Lund University Sweden 2014 | EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION SINCE 1666
A WORLD-CLASS UNIVERSITY Understand, explain and improve The world faces a range of challenges in areas Lund University’s high standing can be attributed such as the environment, health, sustainability, to a number of factors. With eight faculties, we energy, globalisation and human rights. We all have strong research in many different fields and need to do our part to help to find solutions are able to establish cross-disciplinary research to these challenges. At Lund University we collaborations to tackle complex challenges. contribute by generating new knowledge and More than 30 of our research fields are classed passing it on to the next generation and to a as world leading, and the close links between wider audience, through research, education education and research inspire innovative and interaction with society. We have been thinking on an academic foundation. Many doing this since 1666, and our ambition is to scientific breakthroughs and groundbreaking continue to be a world-class university that innovations originate from Lund University and our innovation activities reduce the distance works to understand, explain and improve our from research to market. world and the human condition. Our efforts over the years have paid off. Lund Student life in Lund is also a factor in the University is today one of the world’s leading University’s attraction. This small yet dynamic higher education institutions. Students and city with medieval roots forms a meeting place researchers come to Lund from all over for inquisitive individuals from near and far, who the world. We attract more international gain experiences and contacts for life. students than any other university in Sweden and we collaborate with 680 partner uni- For almost 350 years, the University has been in versities around the world. We are also the a process of constant development – today more only Swedish university to be a member of than ever. Huge investments are being made the strong international networks League of in the research facilities of the future – MAX IV European Research Universities (LERU) and and ESS. These are set to change our view of the Universitas 21 (U21). world, and the world’s view of Lund University.
LUND UNIVERSITY IN BRIEF FOUNDED: 1666 MOTTO: Ad utrumque (paratus) , prepared for both FACULTIES: Economics and Manage- ment, Engineering, Fine and Perfor- ming Arts, Humanities and Theology, Law, Medicine, Science, Social Sciences. The University is also home to MAX IV, the International Institute for Indu- strial Environmental Economics (IIIEE), various research centres and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law. RANKED: QS Times Higher Shanghai Education Ranking 2013 67 123 101–150 2012 71 82 101–150 2011 86 80 101–150 2010 72 89 101–150 Ranking by subject, QS top 100 (2014) 15 subjects among the world’s top 100, among others: Geography (21st) Environmental science (31st) Ranking by subject, Times Higher Education (THE) top 100 (2013/14) Physical sciences (57th) Life sciences (67th) Arts and humanities (74th) Clinical and pre-clinical health (77th) Engineering and technology (78th)
EDUCATION IN BRIEF EDUCATION No OF FREESTANDING COURSES: 2 200, of which 500 taught in English A meeting place for international students No OF DEGREE PROGRAMMES: 75 leading to an undergraduate degree, of which 5 in English At Lund University we educate the knowledge nal development and spread examples of best 210 leading to a Master’s degree, generators, problem solvers and leaders of practice in teaching. We are also keen to provide of which 100 in English tomorrow. We give our students the tools to our students with opportunities to have their SOME NOTABLE ALUMNI: explore and understand themselves and the say about their education, and there are student Nobel laureates: world around them. They are taught how to think representatives on all decision-making bodies. Manne Siegbahn, Physics 1924 freely, creatively and critically, and to develop Bertil Ohlin, Economics 1977 We place strong emphasis on the employability their ability to work across disciplinary boundaries Sune Bergström, Medicine 1982 of our students and deliver our programmes and and externally to tackle demanding problems. Arvid Carlsson, Medicine 2000 courses in close interaction with business and This lays the foundation for lifelong learning. Fields Medal recipient: society. We also arrange careers fairs and offer Lars Hörmander, 1962 This philosophy applies to all our programmes and careers advice. Professor of Mathematics courses – and there are many of them! We have Swedish prime ministers: Since many of our courses and programmes are Sweden’s broadest range of education in engin- Arvid Posse, 1880–83 taught in English, the University is a meeting eering, science, law, social sciences, economics Tage Erlander, 1946–69 place for students from around the world. Lund and management, medicine, humanities, theo- Ingvar Carlsson, 1986–91, 1994–96 University is the most popular choice for interna- logy, art, music and drama. This offers almost un- Business leaders: tional students coming to Sweden, both for short limited possibilities for our students to combine Pehr G. Gyllenhammar, exchanges and entire degree programmes. This subjects and create a unique degree. former CEO of Volvo creates a global classroom environment where Michael Treschow, The majority of our teaching staff are also students encounter different cultural per spectives Chair of the Board of Unilever researchers, and our programmes and courses and gain international contacts – something Stefan Persson, have close links to current research; we see this which is valued by employers worldwide. Chair of the Board of H&M as an important factor to ensure quality. For Ambassadors: Lund has one of the highest population densi- those who wish to further deepen their know- Gunnar Jarring, former Swedish ties of students in Sweden, which is reflected in ledge, there is the possibility to go on to a PhD. Ambassador to the USA and the thriving student life, with clubs and societies Sweden’s UN Ambassador It is very important to us that our teaching staff for all tastes. Everything is within cycling Jonas Hafström, Swedish diplomat have excellent teaching skills, and we have distance and the atmosphere in Lund is both and former Ambassador to the USA well-established structures to support educatio- international and intimate.
RESEARCH Successful research across the range We know that cross-boundary collaborations at Lund University also stands out as a strong regional, national and global level can help to force in the European research arena. For many find solutions to the major questions of today years we have been the most active Swedish and tomorrow. For this reason, we have worked participant in the EU framework programmes hard to develop cross-disciplinary research in for technical and economic development. order to address increasingly complex social problems. Several national research facilities are based in Lund, including MAX-lab, where research Our interdisciplinary research and the diversity is carried out using synchrotron radiation. The offered by a comprehensive university have MAX IV Laboratory is currently under con- contributed to our success in recent years in struction and will open in 2016. It will be the obtaining major research grants. Over EUR 550 world’s leading synchrotron radiation facility. million (SEK 5 billion) a year goes to research The European research facility ESS will also be at our eight faculties, which gives us one of built adjacent to MAX IV, and will be the world’s Sweden’s strongest and broadest research most powerful neutron source when it enters environments. We have world-leading research operation in 2019. The two facilities will be of groups in more than 30 fields, according to in- decisive importance to future scientific and dependent evaluations. industrial development in both materials science and life science. We have been commissioned by the Swedish Government to develop various strategic Lund University is also a partner in Medicon research areas to absolute world-class level over Village – a new life science centre where a number of years. These include research on research, innovation and enterprise will work cancer, diabetes, epidemiology, neuroscience, together to improve human health and well- stem cells, nanoscience, climate modelling, being. The majority of our cancer researchers biodiversity, Middle Eastern studies, e-science, are now based at this site. manufacturing engineering, and IT and mobile communications.
STRONG RESEARCH AREAS AND INNOVATION ENVIRONMENTS Materials science and nanotechnology Synchrotron radiation research Laser spectroscopy Diabetes Cancer Neuroscience and neurodegenerative diseases Stem cells Bioimaging Neuropsychology Cognitive science Linguistics Climate and environment Quaternary geology Biodiversity Animal migration patterns Automatic control E-science Manufacturing engineering IT and mobile communications Food Transport and logistics Risk and safety management Epidemiology Health and ageing Economic history Economic demography Innovation and entrepreneurship Middle Eastern studies Music education
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