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Welcome To Umeå University

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Umeå – a place to call home Umeå is a city of many colors. As the seasons change, the cool white landscapes of winter stand in contrast to the reds, browns and yellows of the autumn months. The northern lights stretch across the winter sky and bring light to the otherwise long dark winter night, while during the summer, the midnight sun keeps the summer nights warm and bright. With a broad view on education and research, Umeå University offers opportunities to discover new grounds and widen your social and professional networks. Umeå University is famous for its interdisciplinary practices, and with its 30 000 shelf meters and 1.3 million books, the University library is the place to go to find the resources you need. As a researcher at Umeå University, you can to contribute your results to the larger research puzzle. The surrounding environment inspires one to live up to his or her ambitions as well as the expectations of the research community. One of our strongest fields is the genetic chemistry. Just ask Nobel Prize winner Roger Kornberg, Hon. Dr. of Umeå University. In Umeå, you can make your mark on history. Here, your true potential will show.
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Umeå – a place to call home 

 

Umeå is a city of many colors. As the seasons change, the cool white landscapes of winter stand in contrast to the reds, browns and yellows of the autumn months. The northern lights stretch across the winter sky and bring light to the otherwise long dark winter night, while during the summer, the midnight sun keeps the summer nights warm and bright.  

With a broad view on education and research, Umeå University offers opportunities to discover new grounds and widen your social and professional networks. Umeå University is famous for its interdisciplinary practices, and with its 30 000 shelf meters and 1.3 million books, the University library is the place to go to find the resources you need.  

As a researcher at Umeå University, you can to contribute your results to the larger research puzzle. The surrounding environment inspires one to live up to his or her ambitions as well as the expectations of the research community. One of our strongest fields is the genetic chemistry. Just ask Nobel Prize winner Roger Kornberg, Hon. Dr. of Umeå University. In Umeå, you can make your mark on history. Here, your true potential will show.  

 

 

 

 

 

In Humlab, an international center of excellence in information technology in the Humanities department, you can watch seminars given by world renowned scholars like Katherine Hayles, Hon. Dr., or Howard Rheingold, both live or in the archive of streamed talks. 

As the European capital of culture 2014, Umeå has a rich and vibrant cultural life. Here you can find everything from classic opera to new underground music. The restaurants, cafés and pubs offer food and amusement all year around. Independent movies have their own theatre, and established national and international acts have performed in many of the arenas around the city. There is something for every taste and interest in Umeå – the City of Birches. Welcome to the city of inspiration and knowledge, whose colours change with every season. Welcome home.  

 


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