About us

The Department of Materials Science and Engineering is located at Ångström Laboratory, one of Europe's most advanced laboratories for materials and energy research. We bring together innovative researchers, talented students and state-of-the-art equipment in a collaborative environment.

Our Department by the numbers

  • Turnover: 207 million SEK
  • Employees: 166 (38% women)
  • Teachers and researchers: 82 (32% women), of which 24 professors 
  • PhD students: 78 (42% women)
  • Nationalities: about 20
  • Students: around 300 full-year equivalents
  • Degree programmes
  • Courses: around 100
  • Master thesis reviews: around 40 per year
  • PhD Diploma: around 15 per year
  • Licentiate Diploma: around 2-3 per year
  • Uppsala University is ranked among the top 100 universities in the world

The information applies to 2020 unless otherwise stated

Last modified: 2022-04-25
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