A festive welcome to all the new students
A full day in the University Main Building in Uppsala marked the beginning of the semester for all new students from near and far. A welcome was extended in the morning to students in the international master’s programmes and in the afternoon to students starting national educational programmes and courses. In Visby, the students were welcomed in the St. Nicholas ruin.
from the Netherlands, both studying conservation
and ecology.
On Friday, 30 August, the welcome programme took place in the University Main Building. Attendees filled the auditorium to overflowing at both welcome ceremonies. In between many took the opportunity to obtain information from various exhibitors in the University Main Building – from the Student Health Service and the municipality to sports associations and choirs. A total of 60 student organisations, nations, unions, university units and other organisations related to student life participated.
On Campus Gotland in Visby, students were welcomed on 2 September. First there was a gathering at Rindiborgen, the Students’ Union building, and then a hike to the welcome reception in the St. Nicolai Ruin. To create the right medieval atmosphere, Vice-Chancellor Eva Åkesson led the hike on horseback.
Photo: Mikael Wallerstedt
More admissions than last year
Uppsala University admitted a total of 44,893 students to the autumn semester. Compared with the 42,771 admitted students to the autumn semester in 2018, this represents an increase of 4.96 per cent. Campus Gotland has 6,450 students admitted, an increase of 3.6 per cent compared with the autumn of 2018, when it had 6,226 students admitted after the second round of admissions.
The programmes with the highest merit rating are the medical programme, psychology programme, economics bachelor’s programme, the law programme, the bachelor’s programmes in media, communications and journalism, and the bachelor’s programme in computer science.
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Close to 45,000 students admitted for the autumn semester
Welcome to all our new international scholarship holders
Annica Hulth