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The first selection round for admissions to spring semester 2025 is now complete. The total number of admissions to Uppsala University is 59,322, compared with 56,724 admissions in the 2024 spring …

Multidrug-resistant bacteria are a growing problem, and new antibiotics are needed to continue to cure infectious diseases in the future. But how should new products be used to prevent bacteria from …

QS ( Quacquarelli Symonds ) has now released its third annual global ranking focusing on the sustainable development performance of higher education institutions, the QS Sustainability Ranking. …

Camelia Dewan, Assistant Professor at the Department of Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology, has been granted funding from Formas for the four-year long research project Toxic Foods: An Ethnographic …

A researcher at Uppsala University has discovered four new mushrooms for science, three of which are found in Sweden – where they are already threatened with extinction. It is a case of hidden species …

How is Christianity taught in French upper secondary schools? That is the question Henrik Edgren will be exploring for four months in Angers. The exchange visit is part of long-standing cooperation …

Curious about this year’s Nobel Prizes in Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine and Economics? Several of the 2024 laureates will give lectures in Uppsala on 13 December. The lectures are open to all and …

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to three researchers who have revolutionised protein research in various ways. Two of them are behind AlphaFold, an AI model that is also being used by …

The Swedish Research Council has awarded SEK 30 million to an interdisciplinary research environment at Uppsala University. The project titled From minerals to functional magnets is being …

In an international collaboration, researchers at Uppsala University have been able to identify undigested food remains, plants and prey in the fossilised faeces of dinosaurs. These analyses of …