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Uppsala Universitet – International student guide 2012/2013

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uppsala university<br />

uppsala university was founded in 1477 and<br />

is one of the oldest universities in the world.<br />

three disciplinary domains<strong>–</strong>arts and Social<br />

Sciences, Medicine and Pharmacy, and Science<br />

and technology. education and research in<br />

nine faculties.<br />

40,000 <strong>student</strong>s.<br />

Student exchange agreements with<br />

50 countries.<br />

More than 300 doctorates per year.<br />

Some 3,000 international collaborative<br />

research projects.<br />

4,000 academic publications per year<br />

about 5,500 employees, about 3,600 of them<br />

teachers and researchers.<br />

DiD you know that ...<br />

... the Celsius temperature scale is named<br />

after Swedish astronomer and uppsala<br />

scientist anders Celsius (1701<strong>–</strong>1744). Water<br />

freezes at 0°C and boils at 100°C.<br />

Photo: alex Giacomini

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