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Lund University ranked 1st in Sweden, 88th in the global 2024 rating, and scored in the TOP 100 across 133 research topics. Lund University ranking is based on 3 factors: research output (EduRank's index has 176,983 academic publications and 5,716,003 citations attributed to the university), non-academic reputation, and the impact of 336 notable alumni.

Ranking Category
#88 of 14,131 In the World
#17 of 2,785 In Europe
#1 of 39 In Sweden
#10 of 1,135 For Occupational Therapy
#15 of 1,053 For Firefighting and Fire Science
#17 of 3,140 For Biotechnology
#281 of 7,738 For Alumni Impact
#131 of 14,131 For Non-academic Prominence
Top100 For 130 other topics

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Biology rankings

Lund University ranked 2nd for Biology in Sweden and 51st in the World with 117,979 publications made and 4,326,684 citations received. Main research topics: Genetics, Biochemistry, Paleontology, Immunology, Neuroscience.

Biology ranking Location
#2 of 31 In Sweden
#9 of 1,445 In Europe
#51 of 6,770 In the World

Lund University
Biology Publications & Citations

Year Biology publications Biology citations
1991 1500 21166
1992 1517 22919
1993 1587 23304
1994 1675 25625
1995 1785 29454
1996 1949 30452
1997 1890 34206
1998 1940 36945
1999 1947 41310
2000 1955 46044
2001 2042 49183
2002 2318 55143
2003 2231 59844
2004 2408 68277
2005 2400 74527
2006 2559 84034
2007 2813 95806
2008 2893 103847
2009 3172 114695
2010 2998 126785
2011 3154 139706
2012 3286 150651
2013 3601 165650
2014 3755 175842
2015 3917 182741
2016 4140 189569
2017 4296 196028
2018 4344 210102
2019 4681 230010
2020 5037 265932
2021 5492 301425
2022 5278 306145
2023 5186 301238

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 17
Nutrition and Food Science 1 3 20
Microbiology 2 9 46
Immunology 2 11 47
Zoology 2 13 49
Paleontology 1 12 49
Botany 2 10 50
Molecular Biology 2 8 52
Biochemistry 2 10 54
Entomology 3 14 55
Neuroscience 2 10 58
Genetics 2 11 59
Toxicology 2 14 60
Oncology and Cancer research 2 10 64
Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation 1 14 66
Agricultural Science 2 15 67
Pharmacology 2 13 68
Evolutionary Biology 3 19 81
Astrobiology 2 21 82
Forestry 2 22 86
Biophysics 2 21 87
Animal Science 2 24 95
Bioinformatics and Computational biology 3 33 113
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 3 33 117
Horticulture 2 28 124
Nanotechnology 4 25 143
Virology 2 48 163

Medicine rankings

Lund University ranked 2nd for Medicine in Sweden and 50th in the World with 99,896 publications made and 3,477,964 citations received. Main research topics: Pathology, Surgery, Psychiatry, Immunology, Radiology and Nuclear medicine.

Medicine ranking Location
#2 of 31 In Sweden
#10 of 1,417 In Europe
#50 of 6,680 In the World

Lund University
Medicine Publications & Citations

Year Medicine publications Medicine citations
1991 1256 17087
1992 1228 18549
1993 1273 18725
1994 1305 20453
1995 1457 23418
1996 1551 24327
1997 1514 27393
1998 1479 28777
1999 1524 32422
2000 1563 36486
2001 1497 38248
2002 1687 43033
2003 1767 46606
2004 1882 53718
2005 1965 57919
2006 2079 66058
2007 2278 74684
2008 2334 81772
2009 2602 90220
2010 2491 100072
2011 2598 109376
2012 2733 118743
2013 2996 128857
2014 3120 138540
2015 3257 144430
2016 3496 150085
2017 3715 155763
2018 3860 165749
2019 4179 181534
2020 4525 214075
2021 4946 245285
2022 4802 252717
2023 4686 248777

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 63rd in the World with 94,264 publications made and 3,473,126 citations received. Main research topics: Biochemistry, Organic Chemistry, Materials Science, Physical chemistry, Chemical Engineering.

Chemistry ranking Location
#2 of 31 In Sweden
#12 of 1,401 In Europe
#63 of 6,447 In the World

Lund University
Chemistry Publications & Citations

Year Chemistry publications Chemistry citations
1991 1297 18419
1992 1307 19723
1993 1407 20377
1994 1469 22176
1995 1561 25039
1996 1727 26403
1997 1663 29040
1998 1721 31503
1999 1741 35182
2000 1710 38948
2001 1821 41467
2002 2017 45480
2003 1978 50009
2004 2033 56538
2005 2050 61437
2006 2098 68964
2007 2318 77564
2008 2346 83807
2009 2529 91200
2010 2424 99981
2011 2498 110606
2012 2630 117857
2013 2839 130332
2014 2939 137356
2015 3034 142901
2016 3244 147231
2017 3231 151999
2018 3306 162966
2019 3372 178251
2020 3588 202283
2021 3837 227712
2022 3808 230016
2023 3577 224437

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 3 20
Environmental Chemistry 2 11 51
Biochemical Engineering 1 19 51
Biochemistry 2 10 54
Organic Chemistry 1 11 67
Radiochemistry 1 5 68
Computational Chemistry 3 24 76
Physical chemistry 2 14 87
Polymer science and Plastics engineering 2 34 89
Inorganic Chemistry 2 21 103
Materials Science 2 21 111
Chemical Engineering 2 18 118
Nanotechnology 4 25 143
Petrology and Geochemistry 2 55 162
Pharmacy 3 104 223

Engineering rankings

Lund University ranked 1st for Engineering in Sweden and 83rd in the World with 74,683 publications made and 2,408,357 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 1,453 In Europe
#83 of 6,684 In the World

Lund University
Engineering Publications & Citations

Year Engineering publications Engineering citations
1991 834 9932
1992 829 10532
1993 943 11018
1994 919 11785
1995 999 13597
1996 1200 15049
1997 1142 16004
1998 1232 17268
1999 1255 19388
2000 1272 22304
2001 1347 24062
2002 1773 28145
2003 1566 31125
2004 1532 35341
2005 1708 39287
2006 1734 44754
2007 1883 51268
2008 1905 55411
2009 2036 60409
2010 2086 68524
2011 2185 76189
2012 2430 82759
2013 2550 92504
2014 2757 99347
2015 2708 102786
2016 2921 107476
2017 2902 111848
2018 2848 121570
2019 2913 133590
2020 3104 150441
2021 3389 170545
2022 3213 171356
2023 3295 171774

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

Engineering subfield Sweden ranking Europe ranking World rank
Firefighting and Fire Science 1 4 15
Biotechnology 2 3 17
Renewable Energy Engineering 1 9 26
Automation and Control engineering 1 9 39
Architectural Engineering 1 16 43
Biochemical Engineering 1 19 51
Environmental Engineering 1 9 52
Nuclear Engineering 3 17 64
Landscape Architecture 4 28 65
Optical Engineering 1 15 78
Civil Engineering 1 17 79
Biomedical Engineering 1 20 83
Polymer science and Plastics engineering 2 34 89
Engineering Management 3 24 89
Automotive Engineering 3 31 96
Aerospace Engineering 1 22 98
Transportation Engineering 3 23 100
Product and Industrial Design 5 41 105
Aviation 1 37 105
Electronic Engineering 4 24 107
Acoustical Engineering 1 19 108
Mechanical Engineering 2 26 110
Materials Science 2 21 111
Construction Management 4 43 113
Telecommunications 3 26 118
Chemical Engineering 2 18 118
Computer Networking 3 27 121
Electrical Engineering 3 24 123
Systems Engineering 3 43 127
Metallurgical Engineering 4 30 139
Nanotechnology 4 25 143
Industrial Engineering 4 58 143
Remote Sensing 1 48 145
Structural Engineering 3 38 155
Geotechnical Engineering 3 38 157
Computer Engineering 4 47 173
Operations Research 3 63 193
Petroleum Engineering 3 49 210
Architecture 3 94 212
Human-Computer Interaction 4 90 226
Mining Engineering 4 65 230
Reliability and Quality Engineering 5 62 232
Applied/Engineering Physics 6 77 246
Agricultural Engineering 3 88 253
Robotics 4 83 256
Technical Drawing 4 98 275
Marine Engineering 5 96 279

Physics rankings

Lund University ranked 1st for Physics in Sweden and 91st in the World with 70,646 publications made and 2,273,576 citations received. Main research topics: Quantum and Particle physics, Materials Science, Optical Engineering, Astrophysics and Astronomy, Nuclear Physics.

Physics ranking Location
#1 of 32 In Sweden
#14 of 1,446 In Europe
#91 of 6,603 In the World

Lund University
Physics Publications & Citations

Year Physics publications Physics citations
1991 864 10203
1992 817 10786
1993 911 11199
1994 897 12009
1995 985 13909
1996 1150 15336
1997 1102 16022
1998 1214 17299
1999 1229 19111
2000 1226 21525
2001 1318 23775
2002 1651 27002
2003 1475 30076
2004 1477 34345
2005 1609 37591
2006 1582 42256
2007 1724 47599
2008 1776 51366
2009 1830 55276
2010 1898 62236
2011 2003 69232
2012 2261 74702
2013 2311 83261
2014 2553 88760
2015 2497 92922
2016 2756 97863
2017 2702 102173
2018 2626 110811
2019 2736 120654
2020 2906 136570
2021 3146 153547
2022 2975 153037
2023 3045 155019

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

Physics subfield Sweden ranking Europe ranking World rank
Medical Physics 1 10 57
Nuclear Physics 1 16 59
Atomic and Molecular physics 2 21 67
Astrophysics and Astronomy 1 20 74
Optical Engineering 1 15 78
Astrobiology 2 21 82
Biophysics 2 21 87
Acoustical Engineering 1 19 108
Quantum and Particle physics 2 23 109
Materials Science 2 21 111
Nanotechnology 4 25 143
Condensed Matter Physics 5 51 154
Theoretical Physics 5 109 225
Applied/Engineering Physics 6 77 246

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences rankings

Lund University ranked 1st for Liberal Arts & Social Sciences in Sweden and 86th in the World with 63,457 publications made and 1,831,887 citations received. Main research topics: Sociology, Political Science, Philosophy, Law, History.

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences ranking Location
#1 of 33 In Sweden
#21 of 1,492 In Europe
#86 of 7,020 In the World

Lund University
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Publications & Citations

Year Liberal Arts & Social Sciences publications Liberal Arts & Social Sciences citations
1991 481 4966
1992 431 5511
1993 511 5454
1994 574 6259
1995 595 7404
1996 683 7655
1997 670 8293
1998 763 9275
1999 736 10516
2000 786 12898
2001 759 13671
2002 1048 17125
2003 975 18846
2004 1008 22291
2005 1176 25378
2006 1282 29414
2007 1432 34284
2008 1602 38535
2009 1732 43436
2010 1752 49895
2011 1863 55353
2012 2255 62064
2013 2390 69302
2014 2527 76072
2015 2618 81832
2016 2707 84724
2017 2879 89427
2018 3032 98731
2019 3159 110259
2020 3403 132171
2021 3861 152699
2022 3538 157042
2023 3689 160228

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 67th in the World with 61,263 publications made and 2,072,213 citations received. Main research topics: Geology, Geography and Cartography, Ecology, Paleontology, Oceanography.

Environmental Science ranking Location
#1 of 32 In Sweden
#13 of 1,458 In Europe
#67 of 6,798 In the World

Lund University
Environmental Science Publications & Citations

Year Environmental Science publications Environmental Science citations
1991 623 7191
1992 641 7995
1993 690 8065
1994 796 9419
1995 770 10583
1996 891 11417
1997 835 12226
1998 972 13928
1999 934 15341
2000 874 17385
2001 1018 19430
2002 1218 23010
2003 1089 25043
2004 1183 28510
2005 1253 32210
2006 1320 36855
2007 1450 42630
2008 1583 46769
2009 1644 52576
2010 1599 58284
2011 1769 66708
2012 2022 71765
2013 2082 80957
2014 2255 87852
2015 2312 92277
2016 2425 95700
2017 2483 100189
2018 2556 109658
2019 2622 124081
2020 2841 143452
2021 3323 167144
2022 3083 170079
2023 3167 169650

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 94th in the World with 60,618 publications made and 1,877,158 citations received. Main research topics: Neuroscience, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, Telecommunications, Bioinformatics and Computational biology.

Computer Science ranking Location
#2 of 32 In Sweden
#18 of 1,459 In Europe
#94 of 6,752 In the World

Lund University
Computer Science Publications & Citations

Year Computer Science publications Computer Science citations
1991 517 9436
1992 569 10024
1993 607 10129
1994 598 10543
1995 629 12665
1996 729 11864
1997 678 12942
1998 745 13639
1999 817 15298
2000 849 16665
2001 818 17344
2002 1272 21856
2003 1085 22904
2004 1095 26191
2005 1222 28932
2006 1273 33278
2007 1343 37493
2008 1431 40684
2009 1644 46321
2010 1598 50705
2011 1641 56531
2012 1905 63250
2013 2020 68751
2014 2197 77071
2015 2240 81011
2016 2305 86376
2017 2498 92049
2018 2549 101739
2019 2783 113991
2020 3053 135394
2021 3361 154643
2022 3255 159615
2023 3169 160747

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 70th in the World with 45,540 publications made and 1,531,980 citations received. Main research topics: Psychiatry, Neuroscience, Social Psychology, Child Psychology, Cognitive Science.

Psychology ranking Location
#2 of 32 In Sweden
#12 of 1,414 In Europe
#70 of 6,528 In the World

Lund University
Psychology Publications & Citations

Year Psychology publications Psychology citations
1991 480 9372
1992 515 9931
1993 522 9756
1994 539 10280
1995 567 12497
1996 644 11862
1997 631 13362
1998 574 13485
1999 621 14927
2000 650 16344
2001 615 16499
2002 687 18594
2003 746 20094
2004 765 22703
2005 829 24033
2006 861 26796
2007 990 30617
2008 1013 32708
2009 1181 36507
2010 1128 40024
2011 1156 43717
2012 1240 48687
2013 1457 52147
2014 1525 57523
2015 1589 59831
2016 1687 63891
2017 1828 67002
2018 1891 72679
2019 2069 81043
2020 2356 96472
2021 2422 109942
2022 2348 113856
2023 2400 114090

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 2 10
Neuroscience 2 10 58
Psychiatry 2 13 63
Social Work 2 28 104
Negotiation and Conflict Resolution 4 33 108
Social Psychology 2 26 118
Clinical Psychology 4 36 137
Child Psychology 4 31 146
Organizational / Business / IO Psychology 3 28 167
Cognitive Science 2 53 175
Sexology 6 43 197
Education Majors 4 49 220
Special Education 5 66 222

Mathematics rankings

Lund University ranked 2nd for Mathematics in Sweden and 74th in the World with 32,239 publications made and 1,056,492 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
#14 of 1,388 In Europe
#74 of 6,305 In the World

Lund University
Mathematics Publications & Citations

Year Mathematics publications Mathematics citations
1991 175 2085
1992 196 2159
1993 204 2239
1994 215 2569
1995 234 2929
1996 314 3288
1997 324 3626
1998 325 3948
1999 377 4834
2000 438 5534
2001 416 6319
2002 650 8213
2003 562 8948
2004 574 10680
2005 682 12222
2006 690 14428
2007 795 16796
2008 826 18509
2009 840 21248
2010 950 24366
2011 1032 27159
2012 1127 30744
2013 1266 34448
2014 1431 38414
2015 1400 41372
2016 1521 44826
2017 1581 47127
2018 1609 51799
2019 1743 58335
2020 1905 68738
2021 2054 78606
2022 1977 82918
2023 1964 83363

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

Mathematics subfield Sweden ranking Europe ranking World rank
Statistics 2 13 66
Econometrics and Mathematical Economics 2 42 133
Applied Mathematics 5 66 180
Operations Research 3 63 193
Actuarial Science 3 64 208
Math Teachers 4 44 223
Blockchain and Cryptography 5 89 277

Business rankings

Lund University ranked 1st for Business in Sweden and 97th in the World with 19,250 publications made and 500,870 citations received. Main research topics: Management, Finance, Marketing, Management Information Systems, International Business.

Business ranking Location
#1 of 31 In Sweden
#23 of 1,414 In Europe
#97 of 6,187 In the World

Lund University
Business Publications & Citations

Year Business publications Business citations
1991 123 1033
1992 97 1167
1993 142 1237
1994 129 1324
1995 157 1504
1996 206 1574
1997 174 1624
1998 166 1659
1999 229 2130
2000 227 2483
2001 223 2858
2002 375 4283
2003 307 4404
2004 303 5166
2005 367 5922
2006 420 7058
2007 450 8145
2008 550 9609
2009 552 10907
2010 566 12591
2011 680 13951
2012 817 16471
2013 846 18562
2014 877 20942
2015 955 22083
2016 949 23796
2017 934 25256
2018 950 28897
2019 960 32223
2020 1107 39343
2021 1157 46199
2022 1079 46232
2023 1087 47127

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 98th in the World with 15,098 publications made and 383,494 citations received. Main research topics: Development Studies, Finance, Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, International Trade, Political Economy.

Economics ranking Location
#1 of 31 In Sweden
#26 of 1,366 In Europe
#98 of 5,995 In the World

Lund University
Economics Publications & Citations

Year Economics publications Economics citations
1991 61 655
1992 72 759
1993 85 783
1994 84 903
1995 87 899
1996 157 1017
1997 104 1017
1998 124 1169
1999 138 1318
2000 149 1557
2001 136 1948
2002 216 2326
2003 208 2662
2004 203 3301
2005 274 3682
2006 294 4623
2007 327 5315
2008 408 6402
2009 383 7366
2010 420 8725
2011 510 10073
2012 571 12010
2013 671 13500
2014 712 15340
2015 752 16929
2016 795 18444
2017 770 19740
2018 828 23143
2019 840 25735
2020 992 32672
2021 1041 39224
2022 959 40331
2023 964 41769

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 93rd in the World with 9,782 publications made and 257,533 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
#26 of 1,349 In Europe
#93 of 5,720 In the World

Lund University
Art & Design Publications & Citations

Year Art & Design publications Art & Design citations
1991 61 611
1992 50 661
1993 69 709
1994 71 748
1995 78 900
1996 97 973
1997 89 983
1998 109 1073
1999 127 1290
2000 121 1487
2001 127 1523
2002 221 2276
2003 184 2356
2004 162 2605
2005 212 3440
2006 230 3658
2007 209 4248
2008 278 4803
2009 287 5652
2010 277 6226
2011 340 7093
2012 400 8132
2013 417 9226
2014 398 9969
2015 439 10299
2016 447 10683
2017 457 11180
2018 448 12246
2019 469 13605
2020 511 16316
2021 552 18959
2022 485 18588
2023 598 19269

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

Art & Design subfield Sweden ranking Europe ranking World rank
Interior Design 3 29 64
Landscape Architecture 4 28 65
Literature 1 19 70
Aesthetics 1 24 78
Creative Writing 1 29 79
Photography 2 32 90
Cinematography 1 36 92
Singing and Vocal Performance 4 34 97
Fashion Design 2 29 103
Performing arts 3 56 135
Computer Graphics 2 37 137
Music 4 63 162
Animation 3 56 179
Graphic Design 4 74 208
Architecture 3 94 212
Game Design and Development 3 85 227
Entertainment Industry Business 2 81 233
Art History 3 92 234
UX/UI Desgin 7 190 432
Multimedia 6 178 455
Painting and Drawing 4 217 465
Sculpture 4 217 465
Illustration and Concept Art 5 220 486