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Uppsala University or Uppsala universitet is a state university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the oldest university in Scandinavia.

Founding and Early History

As with most medieval universities, Uppsala University initially grew out of an ecclesiastical center. The archbishopric of Uppsala had been one of the most important sees in Sweden since Christianity first spread to this region in the ninth century. Uppsala had also long been a hub for regional trade, and had contained human settlements dating back into the deep recesses of the Middle Ages. As was also the case with most medieval universities, Uppsala had initially been chartered through a papal bull. Uppsala’s bull, which granted the university its corporate rights, was issued by Pope Sixtus IV in 1477, and established a number of provisions. Among the most important of these was that the university was officially given the same freedoms and privileges as the University of Bologna. This included the right to establish the four traditional faculties of theology, canon law and Roman law, medicine, and philosophy, and to award the bachelors, masters, licentiate, and doctorate degrees. The archbishop of Uppsala was also named as the university’s chancellor, and was charged with the duty to ensure that the rights and privileges of the university and its members were preserved.

Faculties

• Arts
• Education and Teaching Professions
• Languages
• Law
• Medicine
• Pharmacy
• Science and Technology
• Social Sciences
• Theology

There are also a separate Uppsala School of Engineering, and a Uppsala Astronomical Observatory. The university library is called Carolina Rediviva.

Alumni

• Olaus Rudbeckius
• Carolus Linnaeus
• Anders Celsius
• Jöns Jacob Berzelius
• Anders Jonas Ångström
• Hannes Alfvén

External links

• Uppsala University

See also: Royal Swedish Society of Science in Uppsala, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, List of universities in Sweden

• Swedish universities