Press Releases

Ten Things to Know about Elks

2012-05-10
What I learned on the amazing trip to the Elk Farm

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 Circle. However, he is neither bored nor freezing.

International master’s student named "Global Swede’"

2012-05-04
Carlos Martin Jara Herrera, master’s degree student at Umeå School of Business and Economics, will be attending the “Global Swede” diploma ceremony in Stockholm on 7 May. He will receive this special recognition for visiting scholars in the area of innovation and entrepreneurship, for having chosen ...

GigaOM: Umeå fastest Internet speed in Europe

2012-05-02
Umeå has the fastest Internet connection speed in Europe, according to new figures from the latest State of the Internet Report from Akamai Technologies Inc. The report, which looked at broadband performance for the last quarter of 2011, showed that Umeå had the highest average connection speed in E...

Maintain Your Brain: The Secrets to Aging Success

2012-04-27
Aging may seem unavoidable, but that's not necessarily so when it comes to the brain. So say researchers in the April 27th issue of the Cell Press journal Trends in Cognitive Sciences based on counterintuitive evidence that it is what you do in old age that matters when it comes to maintaining a you...

Degree exhibition at Umeå Arts Campus

2012-04-26
Starting on 28 April, a month-long degree exhibition by 17 students in the Bachelor of Fine Arts programme will open at Galleri 60, under the supervision of Magnus Wallin.

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 the previous year. The increase is higher than the average for Swedish universities.

New Rector at Umeå School of Business and Economics

2012-04-17
Lars Hassel, Professor of Accounting, has been named as Rector (Dean) at Umeå School of Business and Economics at Umeå University. “We have finalised a very successful recruiting process," says Lena Gustafsson, Vice- Chancellor of Umeå University.

Discovery of genes underlying fracture susceptibility and osteoporosis

2012-04-15
According to a study published in the journal Nature Genetics, variants in 56 regions of the genome have been discovered to influence the Bone Mineral Density (BMD) of individuals. Fourteen of these variants were also found to increase the risk of bone fracture. Three researchers at Umeå University ...

Press preview at new Bildmuseet

2012-04-10
Welcome to press preview at new Bildmuseet, Umeå Arts Campus on Tuesday, 24 April at 1pm.

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 from 208 universities in Europe and throughout the world.

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 international collaboration” and “most teacher-led instruction.”

News Archive