Research at Umeå University

Research at Umeå University extends over many disciplines and scientific fields. Many of our more than 2,000 researchers and teachers are among the elite in Sweden and throughout the world. Our strong research environments highlight our ambition to conduct high quality international research.

We carry out groundbreaking, top-level international research within such areas as ageing and population studies, infections, and plant and forest biotechnology.

Research News

Algoryx awarded as one of Sweden's most promising companies

2012-04-30

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...

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2011-10-28

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Research Projects

Umeå University engages in research in many disciplines.

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