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Lund University (Swedish: Lunds universitet) is a public research university in Sweden and one of Northern Europe's oldest universities. The university is located in the city of Lund in the Swedish province of Scania. It traces its roots back to 1425, when a Franciscan studium generale was founded in Lund.
Today, Lund University is one of northern Europe's largest, with eight faculties, 41,000 students and over 2,000 separate courses. [35] It is and has consistently ranked in the world top 100 universities [ 36 ] and is a member of the League of European Research Universities as well as the global Universitas 21 network.
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The order of precedence is based on their year of establishment as a university. Only Uppsala University (est. 1477 [1]) and Lund University (est. 1666 [2]) were actually founded as universities, whereas all the other universities were raised from högskola (university college) status to the higher university status after they had been founded.
Lund University of Technology, LTH, was founded in 1961 and incorporated in 1969 as part of Lund University. The university originally consisted of six sections, Engineering Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Architecture.
Universitetshuset, Lund The main building of the Lund University ( Universitetshuset in Swedish) was designed by architect Helgo Zettervall and inaugurated by King Oscar II in 1882. [ 1 ] Construction began in 1874, when the old main building Kungshuset had become too small for the growing number of students.
Lund Cathedral was the site of the ceremony acknowledging the founding of Lund University in 1668. Repairs were made during the 18th century but in 1832 a complete restoration of the cathedral was recommended.
This is a list of student nations at Lund University in Sweden. The tradition of nations at the university is practically as old as the university itself. The list is by default sorted in accordance with a time-honoured order based on the age of the diocese of the area that the nation was named after.