Uppsala

City of Uppsala
•190 000 inhabitants

•Appr. 20 % of the population are of foreign origin

representing over 110 different countries from all
over the world

•The population of young people is above the

•average in Sweden

•Located in the Stockholm - Mälar Region with

3 million people

(Sweden has 9 300 000 inhabitants)

 City of Uppsala - a centre of education
and research
• University of Uppsala - the first Scandinavian university
founded in 1477

• Swedish University of Agricultural Science from 1977

• 40 000 students at the two universities

• Industrial life closely linked to the research at the universities

• University hospital, a medical center, biomedical

industry

• A center for the Swedish church with the Swedish

Archbishop, and one of the most important cathedrals in
Scandinavia
Uppsala
 Uppsala university

Broad course offerings from undergraduate to

doctoral level in nine faculties.

• 40,000 undergraduate and

postgraduate students ≈ 20,000 full-
time students

• 50 programmes for beginners and

45 master programmes

• Lifelong learning through continuing

and mid-career education
 Culture
• Museums

• ”The Culture Night ” in September each year

• Carolina Rediviva – and other libraries

• Linneaus gardens – 2007 was the celebration of the

300th anniversary of the birth of Carl Linnaeus, the
father of the ”Bible of Plants”

• A rich variety of music and musicians

• Many Choirs

• A new Concert Hall

Kontoret för barn, ungdom och arbetsmarknad

Responsibilities
•Pre-schools
•Compulsary schools
•Upper secondary schools
•Adult education including Swedish for immigrants
•Leisure time activities
•Social services
•Children and young persons with disabilities
•Labour market
•Refugees and immigrants
•Consumers’ advice
Rubrik
City of Uppsala: Education

Pre-schools age 1 - 5
200 pre-schools, municipal pre-schools and
independent pre-schools
9 500 children

Compulsary schools age (6) 7 - 16

70 municipal schools and 16 independent schools
20 000 pupils

Upper secondary schools age 16 – 18

11 municipal and 13 independent upper secondary schools
offer the 17 national programs
8 000 pupils

Adult education and Swedish for immigrants

3 000 students
Municipal compulsory schools

Main political goals:

•Quality systems

•Academic achievements

•Good study environment

•Equal opportunities