Facts and figures

Lund University in figures (2020)

• 9 faculties plus several specialised research centres and institutes
• 3 campuses in the cities of Lund, Helsingborg and Malmö and the Lund University School of Aviation is located in Ljungbyhed. All campus areas are located in southern Sweden. 

Education

Students

• Individuals, total over year: 43 700
• Individuals, per semester: 34 300
• Full-time equivalents: 28 300

International students

• Students in total: 23%
  ... of whom students on Master's programmes: 60%
• Outgoing exchange students: 550
• Incoming exchange students: 1 090
• Other international students: 7 500
• Research students in total: 47%

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

Study programmes and courses

• Freestanding courses: 1 413
• Study programmes total: 272
  ... programmes leading to an undergraduate degree: 81
  ... programmes leading to a Master's degree: 189
      ... of which professional qualifications: 32

Lund University offers 9 Bachelor's degree programmes and more than 130 Master's programmes in English.

Distribution of students

• Undergraduate, programmes: 53%
• Undergraduate, freestanding courses: 21%
• Master's, programmes: 24%
• Master's, freestanding courses: 2%

Degrees awarded

• General Bachelor's degrees: 2 820
• General Master's degrees: 2 480
• Professional Bachelor's degrees: 680
• Professional Master's degrees: 1 740
• PhD degrees: 360

Research

Research students

• Individuals: 2 790
  ... of whom international research students: 47%
  ... of whom new students: 500

Research publications

• No of publications (2019): 5 270

Largest research funding bodies

• Swedish Research Council: SEK 963 million/EUR 95 million
• EU: SEK 304 million/EUR 30 million
• Knut & Alice Wallenberg Foundation: SEK 256 million/25 million
• Formas: SEK 159 million/EUR 16 million
• The Swedish Cancer Society: SEK 128 million/EUR 13 million

Staff

Employees

• Individuals: 8 380
  ... of whom professors: 860
  ... of whom other academic staff, researchers and employed research students: 4 730
  ... of whom technical and administrative staff: 2 840

International staff

• Staff in total: 36%
• Researchers: 50%

Finances

Revenue

• Total: SEK 9 billion/EUR 880 million
  ... direct government funding: 55%
  ... external funding: 45%

Expenditure

• Total: SEK 9 billion/EUR 880 million
  ... staff: 64%
  ... premises: 12%
  ... other: 24%