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Apply for autumn semester by 15 April

The second admissions round is open for EU/EEA and Swiss students. Browse our catalogue to explore all study programmes in English.

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UN Year for Melting Glaciers

The year 2025 has been designated by the United Nations as the Year of Glaciers' Preservation. Researchers at the Tarfala Research Station are participating to mark the day.

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Leymah Gbowee. Photo: Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa (GPFA)

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Lecture with Nobel Peace Prize laureate Leymah Gbowee

Lecture

The shadow of a large mammoth.

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March

Ancient DNA reveals the lost diversity of prehistoric animals (book your spot by 25 March)

Event

Balsam och hårtofs
Lignin gels offer sustainable hair conditioning

Researchers have developed a fully biobased hair conditioner using lignin gel emulsions, offering a sustainable and environmentally friendly alternative to conventional haircare products.

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Birds and mammals – separate brain origins

The area in the brain responsible for complex cognitive functions have different origin in different species such as mammals, birds, and reptiles new research show.

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Department of Environmental Science

The hidden world of biofilm: how Vibrioscope combines art with science to expose an invisible threat

In a classroom at Dibber International School Sollentuna, just north of Stockholm, a student adjusts the focus on a microscope. The others lean in, watching as a tiny world teeming with microbial life comes into view.

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Shaping tomorrow's sustainable society: Apply to the Master's Programme in Environmental Humanities

Explore the environmental humanities with new master's programmes, study paths and courses at advanced level. The programme gives you insights into the relationships and power that arise between humans, animals, nature and technology in ways that challenge and broaden your imagination. The programme starts in the autumn semester of 2025 at Stockholm University.

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Workshop

Shut up and read! Shut up and write!

Are you struggling to stay focused and get things done? During a Shut up and read! Shut up and write! meeting, we work together in a room where everyone focuses on their own tasks. We do this to inspire each other and get away from distractions.

Shut up and read! Shut up and write!

Are you struggling to stay focused and get things done? During a Shut up and read! Shut up and write! meeting, we work together in a room where everyone focuses on their own tasks. We do this to inspire each other and get away from distractions.

Medarbetare som skriver på whiteboard.
Work at SU

Over 5,700 people work here to achieve our vision of a university of the highest international quality. Are you interested in joining us? See our list of open positions.

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Support SU

Do you want to contribute? You can support knowledge, education and science - for a sustainable society and future.

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Curious about how the world works?

On our theme pages, we collect articles, films, reports and events on various subjects.

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