Facts and figures
Lund University in numbers
Lund University has:
- 9 faculties plus several interdisciplinary research institutes, centres and facilities
- 3 campuses in the cities of Lund, Helsingborg and Malmö. The Lund University School of Aviation is located in Ljungbyhed. All campuses are located in the southern part of Sweden.
The figures on this page refer to the year 2022, unless otherwise stated.
Education
Students
- Individuals, total over year: 45 000
- Individuals, per semester: 33 000
International students
- In total: 28%
- At Master's level: 46%
- Outgoing exchange students: 1 225
- Incoming exchange students: 1 170
- Other international students: 10 565
Our students come from over 130 different countries and Lund University has exchange agreements with some 670 universities in around 75 countries.
Study programmes and courses
- Study programmes total: 266
- programmes leading to an undergraduate degree: 77
- programmes leading to a Master's degree: 161
- of which professional qualifications: 28
- Stand-alone courses: 1 495
Lund University offers 10 Bachelor's degree programmes and more than 130 Master's programmes in English.
Distribution of students
- Undergraduate, programmes: 50%
- Undergraduate, stand-alone courses: 23%
- Master's, programmes: 26%
- Master's, stand-alone courses: 1%
Degrees awarded
- General Bachelor's degrees: 2 700
- General Master's degrees: 2 500
- Professional Bachelor's degrees: 650
- Professional Master's degrees: 1 600
Funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU
The EU has established a temporary recovery instrument, NextGenerationEU (NGEU). The initiative will help repair the immediate economic and social damage brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. It will also help build a greener, more digital and more resilient EU, better fit for current and future challenges.
Co-funding of our courses and study programmes has been made possible through the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), which is part of NGEU.
For more detailed information about RRF, please refer to the Swedish government's recovery and resilience plan:
Sweden's recovery and resilience plan – regeringen.se (in Swedish)
Research
Research students
- Individuals: 2 800
- of whom international research students: 47%
- of whom new students: 550
- PhD degrees: 400
Research publications
- No of publications: 6 290 (2021)
Largest research funding bodies
- Swedish Research Council: SEK 1095 million/EUR 98 million
- EU: SEK 337 million/EUR 30 million
- Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation: SEK 233 million/EUR 21 million
- Formas: SEK 169 million/EUR 15 million
- The Swedish Cancer Society: SEK 153 million/EUR 14 million
Staff
Employees
- Individuals: 8 600
- of whom professors: 770
- of whom other academic staff, researchers and employed research students:
4 400 - of whom technical and administrative staff: 3 000
International staff
- Researchers: 57%
- Staff in total: 37%
Finances
Revenue
- Total: SEK 9.9 billion/EUR 892 million
- direct government funding: 53%
- external funding: 47%
Expenditure
- Total: SEK 9.8 billion/EUR 882 million
- staff: 64%
- premises: 12%
- other: 24%