Lund University
EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION SINCE 1666
A world-class university
• Founded in 1666
• 47 000 students
• 7 200 employees
- 820 professors
- 4 030 lecturers/researchers
and doctoral students
• Turnover EUR 750 million – 1/3
education, 2/3 research
A comprehensive university – 8 faculties
• Engineering
• Medicine
• Science
• Social Sciences
• Humanities and Theology
• Economics and Management
• Law
• Fine and Performing Arts
(Music, Theatre, Fine Art)
One university – multiple campuses
Lund – main campus
Malmö
Art Academy
Academy of Music
Theatre Academy
Skåne University Hospital
Helsingborg
Campus Helsingborg
Ljungbyhed
School of Aviation
Strategic plan 2012–2016
Vision
• A world-class university that works to understand, explain
and improve our world and the human condition
Goal
• Highest quality in education, research, innovation
and interaction with society
Four strategies
• Cross-boundary collaboration
• Internationalisation
• Quality enhancement
• Leader, teacher and employee excellence
The Faculty of Engineering, LTH
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Founded1961
9 600 students
460 PhD students
1 500 employees
166 professors
16 Engineering programmes
SEK1 577 million turnover
LTH – The Northern Campus
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Active student organisations
Social acitivities on Campus
Big annual Industrial Fair
Scientific conferences
Vattenhallen Science Center
LTH
World leading research at LTH
• Nano Science
• Mobile Communications
• Energy Conversion
• Laser Physics
• Automatic Control
• Combustion Physics
• Aerosol Technology
• Medical Technology
The MAX IV Laboratory
• World-leading synchrotron
radiation laboratory
• Using synchrotron radiation
to study materials at the
atomic scale
• For scientific breakthroughs
within medicine,
engineering and science
• Expected to be completed
in 2015
ESS
• Based on the world's most
powerful neutron source
• Will be used to study the
structure and function of
materials such as plastics,
proteins and medicines
• Expected to be completed
in 2019
• Will be used by a number
of European countries
Medicon Village
• Research, innovation and
enterprise working together to
create value for human health
and wellbeing
• 80 000 m2 to let – approx.
30 000 m2 of laboratories
• 570 workspaces
• In the long term, more than
1 000 people expected to work
at the centre
• Opened 2012 in AstraZeneca’s
former premises
Programmes
Engineering programmes ( 5 years)
Biotechnology
Biomedical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Computer Science & Technology
Electrical Engineering
Engeineering Mathematics
Engineering Nano-Science
Engineering Physics
Environmental Engineering
Industrial Management & Engineering
Information & Communication Engineering
Land Surveying & Management
Mechanical Engineering
Risk Management
Programmes
Fire & Protection Engineering 3,5 years
Archtecture 5 years
Industrial Design 3+2 years
Specialisations:
Technology Management
China specialisation
Programmes (at Campus Helsingborg)
Engineering programmes, 3 years
Civil Engineering including Architecture
Civil Engineering- Railway Design
Civil Engineering- Road Design and Traffic
Computer Engineering
Electrical Engineering
International Master programmes (2 years)
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Biotechnology
Food Technology and Nutrition
Nanoscience
Photonics
Sustainable Urban Design
System-on-Chip
Water Resources
Wireless Communications
Fire Safety Engineering
Food Innovation and Product Design
Energy-efficient and Environmental
Building Design
Sweden’s most international university
• Exchange students (individuals)
outgoing
1 100
incoming
1 900
• Non-exchange international
students: 3 700
• Sweden’s most popular
university for Master’s degrees
• 680 partner universities
in 50 countries worldwide
Student Exchange, LTH
Exchange students
LTH
Incoming
Outgoing
420
340
International
Master students
109
LERU – League of European
Research Universities
A network to promote European
research. Other member
universities include:
• Cambridge
• Oxford
• Helsinki
• Heidelberg
Universitas 21
International network
of 24 leading research-intensive
universities in 15 countries
Examples of other members:
• Fudan, Shanghai
• Hong Kong
• Amsterdam
• Edinburgh
The Öresund region: one of the world’s
strongest research regions
• A hub for ideas, science and
culture
• A large proportion of the
business sector has its origins
in research
• International airport
(Copenhagen)