Uppsala University

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At Uppsala University, you have the opportunity to listen to and learn from Nobel laureates, authors, politicians and many other guests and friends. Many of these lectures are open to the public, and offer new knowledge, impulses and insights for anyone interested.
Uppsala University will

• Gain and disseminate knowledge for the benefit of humankind and for a better world.
...i>Be a local, national and international meeting place for knowledge, culture and critical dialogue.
• Develop new areas of knowledge through cross-disciplinary cooperation.
• Be an integrated educational and research environment.
• Be open to the outside world.
• Contribute to achieving sustainable solutions to the challenges facing society.
• Have a working environment and leadership characterised by openness, responsibility and trust.
• Have an ethical attitude and approach, and activities characterised by equal opportunities.

Bold goals demand perseverance and the courage to venture along new paths. Uppsala University stands behind the search for knowledge in order to contribute to human knowledge and global development. Research should take on the major challenges facing society as well as purely scientific questions. The University in all its breadth provides unique opportunities for cross-disciplinary collaboration and new combinations. The ability to attract and to create good working conditions for skilled academic staff is the most important factor for the University’s success in the international academic community.
Education at Uppsala University is characterised by its association with research. Students acquire up-to-date knowledge as well as the skills and capacity for independent and critical thinking. Highly qualified teaching staff is responsible for the pedagogical quality of education and for ensuring that the education we offer is grounded in scientific and scholarly progress. Together, teachers and students take shared responsibility for creating learning environments characterised by active student participation and engagement. Education at the Master’s level is distinguished by specialised, in-depth teaching and is strategically important in terms of increasing international recruitment of students and for recruitment of students to doctoral programmes.
Doctoral students are instrumental to the long-term development of universities as well as the public and private sectors. They make significant contributions to the University’s research. The education offered in our doctoral programmes gives students the competence and skills to conduct research independently, enables a deep understanding of the subject area, fosters proficiency in disseminating knowledge and enables the learning of others.
All education will maintain the highest national and international quality and all students will be given the opportunity to acquire first-class knowledge in their subject area as well as general academic skills.

• Our range of courses and programmes will be continually renewed and developed to balance the availability of expertise in a particular subject, changes in the current state of knowledge, student demand, and the needs of society.
• The range of courses taught in English, internationally oriented courses and programmes with an international perspective will be developed, including at Bachelor’s level.
• Teaching methods and examination formats will be based on subject specific educational research and developed in interaction between students and teaching staff.
• A multi-faceted approach to learning will be established so that students acquire both generic and specific theoretical knowledge and practical skills.
• Students and academic staff take mutual responsibility for their own and others’ learning.
• A diverse student body will be promoted.
• The pedagogical competence of academic staff will be continually developed and their scientifically based approach to teaching will be strengthened by means of continuing education and critical reflection.
• Pedagogical excellence, subject knowledge and experience of educational leadership and development work will be rewarded and given greater weight when recruiting and evaluating academic staff.
• Leadership at all levels provides the prerequisites to maintain and develop research-based knowledge in teaching and learning.
• Educational infrastructure and support functions will be developed to assist in the best possible way and to meet students’ individual backgrounds.

All students will be given the opportunity to acquire critical thinking skills, a scientific approach and attitude, and fundamental ethical principles.

• The content of education and teaching will be renewed on a continuous basis so that it reflects current research results and methods, and also highlights global perspectives.
• Students’ ability to formulate and solve problems, to argue, evaluate and disseminate knowledge, will be challenged in all educational offerings.
• Students and academic staff will take shared responsibility for ensuring that the ethical aspects of all educational offerings are illuminated.
• The experience of students and academic staff from different social and cultural environments and backgrounds will be actively used.
• International student exchange will be stimulated, likewise cooperation with other knowledge environments.

Uppsala University’s endeavour to combine academic excellence with providing benefit to society will be grounded in integrity, collegiality, quality and openness. Freedom in education and research will be safeguarded by a collegial system of decision-making and clear leadership in all parts of the organisation.
Well-functioning workplaces are essential to enable the University to conduct world-leading research and provide first-class education. Uppsala University will be an inspiring environment in which every employee and student is able to develop personally, professionally and academically, where a diversity of experience and individual initiatives are nurtured. Cultural heritage, academic traditions and an active student life are important parts of our educational environment.
Education and research will be developed in open dialogue and multi-faceted cooperation with the wider community. Successful cooperation is based on trust in the University as an independent and impartial knowledge organisation and takes its point of departure in the University’s academic integrity. Our staff will conduct and develop cooperation with professional support in the fields of innovation, communication and different forms of contact with society.
A constant endeavour to attain the highest national and international quality standards will permeate everything we do.

• Quality and renewal will be promoted by means of forward-looking recruitment and competency development, and by supporting and rewarding good performance.
• Systematic quality assessment and development, with collegial reviews and international comparisons, will be pursued as an integral part of all our activities.
• The engagement of staff and students and the joint responsibility they take for quality development will be stimulated and facilitated.