Research at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Materials science and technology is an exciting and vibrant interdisciplinary research area. The Department of Materials Science and Engineering has innovative researchers, state-of-the-art facilities and a highly collaborative research environment that can take on technical and societal challenges both now and in the future. Such as development of new solar cells, development of sustainable energy storage with organic nanomaterials, improvement of biomaterials that can be used in hard tissue applications or as delivery systems for medicines, to name a few. Read more on the division pages.
Our Divisions
- Applied Materials Science,
- Applied Mechanics
- Biomedical Engineering
- Microsystems Technology,
- Nanotechnology and Functional Materials,
- Solar Cell Technology
- Solid State Physics
- Myfab - infrastructure for cleanroom based research
Publications

Research centers and other networks
Commitment to a center formation is a good alternative for companies that want to work more long-term with research. Here it is possible to propose and run research projects that require more focused investments. Engaging in a center formation leads to both long-term knowledge building within a relevant subject area and a well-developed network of contacts.
The Department of Materials Science and Engineering runs or participates in several research centers and other larger collaborations within and outside Uppsala University:
Additive manufacturing initiative at the Ångström laboratory (AM@Å)
Medtech Science & Innovation centre
Centre for Natural Disaster Science (CNDS)
Centre for Photon Science at Uppsala University
Centre for Renewable Electrical Power onversion (in Swedish)
Uppsala Berzelii Technology Center for Neurodiagnostics
Upptech (Uppsala University School of Technology)
Ångström Materials Academy, ÅMA
Want to know more about ÅMA? Contact Ernesto Gutiérrez