Distinctions and financial funding
Here we present news about distinctions and large financial fundings awarded to SLU.
Impregnated Timber Can Get a Second Life
A barrier to recycling wood products is impregnation chemicals, adhesives, or other forms of contamination in the wood. Stergios Adamopoulos at SLU has received a large grant from the EU to develop
SLU at top three in international ranking by QS
The QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 has recently been released, revealing the top universities for 55 different subjects across five broad subject areas. The Swedish University of
SLU researcher recognized as "rising star" in environmental research
Michael Bertram, Assistant Professor at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, has been named the 2024 Rising Star in Environmental Research. Behind the award are the scientific journal ACS
SIANI-SLU Global 2025
The aim of this call is to support SLU researchers or other staffs to engage with SIANI-SLU Global and to communicate your research to broad audiences of academia and non-academia. The funding is for
Resebidrag doktorander
If you, as a doctoral student, want to travel abroad within the framework of your education, there is now again the possibility to apply for a travel grant for the internationalisation of the
Major research initiative for sustainable forests – 15 PhD positions open
Biodiversity and the role of forests in combating climate change are pressing global issues that demand new knowledge. Fifteen PhD positions are now open within a new research program at the Swedish
Ramesh Vetukuri gives students freedom to think out of the box
“Ramesh is one of the best supervisors, known for his knowledge, helpfulness, and friendliness”. Ramesh Vetukuri received the Best Supervisor Award 2024 from the Faculty of landscape architecture,
Three additional PhD projects approved in the WIFORCE research school
In October, 12 PhD projects were approved in an internal call at SLU’s Faculty of Forest Sciences. Now, three more projects have secured funding. The Wallenberg Initiatives in Forest Research (
Award-Winning Idea Could Save Forests from Bark Beetle Infestations
Researcher Langning Huo won this year's SLU Umeå and Sparbanksstiftelsen Norrland Innovation Award for her groundbreaking idea to use new sensor technology to detect forest damage. The innovation
The National Forest Inventory and the Unit for Forest Field Research awarded a prize for societal collaboration
During the Faculty of Forest Sciences’ Faculty Days, held on November 20–21, 2024, the Unit for Forest Field Research and the National Forest Inventory were awarded a prize for collaboration with the
Three researchers from SLU among the most cited
Three researchers from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences are on the 2024 list of highly cited researchers presented by Clarivate, the company behind Web of Science. In the list, nearly
SLU has performed well in the 2024 Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities by subject
SLU has been ranked fifth-best university in the world for agriculture in this year’s Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities. SLU also tops the league tables in in several other subjects,