Nominate for the Distinguished Teaching Award 2026
Nominate your best teacher for the Uppsala University Distinguished Teaching Award and help us encourage and support skilful and inspiring teachers!
Uppsala University annually awards five prizes for outstanding contributions within education at basic level as well as advanced level.
The prizes of SEK 20,000 each will be awarded in the autumn. Four of the prizes are allocated to teachers in the following fields:
- theology, humanities and educational sciences
- law and social sciences
- medicine and pharmacy
- mathematics, science and technology
The fifth prize is awarded to pedagogical contributions within a particularly prioritised field chosen and announced annually. This prize is called The Independent Distinguished Teaching Award. The prioritised field in 2026 is Examination that promotes student learning.
The nomination form will be open until 10 March 2026.
In May 2026 we will present the winners of the Pedagogical Awards 2026.
Nominate for the Distinguished Teaching Award
Categories of nomination
Teachers who, according to one or several of the stated categories can be nominated.
1. Contributions to teaching
A recognised interest in and commitment to pedagogical development, as well as a recognised skill in teaching which involves the ability to reach excellent results through teaching.
2. Collaboration with colleagues and/or students towards pedagogical development
A recognised interest in and commitment to pedagogical development at the department in collaboration with colleagues and students.
3. Pedagogical leadership
A clear and acknowledged ability for pedagogical leadership with a recognised interest in and commitment to advancing the development of teaching.
4. Dissemination of positive models and results from pedagogical development
A recognised interest in and commitment to the dissemination of positive examples of pedagogical development into forums outside of one’s own department/university.
Nominate for the Independent Distinguished Teaching Award
The Intependent Distinguished Teaching Award recognises educational achievements in an area chosen for special priority each year. The prioritised area in 2026 "Examination that promotes student learning".
Nominations should include a clear and specific description of how the nominee’s educational activities have developed methods in examination that promote student learning.
In addition to the regular nomination criteria, to qualify for 2026 year’s theme, nominees must have engaged in educational development and/or teaching that has developed, implemented or contributed to methods in examination that promote student learning. This implies an examination that:
- has a clear alignment with the intended learning outcomes of the course and the teaching/learning activities
- promotes reflection and development of independent and critical thinking in students
- applies varied forms of knowledge and skills assessment.