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The Faculty of Science at Stockholm University is the largest science faculty in Sweden and is among the top hundred science faculties in the world on the Shanghai ranking. The Faculty offers top-class education in a number of programmes and courses, at Master´s level more than 30 study programmes are given in English.

Information for students and staff about the coronavirus

Information on the coronavirus in relation to Stockholm University's activities is updated continuously.

Distance learning from 18 March

How tough are grasses: The cost of surviving cold and frost

Jan-Niklas Nuppenau, PhD student at DEEP, is studying grasses growing on soils heated by volcanic activity in Iceland, to find out if they can deal with heat and cold likewise. Or are the costs of maintaining cold tolerance so high, that the ability is lost quickly when no longer needed?

How tough are grasses: The cost of surviving cold and frost

Mathematical models predict the spread of pandemics

Using mathematical models, Tom Britton, professor of mathematics, can calculate how fast the coronavirus is likely to spread.

How large will the spread of corona be?

EU grant to Stockholm University for Coronavirus Research

Stockholm University has been granted research funding from the EU to develop antiviral treatment for the new coronavirus. The project is led by Anna-Lena Spetz, professor of immunology.

Science news published by the Faculty of Science

Solves major problems in life’s small building blocks 2020-05-26
The Royal National City Park 25 years 2020-05-25
SU and HUJI invite applications for funding of workshops to be held in 2021 2020-05-08
Sonya Kovalevsky – Sweden's first female professor 2020-04-28
Grants for personal mobility – Strategic Mobility 2020-04-21

Science news published by Stockholm University

Solves major problems in life’s small building blocks 2020-05-26
The Royal National City Park 25 years 2020-05-25
New routine for authorization to buy ethanol 2020-05-20
Towards a new generation of vegetation models 2020-05-12
SU and HUJI invite applications for funding of workshops to be held in 2021 2020-05-08

Events calendar

28 May postponed until further notice: DEEP seminar: Sarahi Garcia
28 May Webinar: Law and governance in the Baltic Sea and the Chesapeake Bay
29 May CV and cover letter
29 May POSTPONED to 6 November: Conferment of Master's Degrees
05 Jun How to find fulfilling work?
19 Jun "Third Tuesday" - midsummer special
25 Sep POSTPONED to 22 January: Inauguration and Conferment Ceremony
18 Nov Master's Fair on Campus

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Tarfala Research Station

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New Master's brochure 2020-2021

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