“CERN is like Disneyland for physicists”
Particle physicist Rebeca Gonzalez Suarez had a dream start to her research career. As a doctoral student, she worked on the experiments at CERN that confirmed the existence of the Higgs boson and led to François Englert and Peter Higgs being awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2013. The year after that historic breakthrough, she helped discover another new physics process.
The world comes to Uppsala University
In autumn 2025, 731 exchange students from 42 countries will study at Uppsala University. Most come from Germany, France, the Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom. Australia, Singapore and Japan are the countries outside Europe that send most students to Uppsala University.
Exploring unknown plants in the tropics of South America
VIDEO. Professor of Biology Bertil Ståhl has taught on Gotland for many years but has devoted his research career to exploring scientifically unknown plants in tropical South America. His research is helping to map the diversity of the biosphere – and one of his most unique discoveries, a new plant from the Ecuadorian rainforest, now bears his name.
Uppsala – a hub for battery research
Batteries are key to the energy transition and the batteries of the future need to be made from sustainable materials. At the heart of this development we find a research group at Uppsala University. Kristina Edström, Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, and Daniel Brandell, Professor of Materials Chemistry, discuss the future of batteries and the challenges facing this research.
Students from Uppsala took part in excavating a ringfort in Ireland
Five archaeology students from Uppsala University took part in the excavation of a ringfort in Ireland this past summer. The two-week summer course is the result of a collaboration between Galway University and Uppsala University through the international network Enlight.
New larks revealed in Africa
Researchers at Uppsala University, together with colleagues at the Swedish Museum of Natural History, the University of Gothenburg, and institutions in seven other countries, have studied the relationships between five closely related species of larks that occur in Africa south of the Sahara.
Analysis of tools rewrites the history of Easter Island
Easter Island was in contact with both Polynesia and South America as early as 800 years ago. This is demonstrated by research conducted in collaboration between Professor Helene Martinsson-Wallin of Uppsala University and colleagues in Chile. The research was presented in the prominent journal PlosOne in March 2024.
How can we understand marine life and what happens there?
And what is the human impact on these environments? These are core questions in Lina Mtwana Nordlund’s research. Like a spider in the web, she weaves together different research fields and links together researchers from all over the world.
Uppsala Student of the Year studying space medicine in the US
The Uppsala Student of the Year 2025 is Josephine Maglio. She is a student in the Master's Programme in Molecular Biotechnology Engineering and is currently working on her Master’s thesis in space medicine at NASA in the United States. The Uppsala Student of the Year scholarship of SEK 150,000 is awarded by the Anders Wall Foundation.
A researcher explains: why are some volcanoes extremely dangerous?
Suddenly and entirely without warning, the Merapi volcano on the island of Java in Indonesia can erupt violently. In the last 100 years alone, over 1,500 people have died as a result of it. In the “ROTT'N'ROCK” research project, volcano researcher Valentin Troll seeks answers to why some volcanoes are so unpredictable and dangerous.
Carta marina
The Carta marina was printed in Venice 1539. It was the first map that depicted the Nordic countries more or less correctly. The creator of the map was the Swedish clergyman Olaus Magnus (1490–1557). He worked on the map for twelve years and added descriptions in Latin, Italian and German.
The map went missing for several centuries until a copy was found in 1886 in the Hof- und Staatsbibliothek in Munich, where it is still preserved. 75 years later, a second copy was found, which Uppsala University Library acquired in 1962 from Switzerland.
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International opportunities for students
Students at Uppsala University have the opportunity to pursue parts of their education abroad. There are several options – exchanges, internships, field studies or independent projects.
International mobility for members of staff
Members of staff at Uppsala University have the opportunity to gain international experience through various programmes. There are several options – exchange programmes, hosting foreign visitors or participating in international networks.
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