28 Facts About Uppsala University

Uppsala University is a public research university in Uppsala, Sweden.

Uppsala University rose to significance during the rise of Sweden as a great power at the end of the 16th century and was then given a relative financial stability with a large donation from King Gustavus Adolphus in the early 17th century.

Uppsala University has an important historical place in Swedish national culture, identity and for the Swedish establishment: in historiography, literature, politics, and music.

Uppsala University belongs to the Coimbra Group of European universities and to the Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities.

Uppsala University has nine faculties distributed over three disciplinary domains: Humanities and Social Sciences, Medicine and Pharmacy, and Science and Technology.

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Architecturally, Uppsala University has traditionally had a strong presence in Fjardingen, the neighbourhood around the cathedral on the western side of the River Fyris.

The archbishopric of Uppsala University had been one of the most important sees in Sweden proper since Christianity first spread to this region in the ninth century.

Uppsala University had long been a hub for regional trade, and had contained settlements dating back into the deep Middle Ages.

The archbishop of Uppsala was named as the university's Chancellor, and was charged with maintaining the rights and privileges of the university and its members.

Turbulent period of the reformation of King Gustavus Vasa resulted in a drop in the already relatively insignificant number of students in Uppsala University, which was seen as a centre of Catholicism and of potential disloyalty to the Crown.

The Queen, who would eventually declare her abdication in the great hall of Uppsala Castle, visited the university on many occasions; in 1652 she was present at an anatomical demonstration arranged at the castle for the young physician Olaus Rudbeck.

Uppsala University planted the first botanical garden, the one which would eventually be tended by Carl Linnaeus and is kept today as a museum of 18th-century botany under the name Linnetradgarden .

When large parts of Uppsala burned down in 1702, Gustavianum, which contained the university library and its many valuable manuscripts, escaped the fire; local lore has it that the aging Rudbeck stood on the roof directing the work of fighting the fire.

Uppsala University studies had until this time been very informal in their overall organization, with the all-purpose philosophiæ magister-degree being the only one frequently conferred and many never graduating, as there were no degree applicable to their intended area of work .

Uppsala University modified Gustavianum, designed a new conservatory for Linnaeus' botanical garden and built the new Consistory house, which was to be the administrative core of the university.

Uppsala University's studied modern European languages and was the first woman in Sweden to complete an academic degree when she finished a fil.

Uppsala University's became the first woman to be employed as a teacher in a public school for boys.

Some historic buildings in central Uppsala University have had to be retired, as their protected status has made it impossible to make modifications necessary to meet requirements to adjust to the needs for students with disabilities.

Up until June 2010 students at Uppsala University were obliged to become members of one of the nations, corporations of students traditionally according to province of origin .

Uppsala University is more noted for its musical and choral traditions.

Uppsala University is one of the most prominent universities in central Sweden and is commonly ranked within the top 100 in the world by several ranking agencies.

Uppsala University is associated with 8 Nobel Prize laureates, and numerous royalty, academics and public figures.

Uppsala University became prominent in the sciences in the 18th century with names such as the physician and botanist Carl Linnaeus, the father of biological and mineralogical taxonomy, and his numerous important pupils, the physicist and astronomer Anders Celsius, inventor of the Celsius scale the predecessor of the Celsius scale, and the chemist Torbern Bergman .

Uppsala University has signed student exchange agreements with about 400 universities across all parts of the world.

In May 2010 Uppsala joined the Matariki Network of Universities together with Dartmouth College, Durham University, Queen's University, University of Otago, University of Tubingen, and University of Western Australia .

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Specifically, Uppsala University has appeared notably in Man som hatar kvinnor or The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson.

Norwegian pop singer Kirsti Sparboe dedicated one of her biggest successes to Uppsala University, publishing in 1969 the song "Ein Student aus Uppsala".

Uppsala University appears as a research centre in the strategy game Empire: Total War.