Lund University was founded in 1666 and is repeatedly ranked among the world’s top 100 universities. The University has 42 000 students and 7 400 staff based in Lund, Helsingborg and Malmö. We are united in our efforts to understand, explain and improve our world and the human condition.
Lund is the most popular study location in Sweden. The University offers one of the broadest ranges of programmes and courses in Scandinavia, based on cross-disciplinary and cutting-edge research. The compact university campus encourages networking and creates the conditions for scientific breakthroughs and innovations. The University has a distinct international profile, with partner universities in over 70 countries.
Lund University has an annual turnover of SEK 8 billion, of which two-thirds go to research. Our research is characterised by both breadth and strength and, according to independent evaluations, over 30 of our research fields are world-leading.
The establishment of the world-leading facilities MAX IV and ESS will have a major impact on future scientific and industrial development in both materials science and life science. MAX IV, which was inaugurated in June 2016, is the leading synchrotron radiation facility in the world, while the European research facility ESS will be the world’s most powerful neutron source when it opens for research in 2023. Adjacent to these facilities, Science Village Scandinavia is also being developed into a meeting place and testing environment for research, education and entrepreneurship.
Health surveillance assistants provide services in village clinics, mainly by assessing signs and symptoms in sick children. An electronic community case management app could make their job easier.
Critics say older people are being put at risk by the relaxed approach to social distancing. But they seem to be the most in favour of it, according to a new survey.
Stockholm, en Suède, en pleine pandémie du coronavirus, le 22 avril 2020.
ANDERS WIKLUND/EPA
Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland are culturally, economically, politically and geographically similar but differ radically in their responses to the coronavirus pandemic.
Un restaurant en plein air sur une place du centre de Stockholm, en Suède, le 26 mars 2020.
EPA-EFE/Janerik Henriksson
La Suède a adopté une stratégie relativement détendue face au Covid-19, partant du principe qu'une réaction excessive est plus dommageable qu'une réaction insuffisante.
Outdoor restaurant at a square in central Stockholm, Sweden, 26 March 2020.
EPA-EFE/Janerik Henriksson