Universum is a building at the campus of

Umeå University Umeå University ( sv, Umeå universitet; Ume Sami: ) is a public research university located in Umeå, in the mid-northern region of Sweden. The university was founded in 1965 and is the fifth oldest within Sweden's present borders. As of 2 ...

, in

Umeå Umeå ( , , , locally ; South Westrobothnian: ;). fi, Uumaja; sju, Ubmeje; sma, Upmeje; se, Ubmi) is a city in northeast Sweden. It is the seat of Umeå Municipality and the capital of Västerbotten County. Situated on the Ume River, U ...

, Sweden, which contains the

auditorium An auditorium is a room built to enable an audience to hear and watch performances. For movie theatres, the number of auditoria (or auditoriums) is expressed as the number of screens. Auditoria can be found in entertainment venues, community ...

Aula Nordica, the offices of the student unions, a

dining hall A cafeteria, sometimes called a canteen outside the U.S., is a type of food service location in which there is little or no waiting staff table service, whether a restaurant or within an institution such as a large office building or schoo ...

, a cafeteria and group study rooms. The building is owned by the government-owned property company Akademiska Hus. The first phase of the construction was completed in 1970. The auditorium extension was drafted by Arkinova Architects and was constructed in 1996-97. In September, 2006, Universum was reinaugurated after a major renovation.

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{{Umeå Buildings and structures in Umeå