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Uppsala University will
- Gain and disseminate knowledge for the benefit of humankind and a better world.
- Be a local, national, and international meeting place for knowledge, culture, and critical dialogue.
- Develop new areas of knowledge through cross-disciplinary cooperation.
- Be an integrated educational and research environment.
- Be open to the outside world.
- Contribute to achieving sustainable solutions to the challenges facing society.
- Have a working environment and leadership characterized by openness, responsibility, and trust.
- Have an ethical attitude and approach and activities characterized by equal opportunities.
Bold goals demand perseverance and the courage to venture along new paths. Uppsala University stands behind the search for knowledge in order to contribute to human knowledge and global development. Research should take on the significant challenges facing society as well as purely scientific questions. The University, in all its breadth, provides unique opportunities for cross-disciplinary collaboration and new combinations. The ability to attract and create the right working conditions for skilled academic staff is the most critical factor for the University's success in the international academic community.
Its association with research characterizes education at Uppsala University. Students acquire up-to-date knowledge as well as the skills and capacity for independent and critical thinking. The highly qualified teaching staff is responsible for the pedagogical quality of education and ensuring that the education we offer is grounded in scientific and scholarly progress. Together, teachers and students take shared responsibility for creating learning environments characterized by active student participation and engagement. Education at the Master's level is distinguished by specialized, in-depth teaching. It is strategically vital to increase the international recruitment of students and recruit students to doctoral programs.
Doctoral students are instrumental in the long-term development of universities as well as the public and private sectors. They make significant contributions to the University's research. The education offered in our doctoral programs gives students the competence and skills to conduct research independently, enables a deep understanding of the subject area, fosters proficiency in disseminating knowledge, and enables others' learning.
All education will maintain the highest national and international quality, and all students will be allowed to acquire first-class knowledge in their subject area and general academic skills.
- Our range of courses and programs will be continually renewed and developed to balance the availability of expertise in a particular subject, changes in the current state of knowledge, student demand, and society's needs.
- The range of courses taught in English, internationally-oriented courses, and programs with an international perspective will be developed, including a Bachelor's.
- Teaching methods and examination formats will be based on subject-specific educational research and developed in the interaction between students and teaching staff.
- A multi-faceted approach to learning will be established to acquire both generic and specific theoretical knowledge and practical skills.
- Students and academic staff take mutual responsibility for their own and others' learning.
- A diverse student body will be promoted.
- Academic staff's pedagogical competence will be continually developed, and their scientifically-based approach to teaching will be strengthened using continuing education and critical reflection.
- Pedagogical excellence, subject knowledge, and educational leadership experience and development work will be rewarded and given greater weight when recruiting and evaluating academic staff.
- Leadership at all levels provides the prerequisites to maintain and develop research-based knowledge in teaching and learning.
- Educational infrastructure and support functions will be developed to assist in the best possible way and meet students' unique backgrounds.
All students will acquire critical thinking skills, a scientific approach and attitude, and fundamental ethical principles.
- The content of education and teaching will be renewed continuously to reflect current research results and methods and highlight global perspectives.
- Students' ability to formulate and solve problems, to argue, evaluate, and disseminate knowledge will be challenged in all educational offerings.
- Students and academic staff will take shared responsibility for ensuring that the ethical aspects of all educational offerings are illuminated.
- The experience of students and academic staff from different social and cultural environments and backgrounds will be actively used.
- International student exchange will be stimulated, likewise cooperation with other knowledge environments.
Uppsala University's endeavor to combine academic excellence by providing benefits to society will be grounded in integrity, collegiality, quality, and openness. Freedom in education and research will be safeguarded by a collegial decision-making system and clear leadership in all organizations.
Well-functioning workplaces are essential to enable the University to conduct world-leading research and provide a first-class education. Uppsala University will be an inspiring environment in which every employee and student can develop personally, professionally, and academically, where a diversity of experience and individual initiatives are nurtured. Cultural heritage, academic traditions, and active student life are essential parts of our educational environment.
Education and research will be developed in open dialogue and multi-faceted cooperation with the broader community. Successful cooperation is based on trust in the University as an independent and impartial knowledge organization and takes its point of departure in its academic integrity. Our staff will develop cooperation with professional support in innovation, communication, and different forms of contact with society.
A constant endeavor to attain the highest national and international quality standards will permeate everything we do.
- Quality and renewal will be promoted using forward-looking recruitment and competency development and supporting and rewarding good performance.
- With collegial reviews and international comparisons, systematic quality assessment and development will be pursued as an integral part of all our activities.
- The engagement of staff and students and the joint responsibility they take for quality development will be stimulated and facilitated.
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