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Welcome to the Faculty of Science

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. 

Unique PhD collaboration in Astronomy

Giacomo Bortolin, Department of Astronomy, and Tasis Kapodistrias, Department of Teaching and Learnin, work together in a unique paired-PhD project based on representation in Astronomy higher education. 

Ilona Riipinen.

Illona Riipinen receives the Göran Gustafsson Prize in Physics

Ilona Riipinen, Professor at the Department of Environmental Science and Co-Director of the Bolin Centre for Climate Research, has been awarded the Göran Gustafsson Prize in Physics 2023 “for her pioneering research on atmospheric aerosol particles and their impact on clouds, climate, and human health.”

 Belén Martín-Matute

Belén Martín-Matute elected new member of KVA

Belén Martín-Matute, professor in organic chemistry at Stockholm University, has been elected new member of the Royal Academy of Science’s (KVA)Class for Chemistry.

AlbaNova campus area.

Creative research environment attracts physicists and astronomers to Stockholm

In 2008, the Oskar Klein Centre in Stockholm was founded to tackle the greatest problems in astrophysics and particle physics in an interdisciplinary manner. It is now celebrated as a rich and rewarding research environment that attracts internationally leading researchers, including Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek.

Nine Swedish universities and MAX IV launch unique education programme to tackle societal challenges

A new intersectoral and interdisciplinary project between nine Swedish Universities and MAX IV – a Ph.D. programme called PRISMAS – launches in January 2023.

A word from the Dean, December 2022

I would like to thank all staff members for an excellent collaboration in 2022. I believe and hope that our work will continue in the same good spirit in 2023.