Annual Report 2015 FACULTY OF ENGINEERING LTH / LUND UNIVERSITY / Sweden
lt h a nInn 2015, u a l rthe e p osea r t voyage 2 0 1 5 project “Havsresan” celebrated 25 years Cover: and commemorated that is was 70 years since the end of the Second World War. Skåne’s geographical location meant that a number of aircraft emergency landed or crashed here during the war. The year’s sea voyage took a closer look at some of these aircraft wrecks. Photo: Cihancagli / Getty Images
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contents 2015 LTH in transition ............................................................................. 3 Events at LTH 2015 ......................................................................... 5 Undergraduate and Master’s education ..................................... 11 Degree project in nanoscience won prize .................................. 12 Biodiversity in the city ................................................................. 12 National student recruitment ...................................................... 13 KPI – students ............................................................................... 14 Teknologkåren – the students’ union at LTH .............................. 16 Research studies ........................................................................... 18 How to evacuate a railway tunnel in an emergency .................................................................................... 19 Research 2015 ............................................................................... 20
The Department of Automatic Control celebrates 50 years ....................................................................... 21 External engagement and innovation 2015 ............................... 23 A turning point for the world? ................................................... 24 International student exchange .................................................. 27 International Master’s students .................................................. 28 Staff ............................................................................................... 29 Honorary doctors 2015 ................................................................ 30 Vattenhallen Science Centre ........................................................ 31 Finances ......................................................................................... 32 KPI 2015 ......................................................................................... 36 Board of LTH ................................................................................. 38 LTH continues its journey ............................................................. 39
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LTH IN TRANSITION Text: Viktor Öwall / Dean
After many years at LTH, I became dean in January 2015. There were also changes in the management team and a largely new board. The new chair of the board, Charlotta Falvin, began the first meeting by likening the situation to “jumping on a moving bus”. Even though I thought I knew LTH, I have to agree. It has been an exciting and interesting year. LTH is fantastic – with successful education and excellent research. However, there are deficiencies and things we can do better. After having views and criticisms for many years, it was now time to actually do something. While 2015 was a year of analysis and planning, 2016 will be a year for implementation. This is how engineers work: first analysis and then synthesis. This is something we must do together!
We have worked on a new organisational structure for LTH in 2015. Regarding undergraduate and Master’s education, we must ensure that we always perform at our best and that our courses and programmes are quality-assured. In recent years, finances have been stretched, as we have educated more students than we have received funding for, and have not received money to cover increased costs. Therefore, we need to review how we work. Are we efficient, and do we u se our resources and the phenomenal strengths within LTH in the best way? I do not believe so. Can a new organisation address the deficiencies? Not a new organisation in itself. However, I am sure that in the process of change we can find the strength we need! My aim is that LTH shall provide the best available courses and programmes. LTH is a part of Lund University (LU) and we often talk about what a strength that is. However, is that potential being fully utilised, for example in tackling the major societal challenges that we face such as climate change, energy issues and the digital society? I think we must work more strategically and use our resources in the best way to create collaborations. In order to do this, LTH needs a new research o rganisation. We are raising the bar! So much fantastic research is carried out at LTH, much of which I had no idea about b efore I became dean. And this is certainly the case
for many others! We must get away from our occasionally obstructive shyness and boast a little more. Everyone must help to highlight their own successes and those of their colleagues. Let us be better at making LTH’s research more visible and create more collaboration. There is a lot of excitement in Lund about ESS and MAX IV. We must use this opportunity. Naturally, the question of Science Village Scandinavia arises – shall parts of the university and LTH move to Brunnshög? Discussions have s tarted on an issue that affects us all and our entire campus area. Regardless of this, I think that our campus must be developed and become more dynamic, something that also applies to Campus Helsingborg. Discussions have started about how to make LTH a “Sustainable Campus”. A university without research is a poor university; a university without education is no university. We can replace the word education with the word students. I am impressed by the work and commitment of the students’ union, TLTH, which helps us to progress. Students in a constructive dialogue with teaching staff and management – this is something that creates considerable strength. Let us use that to give LTH an even greater edge. It feels great to be dean of LTH! k Viktor Öwall
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Engineers of Tomorrow set world record at LTH ---------------------------------------------------------Anything is possible if you work together. That is the basis for “The Engineer of Tomorrow” – a concept used at LTH for welcoming new s tudents. A day in the autumn is devoted to experience-based exercises that examine personal values, strengths and group dynamics. In addition, a new world record was set for a human gearwheel, with 750 participating LTH students. -->
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EVENTS AT LTH 2015 Selected events at the Faculty of Engineering, LTH, in 2015:
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EVENTS AT LTH 2015 Selected events at the Faculty of Engineering, LTH, in 2015:
JanuarY
February
March
LTH appointed a new dean, Viktor Öwall, and a new board chaired by Charlotta Falvin. The water-efficient shower from the LTH spin-off company Orbital Systems is ready for the mass market and retail sales begin. k
Industrial designer Isabelle Olsson, an LTH alumnus who works for Google, headed the list of innovative thinkers when Veckans Affärer magazine ranked the year’s outstanding talents. Food Technology students made flour from reject bananas – it became one of the year’s most widely disseminated stories about LTH in the media. Jonas Månsson, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics at LTH, enjoyed great success on YouTube with his recorded lectures. Since they were posted, the films have been watched several thousand times – every day. Research by Henrik Sternberg at Packaging Logistics showed that 400 lorries are driven illegally in Sweden every day. The so-called “cabotage study” attracted a lot of attention from Sweden’s road haulage sector. k
Ericsson and their partners, including LTH, launched “5G for Sweden” – a joint initiative for the mobile telephony of tomorrow. LTH’s research institute MAPCI launched its Open Innovation Laboratory for mobile, cloud and ICT applications. The NMT Days (Science, Engineer ing and Medicine Days for upper secondary schools) were held, as was the annual Teknikåttan competition (for year 8 pupils) – for the 20th time. Research findings from the engine lab at LTH showed that raw methanol can be used as fuel. LTH appointed five new professors: Sören Vang Andersen, Carin Andersson, Aleh Cherp, György Marko-Varga and Anders Warell. Industry executive and chemist Karl-Erik Sahlberg donated SEK 1 million to LTH. Students Vita Jarolimkova and Gerald Perry Marin won a prize in the Thought for Food competition in Portu gal. Their FoPo (Food Powder) project concerned the use of freeze-drying to reduce global food wastage. k
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April
MaY
June
LTH’s Pontus Giselsson, a researcher in optimisation algorithms, received the Ingvar Carlsson Award, worth SEK 4 million. LTH researchers discovered that our drinking water is cleaned by “good bacteria” in pipes, and not just at the waterworks, as previously thought. “Flickor på Teknis”, an event held to encourage girls to study engineering, was arranged for the 30th successive year! Five students at LTH presented their developed antenna, which is optimised for body area networks. Jesper Öqvist, Jacob Burenstam and Erik Bjäreholt became the first recipients of the newly instituted scholarship for open source code programming, Lufoss. LTH Griparna were Sweden’s best university ice hockey team. k
LTH was visited by a delegation from Lithuania, led by the country’s Research and Education Minister, Dainius Pavalkis. The LTH sea voyage project “Havsresan” found sunken aircraft wrecks – something that attracted considerable international attention. Carbiotix, a company managed by Peter Falck and Kristofer Cook, won the start-up competition, Venture Cup Syd, with their business idea based on “good” fibre. Lactic acid bacteria are not just good for the stomach, they are also good at producing green chemicals. The results were presented in a new thesis from LTH. Lund Positioning Lab opened. The research laboratory, which focuses on positioning, is based at the MAPCI research institute. Around 120 current and former employees celebrated 50 years of the Department of Automatic Control. k
At Lund University’s annual doctoral conferment ceremony, 47 doctorates and 3 honorary doctorates were conferred for LTH. Researchers Marcus Aldén and Torbjörn Sjöstrand received € 2.5 million and € 2 million respectively when the European Research Council (ERC) allocated grants to senior research leaders. Researchers from Lund received a major grant to increase the value of our forests through finding new, more valuable areas of application for the substance lignin. Canon, the new principal owner of Axis, donated SEK 2 million to Vattenhallen – LTH’s science centre for school pupils and the general public. Research from LTH showed that more women are making eco-friendly transport decisions – women use public transport more often and are more likely to leave the car at home. k
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EVENTS AT LTH 2015 Selected events at the Faculty of Engineering, LTH, in 2015:
July
August
September
LTH participated in Almedalen Week – a week of debate on contemporary issues held on Gotland. Vattenhallen Science Centre took part in SVT’s popular children’s TV programme, Sommarlovsmorgon. Biotechnology researchers from LTH showed that the textile industry discharges toxic substances that get into groundwater and affect the DNA of animal and plant life. Lund University Formula Student Engineering competed with its new car at Silverstone. k
A popular summer school in accelera tor engineering was held at LTH. Around 40 students from Europe, Australia and the USA took part. Flickering LED lamps are bad for your health. LTH researchers sounded the alarm and were concerned about the invisible flickering in poor designs. The American pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson signed an agreement worth SEK 6 billion with Lundbased company Alligator Bioscience. The Chinese mobile technology company Huawei invested SEK 2.8 million in a new collaboration with researchers at the Department of Electrical and Information Technology at LTH. One of LTH’s most successful areas of research, nanoscience, changed name to NanoLund after 27 years as the Nanometer Structure Consortium. “The Engineer of Tomorrow” is a concept LTH use to welcome new students. A new world record was set for a human gearwheel during one of the induction days. k
Three mathematics experts, Jacob Ström, Kalle Åström and Tomas Akenine-Möller, launched an interactive textbook on linear algebra – something that attracted considerable attention. After an interval of several years, the higher education diploma programme in Food Science restarted. Emissions from ships are more harmful to our lungs than p reviously thought. Measurements by LTH rese archers showed that the air along the coasts is full of harmful nanoparticles that emanate from ships. LTH was host for two major technology-related conferences: LUCAS Day, which focuses on software, and Lund Circuit Design Workshop, which focuses on hardware. Campus Helsingborg, where the LTH School of Engineering is based, celebrated 15 years. LTH took part in Lund’s annual Culture Night event, showing research relating to areas such as robot labs and 3D printers. Water Sources Engineering arran ged an IWA conference with 250 participants. k
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OCtober
November
December
A prestigious New York-based research institute, Rogosin Institute, signed a collaboration agreement with the interdisciplinary research programme MAD for Cancer – Make a Difference for Cancer – which is led by LTH researcher Carl Borrebaeck. LTH appointed four new professors: Olaf Diegel, Professor of Product Deve lopment, Maria Kihl, Professor of Internetworked Systems, Dmytro Orlov, Professor of Materials Engineering and Olof Samuelsson, Professor of Industrial Automation specialising in electric power systems. Certec (the Division for Rehabilitation Engineering Research) at the Department of Design Sciences arranged its annual seminar ”Certec informs” for the 25th time. k
LTH is visited by several hundred upper secondary school pupils in conjunction with the University’s annual Inspiration Days. LTH’s area, science and engineering, received a total of SEK 187 million from the Swedish Research Council’s allocation of research funds. LTH was the first higher education institution in Sweden to introduce the Scala programming language as primary language for the programming introduction course on the Master of Science programme in computer engineering. MPs from Skåne visited LTH and got an insight into aspects such as asylumseeking engineers, the shortage of engineers and ESS and MAX IV. On 27 November, 186 new graduates were celebrated during LTH’s graduation ceremony in the University auditorium. The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, IVA, inducted three new academy members from LTH and Lund. The open house at the 3D p rinting laboratory attracted staff from LTH, as well as visits from upper secondary schools and the business community. k
LTH’s Advent Calendar attracted thousands of web TV viewers. Behind this year’s calendar were Ina Rehnholm and Johanna Hjalte from Engineering Nano science, and Ingrid Odlén from Engineering Physics. A study from LTH researchers showed that it would cost between SEK 10 million and SEK 40 million per year to make the entire Lund bus network electric and run all city buses on electricity instead of gas or diesel. The School of Industrial Design’s annual Christmas market was held. A new digital image analysis aid that can improve diagnosis and decisions in the treatment of prostate cancer was taking its first steps towards future commercialisation and introduction at hospital clinics. The p roject received a considerable grant from SWELife and is to be developed at LTH. The honorary doctorates for 2016 were named. The ABB robot YuMi, which is programmed at LTH, wrapped Christmas presents at Mediamarkt and attracted great attention from the media. k
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UNDERGRADUATE AND MASTER’S EDUCATION Text: Annika Mårtensson / Pro Dean
The quality of education at LTH is given the highest priority. A review of the organisation was carried out in 2015 by the management of the educational activities and programmes at LTH. Quality issues were given top priority in this review process. Over a long period, LTH has refined systems for quality evaluation of courses using evaluations as a basis for the development work. Work started in 2015 on the development of a quality framework in which evaluation of programmes will be prioritised. This framework will be the basis for quality assurance work at LTH from now on. Over 1,350 degrees were awarded at LTH in 2015, which is a slight increase on 2014. Approximately 1,000 of these were from LTH’s five-year degree programmes (MSc E ngineering or Architecture). There were a high number of applicants per place for most of LTH’s degree programmes and the students performed well. However, the total number of students conti nues to fall. This is an effect of planned cuts in the number of admissions, due to government funding not having increased in recent years, while costs have increased. An important part of the quality enhancement work relates to the
working environment of our students. The buildings on the LTH campus in Lund have been renovated over a number of years, which has meant an increase in the number of study spaces and group rooms for our students. In recent years, the A House and V House have been fully reno vated (the V House is to be completed in the spring of 2016). The degree programmes are c ontinuously developed. Good examples include work on knowledge and skills development within the programmes, presentation skills and the design of courses that connect wider society with LTH. We appreciate the involvement of the business sector and society in the implementation of courses and as support for our students during their time at LTH in initiatives such as the mentor programme. Degree projects are the concluding part of our degree programmes. Many of these c onnect well with both research projects and the b usiness sector/society and thereby give students a good opportunity to place their earlier studies in a wider context. We are very proud of all the innovative and diligently executed degree projects that our students carry out. k
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g Anton Frisk was awarded the first scholarship from the Karl-Erik Sahlberg Foundation. The scholarship was presented by Karl-Erik Sahlberg.
g Wiktor Bergh’s degree project focused on biodiversity in the city. Here is an example building – a branch of the Malmö City Library.
Degree project in nanoscience won prize Anton Frisk, a student of Engineering Nanoscience specialising in nanomaterials, was overjoyed when he received the prize for the best degree project in chemistry –a scholarship worth SEK 50,000. This was the first time a scholarship from the Karl-Erik Sahlberg Foundation* was awarded. “I would like to express my personal thanks to Karl-Erik Sahlberg, who has made this scholarship possible. I am proud and pleased to receive it. I believe and hope that the scholarship will motivate more students to devote a little extra time and energy to their degree projects”, said Anton Frisk.
Anton Frisk’s degree project was conducted within applied biochemistry under the title “Rapid prototyping of biomolecular circuits through module characterisation in cell-free expression systems”. The project concerns the introduction of new ways to test biomolecular circuits outside living cells through the use of cell-free bacteria extracts. *Karl-Erik Sahlberg’s donation – shares worth SEK 1 million – is administrated by the Karl-Erik Sahlberg Foundation at Lund University, and the scholarship sum will be a minimum of SEK 50,000 per year. The scholarship was awarded for the first time in conjunction with LTH’s graduation ceremony on 22 May 2015.
Biodiversity in the city Wiktor Bergh’s degree project, carried out in 2015 as part of the Architecture programme, focused on biodiversity in the city. He collaborated with ecologists at Lund University and looked at theories concerning how biodiversity can be increased. An innovative element was that Wiktor Bergh presented an example building – a branch of Malmö City Library located in Nyhamnen – in which the so-called climate shell does not exclude ecosystems. It is not only in the outdoor environments of cities that biodiversity can be increased, as indoor
environments can also contribute towards the goal of maintaining a rich diversity of plants and animals. “If we want to design for biodiversity, we should go in this direction, and it’s also for our own wellbeing”, said Wiktor Bergh. He regards his degree project as a contribution to the debate on biodiversity. Rapid global urbanisation means great strains on the climate and biodiversity. “We cannot afford to build in the wrong way. We must have space for biodiversity in both outdoor and indoor environments”, said Wiktor Bergh. k
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NATIONAL STUDENT RECRUITMENT Text: Johanne Elde and Hanna Nilvall / Communication and Collaboration LTH
The basis for work on student recruitment is knowledge about our prospective students’ needs, values and meeting places. LTH strives to broaden its recruitment base as much as possible, and marketing is carried out via a number of different channels nationwide. Decisive factors in choosing LTH High regard for our courses and programmes, and Lund’s reputation as a pleasant student city are decisive factors in why people choose LTH. Prospective students mainly obtain information on our courses and programmes via the web, our prospectus, family, friends and higher education fairs. Talking to a current student, at a higher education fair for instance, is becoming increasingly important. LTH recruits from all of Sweden. The majority of our students are from the south of Sweden. About 15 percent come from greater Stockholm and about 5 percent from Norrland. Events and initiatives LTH and the Communication and Collaboration division organise a number of different annual events that focus on both long and short-term recruitment. These include:
LTH participated in three major higher education fairs in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö, and medium-sized fairs in Piteå, Umeå and Sundsvall. We also attended about 20 smaller fairs around the country.
> Culture Night in Lund – for the general public > Teknikåttan – engineering and science competition for year 8 pupils > LTH Advent Calendar – 24 short films about interesting phenomena; target group 12-15-year-olds > Create your future – LTH students visit schools (mainly in greater Malmö) with low rates of progression to higher education > NMT Days (Science, Medicine and Engineering Days) – 300 popular science talks for 6,000 upper secondary school pupils and teachers > Inspiration Days and Open Houses – for upper secondary schools, arranged with other universities During the year there was a recruitment campaign ahead of the restart of the Food Science programme. More people than ever applied for the programme. Specific resources were also allocated to campaigns via social media and to explanatory films. k
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g Arrival Day for International students in August 2015.
g Students studying before an exam.
KPI – Students
Number of places offered, full-time equivalents, and degrees awarded per study programme for 2013, 2014 and 2015 2013
2013
2013
2014
2014
2014
2015
2015
2015
Places offered autumn 2013
FTEs
Degrees
Places offered autumn 2014
FTEs
Degrees
Places offered autumn 2015
FTEs
Degrees
MSc in Engineering Biotechnology Computer Science
60
286
49
58
276
56
58
246
60
117
487
53
112
492
65
112
514
59
Environmental Engineering
60
270
40
58
277
36
58
265
61
Electrical Engineering
86
397
53
83
373
61
83
358
55 115
105
502
98
101
444
92
101
463
Information and Communication Engineering
Industrial Engineering and Management
45
176
16
44
221
19
44
185
27
Chemical Engineering
55
203
36
54
205
36
54
207
34
Surveying and Land Management Mechanical Engineering
55
260
47
54
253
59
54
238
50
165
764
122
159
759
124
159
728
138
40
116
1
40
142
1
37
40
70
41
40
58
40
Biomedical Engineering
40
87
Risk Management
40
80
Engineering Physics
88
449
65
85
450
68
85
439
98
Engineering Mathematics
35
179
29
35
161
35
35
163
34
Nanoscience Civil Engineering Total MSc Engineering
56
205
31
55
204
28
55
192
39
105
518
99
101
496
111
101
465
100
1072
4862
775
1079
4797
832
1079
4663
911
Architecture
72
312
44
60
321
58
60
306
82
Fire Protection Engineering
50
160
47
49
168
50
49
160
49
Industrial Design Bachelor of Fine Arts in Design Total Arch, FPE, ID
0
1
14
0
5
0
1
38
30
86
15
30
87
29
30
86
24
182
559
120
139
576
142
139
553
193
115
309
74
115
294
100
115
276
75
46
97
19
46
104
16
46
112
18
32
84
11
116
193
472
104
BSc in Engineering Civil Engineering Computer Science Electrical Engineering with Automation Total BSc Engineering
32
79
11
32
76
193
485
104
193
474
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g Newly arrived Master’s students are welcomed to LTH.
g The engineering student cap is worn on special occasions, such as here at the LTH graduation ceremony.
2013
2013
2013
2014
2014
2014
2015
2015
2015
Places offered autumn 2013
FTEs
Degrees
Places offered autumn 2014
FTEs
Degrees
Places offered autumn 2015
FTEs
Degrees
Master´s Programmes Architecture Biotechnology
0
0
0
20
6
0
20
22
0
15
16
10
20
20
13
20
20
27
Fire Safety Engineering (within EM*)
17
10
19
21
12
19
13
13
16
Energy-Efficient and Environmental Building Design
25
22
0
30
40
8
30
48
10
Sustainable Urban Design
20
36
0
30
29
24
30
28
12
Industrial Design
30
29
0
30
49
9
30
51
12
0
0
0
0
0
0
20
11
0
Food Innovation and Product Design (within EM*)
18
17
17
19
19
19
25
25
25
Food Technology and Nutrition
15
19
13
30
26
10
30
36
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
20
7
0
Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation (start autumn 2015)
Logistics and Supply Chain Management (start autumn 2015) System on Chip
30
20
20
30
17
21
30
21
27
Wireless Communication
30
36
27
30
44
14
30
48
16
Water Resources Engineering Total Master’s programmes
10
13
15
20
8
13
20
13
2
192
201
104
261
258
134
293
325
122
Food Technology programme
0
42
21
0
16
27
30
15
2
Foundation year
0
53
0
32
32
0
32
29
0
Freestanding courses, etc.
0
383
0
0
370
0
0
360
0
Total others
0
478
21
32
418
27
62
404
2
* The programme is offered within Erasmus Mundus. It is a so-called Joint Master´s Programme.
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Teknologkåren – the students’ union at LTH The union’s activities developed in several areas in 2015. The year included many successful projects, including a number of anniversaries, but was also marked by the development of the union’s own organisation. ARKAD, the union’s labour market fair, set a new record for the number of exhibitors, and students finally found support on issues such as anonymised assessment and psychosocial safety rounds for students. During the year the union involved thousands of students in activities such as initiation of new students and the musical competition “Sångarstriden”.
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GENERAL The union’s magazine “Pålsjö Ängsblad”, which has been dormant in recent years, was restarted with an issue in the autumn. Two of our sections, A Section and K Section, celebrated 50 years as sections in 2015, and both marked the occasion with anniversary balls at the AF Building.
MONITORING EDUCATION The students found support on several issues in 2015. LTH and the union education committee drew up a questionnaire to examine students’ psychosocial health. A similar questionnaire has previously been used in staff surveys. During the autumn, LTH finally introduced anonymised assessment, something that the students have been requesting for many years. Cakes featured prominently in celebrations to mark the introduction. The education committee also drew up a new policy document for undergraduate and Master’s education that was well received by the students. The union’s Speak Up Days were held in the spring on the theme of rights. There was a restructuring of the committee, including an action plan to replace the post of vice-president for international issues with a full-time official monitoring education.
INITIATION Every year the union’s initiation activities involve over 1,000 students in the induction of new students. This year 1,750 students were welcomed to LTH and the union. Over a five-week period, the new students receive support through their initiation group and have an opportunity to participate in a large number of activities and projects.
ARKAD ARKAD, the union’s labour market days, were arranged in the second week of November. A new record was set for the number of companies when 165 exhibitors and 5,000 students participated in the two-day fair at the Annex and Study Centre. ARKAD is one of the union’s largest projects and involves over 300 students. At the fair, visiting students get the chance to meet potential employers and talk about their future opportunities with the company.
SÅNGARTSTRIDEN The traditional “Sångarstriden” was arranged on the third weekend of November, this time at Gasquesalen. Sångarstriden, a song, music and dance competition between the union’s sections has two contests. The first involves the sections’ choirs singing a set piece, while the second provides freedom to create a programme similar to a short musical. Although the Doctoral Student Section had the most points, W Section were declared the winners, as the Doctoral Student Section’s team included non-union members.
50 YEARS AT LOPHTET It was not only two of our sections that celebrated 50 years in 2015. Lofthet- one of our buildnings- also reached a half-century in age this year. This was celebrated in November with a traditional Oktoberfest with schnitzel on the menu, and a live band. In conjunction with this, there was an account of some of the strange events that have taken place at Lophtet, which made for both entertaining and slightly disconcerting reading.
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RESEARCH STUDIES Text: Annika Mårtensson / Pro Dean
In 2015 there was a strong focus on the q uality of research studies, and extensive work was carried out involving self-evaluations in every research studies subject at LTH. This work will c ontinue in 2016 and will lead to a greater consensus between research supervisors on quality issues. It will also provide a basis for more knowledge transfers between the subjects on aspects such as individual study plans. LTH’s doctoral students, like the doctoral grad uates, have opportunities to work worldwide. It is important, even during the research studies period, that we encourage doctoral students to conduct research at other universities and research institutes for short or long periods. About ten percent of our doctoral students are financed via companies or equivalents (as externally employed doctoral students), which also increases the scope of contacts outside academia. Research students want more information on career paths, not only at LTH and Lund University, but also within and outside academia in general. LTH is working to clarify the options in this area.
Information to our students in undergraduate and Master’s education has also been developed to show the variety of career paths. The number of newly admitted doctoral students was lower in 2015 than for 2014, and stands at the same level as 2010. This reduction reflects the fall in external research funding, which was made evident in 2015, when doctoral students were almost exclusively financed by external funding. In the long term this presents an obstacle to growth in the number of new researchers. The number of women among the new admissions reflects the number of female students within undergraduate and Master’s education. Research studies are becoming increasingly interdisciplinary, and therefore graduate schools and third cycle courses aimed at doctoral students from several research studies subjects are of growing interest. There are ongoing discussions, mainly with the Faculty of Science and Faculty of Medicine, on the development of joint third cycle courses and graduate schools. There are many joint subject areas, including those with a connection to MAX IV and ESS. k
Research students Year
Enrolled
Women (%)
Enrolled without previous enrolment at LTH
Women (%)
PhDs awarded
Women (%)
Licentiates
Women (%)
2015
166
28
107
33
104
26
30
17
2014
148
42
134
42
114
37
32
25
2013
134
31
126
32
97
40
36
39
2012
128
34
116
31
88
20
40
22.5
2011
145
30
115
34
102
32
38
39
2010
161
32
134
33
69
40
33
27
2009
114
39
102
42
94
27
42
19
2008
134
30.5
127
33
112
30
43
32.5
2007
105
34
98
35
121
32
38
16
2006
121
26
116
26
117
34
59
30
2005
86
34
83
35
135
24
73
27
2004
107
33
95
34
127
28
63
30
2003
167
30
115
40
114
29
91
24
2002
139
27
122
27
95
33
77
22
2001
167
35
153
37
81
26
56
21
2000
171
32
144
32
69
33
67
19
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g Prize-winning thesis 2015. Sepideh Gorji Ghalames-
tani was awarded a doctoral degree in 2014 in the area of Solid State Physics at LTH. In the spring of 2015 she received a research prize from the Sparbanksstiftelsen Färs och Frosta foundation, for her thesis, Realization of Complex III-V Nanoscale Heterostructures. The prize, worth SEK 100,000, was presented at LTH’s graduation ceremony on 22 May 2015. f Karl Fridolf’s thesis presented new ways to evacuate
railway tunnels in an emergency.
How to evacuate a railway tunnel in an emergency Serious accidents in railway tunnels are thankfully not that common, but can lead to disastrous conse quences – particularly when the train must be evacuated in the tunnel. In this case, people have to mainly trust their own physical and mental capabilities to get themselves out of the tunnel. In his doctoral thesis last year, Karl Fridolf from the Division of Fire Protection Engineering presented data from a simulated tunnel evacuation involving 135 people, and a framework to make it easier to understand people’s behaviour in tunnel fires. A large proportion of people initially spend a lot of time trying to get information on what is happening before they act and start an evacuation – a response that is due to deficient or contradictory information. “Most people choose the same way they came in, even if the emergency exit is the best way out. Lamps were not as effective in guiding people to the emergency exit as the loudspeaker installations we set up. Emergency exits with sound worked 100 percent effectively”, said Karl Fridolf. The doctoral thesis also presented empirical data on flow capacity and walking speed in an evacuation, as well as proposals for various technical solutions that make evacuations easier and more efficient. k
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Research 2015 Text: Erik Swietlicki, Vice Dean for Reaserch
SUBSTANTIAL RESEARCH INVESTMENTS Lund University and LTH have received substantial research grants during the year. In November, the Swedish Research Council granted SEK 350 million to the University, which included a grant of SEK 187 million to be shared among 56 projects in science and engineering. The major investment by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation in autonomous systems will mean that a considerable sum will be allocated in Lund. The newly built synchrotron radiation f acility, MAX IV, took a major step forward during the year with the injection of electrons into the storage ring. The old MAX Lab closed on 13 D ecember 2015. MAX IV will create fantastic opportunities for our researchers over the next 1 5-20 years that we intend to make full use of. A number of LTH’s spin-off companies deve loped positively. It was announced during the year that the American pharmaceutical giant, Johnson & Johnson, has signed an agreement with the spin-off company, Alligator Bioscience, worth over SEK 6 billion.
EXTERNAL FINANCING The faculty is successful in attracting external research grants. Around 70 percent of research conducted at LTH is financed by external grants. This is a positive sign that research at the faculty is relevant and of high quality, although it presents a problem for long-term financing and sets a high requirement on co-financing for the faculty and the University. In 2015 the faculty’s researchers received grants via 27 EU-financed projects, including four ERC grants. Even though this is a very good outcome, we can achieve even better results with the right support for our talented researchers. A working group drew up a proposal in 2015 for a new research organisation at LTH, which will be launched on 1 May 2016. One of the main ideas behind the proposal is that LTH needs to strengthen its strategic work regarding research and research studies. We hope that the new research organisation will make the faculty even more successful in initiating and conducting curiosity-driven basic research, as well as interdisciplinary and more applied research. There is a high level of research production at the faculty – 111 theses were produced during the year. k
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The Department of Automatic Control – 50 years In late May, the Department of Automatic Control Engineering celebrated its 50th anniversary. The day provided an opportunity for both nostalgia and looking to the future, walking tours of the robot lab – and a lunch spanning five decades. What is Automatic Control? Automatic Control is sometimes called ‘Hidden Technology’ as it is all around us, but we are not aware of it. It is all about getting different processes to behave in a certain way automatically. Some examples of control technology: j Cruise control for cars and autopilots for aircraft and ships j Temperature control in buildings and rooms j Regulators in process industries that control the pressure, flow rates, concentrations, levels and temperatures. j Economic, medical and biological systems. For example, in the human body we have control systems that try to keep our body temperature at 37 degrees despite variations in ambient temperature. Control technology is present in many contexts, and as there is a common underlying theory that is independent of the applications, many of our programmes include a basic course in Automatic Control Engineering. Automatic Control is interdisciplinary and researchers from different fields can work in the same department and benefit from each other’s knowledge.
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oatly In 2015, one of LTH’s entrepreneurs, Rikard Öste, founder of Oatly´s oat drink, was named southern Sweden’s leading entrepreneur. The citation for the recognition was: “Research in the food industry has resulted in an innovation on a scale rarely seen. Combine this with a business concept based on oats that you have sown, and you have world news in the form of milk products, and the best of all is that it tastes good!”
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External engagement and innovation 2015 Text: Annika Olsson, Assistant Dean for Collaboration and Innovation
It is interesting to work on innovation matters, especially in an environment with innovative students and colleagues. The work of several of them was recognised in 2015. Our former industrial design student, Mehrdad Mahdjoubi, was named the Innovation Talent of the Year at Veckans Affärer magazine’s future day event. He was awarded the title for his innovation, Orbital Systems, the world’s most energy-efficient shower. Another acclaimed student innovation is Fo Po (Food Powder), which reduces global food wastage by producing an easy-to-handle p owder from food whose best before date is fast approaching. Vita Jarolimkova and Gerald Perry Marin, from the Erasmus Mundus programme, Food Innovation and Product Design, and Kent Ngo from the Industrial Design Engineering programme won a prize in the Thought for Food competition in Portugal. The year’s major innovation highlight was the agreement that secured SEK 6 billion for Alligator AB, the company started by Professor Carl Borrebaeck. The assignment is to work on a promising antibody against cancer and take it all the way to commercialisation. This was not only an innovation highlight for Carl and his research group, but also a great success for LTH. The innovations at LTH continue – five new companies based on LTH’s research started in 2015. During the year, 25 LTH students were involved in 11 different start-up companies at the student incubator Venture Lab. One of the companies, Erghis Technologies, which developed touch-free control of smart units, was nominated for the 2015 Innovation Prize and is included among the top 20 technology companies at Sweden’s incubators.
Collaboration with society and the business Collaboration with wider society and the business community is another important aspect for LTH, in both our research and education activities. LTH’s Business Relations Council had four meetings during 2015, in which we visited various departments. These visits have led to new research collaborations between companies and LTH’s researchers. In 2015, we also started a business community network within HR that focuses on increasing exchanges between the business community and our students. The latest meeting concerned equality in recruitment and advertising of degree projects. The year concluded with a successful meeting with a group of interested MPs from Skåne. It was a good discussion on both the opportunities and challenges for research and education at LTH. We hope that we gave our politicians good input to take with them to the Swedish parliament. Long-term business relations As an example of long-term business relations, LTH received a donation of SEK 1 million in the spring of 2015 from the former LTH chair, industry executive and chemist Karl-Erik Sahlberg. The return from a new foundation will be d istributed annually as scholarships to newly graduated chemistry students. Finally, there was very pleasing news for the Vattenhallen Science Centre, which received a SEK 2 million donation from Canon to develop its operations by building a new storey and facilities such as an exhibition space that will appeal to children aged 0–4. Read more about Vattenhallen and other collaborative projects on page 31. k
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A turning point for the world? Text: Tiina Meri
World leaders signed a new global climate agreement at the CoP21 climate summit in Paris that means global warming is not to exceed two degrees.
The environment and energy were high on the agenda in 2015. P Â rofessor of Environmental and Energy SÂ ystems Studies, Lars J Nilsson, who made frequent appearances in the media Âduring the climate summit in Paris, thinks there is hope for the future, due to advances in technology.
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Lars J Nilsson, Professor of Environmental and Energy Systems Studies at LTH, appeared frequently in the media to comment on the climate summit. On the P1 radio programme, Vetandets värld, he was asked about the technological developments that could replace fossil fuels and limit global warming in accordance with the Paris agreement: “First of all, it’s important to underline that in terms of resources and technology, it’s fully possible to move towards zero emissions. More efficient use of energy and utilisation of renewable energy sources are the two most important alternatives, and we have seen fantastic developments in solar cells and wind power”, he replied. According to Lars J Nilsson, optimism about technological advances was one of the factors that enabled world leaders to successfully reach an agreement in Paris. In the programme he emphasised that the price of solar cells will continue to fall and that there is also “enormous potential” in using energy more efficiently. His fellow researcher Max Åhman, Associate Professor in Environmental and Energy Systems Studies, also had an upbeat message in conjunction with the climate summit: “A lot has happened over the past seven or eight years, particularly in the area of renewable energy. There have been breakthroughs for renewable energy in many parts of the world, and in the EU, the USA, Brazil and China there is now the attitude that it’s possible to achieve a considerable effect with renewable energy.” k
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LTH students studying abroad 2011-2015
Incoming exchange students 500
500
400
400
300
300
200
200
100
100 0
0 2011
2012
2013
L Australia and New Zealand L Central- and South America L Asia
2014
2011
2015
L North America L Scandinavia L Europe
2012
2013
L Australia and New Zealand L Central- and South America L Asia
2014
2015
L North America L Scandinavia L Europe
Exchange destinations
Exchange students and Master´s students 2011-2015 L Incoming students L Outbound students L Master´s Students 500
Europe 44 %
400
North America 30 % Asia 10 %
300
Australia & New Zealand 8 % 200
Latin America 7 %
100 0 2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Proportion of graduates in engineering, architecture and industrial design who have had at least three months of organised experience abroad as part of their degrees. % of graduates with study abroad 2013-2015 % of graduates with study abroad 2015
Percent 60
57,1 47,6
50 45 40
36,8
41,2
25,5 16,7
16,9
17,4
18,9
19,9
26,6
28,6
29,3
27,7
28,6
20,1
11,0
n En gin Ris ee kM rin g an ag em Co en m t pu te Ch rS em cie nc ica e lE Su ng rve i n yin Ci ee vil g rin an En g d g ine La nd er ing M M an ec ag ha em nic en al En t En gin g ine ee rin er ing g M at Ele he ctr m at ica ics lE ng ine er ing Na no En sc gin ien ee ce rin g Ph ys ics Inf oC Ind om us tri al De En sig vir Ar n on ch ite m en ctu ta re lE ng ine er Ind ing us tri al En Bio KI gin D te ee ch rin no g log & En M y an gin ag ee em rin en g all t gr En ad gin ua te ee s rin g & Ar ch
tio ec ro t Fir eP
40,1
33,3
35 30 25 20 15 10 5
38,0
LTH-target 25 % Programme target 15 %
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International student exchange Text: Christina Grossmann, Head of the International Office, and Per Warfvinge, Assistant Dean for International Relations
International collaboration in the area of student exchange has been further strengthened during the year by several new exchange agreements. Last year there was a 10 percent increase in the number of LTH students studying abroad. E urope is the most popular destination (44 percent) closely followed by North America (30 percent). LTH continues to attract incoming exchange students from all over the world. In 2015, the ratio between outgoing and incoming students (calculated per academic year and in full-time equivalents) was 0.82, compared with 0.68 in 2014. This good balance is probably unique, both within Lund University and nationally. Lund University’s oldest exchange a greement, with the University of California, has been running for 49 years. This year it attracted a record number of students from the USA’s west coast to study in Lund, mainly at LTH. Networks Networks continue to be of considerable im portance for internationalisation, particularly in undergraduate and Master’s education. LTH presides over the Magalhães network, and in October the T.I.M.E. network celebrated 25 years. The majority of LTH’s most important exchange partners are members of the T.I.M.E. network. It is positive that LTH is highly appreciated by those students who apply to Lund for double degrees. However, it is also evident that LTH is becoming more and more “unusual”, as we do not automatically give credit for a Bachelor’s degree within a technical area as the equivalent of the first three years of an MSc Engineering programme. Around one-third of the participants on LTH’s programmes are fee-paying students. T uition fees from international students have become a
significant source of income for LTH. Two new programmes were introduced in 2015: Master inSupply Chain Management and Master in Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation. Campus Helsingborg At present, there are few opportunities to gain experience abroad within the Bachelor of Science in Engineering programmes in Helsingborg. This is a national problem, which is largely due to the programmes’ many compulsory components. During the year, LTH participated in an EU-financed project run by the Ministry of Education and Research and the Swedish C ouncil for Higher Education, which aims to increase the number of outgoing students within Erasmus. The project defines the required international and intercultural skills within LTH’s Bachelor of Science in Engineering programmes. Focus groups considered that international experience is very important and should be regarded as a qualifica tion. The students themselves want Campus Helsingborg to become more international. Brazil For the third year in a row we have r ecruited students from Brazil via the scholarship p rogramme Science Without Borders. Lund University received 38 students (of which 29 to LTH). B razil has now temporarily suspended this programme for students, but it is still available to d octoral students. We see an increased demand from international doctoral students who want exchange periods of 3 to 12 months. This same group is also asking more frequently if they can be awarded a Swedish doctoral degree as well as one from their own country. The agreements are individual, as both countries’ legislation must be considered. k
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lt h verksamhetsberättelse lth annual report 2015 2015
What do international Master’s s tudents think of LTH? In the spring of 2015, a survey was sent out to all international Master’s students at the Faculty of Engineering LTH to find out how they are finding their time in Lund. This is what they had to say:
Survey respondents: 41 countries represented K EU K Non EU
51%
49%
How happy are the students with their programmes?
8 / 10 feel their programme has lived up to their expectations
9 / 10 would recommend their programme to other students
51%
49%
What are their plans for the future?
36%
Work in Sweden
22%
Work anywhere
13%
PhD studies in Sweden
What are their thoughts about LTH and Lund?
The courses are challenging, in a good and interesting way. Even though the standards are high, the study pace is relaxed and easy going. The teachers keep a good relationship with the students and treat us like equals. The knowledge learned in master level in Sweden is quite practical, and you can feel you could be utilised in the market right after the degree.
Both the university and Sweden have a fantastic atmosphere to live and study. The professors and the teaching learning standard is excellent. Lund is a nice and homey town, without being too small. Lund is a beautiful city, very green and peaceful.
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staff Text: Sonja Meiby, Head of Human Resources
The number of employees has been relatively constant over the past five years. However, there has been a slight reduction in the number of doctoral students since 2013. At year-end 2015, the proportion of female professors at LTH was 15.5 percent. There has been a small increase of 0.5 percent, which is partly attributable to the sponsoring of Lise Meitner professors that resulted in three new female visiting professors being appointed at LTH. The aim is to appoint a total of eight new visiting professors/adjunct professors of the underrepresented gender. Two female senior lecturers were promoted to professor in 2015. At the start of the year, LTH had 34 employed associate senior lecturers, of whom 41 percent were women. At year-end 2015, the number employed had increased to 41, of whom 39 percent were women. The position represents a b asis for promotion to senior lecturer and, in time, the basis for recruitment of more professors.
The percentage of women in teaching and research at year-end 2015 was: > > > > > > >
Professors 15.5 % Senior lecturers 25 % Associate senior lecturers 39 % Postdoctoral fellows 23 % Researchers in fixed-term employment 27 % Lecturers 35 % Doctoral students 33 %
In 2015, LTH has also supported various p rojects and activities aimed at increasing equal opportu nities. LTH has provided financial support to: Wings, “8 March”, the TLTH students’ union equal opportunities event and Create Your Future*. In addition to these projects, LTH has also provided financial support to student associations such as HERA, D-chip and Elektra. k * Create Your Future is a project carried out for the third year in a row and is aimed at widening participation.
Number of full-time equivalent employees at LTH 2004-2015
1 600
Technical staff
Doctoral student
Administrative staff
Professor
Libary staff
Lecturer
Career development position
Other teaching or re-
Senior lecturer
search staff
Visiting lecturer 1400 Note: Career development positions include associate senior lecturers, research fellows
1200 1000
and post docs. The group “other teach-
800
ing and research staff” is partly made up of
600
young doctoral graduates with the title
400
“researcher”, who can also be included in the
200
career development positions.
0 2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
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Honorary doctors 2015
The 2015 honorary doctorates went to Martin Gren, the founder of Axis, Colin Carlile, the former CEO of ESS, and Liesbet Van der Perre, the Belgian electronics professor.
Colin Carlile is an expert on using neutron beams to study the characteristics of solid and fluid materials – everyday materials. He was Director of the Institut Laue Langevin in G renoble before becoming CEO of ESS AB in Lund. Professor Carlile has had a decisive influence on bringing ESS to Lund, and has thereby given us the opportunity to develop in conjunction with a dynamic centre for modern materials research. The major research facilities ESS and MAX IV create a research infrastructure that will be of great significance for us over the next 20 years.
Martin Gren, who studied at LTH, founded Axis in 1984 at Ideon’s science park in collaboration with Mikael Karlsson and Keith Bloodworth. Martin Gren and his colleagues at Axis saw the possibilities of the internet and digitalisation in image processing at an early stage, and the company has become a world leader in network video. After 30 years, the company has 1,600 employees and a turnover of SEK 5 billion. Today, the business concept of Axis is to create security through digital image monitoring in communicating networks. Axis was acquired by Canon in 2015.
Liesbet van der Perre is a professor at KU Leuven and was previously at IMEC in B elgium, one of Europe’s and the world’s leading r esearch institutes in semiconductors, electronics and electronic systems. She is highly respected in both the academic and industrial worlds, and has published over 250 research studies. At IMEC she was Head of Research for Wireless Communication and Director of the Green Radio programmes, which aim to reduce energy consumption in mobile communication. k
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Vattenhallen Science Centre 2015 Vattenhallen Science Centre is a forum for events relating to engineering and the natural sciences. Its visitors include classes and groups, from pre-school to upper secondary school, who come to experience experiments and conduct experiments themselves. Vattenhallen is also an arena for meetings, lectures, discussions and continuing p rofessional development courses in engineering and science. In 2015, Vattenhallen Science Centre became a research centre, with a public remit and its own board. The centre is organisationally part of LTH and operated in collaboration with the Faculty of Science. The number of visitors in 2015 was 40,000, and there is high demand for school visits. The range of activities for the general public has expanded and a number of events are arranged at weekends and on public holidays.
Initiatives Vattenhallen’s premises are to be renovated and expanded to include new facilities such as an exhibition space that will appeal to children aged 0–4. It was therefore very pleasing news during the year that Canon is to contribute SEK 2 million for the rebuilding work. Deserving of mention is also the foundation “Sparbanksstiftelsen Färs och Frosta”, which in 2015 initiated its biggest investment ever – in the long term it will finance visits to Vattenhallen by 4,000 8 form pupils each year.
Widening participation LTH’s gender equality group, in cooperation with Vattenhallen and Björn Regnell at Computer Science, have developed a programming environment for children. So far, over 6,000 children and 300 teachers have received training. The project is growing and also covers automatic control. Anders J Johansson from Electrical and Information Technology and Anders Robertsson from Automatic Control have played a major role in this project. The investment in programming has meant that Vattenhallen can now have a national influence in a Vinnova project. Experts from Vattenhallen are involved in drawing up guidelines for how programming could be introduced in primary, lower secondary and upper secondary schools. k
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Finances Text and tables: Susanne Håkansson, Head of Finance and Infrastructure LTH and Ola Olsson, Finance Officer
For the financial year 2015, LTH can report wellbalanced finances that have continued to grow. Research and research studies continue to account for about two-thirds of LTH’s activities and are mainly financed by external research funding. Undergraduate and Master’s education accounts for one-third of LTH’s total activities and is mainly financed by direct government funding. Despite a small increase in allocated funds for full-time equivalents, education is still under financed. The surplus reported in the end of year accounts is mainly attributable to a contribution from the University to cover a previous deficit in Helsingborg. Furthermore, LTH has once again succeeded in the allocation of quality enhancement funding, which has not yet been utilised in operations. The largest source of funding for education continues to be government appropri-
ations, but contract and fee revenues are on the increase, as the faculty has welcomed a larger number of Brazilian students via the scholarship programme Science Without Borders during the year. The number of doctoral graduates on the teaching staff continues to increase, with associate senior lecturers and researchers accounting for most of the increase. Research has reported a positive result for 2015 of SEK 18.3 million, which is in line with the previous year. This is due to LTH, through its strong research staff, having continued to successfully obtain funding from public authorities and foundations. Public authorities are the main source of external funding for research activities at LTH, and the two largest grant contributors once again were the Swedish Research Council and the Swedish Energy Agency. k
Revenue development by external funding bodies (SEK thousand ) 2004-2015 500 000 000 450 000 000 400 000 000
Municipalities and county
Foundations, private individuals
councils
and other orgs.
EU-funding
State-run companies and public
Private companies
authorities
350 000 000 300 000 000 250 000 000 200 000 000 150 000 000 100 000 000 50 000 000 0 2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
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Undergraduate and Master´s Revenue by funding source
Expenditure by type
Government appropriations 85 %
Staff 54 %
Additional allocations 4 %
Premises 22 % Maintenance 10 %
Fees 9 % Grants 2 %
Depreciation 2 % Overheads 12 %
Government appropriations for Undergraduate and Master´s amounted to approximately 85% of LTH’s revenue during the year. Revenue from internal sales and contract education accounted for 9%. Additional funding for tuition fee-paying students amounted to 4%. The remaining revenue consisted almost exclusively of funds donated to LTH by the Stichting IKEA Foundation.
Total expenditure for Undergraduate and Master´s for the 2015 financial year was approximately SEK 565 million, comprising SEK 306 million for staff costs, SEK 123 million for premises, SEK 55 million for operational costs, SEK 123 million for depreciations and SEK 68 million in overhead costs for Lund University’s central administration.
Research studies Revenue by funding source
Expenditure by type
Government appropriations 31 %
Staff 62 %
Additional allocations 2 %
Premises 12,1 %
Fees 10 % Grants 57 %
Maintenance 13 % Depreciation 6,3 % Overheads 6,6 %
Government appropriations for research studies and research amounted to approximately 31% of LTH’s revenue during the year. Other public funding bodies, such as the Swedish Research Council, the Swedish Energy Agency and Vinnova, accounted for approximately 57%. Revenue from primarily internal sales and contract education accounted for 10%. Additional funding, primarily consisting of direct government funding distributed by the University directly to LTH departments, amounted to 2%.
Total expenditure for research studies and research for the 2015 financial year was approximately SEK 1,176 million, comprising SEK 729 million for staff costs, SEK 142 million for premises, SEK 153 million for operational costs, SEK 74 million for depreciations and SEK 77 million in overhead costs for Lund University’s central administration.
Revenue development (SEK thousand) 2004-2015 900 000 000 800 000 000
Education: external revenue
Research: internal sales/joint revenue
Education: internal sales/
Research: government apppropriations
joint revenue
Research: external revenue
Education: government
700 000 000
appropriations
600 000 000 500 000 000 400 000 000 300 000 000 200 000 000 100 000 000 0 2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
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Statement of income (SEK thousand) 2015
2014
2013
Grants
692 703
670 720
668 361
Government appropriations
899 590
894 658
867 113
Fees, commissions and similar
173 930
166 974
150 126
362
280
262
1 766 585
1 732 633
1 685 862
-1 035 181
-1 035 992
-1 022 500
Maintenance
-207 974
-212 496
-207 114
Premises
-264 972
-256 624
-248 449
Overheads
-145 100
-142 868
-140 786
-86 563
-77 677
-65 922
-395
-709
-395
-1 740 184
-1 726 366
-1 685 166
26 401
6 267
696
2015
2014
2013
Fixed assets
269 300
276 891
223 668
Cash
468 723
509 112
625 734
18 610
20 438
19 496
138 876
131 237
96 610
347
2 829
2 714
895 856
940 507
968 221
266 983
280 271
281 146
12 660
-9 179
-10 631
Operating revenue
Financial revenue Total operating revenue
Operating expenditure Staff
Depreciation Financial costs Total operating expenditure
Total
Balance sheet (SEK thousand)
Assets
Receivables, advances and similar Accrued revenue Other interim accounts owing Total assets
Agency capital Capital brought forward Transfer of capital Change in capital for the year Total agency capital
26 401
6 267
696
306 043
277 358
271 211
Liabiliaties Prepaid revenue
559 547
624 498
638 036
Accounts payable
12 376
17 659
28 886
Other interim liabilities
17 891
20 984
29 624
0
9
463
Total liabilities
589 813
663 149
697 010
Grand total
895 856
940 507
968 221
Other short term liabilities
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Revenue and expenditure per area of activity 2013−2015 (SEK thousand) 2015
2014
2013
Total (SEK thousand) Revenue Expenditure Total Agency capital
1 766 585
1 732 633
1 685 862
-1 740 184
-1 726 366
-1 685 166
26 401
6 267
696
306 043
277 358
271 211
Undergraduate and Master´s Revenue Expenditure Total Agency capital
572 672
560 700
539 706
-564 594
-573 537
-571 358
8 078
-12 837
-31 652
-4 151
-12 574
263
Research/research studies Revenue Expenditure Total Agency capital
1 193 913
1 171 933
1 146 156
-1 175 590
-1 152 829
-1 113 808
18 323
19 104
32 348
310 195
289 932
270 949
2015
2014
2013
1 766 585
1 732 633
1 685 862
98 558
112 487
99 533
6%
6%
6%
572 672
560 700
539 706
2 366
1 827
2 531
0%
0%
0%
1 193 913
1 171 933
1 146 156
86 540
96 643
82 958
7%
8%
7%
New investments (SEK thousand)
Total Revenue Investments Investments/revenue
Undergraduate and Master´s Revenue Investments Investments/revenue
Research/research studies Revenue Investments Investments/revenue
Joint activities Revenue Investments
0
0
0
9 652
14 018
14 044
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Undergraduate and Master´s education Unit
2015
2014
2013
Government appropriations
SEK million
519
508
497
Grants
SEK million
15
14
14
FTE
6 236
6 359
6 426
SEK thousand
83
80
77
APE
5 726
5 056
5 810
%
92%
80%
90%
No.
164
166
168
FTE/prof.
38
38
38
No.
217
216
212
FTP/sen.lect.
29
29
30
No.
55
54
55
FTE/lecturer
113
117
118
Full-time equivalents achieved
Government appropriations per FTE
Annual performance equivalents achieved APE/FTE
Professors FTE per professor
Senior lecturers FTE per senior lecturer
Lecturers FTE per lecturer
FTE = Full time equivalent APE = Annual performance equivalents
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Teaching staff and research students Unit
2015
2014
2013
No.
545
535
517
Of which, professors
164
166
168
Of which, senior lecturers
Teaching staff with doctorates (FTE)
217
216
212
Of which, associate senior lecturers
36
27
12
Of which, postdoctoral
53
58
49
Of which, researchers
75
67
76
537
543
537
Research students (FTE)
No.
Licentiate degrees (FTE)
No.
30
32
36
%
6%
6%
7%
Licentiate degreees/third cycle students
PhDs (FTE) PhDs/third cycle students
No.
103
114
96
%
19%
21%
18%
Research and Research Studies (R&RS) (SEK thousand) Unit
2015
2014
2013
Government appropriations incl. additional allocations (R&RS)
SEK million
393
389
381
Largest external funding bodies excl. collection
SEK million
Crafoordska Foundation
9
8
5
EU
75
67
53
FORMAS
49
42
43
Companies in Sweden
91
92
62
Companies based abroad
20
10
16
9
10
13
Knut & Alice Wallenberg Foundation
44
21
17
Sida
10
14
16
Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research
46
48
64
105
88
93
8
6
4
144
161
145
67
65
57
Swedish defence authorities
Swedish Energy Agency Swedish Transport Administration Swedish Research Council VINNOVA Total
SEK million
677
632
588
Other grants
SEK million
124
151
177
Total revenue, R&RS
SEK million
1 194
1 172
1 146
%
67%
67%
67%
External research funding percentage
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Board of lth
3
5
2 4
1
9
7 8
11 10
13
15
12
6
14
18
17
Board: 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9:
Marilyn Rayner Anne Landin Sven Landelius Annika Mårtensson Jerry Bengtson Maria Johansson Peder Rådström Karolina Johansson, TLTH (LTH Students´ Union) Fredrik Palmqvist
19
16
10: 11: 12: 13: 14: 15: 16: 17: 18: 19:
Charlotta Falvin Rasmus Kjellén, TLTH Viktor Öwall Martin Persson, TLTH Beatrice Nordlöf Thomas Laurell Marianne Olsson Aylin Ahadi Johan Hugosson Fredrik Edman
Annual Report > 2015 Project leader: Johanne Elde / LTH. Graphic design and production: Bergström & Co AB, Lund (bco.se). Cover image: Cihancagli / Getty Images. Other images: Charlotte Carlberg Bärg, Anders Frick, Jenny Leyman, Lars Owesson, Axis Communications, Sang Ho Kim / EyeEm, Johan Persson, Kennet R uona, Madeleine Schoug, Mikael Risedal, Magnus Bergström, Gunnar Menander, Martin Bech, White arkitekter, Getty Images. Printed by Lenanders Grafiska / 83975. Printed on environmentally friendly paper using environmentally friendly methods.
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LTH continues its journey Text: CHARLOTTA FALVIN, Chair, Board of LTH
After the dizzy sensation at the first board meeting of jumping on a moving bus, without knowing the destination, route or fellow passengers, it has been a year’s journey that has resulted in a more level-headed feeling. I have got to know a group of very astute, knowledgeable and committed colleagues within LTH’s board and management, and I have started to acquire a basic understanding of the fascinating m achinery that constitutes our fine Faculty of E ngineering. Study visits to all the departments, a series of meetings with the Dean of LTH and others in management, a basic course in the mysteries of university fi nances, and a number of lively and comprehensive board meetings have all contri buted to this new understanding. The new board made a flying start in 2015 with a day of intensive and fruitful group work, which summoned up a picture of LTH that reflec ted pride in the excellence of both education and research, a lively and positive student environ ment, a sense of belonging to a strong and broad university, an international character, and a host of innovations that have been of p ractical benefit to society. Naturally, this picture also reflected frustration over obstacles and shortcomings, organisational inertia, competition for limi ted resources and other issues that the board,
along with management and staff, have to address. During the year, the board’s discussions have led to important decisions on matters such as a reformed organisational structure for undergraduate and Master’s education, the establishment of a centre for engineering education, and the shaping of a management organisation for research and research studies. We have monitored financial developments and gained insights into subjects such as agency capital, education budget deficits and the challenges involved in the allo cation of strategic funds. I look forward in the coming year to working with my colleagues on the board and in management as we continue to address strategic and more tangible matters. Work on developing a new strategic plan for LTH is already underway, and on the operational side we will take on the important challenge of finding opportunities for efficiency enhancement, to ensure that we attain the best possible quality and results from the fantastic work that LTH’s staff and students carry out in their daily activities. It is with great pleasure and pride that I look forward to continuing this journey with you all! k Charlotta Falvin / Chair, Board of LTH
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