.)

Uppsala University Campus Gotland, by the main entrance, Cramérgatan 3:
08.00–08.45 Opening ceremony and entertainment. Roll call for the first ever students at Campus Gotland.

Uppsala University Campus Gotland, Studentcentrum, by the town square:
09.00–10.00 Panel discussion: Who will take responsibility for our cultural heritage? (Swedish)
11.00–12.00 Seminar and panel discussion: What can Sweden do to prevent armed conflicts in the world? (Swedish and English)
12.00–13.00 Lunch break
13.00–14.00 Seminar in collaboration with the Swedish Institute (Swedish)
15.30–16.30 Panel discussion: Universities of the future – more, fewer or unnecessary? (Swedish)
17.00–18.00 Panel discussion: Universities as bridge-builders in the Baltic Sea region (English)

Uppsala University Campus Gotland, Björkanderska, Skeppsbron, F14:
13.00–13.50 Tillväxtforum 2013: Mining tax or extraction fee – for a sustainable Swedish mining strategy (Swedish)
14.00–14.50 Tillväxtforum 2013: Is it possible to reach agreement on Ojnareskogen? (Swedish)
15.00–15.50 Tillväxtforum 2013: Common cause - working with values for sustainability and justice (Swedish and English)

The opening ceremony for Uppsala University Campus Gotland is part of the Almedalen week in Visby. See Uppsala University’s full list of events during the week.