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  • Playful child therapies and honest AI vehicles at UID22

    And we’re back! For the first time since 2019, the real-life grad show is returning to Umeå Institute of Design. At UID22, the next generation of designers will uncover concepts covering a wide range of topics; from AI in autonomous vehicles, to playful therapies for children, to a device for managing your crypto assets.

  • Exchange students take the train abroad - for sustainable travel

    The journey itself will be part of the goal when four students from the engineering programme in industrial economics at Umeå University leave for a spring term of studies abroad. In order to promote sustainable travel, they have each been equipped with an interrail card instead of flying to their respective universities in Europe.

  • New leadership at Umeå School of Architecture

    A new leadership has been appointed at Umeå School of Architecture at Umeå University. New head of department is Mikael Henningsson, former head of the Department of Psychology. Sara Thor steps in as deputy head of department and Michael Gruber becomes assistant head of department.

  • Opening at Bildmuseet: C.R.E.A.M. / Umeå Academy of Fine Arts

    ​On Friday 4 May, Bildmuseet opens the annual graduate exhibition by master’s students at the Umeå Academy of Fine Arts. C.R.E.A.M. is the culmination of five years of study in Fine Arts. Welcome to the press preview on Thursday 3 May, at 10:00-12:00.

  • Monster Traps and Mars Rovers at UID’17 - Umeå Institute of Design’s Degree Exhibition

    Imagine a future where children don't need to fear scary monsters under their beds. What if NASA's next vehicle to explore Mars is already designed, in northern Sweden. Consider a tomorrow where breathing difficulties among newborn children in developing countries aren’t life-threatening anymore. June 1-2, graduates present their degree projects at Umeå Institute of Design’s yearly exhibition.

  • New leadership at Umeå Institute of Design

    Professor of design, Johan Redström, has been appointed the new Rector of Umeå Institute of Design (UID) at Umeå University. Starting September 1, he will lead the school together with a new rectors group.

  • Northern Academic Leaders Meet in Umeå

    ​This week 31 leading representatives for ten different countries will meet at Umeå University in Sweden. During three days these leaders will discuss how to optimize the conditions for research and education to benefit the northern and arctic regions.

  • Apocalyptic framing enable a discussion of Global Climate Change

    Man made emissions of climate threatening greenhouse gases are changing our living conditions around the globe. Martin Hultman, Technology and Environmental Historian, Umeå University and Jonas Anshelm researcher at the Department of Technology and Social Change, Linköping University, are the author’s behind a new book: Discourses of Global Climate Change.

  • Apocalyptic framing enable a discussion of Global Climate Change

    Man made emissions of climate threatening greenhouse gases are changing our living conditions around the globe. Martin Hultman, Technology and Environmental Historian, Umeå University and Jonas Anshelm researcher at the Department of Technology and Social Change, Linköping University, are the author’s behind a new book: Discourses of Global Climate Change.

  • Umeå University top-ranked among world’s best young universities

    Two respected international ranking systems have placed Umeå University among the world’s best under the age of 50 years, at #29 and #34. Umeå University is also the highest ranked institution in Sweden and the Nordic countries. These lists focus on young universities with great potential for the future.

  • Is technology really too fast for society?

    - We often hear that technology is advancing so fast that society cannot keep up. But in reality, social change is intimately linked to technology changes, and that expectations of what technology can bring changes in intensity.

  • Beyond the Blog

    Blogs are more than a tool to publish on the web, they are also a way to build and maintain communities between people who share interests online. A new dissertation from Umeå University analyzes how weblog communities are formed and differ from one another.

  • Umeå University student enrolment hits new all-time high

    A total 19,471 students are currently registered at Umeå University, according to figures from mid-September. This is an increase of 270 students in comparison with the same period last year. The figures indicate a record number of students by the end of 2011.

  • 450 new exchange students to arrive at Umeå University

    “We are extremely pleased that Umeå University continues to be an attractive higher educational institution for international exchange students. Approximately 450 new students are expected to arrive for the start of the autumn term, which is similar to last year,” says Per A. Nilsson, International Office Director.