Facts and figures

Lund University in figures (2019)

• 9 faculties plus several specialised research centres and institutes
• 3 campuses in the cities of Lund, Helsingborg and Malmö (all in southern Sweden)

Students

• Individuals, total over year: 40 000
• Individuals, per semester: 29 000

International students

• Students in total: 20%
  ... of whom students on Master's programmes: 60%
• Outgoing exchange students: 1 340
• Incoming exchange students: 1 680
• Fee-paying students: 1 530
• Other international students: 5 280
• Research students in total: 40%

Lund University has exchange agreements with over 640 universities in 70 countries.

Study programmes and courses

• Freestanding courses: 1 380
• Study programmes total: 270
  ... programmes leading to an undergraduate degree: 84
  ... programmes leading to a Master's degree: 186
      ... of which leading to a vocational degree: 34

Lund University offers 9 Bachelor's degree programmes, over 100 Master's programmes and more than 200 freestanding courses taught in English.

Distribution of students

• Undergraduate, programmes: 53%
• Undergraduate, freestanding courses: 20%
• Master's, programmes: 24%
• Master's, freestanding courses: 3%

Degrees awarded

• General Bachelor's degrees: 2 800
• General Master's degrees: 2 300
• Vocational Bachelor's degrees: 680
• Vocational Master's degrees: 1 650
• PhD degrees: 390

Research students

• Individuals: 2 720
  ... of whom international research students: 40%
  ... of whom new students: 480
• No of PhDs awarded: 390

Research publications

• No of publications (2018): 5 360

Largest research funding bodies

• Swedish Research Council: SEK 926 million/EUR 87 million
• EU: SEK 315 million/EUR 30 million
• Knut & Alice Wallenberg Foundation: SEK 252 million/24 million
• Formas: SEK 182 million/EUR 17 million
• Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research: SEK 116 million/EUR 11 million

Employees

• Individuals: 8 160
  ... of whom professors: 840
  ... of whom other academic staff, researchers and employed research students: 4 560
  ... of whom technical and administrative staff: 2 780

International employees

• Staff in total: 30%
• Researchers: 50%

Revenue

• Total: SEK 8.8 billion/EUR 831 million
  ... direct government funding: 54%
  ... external funding: 46%

Expenditure

• Total: SEK 8.8 billion/EUR 831 million
  ... staff: 62%
  ... premises: 12%
  ... other: 26%