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Student cityUppsala is also a student city. It has two universities, Uppsala University andthe Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, which, with its world-leadingresearch and education, supplies Uppsala with a skilled workforce and newbusinesses rooted in research. The beautiful student association buildings, or‘nationshus’, provide venues for students to enjoy evening entertainment, butalso house libraries, cafés and association premises.Uppsala UniversityToday, around 40,000 students study at Uppsala University, which was foundedin 1477. Some of its famous alumni include Carl Linnaeus, Dag Hammarskjöld,Betty Pettersson, Peter Englund, Carina Lidbom and Niklas Zennström.The most popular courses include law, medicine, psychology and nursing. TheUniversity is ranked among the top 100 in the world. Do not miss a visit to theuniversity auditorium, the beautiful building near the university park.The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)SLU has more than 4,000 students. The University’s history dates back to the1700s, but what is called SLU today was founded in 1977. Courses tend tofocus on veterinary science, agronomy and landscape architecture. In 2011,the University was ranked one of Sweden’s top three and the campus is locatedjust south of the centre of Ultuna.May Day celebrations30th April is the students’ day, but everyone in Uppsala joins in. The dayincludes rafting on the river Fyris, a herring lunch, the champagne gallop inone of the student associations’ gardens, a picnic in one of the many parks,the student cap ceremony at Carolinabacken and the evening celebrationswith choral singing at the castle’s Gunillaklocka (bell) or a bonfire. If you wantto end the evening in style, you can go to a ball at the castle.
Forsränningen/Rafting in the river FyrisUppsala universitetshus/Uppsala University, main building Valborg, slottsbacken/May Day celebrations
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