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Uppsala University or Uppsala universitet is a state university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the oldest university in Scandinavia.

Faculties

• Arts
• Education and Teaching Professions
• Languages
• Law
• Medicine
• Pharmacy
• Science and Technology
• Social Sciences
• Theology

There are also a separate Uppsala University School of Engineering, and a Uppsala Astronomical Observatory. The university library is called Carolina Redeviva[?].

Scholars

• Olaus Rudbeckius
• Carolus Linnaeus
• Anders Celsius
• Jöns Jacob Berzelius
• Anders Jonas Ångström

See also: Royal Swedish Society of Science in Uppsala, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, List of universities in Sweden

External links

• Uppsala University (http://www.uu.se/) - Official site

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