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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.

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Florian SchmidtProfessor vid Institutionen för tillämpad fysik och elektronikRoll: Biträdande prefekt
New research explores pathways toward negative emissions

Can waste products from forestry and agriculture become a key to reversing climate emissions?

Sofia Morney och Verena Kohler i laboratoriet
Researchers met high‑school students during “Next Nobel Prize 2026”

Sparkling interest in research in the spirit of Umeå’s honorary citizen, Emmanuelle Charpentier.

Harshit and Yaowen in lab
Light Controlled Metabolic Engineering for a Sustainable Future

Advancing precise, light‑controlled tools to steer bacterial metabolism for future sustainable production.

Yuri Schwartz i bananflugeodlingsrummet
Geneticists challenge theory of how cells retain their identity

In Science Advances, the results are presented that open the door to rewriting a chapter of cell biology.

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Capsule technology opens new window into individual cells

Easy method helps researchers understand disease mechanisms.

Virginia Dignum, professor vid Institutionen för datavetenskap
Virginia Dignum: “We need a more mature conversation about AI”

The AI professor's new book, The AI Paradox, is receiving international attention.

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He reveals the chemistry of life at nanoscales with X-rays

Andrey Shchukarev, manager of the XPS-platform, developed a pioneering method to fast-freeze wet samples

Mats G LarsonProfessor vid Institutionen för matematik och matematisk statistik
Mathematics that can change the world

Mats G Larson’s research is shaping the future of cars, cities and robots through models and simulations.

Christiane Funk
Fascinated by the superpower of microalgae

Christiane Funk is passionate about small organisms with great potential for a more sustainable future.

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Science outreach events

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

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Our faculty works actively to develop its interaction with the surrounding community.

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