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.

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

Långörad fladdermus. Foto: Sirpa Ukura/Mostphotos

Researchers need help with bat observations

Have you seen a bat? Then let the researchers in the BatMapper project know about it! The purpose of the project is to find out how bats are affected by climate change.

What to do if you see a bat

Schematic of warm hole drivers, from Keil et al., 2020

New insights into causes of the North Atlantic warming hole

A new study by scientists from Stockholm University and the Max Planck Institute shows multiple causes of the warming hole in the northern North Atlantic.

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Herd immunity for Covid-19 can be reached sooner than expected

New mathematical modeling results from Tom Britton and Pieter Trapman at Stockholm University among other, show that herd immunity levels are clearly lower than previously calculated, which means that fewer need to be infected before we achieve an immunity protection against further outbreaks and spread of infection. The article is now published in the journal Science.