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Per Ragnarsson appointed acting University Director

2013-06-14 (from 2013-06-11)
Lars Lustig will leave his post as University Director at the end of July. Per Ragnarsson, Budget Director and Head of Division at the Planning Office, will be appointed acting University Director from 1 August 2013 until the end of the year.

Several subjects listed high in world university ranking

2013-05-08
Five subject areas at Umeå University were listed among the world’s best higher education institutions in this year’s QS World University Rankings by Subject. This is a significant increase of the number of subject areas from the prior year.

Invitation to Umeå University's Spring Graduation

2013-05-03 (from 2013-04-25)
Every university in the world has its own traditions and festivities. Swedish academic traditions began more than 500 years ago when the first universities were founded.

Do not miss! Plant researcher Stefan Jansson is blogging

2013-04-23
From 22 April and two weeks onwards, Stefan Jansson will write on the university´s research blog. He is professor at the department of Plant Physiology.

Partnership agreement with Nanyang Technological University in Singapore

2013-04-11
A partnership agreement has been signed between Umeå University and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore - an istitution that is ranked among the world's best young university.

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External News

Advances in Numerical Analysis and Computational Sciences

2013-06-14 (from 2013-06-10)
The workshop Advances in Numerical Analysis and Computational Sciences was held at Umeå University, May 15–16, 2013.

Design student takes over Sweden's twitter account

2013-05-28
Every week, someone in Sweden gets to be the voice of @Sweden, the official twitter account known as Curators of Sweden. This week it's Fredrik Aaro, a 28 year old student in the master's programme in transportation design at Umeå Institute of Design, Umeå University.

Charge your mobile phone with formic acid?

2013-05-27
Surprisingly the answer is yes. With the technology of today it is possible to use environmental friendly formic acid in fuel cell powering your mobile phone or laptop. Physicist Florian Nitze, Umeå University, has in his thesis developed new catalysts to improve the capacity of these fuel cells.

Sharp increase in international master’s students expected

2013-05-23
The number of international students that have been admitted for master’s degree programmes starting in autumn 2013 has risen dramatically in comparison with the prior year. Some of the most popular programmes are in the areas of public health, finance, molecular biology, business development and in...

2012 UMIT Annual Report

2013-05-23
The 2012 Umit annual Report is now available on the UMIT webpage.

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