Умеоский университет: Обзор и структура

Public university in Umeå, Sweden
Internationally, the university is known for research relating to the genome of the poplar tree and the Norway Spruce, and its highly ranked Institute of (industrial) Design.

The highest branch at Umeå University is the University Board of Directors. The board includes eight members (including the board chairman) appointed by the government, the vice chancellor, three representatives for the teachers, three for other employees, and three for the students. The University Management consists of the vice chancellor (rector), pro vice chancellor, deputy vice chancellors, senior advisers and the university director. The university has four faculties and eight campus schools, more than 20 research centers and 36 departments. Most education and research are located at the main campus and Umeå Arts Campus in Umeå, with additional campuses in the cities of Skellefteå and Örnsköldsvik. The total number of students enlisted to some of the 50 different study programs and 800 separate courses exceeds 34,000.

University Hospital of Umeå, ("Norrlands Universitetssjukhus", "NUS") is the main hospital and research center for medical care and medicine in northern Sweden. In cooperation with the university, it hosts one of seven schools for medicine and dental medicine in Sweden.

Prospective Swedish students make their applications to all Swedish universities at the Swedish Council for Higher Education website Antagning. se and international students use its counterpart in English, Universityadmissions. se. Information specific to non EU/EEA students (applications, tuition fees and scholarships) can be found at Studyinsweden. se.

Umeå University Library (a. k. a. UB) was established at the time of Umeå University's foundation in 1965, but has origins in from the Scientific Library in Umeå established in 1950 at Umeå City Library. Its main building dates from 1968, but has since been extended and rebuilt, most recently in 2006. There are subsidiary libraries at the Norrland's University Hospital, at the Umeå Arts Campus and in Örnsköldsvik.

Practically all research papers produced by the university's researchers and students are to be found in the DiVA (Digital Scientific Archive) database, founded in 2000 (see link below).