Umeå University (; Ume Sami: ) is a

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located in

Umeå Umeå ( , , , locally ; ; ; ; ) is a city in northeast Sweden. It is the seat of Umeå Municipality and the capital of Västerbotten County. Situated on the Ume River, Umeå is the largest Urban areas in Sweden, locality in Norrland and the t ...

, in the mid-northern region of

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

. The university was founded in 1965 and is the fifth oldest within Sweden's present borders. As of 2015, Umeå University has over 36,000 registered students (approximately 16,000 full-time students), including those at the postgraduate and doctoral level. It has more than 4,000 employees, half of which are teachers/researchers, including 310 professors. Internationally, the university is known for research relating to the genome of the poplar tree and the

Norway Spruce ''Picea abies'', the Norway spruce or European spruce, is a species of spruce native to Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. It has branchlets that typically hang downwards, and the largest cones of any spruce, 9–17 cm long. It is very clo ...

, and its highly ranked Institute of (industrial) Design.

Organisation

The highest branch at Umeå University is the University Board of Directors. The board includes eight members (including the board chairman) appointed by the government, the vice-chancellor, three representatives for the teachers, three for other employees, and three for the students. The University Management consists of the

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( rector), pro-vice-chancellor, deputy vice-chancellors, senior advisers and the university director. The university has four

faculties Faculty or faculties may refer to: Academia * Faculty (academic staff), professors, researchers, and teachers of a given university or college (North American usage) * Faculty (division), a large department of a university by field of study (us ...

and eight campus schools, more than 20 research centers and 36 departments. Most education and research are located at the main campus and

Umeå Arts Campus Umeå Arts Campus is the name of a former industry area that recently (2009–2012) was rebuilt to house several of the arts educations at Umeå University in Sweden. The arts campus will be an education center for architecture, design and artwor ...

in Umeå, with additional campuses in the cities of

Skellefteå Skellefteå (, locally ) is a Cities in Sweden, city in Västerbotten County, Sweden, with a population of 36,388. It is the seat of Skellefteå Municipality, which had 77,322 inhabitants in 2024. The city is historically industrial, with mining ...

and

Örnsköldsvik Örnsköldsvik (; ), often shortened to just Ö-vik, is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Örnsköldsvik Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden, with 32,953 inhabitants in 2017. Its natural harbour and archipelago is in th ...

. The total number of students enlisted to some of the 50 different study programs and 800 separate courses exceeds 34,000.

Faculties

The university today has four

, listed below in alphabetic order: * Faculty of Arts * Faculty of Medicine * Faculty of Science and Technology * Faculty of Social Sciences The faculties in turn consist of a total of 36 departments, these are: * Department of Applied Educational Science * Department of Applied Physics and Electronics * Department of Biobank Research * Department of Chemistry * Department of Clinical Microbiology * Department of Clinical Sciences * Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation * Department of Computing Science * Department of Creative Studies (Teacher Education) * Department of Culture and Media Studies * Department of Ecology and Environmental Science * Department of Education * Department of Epidemiology and Global Health * Department of Food, Nutrition and Culinary Science * Department of Geography * Department of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies * Department of Informatics * Department of Integrative Medical Biology (IMB) * Department of Language Studies * Department of Law * Department of Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics * Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics * Department of Medical Biosciences * Department of Molecular Biology * Department of Nursing * Department of Odontology * Department of Physics * Department of Plant Physiology * Department of Political Science * Department of Psychology * Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine * Department of Radiation Sciences * Department of Science and Mathematics Education * Department of Social Work * Department of Sociology * Department of Surgical and Perioperative Sciences

Schools

Umeå University has eight Campus Schools, listed below in alphabetical order: *

Umeå Institute of Design The Umeå Institute of Design, UID, is an institute within Umeå University. UID opened in 1989 and is designed and equipped solely for the teaching of industrial design, transportation design, and interaction design. The Umeå Institute of Design ...

– a.k.a. UID, opened in 1989 at what later became

, and is designed and equipped solely for the teaching of industrial design. UID offers a Bachelor program, master programmes in Transportation Design, Interaction Design and Advanced Industrial Design, and doctoral studies. The institute is known around the world for its high academic standards. It's the only Swedish school on ''

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''s top 60 list of design schools in the world. *

Umeå Institute of Technology The Umeå Institute of Technology or ''Tekniska högskolan i Umeå'' is part of the Faculty of Science and Technology at Umeå University. The Institute offers a wide range of study programmes, some of them not to be found in any other part of ...

– is part of the Faculty of Science and Technology. The institute offers a wide range of study programmes, some of them not to be found in any other part of Sweden. Research in engineering is gradually being expanded. The faculty's traditionally strong position in natural sciences form a base on which new technology research is built. The institute is a member of the

CDIO Initiative CDIO are trademarked initials for Conceive Design Implement Operate. The CDIO Initiative is an educational framework that stresses engineering fundamentals set in the context of conceiving, designing, implementing and operating real-world systems ...

. *

Umeå School of Architecture Umeå School of Architecture (abbreviated UMA) was founded in 2009 as the fourth academic school in Sweden to provide a professional degree in architecture. It is part of Umeå University. The five-year architectural programme started in the ...

– opened autumn 2009, and moved 2010 to new facilities at Umeå Arts Campus. Aims to be an internationally orientated laboratory of sustainable architectural development, pursuing education on different levels as well as research. Umeå has obtained 250 study seats in the 5-year Architectural programme. *

Umeå School of Business Umeå ( , , , locally ; ; ; ; ) is a city in northeast Sweden. It is the seat of Umeå Municipality and the capital of Västerbotten County. Situated on the Ume River, Umeå is the largest Urban areas in Sweden, locality in Norrland and the t ...

and Economics – (a.k.a. USBE) has around 2,000 students. The School offers one Bachelor program, four undergraduate programs (Civilekonomprogram) seven master's degrees programs (included the Erasmus Mundus Master in Strategic Project Management-program), as well as a number of doctoral programs. The International atmosphere is important to the school and it offers one undergraduate program (the International Business program) and all Master's programs and doctoral programs entirely in English. * Umeå School of Education – a.k.a. USE, was inaugurated in January 2009 to replace the former Faculty of Teacher Education. * Umeå School of Fine Arts – was started in 1987 in a former factory next to the Umeälven river. Every year 12 new students are accepted to the school. A total of 60 people are studying at the academy, situated at Umeå Arts Campus. * Umeå School of Sport Sciences – offers higher education to active athletes, but also sports related research in

sports medicine Sports medicine is a branch of medicine that deals with physical fitness and the treatment and prevention of injuries related to sports and exercise. Although most sports teams have employed team physicians for many years, it is only since the ...

and

sport psychology Sport psychology is defined as the study of the psychological basis, processes, and effects of sport. One definition of sport sees it as "any physical activity for the purposes of competition, recreation, education or health". Sport psychology i ...

. * Umeå University School of Restaurant and Culinary Arts – started in 1996 with the

gastronomy Gastronomy is the study of the relationship between Human food, food and culture, the art of preparing and serving rich or delicate and appetizing food, the cooking styles of particular regions, and the science of good eating. One who is well ver ...

program, but also gives courses in leadership and

hospitality management Hospitality management may refer to: * Hotel management occupation, the practice of running hotels * Hospitality industry The hospitality industry is a broad category of fields within the service industry that includes lodging, food and beve ...

University Hospital of Umeå

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* University Hospital of Umeå, ("Norrlands Universitetssjukhus", "NUS") is the main hospital and research center for medical care and medicine in northern Sweden. In cooperation with the university, it hosts one of seven schools for medicine and dental medicine in Sweden.

Academic profile

Admissions

Prospective Swedish students make their applications to all Swedish universities at the ''Swedish Council for Higher Education'' website Antagning.se and international students use its counterpart in English, Universityadmissions.se. Information specific to non EU/EEA students (applications,

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and

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s) can be found at Studyinsweden.se.

Libraries

Umeå University Library Umeå University Library is one of the seven libraries in Sweden that by law is directly supplied by printers in Sweden with one copy of every book printed ("pliktbibliotek"). History The University Library originates from ''the Scientific Libra ...

(a.k.a. ''UmUB'') was established at the time of Umeå University's foundation in 1965, but has origins in from ''the Scientific Library in Umeå'' established in 1950 at Umeå City Library. Its main building dates from 1968, but has since been extended and rebuilt, most recently in 2006. There are subsidiary libraries at the Norrland's University Hospital and the

Research

Umeå University has research departments and education in a broad range of academic disciplines, with more than thirty university departments conducting most teaching and research. Since the 1990s there are also several

research centers A research institute, research centre, or research organization is an establishment founded for doing research. Research institutes may specialize in basic research or may be oriented to applied research. Although the term often implies natural sc ...

, mostly local but some in partnership with other Swedish universities, such as the neighbouring

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, or Swedish Agricultural University (, SLU) is a public research university in Sweden. Although its main campus and head office is located in Ultuna, Uppsala, the university has several campuses ...

and

Luleå University of Technology Luleå University of Technology is a Public university, public research university in Norrbotten County, Sweden. The university has four campuses located in the Arctic, Arctic Region in the cities of Luleå, Kiruna, Skellefteå, and Piteå. With ...

. The university is home to more than 2,000 researchers and teachers, many of them with international background. Important research areas include ageing and population studies, infections, and forest research. * Ageing and population studies have access to the new and unique ''Linnaeus database'', which covers the entire Swedish population between 1960 and 2009. It links information from four existing databases, enabling researchers to find new connections between health, lifestyle and aging. The ''Demographic Data Base'' also gives access to extensive databases with population statistics from old Swedish parish records, dating back to the 18th century, and from 2012 a ''Department of

Biobank A biobank is a type of biorepository that stores biological samples (usually human) for use in research. Biobanks have become an important resource in medical research, supporting many types of contemporary research like genomics and personalized ...

Research'', providing data management for research in large biological sample collections collected since the 1990. * The infection biology research focuses on

microorganism A microorganism, or microbe, is an organism of microscopic scale, microscopic size, which may exist in its unicellular organism, single-celled form or as a Colony (biology)#Microbial colonies, colony of cells. The possible existence of unseen ...

s like bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites, and their molecular infection mechanisms – microbial pathogenesis and virulence. ''Umeå Centre for Microbial Research (UCMR)'', offer a qualified environment for the development of new strategies against infectious diseases. The centre also hosts '' The Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS)'', which is the Swedish's node in the ''Nordic

EMBL The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) is an intergovernmental organization dedicated to molecular biology research and is supported by 29 member states, two prospect member states, and one associate member state. EMBL was created in ...

Partnership for Molecular Medicine''. * The forest research includes plant and forest biotechnology within the ''Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC)'' – a collaborative effort between the ''Department of Plant Physiology'' at Umeå University and the ''Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology'' at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), and one of the strongest research environments for basic plant research in Europe, known for its research relating to the genome of the

Populus ''Populus'' is a genus of 25–30 species of deciduous flowering plants in the family Salicaceae, native to most of the Northern Hemisphere. English names variously applied to different species include poplar (), aspen, and cottonwood. The we ...

tree and the

. The mapping of the spruce

genome A genome is all the genetic information of an organism. It consists of nucleotide sequences of DNA (or RNA in RNA viruses). The nuclear genome includes protein-coding genes and non-coding genes, other functional regions of the genome such as ...

, in collaboration with the Swedish ''SciLifeLab'', was the first complete sequencing of a

gymnosperm The gymnosperms ( ; ) are a group of woody, perennial Seed plant, seed-producing plants, typically lacking the protective outer covering which surrounds the seeds in flowering plants, that include Pinophyta, conifers, cycads, Ginkgo, and gnetoph ...

and notable because it is seven times the size of the human genome, with some 20 billion base pairs.

Research centers

Research centers at Umeå University listed in alphabetical order: *Arctic Research Centre at Umeå University (Arcum) *Centre for Biomedical Engineering and Physics (CMTF) *Centre for Demographic and Ageing Research (CEDAR) *Centre for Environmental and Resource Economics (CERE) *Center for Regional Science at Umeå University (Cerum) *Centre for Teaching and Learning (UPL) *

Climate Impacts Research Centre Climate Impacts Research Centre (CIRC) is a research institute based at the ''Department of ecology and environmental science'' (EMG) at Umeå University, Sweden, but primarily operative at Abisko Scientific Research Station which is run b ...

(CIRC) *Demographic Data Base (DDB) *Digital Social Research Unit (DIGSUM) *European CBRNE Centre *High Performance Computing Center North (HPC2N) * Humlab * Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS) *Swedish Center for Digital Innovation (SCDI) *Transportation Research (Trum) *Umeå Center for Functional Brain Imaging (UFBI) *Umeå Centre for Gender Studies (UCGS) *

Umeå Centre for Global Health Research The Umeå Centre for Global Health Research (UCGHR) was a centre of excellence within Umeå University in northern Sweden. The centre operated within the university's Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, and was led by a steering group ch ...

(CGH) *Umeå Centre for Microbial Research (UCMR) *Umeå Center for Molecular Medicine (UCMM) *Umeå Marine Sciences Center (UMF) *Umeå Mathematics Education Research Centre (UMERC) *Umeå Plant Science Center (UPSC) *Várdduo - Centre for Sámi Research

Publishing

Practically all research papers produced by the university's researchers and students are to be found in the DiVA (Digital Scientific Archive) database, founded in 2000 (see link below).

Rankings

In the latest (2012)

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, the university was ranked between places 201–300 of all universities in the world and at the same time by the

QS World University Rankings The ''QS World University Rankings'' is a portfolio of comparative college and university rankings compiled by Quacquarelli Symonds, a higher education analytics firm. Its first and earliest edition was published in collaboration with '' Times ...

the university was ranked 297th in the world (overall). In the latest (2012/2013) Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2012/2013 Umeå University was ranked between 251 and 275 out of all global universities. In 2012, the university was ranked 23rd in the world of higher education institutions under the age of 50 years by the British magazine ''Times Higher Education (THE''). In 2013 the university was ranked 1st of Sweden in the International Student Barometer on international student satisfaction by the International Graduate Insight Group. In 2014, the university was ranked 400th in the world for information and Computing Sciences Ranking. At the same time in 2014, the university was ranked between places 101–150 in the world for Life and Agriculture Sciences. and between places 151–200 in the world for Clinical Medicine and Pharmacy.

International collaboration

The university is an active member of the

University of the Arctic The University of the Arctic (UArctic) is an international cooperative network based in the Circumpolar Arctic region, consisting of universities, colleges, and other organizations with an interest in promoting education and research in the Arcti ...

. UArctic is an international cooperative network based in the Circumpolar Arctic region, consisting of more than 200 universities, colleges, and other organizations with an interest in promoting education and research in the Arctic region. The university also participates in UArctic's mobility program north2north. The aim of that program is to enable students of member institutions to study in different parts of the North.

Notable people

Alumni

* Adi Utarini, Indonesian scientist, Nature's 10 : ten people who helped shape science in 2020, Time's The 100 Most Influential People of 2021 * Bertil Andersson, president of Nanyang Technological University (2011–2017) * Stefan Attefall, politician, Minister for Public Health, Minister for Housing in Sweden (2010–2014) * Ibrahim Baylan, politician, Minister for Energy in Sweden (2014–) *

Martin Kulldorff Martin Kulldorff (born 1962) is a Swedish biostatistician. He was a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School from 2003 until his dismissal in 2024. He is a member of the US Food and Drug Administration's Drug Safety and Risk Management ...

, professor of medicine at

Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School (HMS) is the medical school of Harvard University and is located in the Longwood Medical and Academic Area, Longwood Medical Area in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1782, HMS is the third oldest medical school in the Un ...

, biostatistician at

Brigham and Women's Hospital Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH or The Brigham) is a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School and the largest hospital in the Longwood Medical Area in Boston, Massachusetts. Along with Massachusetts General Hospital, it is one of the two ...

, member of scientific advisory committees to the

Food and Drug Administration The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA or US FDA) is a List of United States federal agencies, federal agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Health and Human Services. The FDA is respo ...

and the

Centers for Disease Control The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the national public health agency of the United States. It is a United States federal agency under the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and is headquartered in Atlanta, ...

* Lars Lagerbäck, football manager (Sweden 2000–2009, Iceland 2011–) *

Åsa Larsson Blind Åsa Larsson Blind (born 29 August 1980) is a Sweden, Swedish-Sámi people, Sámi politician who as of March 2021 serves as vice president of the Saami Council. Political life She grew up in a Sámi family that cares for reindeer. She has studi ...

, Swedish-Sámi politician *

Hanna Ljungberg Hanna Carolina Ljungberg (born 8 January 1979) is a Swedish former association football Forward (association football), forward. She spent the majority of her club career at Umeå IK and was a Sweden women's national football team, Swedish intern ...

, former football player (Umeå IK and the national team of Sweden) *

Stefan Löfven Kjell Stefan Löfven (; officially Löfvén; born 21 July 1957) is a Swedish politician who has served as the President of European Socialists since October 2022. He previously served as Prime Minister of Sweden from October 2014 to November 20 ...

, politician, Prime Minister of Sweden (2014–2021) * Annika Norlin, pop artist (also known as Hello Saferide) *

Dan Olweus Dan Olweus (April 18, 1931 – September 20, 2020) was a Swedish-Norwegian psychologist. He was a research professor of psychology at the University of Bergen, Norway. Olweus has been widely recognized as a pioneer of research on bullying. B ...

, psychologist, recognized for research in bullying * Kay Pollack, film director * Sverker Sörlin, environmental historian and writer * Jan Lexell,

neurologist Neurology (from , "string, nerve" and the suffix -logia, "study of") is the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of conditions and disease involving the nervous system, which comprises the brain, the ...

and professor in

rehabilitation medicine Physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R), also known as physiatry, and outside the United States as physical and rehabilitation medicine (PRM), is a branch of medicine that aims to enhance and restore functional ability and quality of life ...

Faculty

Emmanuelle Charpentier Emmanuelle Marie Charpentier (; born 11 December 1968) is a French professor and researcher in microbiology, genetics, and biochemistry. As of 2015, she has been a director at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin. In 2018, sh ...

, microbiologist, geneticist, Nobel laureate * Mathias Dahlgren, associate Professor with the Umeå University School of Restaurant and Culinary Arts *

Pär Hallström Pär Hallström (born 7 May 1947) is a Swedish legal writer and professor emeritus of Law at Umeå University. He graduated from Pantheon-Sorbonne University with a Diplôme d'Etudes Supérieures and holds a doctorate in law from Stockholm Univers ...

, legal writer and professor emeritus of Law *

Kristo Ivanov Kristo Ivanov (born 1937-10-20) is a Swedish-Brazilian information scientist and systems scientist of ethnic Bulgarian origin. He is professor emeritus at the Department of informatics of Umeå University in Sweden. Biography Ivanov was born i ...

Professor emeritus of Informatics (1984–2002) * Agneta Marell, former Dean at USBE (2004–2007), Deputy vice-chancellor (2010–) * Astrid Norberg, professor emerita in nursing * Staffan Normark, former professor of

microbiology Microbiology () is the branches of science, scientific study of microorganisms, those being of unicellular organism, unicellular (single-celled), multicellular organism, multicellular (consisting of complex cells), or non-cellular life, acellula ...

and

infectious disease An infection is the invasion of tissue (biology), tissues by pathogens, their multiplication, and the reaction of host (biology), host tissues to the infectious agent and the toxins they produce. An infectious disease, also known as a transmis ...

(1980–1989, 2008–2010) * Tõnu Puu, Professor emeritus of Economics * Johan Redström, professor at the Umeå Institute of Design * Marcus Samuelsson, associate Professor with the Umeå University School of Restaurant and Culinary Arts *

Åke Sellström Åke Sellström (born 2 November 1948) is a Swedish academic and expert in arms, especially in chemical weapons. He has been active at the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI). Biography Sellström received his Ph.D. in 1975 at University of ...

, chemist, former weapon inspector in Syria * Mike Stott * Tor Troéng, former professional

mixed martial artist Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact fighting sport based on striking and grappling; incorporating techniques from various combat sports from around the world. In the early 20th century, various inter-stylistic contests took place t ...

who fought as a Middleweight for the

Ultimate Fighting Championship The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promoter (entertainment), promotion company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is owned and operated by TKO Group Holdings, a majority owned subsidiary of Endeavor ( ...

Gunnar Öquist Gunnar Öquist (born 1941) is a Swedish biologist and professor of plant physiology at Umeå University, and served as the permanent secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences from 2003 to 2010. He graduated from Uppsala University in 19 ...

, former professor of

plant physiology Plant physiology is a subdiscipline of botany concerned with the functioning, or physiology, of plants. Plant physiologists study fundamental processes of plants, such as photosynthesis, respiration, plant nutrition, plant hormone functions, tr ...

(1981–2003, 2010–), permanent secretary of the

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences () is one of the Swedish Royal Academies, royal academies of Sweden. Founded on 2 June 1739, it is an independent, non-governmental scientific organization that takes special responsibility for promoting nat ...

(2003–2010)

Honorary doctorates

* Bertil Andersson, Chief Executive of the

European Science Foundation The European Science Foundation (ESF) is an association of 11 member organizations devoted to scientific research in 8 European countries. ESF is an independent, non-governmental, non-profit organization that promotes science in Europe. It was e ...

* Jan Anderson, plant scientist (1998) *

C. West Churchman Charles West Churchman (29 August 1913 – 21 March 2004) was an American philosopher and systems scientist, who was Professor at the School of Business Administration and Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Californ ...

, American

Philosopher Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

and Systems Scientist * C. Robert Cloninger, American

Psychologist A psychologist is a professional who practices psychology and studies mental states, perceptual, cognitive, emotional, and social processes and behavior. Their work often involves the experimentation, observation, and explanation, interpretatio ...

and

Geneticist A geneticist is a biologist or physician who studies genetics, the science of genes, heredity, and variation of organisms. A geneticist can be employed as a scientist or a lecturer. Geneticists may perform general research on genetic process ...

* Harald zur Hausen, awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2008 * Christopher Martin Dobson, British

Chemist A chemist (from Greek ''chēm(ía)'' alchemy; replacing ''chymist'' from Medieval Latin ''alchemist'') is a graduated scientist trained in the study of chemistry, or an officially enrolled student in the field. Chemists study the composition of ...

* Kerstin Ekman, writer *

Christer Fuglesang Arne Christer Fuglesang (born 18 March 1957) is a Swedish physicist and an ESA astronaut. He was first launched aboard the STS-116 Space Shuttle mission on 10 December 2006, making him the first Swedish citizen in space. Married with three child ...

, first Swedish citizen in space *

Anita Gradin Anita Gradin (12 August 1933 – 23 May 2022) was a Swedish politician and ambassador. She was the Minister with responsibility for immigrant and equality affairs at the Ministry of Employment in Sweden from 1982 to 1986. She was Minister of ...

, former Swedish counselor of state *

Tarja Halonen Tarja Kaarina Halonen (, born 24 December 1943) is a Finns, Finnish politician who served as the 11th president of Finland, and the first and to date only woman to hold the position, from 2000 to 2012. She first rose to prominence as a lawyer wit ...

, former president of

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

* Lars Heikensten, frm. governor of the central bank of Sweden * Gudmund Hernes, Norwegian sociologist, former Norwegian minister of education *

Roger Jowell Sir Roger Mark Jowell, CBE (26 March 1942 – 25 December 2011) was a British social statistician and academic. He founded Social and Community Planning Research, now known as the National Centre for Social Research, and the Centre for Compar ...

* Carl Kempe, Swedish businessman * Roger D. Kornberg, awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2006 * Nancy Langston, professor * Sara Lidman, writer * John Loughlin, professor of politics * Denis Mukwege, congolese gynecologist, founder of Panzi Hospital * Lars Nittve, museum director * Sverker Olofsson, Swedish TV-personality * Gösta Skoglund, Swedish politician and one of the founders of the university *

Tedros Adhanom Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (, sometimes spelled ; born 3 March 1965) is an Ethiopian public health official, researcher, diplomat, and the Director-General of the World Health Organization since 2017. He is the first African to become WHO Dire ...

, director-general of the

World Health Organization The World Health Organization (WHO) is a list of specialized agencies of the United Nations, specialized agency of the United Nations which coordinates responses to international public health issues and emergencies. It is headquartered in Gen ...

(WHO) * Tom Traves, president of

Dalhousie University Dalhousie University (commonly known as Dal) is a large public research university in Nova Scotia, Canada, with three campuses in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Halifax, a fourth in Bible Hill, Nova Scotia, Bible Hill, and a second medical school campus ...

* Margot Wallström, Swedish foreign minister (2014–), former

European commission The European Commission (EC) is the primary Executive (government), executive arm of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with a number of European Commissioner, members of the Commission (directorial system, informall ...

er * Hans L. Zetterberg, Swedish sociologist *

, awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2020

References

External links

Umeå University
- Official website
DiVA (Digital Scientific Archive)
- for Umeå University Publications {{DEFAULTSORT:Umea University Universities in Sweden Educational institutions established in 1965 Buildings and structures in Umeå 1965 establishments in Sweden Education in Västerbotten County 20th-century establishments in Västerbotten County