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Uppsala University is the Nordic region’s oldest university – founded in 1477 – and is ranked among the top 100 universities in the world.

There are more than 40,000 students here and they are seen, heard and make their mark everywhere. The University’s nearly 5,000 researchers and teachers conduct world-leading research and offer a seemingly endless number of courses.

Among the University’s alumni there are 15 Nobel Prize laureates, of which 8 received their prizes for discoveries made during their time at Uppsala University. Carl Linnaeus, Anders Celsius and Olof Rudbeck the Elder are a few examples of prominent scientists in Uppsala University’s history.

Uppsala University is divided into three disciplinary domains: humanities and social sciences, medicine and pharmacy, and science and technology. These in turn consist of nine faculties and nearly 50 departments in total. Since 2021, Anders Hagfeldt is the University’s Vice-Chancellor.

Teaching Staff

Professor Nikolas Glover

Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor at Department of Economic History, Uppsala Centre for Business History

Research Interests

  • Cultural history of the 20th century Swedish export economy
  • Political and social impacts of an open economy and small-state democratic corporatism on the collective identities of different societal groups

Professor Ylva Hasselberg

Professor at Department of Economic History

Research Interests

  • Decision-making in science, business and politics in relation to personal networks
  • The relationship between economic rationality and personal networks
  • Economic anthropology in a historic setting

Dr Olle Jansson

Researcher at Department of Economic History

Research Interests

  • Immigrants in the labor market and the Swedish labor market
  • Labor market policy during the post-war period

Professor Lars Magnusson

Professor at Department of Economic History

Research Interests

  • History of economic thought in Sweden and Europe, mainly 18th and 19th century
  • Regulation and Political Economy in a historical perspective
  • Swedish Model of labour market relations in a comparative perspective (1930-2005)

Dr Åsa Malmström Rognes

Researcher at Department of Economic History

Research Interests

  • Financial history, business history and East Asian economies

Dr Jakob Molinder

Professor at Department of Economic History

Research Interests

  • The economic history of labor markets and geography of economic development
  • Historical urban economic and social geography, wages, and income inequality

Dr Mikael Wendschlag

Researcher at Department of Economic History

Research Interests

  • Financial history, business history and East Asian economies

Dr Pär Wikman

Researcher at Department of Economic History, Science and Technology Studies Center

Research Interests

  • History of the social sciences, scientific expertise and policymaking, post-war expert culture and knowledge production in economic and regional planning
  • Environmental history investigating circular economy and sustainable consumption

Accommodation

Uppsala University will guarantee an offer of housing to all fee-paying Bachelor’s and Master’s students and several other groups of students attending the university through collaboration agreements prioritised by Uppsala University management. The guarantee also applies to scholarship recipients. Please note that students who wish to reside with a non-Uppsala student (ie. a partner) will not be able to do that – they will have to find their own room to rent.

  • See here for information on Uppsala University’s housing partner with information on the types of rooms available
  • See here for information about student housing at Uppsala
  • See here for more information on the Housing Guarantee

Cost of living

Click here for information on the cost of living in Uppsala

Visa information

If you are going to Sweden in the second semester you can find details of how to apply for a residence permit for higher education on the Swedish Migration Agency’s website here. You can apply for this permit from the UK during the first semester and further details on the process will be sent to you shortly after the start of the semester.