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Lund University ranked 1st in Sweden, 93rd in the global 2025 rating, and scored in the TOP 100 across 120 research topics. Lund University ranking is based on 3 factors: research output (EduRank's index has 196,693 academic publications and 7,440,145 citations attributed to the university), non-academic reputation, and the impact of 346 notable alumni.

Ranking Category
#93 of 14,131 In the World
#19 of 2,785 In Europe
#1 of 39 In Sweden
#17 of 1,257 For Occupational Therapy
#18 of 3,326 For Biotechnology
#21 of 1,010 For Firefighting and Fire Science
#285 of 7,918 For Alumni Impact
#131 of 14,131 For Non-academic Prominence
Top100 For 117 other topics

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Biology rankings

Lund University ranked 2nd for Biology in Sweden and 60th in the World with 128,455 publications made and 5,454,043 citations received. Main research topics: Genetics, Biochemistry, Paleontology, Immunology, Neuroscience.

Biology ranking Location
#2 of 31 In Sweden
#11 of 1,448 In Europe
#60 of 6,833 In the World

Lund University
Biology Publications & Citations

Year Biology publications Biology citations
1992 1582 27205
1993 1633 27563
1994 1752 30418
1995 1855 34270
1996 2010 35620
1997 1984 39902
1998 2058 43203
1999 2056 48696
2000 2044 54601
2001 2128 58076
2002 2482 65656
2003 2372 72414
2004 2516 80569
2005 2551 87430
2006 2699 97462
2007 2815 107395
2008 3018 119518
2009 3300 131166
2010 3206 144419
2011 3348 159857
2012 3571 174849
2013 3764 191485
2014 3995 203865
2015 4082 211573
2016 4292 221267
2017 4409 231819
2018 4534 245737
2019 4810 268837
2020 5322 321373
2021 5789 365086
2022 5594 353176
2023 5699 354490
2024 4559 326908

The following table provides academic rankings for Lund University in various areas of Biology.

Biology subfield Sweden ranking Europe ranking World rank
Biotechnology 2 3 18
Nutrition and Food Science 1 4 26
Microbiology 2 10 51
Botany 2 11 55
Molecular Biology 2 7 55
Zoology 2 13 55
Immunology 2 13 55
Entomology 3 14 57
Biochemistry 2 11 58
Paleontology 1 14 58
Genetics 2 12 62
Neuroscience 2 14 65
Toxicology 3 18 67
Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation 2 15 69
Agricultural Science 2 15 70
Oncology and Cancer research 2 11 71
Astrobiology 2 22 83
Evolutionary Biology 3 19 84
Pharmacology 2 16 86
Biophysics 2 21 88
Forestry 2 24 100
Bioinformatics and Computational biology 3 34 117
Animal Science 2 32 117
Horticulture 2 28 136
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 3 37 142
Nanotechnology 4 24 148
Virology 3 52 173

Medicine rankings

Lund University ranked 2nd for Medicine in Sweden and 57th in the World with 108,609 publications made and 4,415,418 citations received. Main research topics: Pathology, Surgery, Psychiatry, Immunology, Radiology and Nuclear medicine.

Medicine ranking Location
#2 of 31 In Sweden
#13 of 1,433 In Europe
#57 of 6,775 In the World

Lund University
Medicine Publications & Citations

Year Medicine publications Medicine citations
1992 1279 22179
1993 1325 22268
1994 1361 24201
1995 1524 27371
1996 1600 28464
1997 1588 32207
1998 1550 34018
1999 1608 38805
2000 1603 43735
2001 1558 45954
2002 1789 51540
2003 1821 56857
2004 1938 63650
2005 2077 68600
2006 2118 76405
2007 2274 84470
2008 2461 94944
2009 2681 103240
2010 2593 114132
2011 2781 126038
2012 2908 138177
2013 3184 150748
2014 3325 161313
2015 3435 168458
2016 3648 176782
2017 3820 185506
2018 3972 195283
2019 4273 214173
2020 4797 262127
2021 5153 298441
2022 4961 291538
2023 5097 293661
2024 4320 271120

The following table provides academic rankings for Lund University in various areas of Medicine.

Chemistry rankings

Lund University ranked 2nd for Chemistry in Sweden and 72nd in the World with 102,289 publications made and 4,309,628 citations received. Main research topics: Biochemistry, Organic Chemistry, Materials Science, Physical chemistry, Chemical Engineering.

Chemistry ranking Location
#2 of 31 In Sweden
#12 of 1,417 In Europe
#72 of 6,545 In the World

Lund University
Chemistry Publications & Citations

Year Chemistry publications Chemistry citations
1992 1378 22881
1993 1457 23749
1994 1539 25706
1995 1641 28886
1996 1771 30532
1997 1715 33446
1998 1835 36494
1999 1857 40951
2000 1788 45609
2001 1923 48586
2002 2169 53880
2003 2104 60037
2004 2126 65994
2005 2188 71400
2006 2263 79830
2007 2329 86042
2008 2460 95170
2009 2660 103571
2010 2593 113393
2011 2663 125809
2012 2890 136276
2013 2952 150723
2014 3161 159359
2015 3147 165345
2016 3377 173050
2017 3314 179581
2018 3459 190245
2019 3434 207348
2020 3828 243286
2021 4030 275677
2022 4055 263893
2023 3987 262984
2024 3102 238811

The following table provides academic rankings for Lund University in various areas of Chemistry.

Chemistry subfield Sweden ranking Europe ranking World rank
Nutrition and Food Science 1 4 26
Environmental Chemistry 2 12 52
Biochemical Engineering 1 20 55
Biochemistry 2 11 58
Organic Chemistry 1 12 73
Computational Chemistry 3 26 83
Radiochemistry 1 6 84
Physical chemistry 2 14 95
Polymer science and Plastics engineering 2 38 101
Inorganic Chemistry 2 20 109
Materials Science 2 23 126
Chemical Engineering 2 19 131
Nanotechnology 4 24 148
Petrology and Geochemistry 2 57 167
Pharmacy 3 106 243

Engineering rankings

Lund University ranked 1st for Engineering in Sweden and 93rd in the World with 81,687 publications made and 3,082,393 citations received. Main research topics: Materials Science, Optical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering.

Engineering ranking Location
#1 of 33 In Sweden
#13 of 1,465 In Europe
#93 of 6,782 In the World

Lund University
Engineering Publications & Citations

Year Engineering publications Engineering citations
1992 879 12426
1993 993 12912
1994 970 13835
1995 1091 15884
1996 1252 17805
1997 1207 18833
1998 1317 20035
1999 1326 22722
2000 1327 26291
2001 1419 28312
2002 1865 34049
2003 1676 37648
2004 1635 41918
2005 1809 46484
2006 1823 53437
2007 1924 58704
2008 2000 64713
2009 2097 69877
2010 2221 79334
2011 2345 88584
2012 2687 99382
2013 2691 110617
2014 2950 119311
2015 2831 123667
2016 3099 131712
2017 3028 136800
2018 3005 145979
2019 3030 161378
2020 3400 185890
2021 3569 212330
2022 3495 201283
2023 3615 206645
2024 2599 183824

The following table provides academic rankings for Lund University in various areas of Engineering.

Engineering subfield Sweden ranking Europe ranking World rank
Biotechnology 2 3 18
Firefighting and Fire Science 1 4 21
Renewable Energy Engineering 1 10 31
Automation and Control engineering 1 12 49
Architectural Engineering 1 19 52
Biochemical Engineering 1 20 55
Nuclear Engineering 3 19 71
Environmental Engineering 1 15 73
Engineering Management 3 21 81
Optical Engineering 1 14 82
Civil Engineering 1 18 83
Landscape Architecture 5 41 87
Automotive Engineering 3 27 88
Biomedical Engineering 1 22 89
Aviation 2 34 97
Polymer science and Plastics engineering 2 38 101
Aerospace Engineering 2 25 103
Electronic Engineering 4 23 103
Product and Industrial Design 5 44 106
Transportation Engineering 3 28 109
Mechanical Engineering 2 26 117
Acoustical Engineering 2 24 121
Telecommunications 3 27 123
Materials Science 2 23 126
Computer Networking 3 27 127
Electrical Engineering 3 24 128
Construction Management 4 51 129
Chemical Engineering 2 19 131
Industrial Engineering 4 55 141
Systems Engineering 3 45 142
Nanotechnology 4 24 148
Metallurgical Engineering 4 32 153
Remote Sensing 1 54 159
Geotechnical Engineering 3 37 162
Structural Engineering 3 42 164
Computer Engineering 4 49 183
Operations Research 3 67 204
Human-Computer Interaction 4 89 230
Architecture 3 103 233
Agricultural Engineering 2 73 236
Petroleum Engineering 3 56 236
Applied/Engineering Physics 6 78 246
Reliability and Quality Engineering 5 70 253
Robotics 4 86 274
Technical Drawing 5 107 282
Mining Engineering 5 83 285
Marine Engineering 6 99 292

Physics rankings

Lund University ranked 1st for Physics in Sweden and 100th in the World with 78,296 publications made and 2,960,017 citations received. Main research topics: Quantum and Particle physics, Materials Science, Optical Engineering, Nuclear Physics, Astrophysics and Astronomy.

Physics ranking Location
#1 of 32 In Sweden
#16 of 1,457 In Europe
#100 of 6,713 In the World

Lund University
Physics Publications & Citations

Year Physics publications Physics citations
1992 879 12849
1993 970 13201
1994 977 14320
1995 1100 16389
1996 1231 18282
1997 1188 19126
1998 1316 20368
1999 1308 22711
2000 1276 25309
2001 1378 28015
2002 1738 32527
2003 1567 36421
2004 1572 40628
2005 1699 44727
2006 1687 51070
2007 1792 54976
2008 1894 60626
2009 1939 64721
2010 2036 73023
2011 2161 82022
2012 2557 92176
2013 2453 103354
2014 2817 111379
2015 2672 116400
2016 2961 125255
2017 2860 129284
2018 2835 138290
2019 2924 152592
2020 3186 174973
2021 3358 196217
2022 3281 184569
2023 3416 191417
2024 2490 173985

The following table provides academic rankings for Lund University in various areas of Physics.

Physics subfield Sweden ranking Europe ranking World rank
Nuclear Physics 1 16 59
Atomic and Molecular physics 2 21 68
Medical Physics 2 19 75
Astrophysics and Astronomy 1 24 80
Optical Engineering 1 14 82
Astrobiology 2 22 83
Biophysics 2 21 88
Quantum and Particle physics 3 27 120
Acoustical Engineering 2 24 121
Materials Science 2 23 126
Nanotechnology 4 24 148
Condensed Matter Physics 5 53 161
Theoretical Physics 5 105 213
Applied/Engineering Physics 6 78 246

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences rankings

Lund University ranked 1st for Liberal Arts & Social Sciences in Sweden and 107th in the World with 69,291 publications made and 2,433,398 citations received. Main research topics: Sociology, Political Science, Philosophy, Law, History.

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences ranking Location
#1 of 33 In Sweden
#30 of 1,500 In Europe
#107 of 7,081 In the World

Lund University
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Publications & Citations

Year Liberal Arts & Social Sciences publications Liberal Arts & Social Sciences citations
1992 456 6615
1993 519 6419
1994 578 7465
1995 611 8737
1996 682 9059
1997 693 9990
1998 790 11007
1999 800 12912
2000 789 15654
2001 786 16711
2002 1091 21000
2003 1033 23139
2004 1073 26895
2005 1275 30890
2006 1290 34978
2007 1443 40143
2008 1687 46162
2009 1840 51676
2010 1912 58372
2011 1950 66119
2012 2370 75084
2013 2456 84347
2014 2658 93101
2015 2705 99585
2016 2804 105859
2017 2969 113777
2018 3179 124062
2019 3255 138718
2020 3620 170144
2021 4100 198431
2022 3751 194120
2023 3963 202033
2024 3020 176625

The following table provides academic rankings for Lund University in various areas of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences.

Environmental Science rankings

Lund University ranked 1st for Environmental Science in Sweden and 75th in the World with 67,784 publications made and 2,718,071 citations received. Main research topics: Geology, Geography and Cartography, Ecology, Paleontology, Oceanography.

Environmental Science ranking Location
#1 of 32 In Sweden
#15 of 1,464 In Europe
#75 of 6,876 In the World

Lund University
Environmental Science Publications & Citations

Year Environmental Science publications Environmental Science citations
1992 674 9790
1993 706 9648
1994 825 11313
1995 818 12559
1996 916 13441
1997 867 14534
1998 1049 16321
1999 975 18189
2000 952 20954
2001 1078 23291
2002 1289 27764
2003 1186 30574
2004 1241 33792
2005 1353 38682
2006 1394 43903
2007 1473 49046
2008 1672 55157
2009 1759 61537
2010 1685 67517
2011 1907 77832
2012 2321 86113
2013 2198 96422
2014 2392 105292
2015 2450 110055
2016 2537 117341
2017 2597 123936
2018 2761 133607
2019 2752 149807
2020 3136 177847
2021 3556 212543
2022 3397 204265
2023 3509 207464
2024 2497 187675

The following table provides academic rankings for Lund University in various areas of Environmental Science.

Computer Science rankings

Lund University ranked 2nd for Computer Science in Sweden and 109th in the World with 66,080 publications made and 2,470,705 citations received. Main research topics: Neuroscience, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, Telecommunications, Bioinformatics and Computational biology.

Computer Science ranking Location
#2 of 33 In Sweden
#23 of 1,469 In Europe
#109 of 6,845 In the World

Lund University
Computer Science Publications & Citations

Year Computer Science publications Computer Science citations
1992 571 11748
1993 628 11747
1994 622 12302
1995 676 14588
1996 764 13902
1997 713 15323
1998 777 15988
1999 857 18092
2000 864 20019
2001 850 20502
2002 1326 26675
2003 1178 28251
2004 1137 31640
2005 1283 34723
2006 1283 39990
2007 1393 44037
2008 1518 48638
2009 1705 55028
2010 1717 60554
2011 1736 67447
2012 2044 76038
2013 2098 83881
2014 2301 94039
2015 2307 98699
2016 2426 106495
2017 2562 114234
2018 2676 125493
2019 2856 140357
2020 3290 170993
2021 3502 193707
2022 3441 188100
2023 3548 194917
2024 2688 174858

The following table provides academic rankings for Lund University in various areas of Computer Science.

Psychology rankings

Lund University ranked 2nd for Psychology in Sweden and 74th in the World with 48,680 publications made and 1,904,827 citations received. Main research topics: Psychiatry, Neuroscience, Social Psychology, Child Psychology, Cognitive Science.

Psychology ranking Location
#2 of 32 In Sweden
#13 of 1,423 In Europe
#74 of 6,645 In the World

Lund University
Psychology Publications & Citations

Year Psychology publications Psychology citations
1992 527 11591
1993 536 11247
1994 574 11889
1995 593 14111
1996 657 13489
1997 643 15371
1998 610 15632
1999 649 17420
2000 661 19230
2001 624 19645
2002 721 22016
2003 781 24258
2004 782 26806
2005 851 28089
2006 898 31375
2007 956 34343
2008 1088 37811
2009 1175 41931
2010 1180 46061
2011 1222 50637
2012 1287 56168
2013 1497 60924
2014 1569 67041
2015 1636 69183
2016 1710 73875
2017 1879 79235
2018 1875 85377
2019 2076 95073
2020 2405 117286
2021 2495 132236
2022 2378 130071
2023 2484 133168
2024 2075 121342

The following table provides academic rankings for Lund University in various areas of Psychology.

Psychology subfield Sweden ranking Europe ranking World rank
Occupational Therapy 2 3 17
Neuroscience 2 14 65
Psychiatry 2 15 74
Social Work 2 23 97
Negotiation and Conflict Resolution 4 38 115
Social Psychology 1 31 131
Clinical Psychology 4 37 147
Child Psychology 5 33 159
Cognitive Science 2 59 191
Special Education 4 62 194
Organizational / Business / IO Psychology 3 39 206
Education Majors 4 43 206
Sexology 6 54 236

Mathematics rankings

Lund University ranked 2nd for Mathematics in Sweden and 84th in the World with 34,084 publications made and 1,323,911 citations received. Main research topics: Statistics, Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, Applied Mathematics, Math Teachers, Blockchain and Cryptography.

Mathematics ranking Location
#2 of 31 In Sweden
#16 of 1,401 In Europe
#84 of 6,418 In the World

Lund University
Mathematics Publications & Citations

Year Mathematics publications Mathematics citations
1992 202 2495
1993 199 2587
1994 225 2999
1995 250 3374
1996 320 3861
1997 336 4306
1998 330 4567
1999 393 5605
2000 441 6528
2001 426 7457
2002 668 10044
2003 582 11001
2004 577 12493
2005 693 14487
2006 675 16830
2007 775 19050
2008 857 21637
2009 858 24157
2010 957 27592
2011 1084 31362
2012 1157 35692
2013 1300 40217
2014 1441 45421
2015 1417 48884
2016 1526 52948
2017 1560 56150
2018 1647 60926
2019 1754 68541
2020 1963 83508
2021 2071 95941
2022 1934 93350
2023 1997 95741
2024 1415 71949

The following table provides academic rankings for Lund University in various areas of Mathematics.

Mathematics subfield Sweden ranking Europe ranking World rank
Statistics 2 15 76
Econometrics and Mathematical Economics 3 51 153
Applied Mathematics 5 72 187
Actuarial Science 4 57 193
Operations Research 3 67 204
Blockchain and Cryptography 5 91 277
Math Teachers 4 58 283

Business rankings

Lund University ranked 1st for Business in Sweden and 107th in the World with 20,852 publications made and 667,689 citations received. Main research topics: Management, Finance, Marketing, Management Information Systems, International Business.

Business ranking Location
#1 of 31 In Sweden
#23 of 1,433 In Europe
#107 of 6,339 In the World

Lund University
Business Publications & Citations

Year Business publications Business citations
1992 100 1451
1993 150 1508
1994 144 1631
1995 157 1840
1996 201 1992
1997 180 2202
1998 179 2070
1999 239 2687
2000 236 3218
2001 240 3552
2002 404 5579
2003 359 5666
2004 331 6582
2005 381 7575
2006 419 8802
2007 485 9832
2008 565 11679
2009 557 12907
2010 582 14728
2011 716 17186
2012 844 19734
2013 856 22244
2014 912 25483
2015 981 26667
2016 978 29285
2017 945 31221
2018 969 35351
2019 1006 39395
2020 1215 49173
2021 1196 57145
2022 1128 54775
2023 1177 58192
2024 817 46121

The following table provides academic rankings for Lund University in various areas of Business.

Economics rankings

Lund University ranked 1st for Economics in Sweden and 110th in the World with 16,608 publications made and 529,386 citations received. Main research topics: Development Studies, Finance, Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, International Trade, Political Economy.

Economics ranking Location
#1 of 31 In Sweden
#32 of 1,388 In Europe
#110 of 6,167 In the World

Lund University
Economics Publications & Citations

Year Economics publications Economics citations
1992 74 926
1993 87 954
1994 95 1118
1995 96 1099
1996 154 1308
1997 117 1410
1998 129 1421
1999 151 1632
2000 155 2048
2001 145 2402
2002 238 2971
2003 231 3476
2004 215 4150
2005 307 4795
2006 294 5677
2007 347 6469
2008 424 7867
2009 400 8907
2010 443 10218
2011 535 12261
2012 600 14305
2013 699 16277
2014 743 18742
2015 790 20742
2016 831 22683
2017 792 25205
2018 886 28636
2019 878 32365
2020 1050 40970
2021 1069 49075
2022 1015 47511
2023 1033 51495
2024 752 40737

The following table provides academic rankings for Lund University in various areas of Economics.

Art & Design rankings

Lund University ranked 1st for Art & Design in Sweden and 102nd in the World with 10,806 publications made and 338,614 citations received. Main research topics: Fashion Design, Literature, Aesthetics, Computer Graphics, Art History.

Please note that our approach to subject rankings is based on scientific outputs and heavily biased on art-related topics towards institutions with computer science research profiles.

Art & Design ranking Location
#1 of 33 In Sweden
#28 of 1,381 In Europe
#102 of 5,966 In the World

Lund University
Art & Design Publications & Citations

Year Art & Design publications Art & Design citations
1992 58 844
1993 71 853
1994 72 915
1995 82 1046
1996 94 1178
1997 101 1222
1998 115 1313
1999 139 1632
2000 124 1870
2001 129 1921
2002 225 2834
2003 194 2943
2004 170 3242
2005 245 4200
2006 225 4656
2007 232 5235
2008 298 5921
2009 306 6663
2010 309 7388
2011 337 8524
2012 443 9865
2013 413 11137
2014 429 12476
2015 455 12991
2016 478 13248
2017 469 14383
2018 491 15576
2019 497 17439
2020 559 21392
2021 591 24834
2022 506 23751
2023 684 25145
2024 406 23649

The following table provides academic rankings for Lund University in various areas of Art & Design.

Art & Design subfield Sweden ranking Europe ranking World rank
Literature 1 23 82
Landscape Architecture 5 41 87
Creative Writing 1 29 87
Aesthetics 1 28 89
Fashion Design 1 27 100
Interior Design 4 41 107
Singing and Vocal Performance 5 46 127
Cinematography 2 57 135
Music 3 56 149
Performing arts 3 72 157
Computer Graphics 5 58 182
Animation 5 64 192
Entertainment Industry Business 2 66 199
Photography 3 76 202
Graphic Design 4 72 207
Architecture 3 103 233
Game Design and Development 3 94 246
Art History 3 117 275
Painting and Drawing 4 185 400
Sculpture 4 185 400
Illustration and Concept Art 4 192 424
UX/UI Desgin 6 184 425
Multimedia 6 170 453