September 2010

Today we got a sneak preview of the new international website. A lot of people were curious and the room was full. The site will go live next week after some further testing. The purpose of the preview was to demonstrate the website, explain the idea behind the navigation, test the site and provide the possibility to make minor changes … Continue reading →

Lund University, together with Mayor of Lund Mats Helmfrid, Mayor of Malmö Ilmar Reepalu and Chair of the Regional Assembly Jerker Swanstein, has submitted a letter of intent to AstraZeneca stating that we are willing to buy its site in Lund. The Skåne Research and Innovation Council (FIRS) has drawn up a plan to convert the site into a research … Continue reading →

Erasmus Mundus Erasmus Mundus in Lund Erasmus Mundus Asia in Lund On Thursday and Friday this week we are holding a kick-off for Erasmus Mundus Europe Asia in Lund. Per welcomed everyone in Biskopshuset at the start of the meeting yesterday. Today Eva will be speaking about how Lund University works with internationalisation. It is great to hear how much … Continue reading →

With this picture we are trying to illustrate the University’s motto, ‘prepared for both’.

A University Board meeting was held today. Decisions were made on the allocation of resources for 2011. The Budget Bill has still not been presented and will be delayed this year because of the elections. Nonetheless, we want to give the clearest possible information about the financial situation as early as possible, in order to provide the best conditions to … Continue reading →

Lund University came in at number 89 in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, making it the best full-scale university in Scandinavia. However, we were beaten by Karolinska Institutet, KI, in 43rd place. Other Swedish universities are at numbers 129 (Stockholm), 147 (Uppsala) and 199 (the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SLU). Among our Nordic neighbours, Helsinki is at … Continue reading →