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Faculty of Science and Technology

Our Faculty has 3 300 full-time students, 1 000 employees, and a strong research. The eleven departments of the faculty comprises research and education within architecture, biology, chemistry, computing science, industrial design, mathematics, physics, educational science, and technology.

Latest news

Jens ZamanianUniversitetslektor vid Institutionen för fysikRoll: Studierektor
Jens Zamanian in new role with internationalization

Jens Zamanian wants to encourage more students to study abroad and take double degrees.

Väg genom by där marken rämnat.
Permafrost thaw threatens up to three million people in the Arctic

Climate change is expected to have far-reaching implications for livelihoods, infrastructure and environment.

En man med mörka kläder.
Chemistry professor in new role at Swedish Environmental Research Institute IVL

Aims to increase collaboration between academia and the sector when it comes to “safe” use of chemicals

Three researchers walking over a frozen fjord in the documentary "Fjords Frontiers: Digging into the future of climate change".
New documentary on the challenges of climate research

The scientists take viewers on a journey below Rosfjordsvatnet's icecovered surface.

En julgran med röda julkulor i skogen
The science behind Christmas trees: How conifers brave winter's worst

Christmas trees bring joy into our lives, but also endure extremely harsh conditions in the forest.

Videointervju med Mats Falck, SOLH och Peter Jacobsson, UBI
Life Science Umeå highlighted in documentary project

A documentary project about innovative initiatives across Europe highlights Life Science in Umeå.

Latest features

Porträtt på Keith Larson, Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap, Umeå universitet.
Leading the Arctic Centre into a new era of collaboration and impact

Keith Larson aims to make a real impact in the Arctic by forging stronger links between research and society.

Daniel Metcalfe
Arctic Six project will reveal forests’ role in climate change

Daniel Metcalfe will initiate a research project on measuring carbon stocks and fluxes in Arctic forests.

Virginia Dignum, professor vid Institutionen för datavetenskap
Professor: How we reduce the risks with AI

Virginia Dignum is working to develop AI systems that are reliable and adapted to human values.

Events

Koji Aoshima, Computational science and engineering with specialization in physics
Fri
24
Jan
Koji Aoshima, Computational science and engineering with specialization in physics
Time 09:00 - 13:00 24 January 09:00 - 13:00
Place Hörsal MIT.A.121.

Defence of doctoral thesis. High-performance autonomous wheel loading - a computational approach.

February

Ali Dadras, Computational Science and Engineering
Wed
12
Feb
Ali Dadras, Computational Science and Engineering
Time 09:00 - 12:00 12 February 09:00 - 12:00
Place UB.A.220.

Defence of doctoral thesis. Personalized Models and Optimization in Federated Learning.

Varvara Dikaya, Cell and Molecular Biology of Plants
Fri
28
Feb
Varvara Dikaya, Cell and Molecular Biology of Plants
Time 09:00 - 13:00 28 February 09:00 - 13:00
Place Stora hörsalen, KBC (KBE303).

Defence of doctoral thesis. Broken Sm-ring: A quest to the source of the cold sensitivity of the A. thaliana SmE1 splicing mutant.

March

Sanchali Nanda, Plant Physiology
Thu
6
Mar
Sanchali Nanda, Plant Physiology
Time 13:00 - 17:00 6 March 13:00 - 17:00
Place Stora hörsalen, KBC (KBE303).

Defence of doctoral thesis. New Light on Photoprotection: Spectral Resolution of Non-Photochemical Quenching.

Qi Zhang, Experimental Physics
Fri
7
Mar
Qi Zhang, Experimental Physics
Time 09:00 - 13:00 7 March 09:00 - 13:00
Place Aula, Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Kiruna.

Defence of doctoral thesis. Modeling the effects of solar conditions on the interaction of the solar wind with Mars.

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Science outreach events

Umeå University researchers disseminate their research outside the University through various events.

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