News from the Faculty of Science and Technology

Female bugs overcome cost of traumatic sex

2012-05-09
The study of “sexual conflict” between males and females helps us to understand why sexual reproduction persists given that it can be costly, especially to females. One aspect of this conflict concern...

A semester abroad above the Arctic Circle

2012-05-07
Jürgen Leonbacher, a German exchange student at Umeå University, is currently taking a course in Abisko, a small town in northern Sweden with only 85 inhabitants, 195 kilometres north of the Arctic Ci...

Umeå Institute of Design ranked 2nd in Europe/Americas

2012-05-07
Umeå Institute of Design (UID) is ranked second in the prestigious red dot design ranking for design concept 2011. This ranking recognizes UID as one of the top universities in Americas and Europe to ...

New record for applications to Umeå University

2012-04-23
The number of applications to courses and programmes at Umeå University reached a new record this year. Nearly 57,000 applications have been submitted for the autumn 2012 term, over 3,300 more than th...

Master students at Umeå Institute of Design win iF concept awards 2012

2012-04-18
From more than 10.000 valid entries submitted by design students from all over the world, only 100 projects received an iF concept award 2012. Two of these were awarded to Masters students at Umeå Ins...

International students give Umeå University top marks for satisfaction

2012-04-02
Umeå University has been ranked first in Sweden and fifth globally for student satisfaction according to the International Student Barometer (ISB). The survey was responded by international students f...

Umeå University places high in new ranking

2012-03-30
Umeå University has been ranked as the sixth best higher education institution in nation by the Swedish weekly news magazine Fokus, including a first place ranking in the categories of “most internati...

Thomas Degn receives cooperation award

2012-03-30
Umeå Institute of Design, UID, lecturer Thomas Degn recieves the award for cooperation and 25,000 SEK from the Faculty of Science and Technology at Umeå University.

Tomas Lindehell receives pedagogical prize

2012-03-30
Umeå Institute of Design, UID, lecturer Tomas Lindehell recieves this years’ pedagogical prize and 25,000 SEK from the Faculty of Science and Technology at Umeå University.

Chemistry in one dimension offers surprising result

2012-03-26
Due to their unique properties single walled carbon nanotubes have been suggested as a promising material for electronics, optics and in other fields of materials science. When scientists from Umeå Un...

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