Stockholm University

The Stockholm University ( Stockholms universitet Swedish and SU; Latin: Universitas Holmiensis ) is one of 16 colleges and universities in the Swedish capital. The university, founded in 1878 is one of the best 100 universities worldwide.

History

1869 in Stockholm, an association was founded, which was the establishment of a university in Stockholm to the destination. After a fundraising campaign and with support from the City of Stockholm a modest teaching in mathematics, physics, chemistry and geology in 1878 added. In the following years, dominated the natural sciences. In the 1880s, the first chairs were set up, all - were part of the natural sciences - except one. Among the first professors are the mathematician Sofia Kovalevskaya, the first professor of Sweden and probably in Europe, and the chemist Svante Arrhenius, who in 1903 received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry to highlight.

1904 was the first time possible to sit at the Stockholm Institute of doctoral exams. 1907, the State and Law Faculty was founded in 1919, the humanistic faculty and 1964, the social science faculty. In the 1930s discussed the merging of the various colleges in Stockholm at a university, but these plans were abandoned in the 1950s.

In 1960, the Stockholm University has been converted into a state university and started the construction of a university campus in the district Frescati. At the same time, the number of students multiplied (from the 50s to 1970, from 5,000 to 30,000 ). In 1977, the social high school and the School of Journalism were integrated into the University of Stockholm, later more smaller institutions and laboratories. The last major change took place on 1 January 2008, when the teachers Stockholm School was integrated into the SU.

In collaboration with other universities in Europe and the United States was in 2013 under the auspices of the Technical University of Munich, the hitherto unknown material Lithiumborsilicid, also called growth developed.

Faculties

Today the university has four faculties: the humanist, the State and social sciences, relevant research and the Faculty of Science. In addition, the SU operates in conjunction with the Royal Institute of Technology two research centers of Physics, Astronomy and Biotechnology or for computer science. The Stockholm University has about 4600 teachers, of which 1800 are a guest teacher and lecturer, and 35,000 students.

Well-known professors and students

  • Percy Quensel Dudgeon (1881-1966), geologist
  • Svante Arrhenius
  • Hans von Euler - Chelpin
  • George de Hevesy
  • Paul Crutzen
Frescati (Stockholm) Stockholm Institute of Education Paul J. Crutzen Stockholm School of Economics Blekinge Institute of Technology Dalarna University College Gotland University College Halmstad University, Sweden Konstfack Kristianstad University College Newman Institute (Uppsala)
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