Rankings, facts and figures

University world rankings 

Lund University is highly ranked in many international comparisons of higher education and has been consistently placed in the world's top 100 universities in recent years (placed among the top 0.4% of the world's universities).

Lund University is also the highest ranked full-scale university in Scandinavia, according to the Times Higher Education 2012/2013 rankings.

• Top 100 university: 71st place in the QS Ranking 2012
• Top 100 university: 82nd place in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2012/2013
• Top 100-150 university in the Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU 2011/2012)
• Top 100 university: 99th place for graduate employability, New York Times 2012

University rankings by subject

Lund University achieves very high world rankings for several subject areas.

Top 50 university in the following subjects, QS World University Rankings by subject 2013:

• geography (26th)
• environmental sciences (32nd)
• biological sciences (46th)
• linguistics (50th)

Top 100 university in the following subjects, QS World University Rankings by subject 2013:

• accounting
• chemistry
• communication and media studies
• engineering - civil and structural
• engineering - electrical and electronic
• engineering - mechanical
• law and legal studies
• medicine
• physics
• politics
• sociology

Top 150 university in the following subjects, QS World University Rankings by subject 2013:

• earth and marine sciences
• economics and econometrics
• history and archaeology
• modern languages
• psychology
• statistics and operational research

Top 200 university in the following subjects: QS World University Rankings by subject 2013:

• computer science and information systems
• mathematics

Other rankings

We are also highly ranked in other surveys, reports and performance areas:

• Sweden ranks second best in the world at providing higher education in the Universitas 21 Ranking 2012
  
• Top choice for international students applying to and accepting places at Swedish universities for autumn 2011 studies
• First place as the most popular higher education institute in Sweden as ranked by Swedish secondary school students (Statistics Sweden 2012: Utbildning Gymnasieungdomars studieintresse läsåret 2011/2012)
• Sweden has the highest proficiency in English as a second language in the world according to the 2012 Education First English Proficiency Index