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Faculty of Science and Technology

Our Faculty has 3 300 full-time students, 1 000 employees, and a strong research. The eleven departments of the faculty comprises research and education within architecture, biology, chemistry, computing science, industrial design, mathematics, physics, educational science, and technology.

Latest news

Václava Hazuková
Anknuten som postdoktor till Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap
Enhet: Stipendium
Research on lakes and rivers receives funding from Formas

Two new projects will investigate the carbon storage potential of Arctic lakes and flooding in watercourses.

Umeå University joins EU project to improve doctor–patient interaction

ASCLEPIUS will develop AI assistants that support clearer communication and reduce documentation work

Ludvig Edman, Ajay Kumar Poonia och Nicolò Maccaferri vid Institutionen för fysik samarbetar inom WISE.
Unexpected discovery emerged from collaboration between two research fields

Tiny gold particles could play a new role in the organic electronics of the future.

Magnus Andersson
Professor vid Kemiska institutionen
Roll: Studierektor
From still images to movies of life’s molecular machines

New technology could reveal how vital processes in the body work in real time.

New project to map pristine and vulnerable Arctic lakes

The Arctic is warming rapidly. Researchers are now set to investigate effects on lake ecosystems.

Johannes Messinger, lab, membrane inlet mass spectrometry
The quest for a better photosynthetic enzyme

Hidden mechanisms may provide clues for the development of more efficient plants.

Latest features

Stephan Wenkel och Iker Valle Aramburu forskar båda om mikroproteiner, Stephan i växter och Iker inom immunförsvar och samspel mellan värdar och mikroorganismer. Tillsammans arrangerade de Nobelsymposiet om mikroproteiner vid Umeå universitet i september 2026.
Tiny proteins are proving hard to ignore

Once overlooked, tiny proteins are revealing surprising roles in biology – and new possibilities for research.

Julia Servin, doktorand vid Institutionen för fysik
Curiosity became a career

What is it like to be a doctoral student? Meet Julia, whose research takes her all the way to Jupiter's moons.

Johanna Björklund
Professor vid Institutionen för datavetenskap
Newly appointed professor wants to make AI less overconfident

Johanna Björklund aims to make today’s AI systems understand their own limitations.

Events

November

Jayalakshmi Baskar, Computing Science
Fri
13
Nov
Jayalakshmi Baskar, Computing Science
Time 09:00 - 13:00 13 November 09:00 - 13:00
Place MIT.A.121.

Defence of doctoral thesis. Argument-based Person-Tailored Human-Agent Dialogues to Support Health and Well-Being in Older Adults.

Hanna Axén, Physical geography
Fri
20
Nov
Hanna Axén, Physical geography
Time 09:00 - 13:00 20 November 09:00 - 13:00
Place Stora hörsalen, KBC (KBE303).

Defence of doctoral thesis. Patterns and drivers of carbon cycling in old growth boreal forests.

UTRI Conference 2026, Beyond the Backlash: Sustainability for the Future
Thu
26
Nov
UTRI Conference 2026, Beyond the Backlash: Sustainability for the Future
Time 26 November at 08:15 until 27 November at 16:30 26 November at 08:15 until 27 November at 16:30
Place Vardagsrummet

Conference. Welcome to Umeå Transformation Research Initiatives' annual conference! We welcome everyone interested in engaging in research and collaboration

Diego Alejandro Miranda, Chemistry
Fri
27
Nov
Diego Alejandro Miranda, Chemistry
Time 09:00 - 13:00 27 November 09:00 - 13:00
Place BIO.E.203 – Aula Biologica.

Defence of doctoral thesis. Biopolymers Inside and Out - Bacterial cell factories for biopolymers production from residual biomass.

December

Anindya Sundar Das, Computing Science
Tue
1
Dec
Anindya Sundar Das, Computing Science
Time 13:00 - 17:00 1 December 13:00 - 17:00
Place BIO.E.203 - Aula Biologica.

Defence of doctoral thesis. Unmasking the Unknown: Addressing Anomalies for Trustworthy AI.

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