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Facts and figures

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Education

  • Pre-university course in natural sciences (taught in Swedish)
  • 12 Bachelor's programmes (three are taught in English)
  • Hospital physics programme
  • Around 40 Master's programmes with specialisations within several of the programmes
  • Around 4 000 students (around 1 800 full-time equivalents)

Postgraduate studies

  • 23 postgraduate disciplines
  • Around 350 doctoral students
  • Around 70 doctoral theses per year

Personnel

Around 1 060 employees.

A total of 971 full-time equivalents, whereof:

  • Professors: 124 (29% female)
  • Senior lecturers: 102 (21% female)
  • Career-development positions: 156 (35% female)
  • Lecturers: 10 (56% female)
  • Other lecturers and researchers: 194 (38% female)
  • PhD students: 259 (50% female)
  • Administrative staff: 161 (69% female)
  • Technical staff: 36 (30% female)
  • Library staff: 15 (57% female)

Economy

Total revenue: SEK 1 434 million.

Departments (or equivalent units)

  • Centre for Mathematical Sciences
  • Department of Biology
  • Department of Chemistry
  • Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
  • Department of Physics
  • Division of Medical Radiation Physics
Last updated: 23 Mar 2026 | malin [dot] akerskog [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se