
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
News
- Maria Tenje receives ERC Consolidator Grant 2022-03-18
- Uppsala University integrating into solar energy research 2022-02-11
- Uppsala University will coordinate a competence center in solar energy 2022-01-05
- Maria Tenje receives prolongation grant from KAW 2021-12-10
- Major new research programme on materials of the future 2021-11-30
Events
Meet our researchers

Last modified: 2022-04-25