Annual Report 2012 FACULTY OF ENGINEERING | LUND UNIVERSITY
Contents Change - Renewal - Confidence for the future........................................1 Undergraduate and Master’s education..................................................2 Student intake............................................................................................ 3 International collaboration.......................................................................7 Research studies....................................................................................... 10 Research.................................................................................................... 12 EU research............................................................................................... 13 Ranking..................................................................................................... 13 Staff.......................................................................................................... 14 Professional development....................................................................... 16 The academic development unit............................................................ 16 Honorary Doctors.................................................................................... 17 Scholarships and awards......................................................................... 18 LTH in the media...................................................................................... 21 Finances.................................................................................................... 22 Key Performance Indicators.................................................................... 26 Board of LTH............................................................................................. 28
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Change - Renewal - Confidence for the future There has been a lot of change over the past year. Almost the whole of the university management changed: pro vice-chancellor, assistant vice-chancellors, head of administration, head of planning, head of HR, and director of innovation. The new chair of the Board of Lund University is Margot Wallström. At LTH we were less radical and settled for a new pro-dean, Annika Mårtensson. We have the privilege to be able to keep Ulla Holst as vice-dean until her retirement in 2013. A new board was elected, under chair Michael Treschow, who has entered into the role with enthusiasm. LTH’s organisation was renewed with new rules of procedure and new appointment rules. We now have a new budget model in place that allocates direct government funding for both education and research in a clear way. Last but not least, we launched our new strategic plan. It describes our goals, strategies and priorities for our four main areas of activity. Just as in a football match, strategy has to be matched to appropriate tactics. It is important not to run towards the ball, but rather to run towards where the ball is headed – to look ahead. 1. KNOWLEDGE FOR THE FUTURE Perhaps the most important task of a university is as a knowledge generator – to maintain, develop and discover knowledge through research. We think we do this very well. Our research runs like clockwork. Because such a large proportion of the research is externally funded, we are of course pleased to be able to attract so much research funding. LTH already has its sights on ESS and MAX IV as tools for research. 2. THE RESEARCHERS OF TOMORROW Swedish research policy is still such that the majority of academic research is carried out by doctoral students. It is a true problem-based learning, because the doctoral student works as an active researcher from day one. LTH is now working strategically to manage research studies as well as we do undergraduate and Master’s education. 3. STUDENTS AND LEARNING Education is also running like clockwork with a high number of applicants per place. LTH has good rates of completion, good results and students who are in high demand from employers. What is more, we have a fantastic prognosis for the future, with a major shortage of engineers expected in the region. The only problem is that we are ‘too good’. We are not compensated fully by the Government for what we produce, which leads to the absurd paradox that we have to cut back on admissions despite a major need for well-trained engineers. It’s an ungrateful world.
We are seeing a pleasing trend shift. Attitude surveys show that young people are becoming increasingly interested in science and technology. Among those born in the 1980s and ‘90s, and among students in Sweden, engineering careers are very popular. There is still a major difference between men and women, and we therefore still have challenges to address. 4. PARTNERSHIPS AND INTERACTION WITH SOCIETY Unfortunately, the current economic climate is leaving its mark on LTH’s partner companies in various industries, for example pharmaceuticals and ICT. Nonetheless, new opportunities are also being created. In January 2012 Medicon Village took over Astra Zeneca’s premises. By the end of the year, there were already over 550 people based there in new companies and structures, and that is without the University’s cancer researchers who have not yet moved in. Sony Mobile is working with Region Skåne and Lund University to facilitate a research institute for mobile communications technology and associated areas of application. A flagship project for interaction between LTH, schools and the public is Vattenhallen Science Centre. Over the year we had almost 40 000 visitors. We are also very pleased with our collaboration with the Faculty of Science, which runs the planetarium. We believe that this method of bringing science and technology to life is of great value to Lund University as a whole. The vision in our strategic plan is to understand, explain and improve our world and the human condition. We achieve this through change and renewal, with our sights set on the future.
Anders Axelsson Dean of LTH
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Undergraduate and Master’s education In the past year the positive trend in education at LTH has continued, with high numbers of applicants to our programmes and good performance by our students. The number of applicants who put Lund University’s engineering MSc programmes as their first choice per student admitted was 2.0 – the highest in Sweden. Our graduates are also in high demand from employers. The extensive quality enhancement work carried out by programme directors and lecturers over many years has paid off. The number of full-time equivalent students was higher than ever, at 6 747, whereas the student performance rate, which measures how many credits students achieve relative to the number of credits for which they were registered, fell slightly but still reached 86 %. This means that our students are not only enrolled on courses but are also successful in their studies. The number of degrees awarded fell sharply; this is a temporary effect of the 2007 transition from 4.5-year MSc degrees to 5-year degrees. In 2012 the financial result for undergraduate and Master’s education has worsened, as we regrettably do not receive sufficient funding for all the education undertaken by students at LTH. This has led to a lot of focus being placed on planning future measures, which will lead to some changes to the programmes offered at LTH. The changes will, however, also provide scope to reshape courses and the range of courses offered. The prevailing culture at LTH puts education in focus in many contexts. Major investments have been made to create the conditions for students to complete their studies with knowledge and experience that provide a good foundation for a future career. LTH has, for example, a teaching academy to provide support to lecturers when they want to focus more on the teaching aspect of their career. The educational development office, Genombrottet, has many courses that give lecturers inspiration and educational tools. Another important initiative is Supplemental Instruction (SI) for students.
During 2012, various changes have been made to the organisation of undergraduate and Master’s education. This has entailed the engagement of some new programme directors and members and chairs of programme boards, bringing in new, inspirational ideas. In 2012 a decision was taken on a new division of the academic year, which will be in force from autumn 2014. A lot of work has been put into drawing up material for the Swedish National Agency for Higher Education evaluations, the results of which will be reported in 2013 for the BSc Engineering programmes and the Architecture programme. The work on this was intensive during autumn 2012, but gave us all an insight into how proud we can be of our programmes and courses, while providing documentation on which to base future changes.
Annika Mårtensson Deputy Dean
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Student intake Number of full-time equivalents (FTE), annual performance equivalents (APE) and degree awarded (DEG) 2012
2012
2012
2012
2011
2011
2011
2011
FTE
FTE
APE/FTE (%)
DEG
FTE
FTE
APE/FTE (%)
DEG
Biotechnology
275
238
87
33
260
267
103
52
Computer Science
481
411
85
35
442
369
83
54
Environmental Engineering
271
240
88
39
262
245
94
35
Electrical Engineering
386
323
84
44
363
297
82
37
Industrial Management and Engineering
516
441
86
64
500
437
88
104
Master's degrees in
InfoCom
165
139
84
11
147
127
87
16
Chemical Engineering
203
174
86
29
189
183
97
26
Surveying
272
254
94
5
271
252
93
33
Mechanical Engineering
761
675
89
88
744
669
90
122
Biomedical Engineering
57
49
87
19
7
36
Risk Management
78
58
74
10
51
56
109
Engineering Physics
446
378
85
43
414
372
90
74
Engeineering Mathematics
188
155
82
20
168
156
93
25
36
Nanoscience
227
188
83
32
212
186
88
28
Civil Engineering
534
458
86
88
511
472
92
100
4 862
4 182
86
549
4 553
4 096
90
742
305
247
81
41
283
253
90
30
Bachelor of Science in Engineering Total Master's degrees Architecture
8
Bachelor of Science in Architecture
40
Master of Science in Architecture Fire Protection Engineering Industrial Design
31
2 169
144
85
24
1 175
147
85
43
4
8
7
18
30
167
19
88
67
77
15
75
72
96
16
566
466
82
129
551
502
91
140
Civil Engineering
331
292
88
83
335
294
88
66
Computer Science
99
86
86
21
104
97
93
16
40
28
69
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Design Total Arch, FPE, ID Bachelor's degrees in Biotechnology
1
Electrical Engineering Electrical Engineering with automation
1 66
49
75
1
1
100
1
497
428
86
107
1
Multimedia Engineering Software Engineering Total Bachelor's degrees
0
1
1 479
420
2 88
86
Master's programmes Industrial Construction
1
Food Technology
1
Fire Safety Engineering
10
9
94
15
9
9
97
Industrial Design
34
31
92
6
38
31
82
Sustainable Urban Design
41
35
84
14
49
36
72
12
System on Chip
39
39
100
19
61
56
92
18
Wireless Communication
43
39
91
20
62
58
92
23
8
12
141
8
22
17
77
4
Biotechnology
21
25
120
21
37
32
86
11
Food Technology and Nutrition
18
40
32
80
11
3
15
8
55
1
16
34
26
75
7
368
304
83
87 25
Photonics
23
27
117
Food Innovation and Product Design
4
1
25
Nanoscience
6
6
94
Energy-efficent and Environmental Building Design
6
3
50
24
26
109
Water Resourses Two-year Master of Science Total Master's programmes Food Technology diploma
1 259
253
98
143 39
58
58
100
64
61
96
Foundation year
107
97
91
110
81
74
Free-standing courses, etc.
424
345
81
399
312
78
3
4
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Where do our students come from? (%) * Sk책ne
Gothenburg
Stockholm
Central Sweden
Northern Sweden
2012
2011
2012
2011
2012
2011
2012
2011
2012
2011
Lund total
50
49
10
10
14
14
8
10
3
2
Helsingborg total
77
73
5
5
9
5
2
6
1
1
Engineering Physics
64
56
4
6
7
15
7
9
2
4
Engineering Mathematics
59
43
15
10
12
13
3
28
0
0
Nanoscience
36
43
6
20
17
11
11
9
11
0
Electrical Engineering
64
64
7
4
7
7
2
2
2
1
Computer Science
66
61
6
7
12
7
3
6
2
2
Infocom
49
53
13
11
20
11
7
11
2
0
Mechanical Engineeering
42
54
16
9
16
12
9
11
1
2
Biomedical Engineering
50
15
9
9
0
Industrial Management and Engineering
40
34
16
13
18
35
8
10
5
2
Civil Engineering
48
45
12
12
10
12
9
11
3
0
Environmental Engineering
38
36
19
14
9
16
13
11
6
5
Surveying
45
44
8
17
13
8
19
5
4
2
Chemical Engineering
71
60
2
7
2
9
6
7
2
1
Biotechnology
45
55
6
6
13
10
13
10
3
3
Architecture
33
36
14
12
32
17
4
19
3
1
Industrial Design
50
34
11
22
18
25
0
3
0
0
Fire Protection Engineering
47
26
6
15
16
15
12
14
2
2
Computer Science (BSc)
78
83
5
2
10
2
3
0
0
2
Civil Engineering -Railway Construction (BSc)
85
74
7
8
4
4
0
11
4
4
Civil Engineering- Architecture (BSc)
70
62
7
8
5
5
2
6
0
1
Civil Engineering- Road and traffic (BSc)
71
79
5
0
5
5
5
5
5
0
Foundation year
94
91
0
0
0
0
3
6
0
0
Foundation Semester
72
3
17
2
0
* Other responses were possible
Reasons for choosing LTH (%)
Source of information leading to choice of LTH (%)
84
90 80
40
74 67
70
35
68
40
39
35 26
30
26
29 28 25
25
50 37
28 28
30
54
60
37
21 20
20 15
11
15 14 14
13 12
10
20
5
10
0
0 2012 Close to home
2002 Good reputation
1995 City of Lund
LTH prospectus 2012
Friends
Internet 2011
Family
Visit to LTH 2010
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Source of information leading to choice of LTH programme (%) ** LTH prospectus
Friends
Internet
Family
Visit to LTH
2012
2011
2012
2011
2012
2011
2012
2011
2012
11
12
28
29
29
28
25
22
15
13
8
14
21
17
36
24
23
17
7
10
Lund total Helsingborg total
2011
Engineering Physics
11
6
25
23
18
30
26
23
12
9
Engineering Mathematics
13
16
19
26
29
43
26
26
19
11
Nanoscience
16
21
25
30
27
23
23
13
14
13
Electrical Engineering
10
12
26
21
34
27
32
21
11
17
Computer Science
11
11
28
23
24
32
27
25
10
14
Infocom
16
12
40
35
18
33
22
12
16
14
Mechanical Engineeering
10
8
33
36
25
26
24
25
19
14
2
5
38
49
21
24
23
23
18
16
Industrial Management and Engineering
10
18
27
25
26
31
28
25
19
14
Civil Engineering
19
17
23
25
37
43
25
10
13
10
Biomedical Engineering
Environmental Engineering
13
9
26
31
37
27
21
23
11
9
Surveying
13
10
8
25
21
16
27
16
21
15
Chemical Engineering
16
21
31
22
36
28
22
26
13
12
Biotechnology
9
10
25
23
69
38
13
20
6
13
Architecture
7
3
33
35
26
27
22
23
14
7
Industrial Design
0
6
19
34
34
31
22
13
19
38
Fire Protection Engineering
10
19
24
21
39
30
22
13
12
4
Civil Engineering - Architecture (BSc)
11
20
20
19
35
31
15
19
9
9
Civil Engineering - Railway Construction (BSc)
11
4
15
4
30
55
19
19
7
11
Civil Engineering - Road and Traffic (BSc)
10
21
10
16
39
27
29
21
19
11
Computer Science (BSc)
0
11
17
18
47
38
14
13
11
9
Foundation year
9
17
25
7
31
40
25
13
6
23
Foundation Semester
7
27
33
30
2
** Information is transmitted through a variety of channels, but these were indicated as the most decisive. Some respondents may have selected more than one category.
Proportion of women admitted (%) 80 69
70
66 60
59
58
60
56
55
54
53
50 50
58
57
55 50
52
47
48 48 42
41
40
30
37
36 29 28
28
28
29
28
25 22
20
56
52
17
14
32
30
28
27
25
20
24
21
26
28 24
29
27,5 22
26 27 24
21
33
31
31
24
22
18
15
10 0 2003 MSc programmes
2004
2005 BSc programmes
2006 Architecture
2007
2008
2009
Fire Protection Engineering
2010 Industrial Design
2011
2012
International Master's Programmes
5
6
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Per Göran Nilsson, Head of LTH Faculty Office This will be the last year of LTH’s operations that head of the faculty office Per Göran “PG” Nilsson sums up. In 2013 he will be retiring, aged 67. He has held the post since 1994. – It feels strange but inevitable; at 67 I can’t be a manager any longer , he observes. He says that the most important task of 2012 was the alteration of the system for the allocation of direct government funding. For the first time, the government funding can be calculated on the basis of objective factors. However, the dean of LTH has reserved funding that can be used for strategic investments. Undergraduate and Master’s education also affects the levels of government funding in the new model. The one-off consequences of the introduction of the new system will be compensated for over a two-year period. The funding of undergraduate and Master’s education is now also truly transparent for the departments. However, the number of students has increased so much that the direct government funding is not sufficient. The shortfall for 2012 was over SEK 30 million and the Board of LTH has been forced to cut back admissions. These measures should create a balance in the education budget within two to three years. Over-production of students has arisen from the paradoxical cause that the students are too conscientious and stay on, at the same time as the effects of the extra semester that was introduced when the programmes were extended from 4.5 to 5 years have come into effect fully. – This is what we have struggled most with during 2012, explains PG Nilsson. “The over-production of around 1 000 students should be reduced to a couple of hundred. This is why we decided not to admit students to the Engineering Foundation Year and the Food Technology programme in 2013.” Levels of student retention at LTH are high. Very few drop out, partly because of the recession and partly because of measures introduced in the form of improved teaching methods and enhanced maths teaching. On the other hand, there is plenty of funding in research, but money cannot be transferred directly between research and education.
PG Nilsson admits that the thought of a life without LTH has been troubling him for a while. However, now he hopes for a smooth transition where he can maintain his contacts. – I do have a house, garden, grandchildren, a caravan, model railway, and so on to keep me occupied. I’ve started to go to the aerobics group Anders Pågar, where I have made new friends. And I’ve been chair of my local neighbourhood association for 30 years. I have golf clubs too, but haven’t learnt to play yet; that might take a while to get round to...
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International collaboration The proportion of students on LTH’s full-length study programmes who have been abroad on a student exchange as part of their degree and/or have carried out their degree project abroad increased from 21.0 % in 2011 to 23.4 %. The figures for 2012 were 22.0 % of engineering students (20.2 % in 2011) and 33.7 % of architecture students (30.6 % in 2011). The Bachelor’s programme in Industrial Design also has a high proportion, 31 %. Nonetheless, LTH has not yet achieved its goals either overall or at programme level, but the trends are moving in the right direction. Exchange agreements are signed either with Lund University centrally or with LTH. In 2012 a major reform was carried out, which meant that all exchange places in the central agreements were divided among the faculties. In autumn 2012 LTH students could therefore apply for all available places at the same time and through one computer system. The effect was a record number of applicants for the 2013/2014 academic year. This is a good example of the advantages of putting students in the centre and decentralising processes so that they are linked to study programmes.
management and the lecturers involved did some impressive work before and during the course, which was a unique and memorable experience for all involved. The initiative is an excellent example of what internationalisation of a programme can mean. The number of applications to LTH’s international Master’s programmes was disappointing, and we did not manage to attract enough students during the application process. The number of fee-paying students fell to fewer than 30. This is far from our realistic goal of 100 paying students. This year it became increasingly clear that LTH faces a difficult challenge when it comes to creating attractive Master’s programmes that strengthen our operations and that are viable both financially and in terms of conditions for students.
There was a slight negative change in the exchange balance, despite the fact that LTH systematically kept down the number of incoming students. LTH and Lund are simply very popular, with good courses and a good environment for exchange students! New student exchange agreements were signed with La Trobe University (Australia), École Polytechnique Montréal (Canada), with which Lund previously had a central agreement, and Beihang University (China). As part of the cross-programme specialisation in Technology Management, a course in International Market-Driven Engineering was held at the start of the autumn at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China. Forty Swedish students and 32 Chinese students attended the course, which involved conducting a process of innovation in eight teams on the theme of “facilitating everyday life”. The programme
Per Warfvinge Assistant Dean for Education and International Relations
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Incoming exchange students 400 362
2012 2011
350
300
295
2010
304
250
200
150
100
41
50 15
Europe
15
41 25
22
Scandinavia
25
North America
25
20
12
Asia
20
30
Central- and South America
15
15
3
Australia and New Zeeland
Balance of foreign exchange 2003-2012 600
Incoming Students
Outbound Students
Master's Students Admitted
500
400
300
200
100
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
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LTH students studying abroad 2012
2011
2010
32
28
25
Fire Protection Engineering
0
2
1
Computer Science
7
10
6
11
8
8 1
Architecture
Industrial Design 5 yrs Industrial Design 3 yrs Info Com
2
2
Electrical Engineering
11
14
5
Industrial Management & Engineering
45
67
73
Biotechnology
17
22
21
Chemical Engineering
8
5
2
Surveying
7
5
12
10
17
17
5
3
7
Mechnaical Engineering Mechanical Engineering with Industrial design Risk Management Engineering Physics Engineering Mathematics Civil Engineering
2
0
1
22
23
21
7
7
5
20
20
12
Environmental Engineering
11
9
18
Nanoscience
12
13
14
Degree project
36
45
41
Internships Erasmus
15
15
45
Internships placement course
19
48
45
China Specialisation
28
26
16
334
388
347
Total
Proportion of graduates in engineering, architecture and industrial design who have had at least three months of organised international experience as part of their degree. 50
% of graduates with study abroad 2010-2012
47,1
% of graduates with study abroad 2012
45 40
37
35
33,1 30,8
29,6
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25
23,6
22
21,7
21,3
20,9 20 Programme target 15%
15
15,1
13,5 11,8
10 10
9,7
10
9,2
6,7
12 20
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Research studies Education Quality 2011 (EQ11), which aimed to enhance the quality of all education at Lund University, showed that the University should focus on improving the quality of research studies. This is an important task of the University’s new Education Board. A group has been formed under the board which focuses exclusively on matters relating to research studies. New draft regulations for Lund University have been drawn up during the year.
This year the number of PhDs completed at LTH has been relatively low. The number of doctoral students admitted in 2012 was also lower than in 2010–2011. The doctoral students’ section of the students’ union, Teknologkåren, has contributed members to the research boards, research working committee and LTH Board who are active and committed and have a strong focus on improving education. In particular, a lot of hard work has been put into the compilation of the research studies annual report for 2011.
The Board of LTH has expressed a wish for an annual report of research studies at LTH. A number of key performance indicators have been proposed by LTH’s research boards and statistical material was put together by the faculty office. Departments and research boards wrote reports, which were compiled into an overall report ‘Annual report for research studies, LTH 2011’. At the end of the year, an eagerly awaited database of PhD course syllabi was launched. This will make it easier to view the range of PhD courses on offer. Doctoral students have long been calling for a wider range of courses at PhD level. Over the past year, a new model for allocation of direct government funding has also been established at LTH. The new model better compensates departments for the courses they offer, which it is hoped will also result in a wider range of courses.
Ulla Holst Assistant Dean for Third Cycle Education
Research students 2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
128
145
161
114
134
105
121
86
107
167
139
Women (%)
34
30
32
39
30,5
34
26
34
33
30
27
PhD awarded
88
102
69
94
112
121
117
135
127
114
95
Women (%)
20
32
40
27
30
32
34
24
28
29
33
40
38
33
42
43
38
59
73
63
91
77
22,5
39
27
19
32,5
16
30
27
30
24
22
Total number enrolled
Licentiates awarded Women (%)
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Patrik Nordbeck och Jonas Månsson, Senior Lecturers The textbook Endimensionell analys (Single Variable Calculus) has been praised ever since it was published by Patrik Nordbeck and Jonas Månsson at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences at LTH. Now the authors are working on a follow-up that has already won a prize – despite not yet being published. The new book is called Flerdimensionell analys and addresses multivariable calculus. It is a complicated subject, but presenting it in the form of a narrative makes it more accessible. This was the jury’s view when the book was awarded the annual textbook award this autumn by publishing house Studentlitteratur. Patrik Nordbeck and Jonas Månsson hope the book will attract inquisitive students and others, and explain the complexities of maths to them. As well as the narrative style, useful illustrations and a website with extra material will help in this. – We have the same philosophy in the book as in our lectures. You have to focus on the most important aspects and dare to select and discard. I think writing the book has made me a better lecturer too, says Jonas Månsson. – It’s true that there are already multiple books on multivariable calculus. However, at the same time as we were getting annoyed at American books for being far too long and wordy, we were asked by Studentlitteratur if we could write a textbook in Swedish. The publishers are losing ground to foreign books, and so this opportunity arose, says Patrik Nordbeck.
In 2012 the authors have spent almost all their time outside the classroom on the book. Over the years they have both been named lecturer of the year by several of LTH’s engineering student sections and have been awarded the Engineering students’ prize for best teacher. Besides single and multivariable calculus, they also teach linear algebra. The question is, what do they do that is different from other lecturers and textbook authors? – We are always well prepared and clear. The students should feel they can trust us and we encourage them to ask questions. The affirmation we receive from the students gives us better self-confidence, which creates a positive spiral of development.
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Research LTH attracts a lot of external research funding. Large project grants were awarded to LTH this year by the Swedish Research Council and Formas. The Swedish Energy Agency gave large grants to research on ethanol production from lignocellulose materials. Our nanotechnology research continues to develop in leaps and bounds towards various applications. The work to establish Foodbest, a network for food technology that gathers European food companies and universities with strong regional support, continues within the framework of an EIT-KIC (European Institute of Innovation and Technology – Knowledge Innovation Community). At present, there are six nodes from nine countries within the network. In this context, we can also mention the new Swedish food network Food Science Sweden. The network includes LTH, SLU, Chalmers and the SIK research institute. It was a great accomplishment for LTH to get a skills centre for public transport research (K2) to Lund. Together with Malmö University and the Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, we managed to beat the competition from our able colleagues in Stockholm and Gothenburg.
coming years, MAX IV will receive a total of SEK 100 million and ESS will receive SEK 525 million. The direct funding for innovation and research will be raised successively to SEK 4 billion, with full effect from 2016. In total, this will provide SEK 11.5 billion in the years 2013–2016. Among other investments will be a special investment in life sciences, especially research in medicine and biotechnology. The annual direct government finding for university research and education will be raised successively by SEK 900 million with full effect from 2016. The Government is investing SEK 3 billion over the next ten years in elite Swedish researchers. Priority will be given to elite programmes for the best young researchers, recruitment of international researchers and opportunities for established researchers to spend time on high-risk projects. In addition, basic research and the traditional fields of medicine, engineering and science will be prioritised.
During the year, an initiative was started in the field of mechanical and materials engineering. Together with Lund University centrally, a major investment is being made in the renewal of engine laboratories where world-leading combustion engine research takes place. The initiative will be followed by investments in materials science and product and production technology. ESS and MAX IV are of course important driving forces in this development. In 2012 the first announcements were also received concerning the Government’s research and innovation bill. Sweden stands out from other European countries with its large investments in this area. The Government is providing an additional SEK 4 billion for research and innovation. Over the
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EU research LTH AND THE EU SEVENTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME FOR RESEARCH LTH’s researchers are continuing the tradition of being Lund this year’s projects, two postdoctoral fellowships are being University’s most active participants in the EU research offered with research groups at LTH, international doctoral framework programmes. Researchers at LTH are involved in students can apply to an international graduate school and 15 of the 39 projects started at Lund University during 2012. a staff exchange project is being run between partners in These 15 projects are estimated to contribute SEK 61 million industry and academia. to LTH’s research. Researchers at all levels, from doctoral students to professors, There is a great breadth of both research fields and activities collaborate in the projects with partners from other sectors in the projects. Of the new projects for 2012, most are and countries. This helps to create more contacts and larger focused on solving an identified research problem in an networks in an international arena. interdisciplinary collaboration with partners from at least three different EU member states. The projects often also involve research institutes, industry, government agencies and other EU Seventh Framework Programme partners. As in previous years, most projects are within IT, New projects in 2012 Projects food and biotechnology, nanoscience, and materials research, Environment 1 see table. However, researchers from LTH also take part in Health 1 projects in the environment and health sub-programmes. A Information and communication technologies 2 collaborative project in nanotechnology is coordinated by the Food, agriculture and fisheries and biotechnology 3 Division of Solid State Physics. Marie Curie Actions 4 As well as research projects, the framework programme offers opportunities for research infrastructure to be coordinated and opened up for users; the Laser Centre at LTH is participating in a project in this area. In another project, small and medium-sized companies get research carried out in collaboration with the University. The Marie Curie researcher mobility programme has always been popular at LTH; among
Nanosciences, nanotechnologies, materials and new production technologies
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Research for the benefit of SMEs
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Research infrastructure
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Figures taken from the Lund University database of research contracts, eKontrakt
Ranking There are many rankings of universities, both national and international. We generally perform very well. Internationally, Lund University is almost always among the top 100 in the world. In the Times Higher Education World University Rankings (No 80), QS World University Rankings (No 71) and NTU Ranking (National Taiwan University; No 77), we are also ranked second among the No rdic universities. From the media analyses and reputation analyses carried out by organisations such as SIFO, Ungdomsbarometern and
TNS, it is clear that LTH’s visibility as an individual entity is comparable with that of Lund University. This must be a good testimonial for a faculty within a large university. This year, Ungdomsbarometern was presented, and LTH came out well. For example, LTH was ranked first for education quality by young people, when asked to associate their chosen Swedish higher education institution with certain attributes.
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Staff In 2012 the steady increase in the number of employees that has been seen since 2008 continued, and we now have approximately the same number of employees as in 2004. The composition of the staff is somewhat different from eight years ago, as the number of technical and administrative staff is now lower and the number of postdoctoral fellows
is considerably higher. There are 176 ‘postdocs’ in 2012 compared with 74 in 2008. A large part of the increase in the number of employees is in the category of doctoral students, of whom there are now as many as in 2004 with 468 employed doctoral students compared with 341 in 2008.
Number of LTH employees reported as full-time equivalents 1 600 Other 1 400 Technical staff 1 200
Professors
1 000
Postdoctoral fellows
800
Senior lecturers
600
Visiting lecturers
400
Doctoral students
200
Administrative staff
2004
2005
2006
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2009
2010
2011
Lecturers
2012
GENDER EQUALITY, EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES AND DIVERSITY An action plan for gender equality, equal opportunities and senior lecturers has fallen from 26 % to 25 % (48). Methods diversity has been drawn up and adopted. The action plan for recruiting and promoting more female senior lecturers and is for the period 2012–2016 and has both a strategic and professors have to be identified, and this work needs to be an operational focus. In 2012, two new Lise Meitner visiting prioritised in 2013. The number of female doctoral students professors were appointed. LTH has also awarded career has remained largely unchanged for the past three years at development support for an application for appointment to 32 %. Career models need to be established for all employprofessor and application for a readership for the under-repment categories at LTH; the work on career models and plans resented gender (for both 2012 and 2013). The proportion of will form part of the work on gender equality, equal opporfemale professors in 2012 was 14 % (24), which is unchanged tunities and diversity from now on. This work will begin in since 2010. Over the same period, the proportion of female the course of 2013.
Proportions of women and men at LTH 350
321
Professors
296
300
277 Senior lecturer
250 Lecturer
200 150
140
139
149 136
131
Career development position
Doctoral students
100 50
152
145 145
72 48
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24
19 26
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33
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42 24
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NEWLY APPOINTED PROFESSORS In 2012, 14 new professors were appointed at LTH, 5 through recruitment and 9 through promotion. Recruited Tom Rye, Transport Policy and Mobility Management Björn Landfeldt, Network Architecture and Services Lars Bengtsson, Industrial Economics specialising in Technology Strategies and Business Models Cristian Sminchisescu, Applied Mathematics specialising in computer vision Mattias Kärrholm, Architecture Theory Senior lecturers promoted to professor Anders Robertsson, Automatic Control Jacek Malec, Computer Science Thore Husfeldt, Computer Science Pierre Nugues, Computer Science Eva Nordberg-Karlsson, Biotechnology specialising in Molecular Biology Per Tunestål, Combustion Engines Jinming Zhou, Production and Materials Engineering Fredrik Nilsson, Packaging Logistics Lovisa Björnsson, Biotechnology specialising in Environmental Biotechnology and Bioenergy NEW VISITING PROFESSORS Ingvar Claesson, Electrical and Information Technology (Blekinge Institute of Technology) Helen Petrie, Human Computer Interaction, Lise Meitner professor ( University of York, UK) Rebecca Seviour, Accelerator Technology, Lise Meitner professor (Huddersfield University, UK) Linda Price, Engineering Education (Open University, UK)
NEWLY APPOINTED SENIOR LECTURERS • 22 senior lecturers recruited. • 12 people promoted to senior lecturer from a post as lecturer or associate senior lecturer. • 3 people appointed senior lecturer through conversion or right of precedence. NEW ADJUNCT LECTURERS WITH LINKS OUTSIDE THE UNIVERSITY Adjunct professors Ana Rascon, Applied Nutrition (Aventure AB) Haukur Ingason, Fire Safety Engineering (SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden) Kristina Mjörnell, Building Physics (SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden) start 2013. Adjunct senior lecturers Daniel Mondoc, Mathematics (Malmö Borgarskola) Lena Smidfelt Rosqvist, Transport Policy specialising in Sustainable Transport (Trivector Traffic AB) Liisa Fransson, Environmental and Energy Systems (Lunds Energikoncernen AB) Svetlana Iantchenko, Mathematics (Malmö Borgarskola)
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Professional development LTH offers its doctoral students a range of courses that includes an introduction to research studies, teaching and learning for higher education, research communication and research methodology. In 2012 this programme comprised eight different PhD courses totalling 31 credits, mainly taught in English. The courses are offered 1–4 times a year depending on the number of applicants. There is generally a high number of applications and a high rate of completion, and course evaluations are positive. In 2012, 267 doctoral students from LTH took 1 188 credits on this programme, of which 267 credits were qualifying training in higher education teaching and learning.
and spring, as well as in the form of a workshop for other supervisors (e.g. professors who come from outside the University). The training was delivered to 56 supervisors, of whom 50 took the course in preparation for a readership. The researchers rated the quality of the courses in the autumn and spring semesters at 4.0 and 4.4 respectively on a 5 point scale. During the year, an interview survey was also carried out to map qualitatively how PhD supervision is performed at LTH. The results of the survey will be published in 2013. Two international conference submissions on PhD supervision at LTH were also accepted.
In 2012, LTH provided training for PhD supervisors, in line with the requirements of Lund University and the Higher Education Ordinance. This primarily took place as part of the faculty’s preparatory courses for a readership in the autumn
The academic development unit Training for teaching staff in teaching and learning for higher education forms an important part of the academic development unit Genombrottet’s activities. In 2012, 251 LTH employees (116 lecturers and 135 doctoral students) completed a total of 510 weeks of qualifying training. In addition, Genombrottet has delivered 69 weeks of training in higher education teaching and learning to participants from other parts of Lund University. Within all courses, project reports are presented on different issues relating to teaching at LTH. A number of the projects have been presented externally in different contexts.
Genombrottet’s educational development activities – training in higher education teaching and learning, educational consultancy, evaluations, practice-based research on higher education teaching and learning, knowledge dissemination, meeting places, and assessment of teaching qualifications – have been highlighted widely in both national and international contexts through a number of speaking invitations, keynote addresses, workshops and seminars, as well as guest visits to LTH. Since autumn 2012, Genombrottet has also had a visiting professor (20 %) in Engineering Education, Linda Price from the Open University, with a special focus on digital resources in teaching.
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Honorary Doctors Renée Andersson has been a driving force in Swedish textile importers’ environmental responsibility through their suppliers. For 15 years she worked for Save the Children in Africa and Asia and since the start of the last decade has worked for Indiska Magasinet in Stockholm. She combines ethics, environmental awareness and economics to achieve sustainable development and is a strong voice both here in Sweden and abroad on environmentally sustainable development in developing countries. Renée Andersson has actively supported the Division of Biotechnology’s research on biological treatment of waste water from the textile industry. She is a member of the Robur Ethical Advisory Board and the Swedish Government’s Advisory Board for Industry and Development. Jan Rabaey has had a long and successful career in the fields of integrated circuits and wireless communication, where his creativity and exuberant enthusiasm have contributed to many innovations, such as the InfoPad in the 1990s. His latest interest is ‘the swarm’: the idea that all items should have a wireless connection, enabling billions of objects to interact to create an overall experience. In this way, the wireless revolution continues, giving rise to these ‘swarms’ of objects that will both read and influence our surroundings. This will blur the boundaries between physical reality and cyber space. With a PhD from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium, Jan Rabaey is currently a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and one of the founders of the Berkeley Wireless Research Center (BWRC). Since the mid-1980s, his interest in and support for research at Lund University has been a constant source of inspiration to us.
Marcel Stive is Professor of Coastal Engineering and scientific director of the Water Research Centre at the Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands. He has made significant contributions to our understanding of how climate change will influence coastal regions and has been deeply involved in the IPCC reports on the impact of climate change on coastal environments. The InterAcademy Council (a network of over 100 national science academies) recently appointed Marcel Stive to lead an international team to draw up a UN report on global ‘crucial water issues’ with the support of national science foundations in a large number of countries.
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Scholarships and awards Professor Torleif Dahlin and his group at Engineering Geology have received the Telford Premium Award for their article ‘Mapping Landfill Gas Migration Using Resistitivity Monotoring’. The award is presented by the Institution of Civil Engineers in the UK. The article is about geoelectric measurement of gas leaks at the NSR depot in Helsingborg.
Robert Jönsson, senior lecturer in Fire Safety Engineering, received the John L. Bryan Mentoring Award in the USA.
Andreas Norrman, Department of Industrial Management and Logistics, wrote an article entitled ‘Tax Aligned Global Supply Chains: Environmental Impact Illustrations, Legal Reflections and Crossfunctional Flow Charts’, which was highly commended in the Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2012.
Automatic control researchers Andreas Stolt, Magnus Linderoth, Anders Robertsson and Rolf Johansson won the ICRA Award for Best Automation Paper for their article ‘Force Controlled Robotic Assembly without a Force Sensor’.
The foundation Research Sweden’s first ever award for outstanding results in medical research went to Professor Carl Borrebaeck. He was given the award for his groundbreaking research in medicine and for his entrepreneurship. Patrik Nordbeck and Jonas Månsson, senior lecturers at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences, won the Studentlitteratur textbook prize for Flerdimenensionell analys. Malin Sjöö, Department of Food Technology and Speximo AB, was the 2012 regional winner of the SKAPA development scholarship for her project Stabilisation of skin cream without use of surfactants. One of the winners of the Lund University teaching prize for outstanding contributions to education was Reader Nina Reistad, Atomic Physics. Professor Emeritus Gustaf Olsson from LTH was awarded an honorary doctorate on 13 October from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia by no less than Her Royal Highness Zarith Sofiah. The award was for, among other things, the book Water and Energy, published this year (London: IWA Publishing). Carl Borrebaeck, Professor of Immunotechnology, received a gold medal from the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA). Birgitta Svenningsson was named Nordic Aerosol Researcher of the Year by the Nordic Society for Aerosol Research. She received the award for her contributions to aerosol research with a focus on the climate and environment, and also for her contributions to Nordic cooperation in aerosol research. Oskar Larsson was appointed Concrete Researcher of the Year by the journal Betong.
Karl-Erik Årzén, Professor of Automatic Control were elected to the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA).
Kimberly Dick Thelander, Solid State Physics, LTH, received the Harold M. Manasevit Young Investigator Award for “innovative advances in MOVPE growth and characterisation of III-V nanostructure materials”. Magnus Borgström, Solid State Physics, LTH, received a scholarship of SEK 100 000 from the King Carl XVI Gustaf 50th Anniversary Fund for Science, Technology and the Environment. The Färs & Frosta Research Prize for outstanding thesis work was awarded to Per Augustsson. Professor Jes La Cour Jansen, Chemical Engineering, received the Water Prize from Föreningen Vatten. Head of the School of Architecture Christer Malmström was nominated for the 2012 Siena Prize for Stortorget in Visby. Two researchers from LTH were appointed Wallenberg Academy Fellows out of a total of five from Lund University and 30 from the whole of Sweden: Johan Malmström, Reader in Immunotechnology, and Kimberly Dick Thelander, Reader in Solid State Physics. Jakob Fahlstedt, LTH, and Jens West, KTH, shared the 2012 prize for best degree project for their work on public transport to Brunnshög in Lund. The prize is presented by Kollektivtrafikakademin at Lund University, the Swedish Public Transport Association and the Swedish Bus and Coach Federation. Architecture student Emilie Dafgård won second prize in the City of Malmö’s architecture competition Ungbo 12 for a proposal for regeneration in the district of Rosengård. She designed a module for a flat that can be placed on the flat roofs of the ‘million project’ homes.
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SYSAV awarded scholarships to students Caroline Steinwig for a Master’s degree project on recycling of food waste, Ingrid Freese for a degree project in civil engineering on management of construction waste, and Linn Malmquist, who studied biogas at the Division of Water and Environmental Engineering. Viktor Stojanovski, who is studying a BSc in Road and Traffic Technology, won Skanska’s first student prize for the southern Sweden region with his entry The Living City. Lovisa Hoff and Linda Widmark, Fire Safety Engineering students at LTH, received a scholarship from fire safety consultants Kjell Fallqvist AB. The scholarship for greater gender equality was established in memory of Professor Ove Pettersson. Jan Lampei, a recent graduate in Industrial Design, won first prize in the Green Furniture Award competition in February for his lamp, ‘Jarlamp’, made of old jars and lids and natural oiled oak.
Linus Ludvigsson wrote one of two winning entries for the Prevent and AFA Insurance prize for “Outstanding work environment thesis”. His degree project was on risk management in the manufacture of carbon nanotubes. The Ove Ljung (first chair of UTEK) scholarship for best degree project 2012 went to Catarina Hersenius and Ulrika Möller for their project ‘Operation and Maintenance of Offshore Wind Farms’. The Ramböll prize for best degree project in environmental studies 2012 went to Salar Haghighatafshar, Department of Chemical Engineering, LTH. Four LTH students from the MSc in Industrial Economics won the case study category of the European BEST Engineering Competition (EBEC). Five students from Technology Management won the prize for best student submission to the PMI Conference in Limerick, Ireland.
Carl-Magnus Eriksson won the Swedish District Heating Association award for degree project of the year for a case study from western Skåne where he demonstrated the advantages of regional district heating in a project in Environmental and Energy Systems Studies. Architecture students Selime Osman and Ilyas Awadh won the Bullhorn–Cembrit Design Competition in Helsinki for their entry ‘Papilio’, inspired by a flight of butterflies. Mattias Kroon, a nanoscience student, received a scholarship from the Skåne Food Innovation Network in connection with the SFIN Day to develop and market the mobile app KliMAT-guiden and the recipe service Cook’n Smile.
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Marie-Claude Dubois, Researcher By 2020, all new buildings in Europe are to be almost-zero energy. Since LTH has many building researchers across a broad spectrum, it is natural that a number of them are involved in this transition process. One of these is MarieClaude Dubois, a researcher in energy and building design. In 2012 she was heavily involved in the EU project IDESEDU, which aims to raise the level of knowledge of energy efficiency among engineering and architecture students. – All the knowledge of how to go over to energy-efficient construction already exists. The problem is that education is behind. How can we change the construction sector in just seven years if all the relevant aspects are not in place in education? she asks rhetorically. The project also aims to change the fact that students today are influenced too much by what the professor at their institution happens to be a specialist in. Cutting-edge expertise must be shared with a wider audience. MarieClaude Dubois’ own speciality is artificial lighting and daylight entry in buildings. She was therefore in charge of this part of the EU project, which involved a total of 15 universities. In 2012 she also finished a study carried out with Åke Blomsterberg and Kajsa Flodberg on how energy consumption in Swedish office buildings could be halved using existing technology and without any new investments.
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LTH in the media The amount of publicity for LTH has been fairly constant over recent years. The first table shows the number of times Lunds Tekniska Högskola was mentioned. Usually, the mentions are about research, which generates more news than education. Researchers also often serve as experts commenting on other research. In general, it can be said that LTH, like Lund University as a whole, has many spokespersons and that these vary over time. News items that stand out from 2012 include a laser technique that could make it easier to cure prostate cancer, a new method of producing nanowires, and new findings in the field of functional food that milk with meals is good for blood
sugar levels and that oily fish and fibre improve concentration and memory. Three reports on traffic also received attention: a study showing that women and pedestrians are worst affected by icy roads, another showing that it is safer to travel by car than by bus in urban areas, and a third that maintained cars should not drive faster than 30 km/h in built-up areas. The other two tables show coverage in media outlets that to a great extent reach the groups that are important to LTH and the University. These are national media such as DN, SvD, Ekot, Aktuellt/Rapport, Ny Teknik and Dagens Medicin.
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Q2/12
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Finances Total revenue for LTH for the 2012 financial year amounted to SEK 1 597 million. Of this, around SEK 725 million was external research funding and SEK 482 million direct government funding for education. For the third consecutive year, LTH has a significantly higher number of students than the number for which the direct funding is intended. In 2012 the number of students exceeded our government mandate by over 15 %. The effect of this has been serious underfunding of education. The negative balance of the past three years has therefore reduced the agency capital in education to around SEK 12 million. Half of the departments now have a negative agency capital balance for education. In the financial statement of 31 December 2012, LTH had a deficit of SEK 1.6 million, divided into a deficit of SEK 34.3 million for education and a surplus of SEK 32.7 million for research. The result means that the agency capital for research continues to increase, and is now around SEK 270 million, whereas the agency capital for education is close to zero and in the present circumstances will go well into the red in 2013! Prepaid revenue has fallen somewhat in comparison with the previous year and now amounts to SEK 683 million. Accrued revenue is SEK 106 million, which is almost the same as the previous year. A slight slowing trend in external grants can be observed. Staff costs continue to increase as new lecturers and researchers are appointed. The operations are approaching the level required to use up received grants within the time limits set.
Over the coming years, LTH’s educational operations will result in a total deficit of at least SEK 50 million unless new investments are made or different circumstances reduce the number of students to a level that better corresponds to the mandate. In order to prevent the deficit becoming even greater, temporary reductions in admissions will be introduced. A review of the education offered is also planned in order to improve the conditions for good timetabling and to improve the financial conditions for the departments. In the decision on funding allocation for 2013, the direct government funding is allocated using a new model. The allocation systems for both research and education are thus new and more transparent than previously, and this should therefore create the conditions for an even clearer budget process.
Per GĂśran Nilsson Head of the Faculty Office
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Revenue by activity
Revenue by funding source Direct government funding for first- and second-cycle education
First- and second-cycle education
7%1%
7% 9%
Research and third-cycle education (direct gov't funding)
30%
Research and third-cycle education (grants)
38%
Fees and charges Other government financing 1%
International financing
Distribution of expenditure by activity
Distribution of expenditure by funding source
First- and second-cycle education
34%
Other Swedish financing
24%
7%
Income from fees
4%
External commissions and other business
22%
External commissions ex. fees and transfers
24%
Direct government funding for research and third-cycle education
30%
4% 8%
Salaries and other remunerations
12%
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43%
Operations and maintenance* Research and third-cycle education (grants) 19%
61%
15%
Depreciation Overhead costs (indirect expenditure)
External commissions
*Operations and maintenance also includes collection and interest, and eliminated costs.
Revenue from external funding sources (inc. transfers), SEK thousand 160 000
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STATEMENT OF INCOME (SEK thousand) 2012
2011
2010
2009
Direct government funding
858 345
858 034
844 974
779 406
Revenue from commissions, fees and other remuneration
126 990
135 516
139 982
147 030
Revenue from grants
612 335
575 486
547 927
529 897
1 597 670
1 569 036
1 545 587
1 456 333
Staff costs (inc. scholarships)
974 635
932 097
845 008
797 309
Operating costs
188 819
203 201
197 606
174 297
Rent
243 897
241 409
233 040
232 209
Operating revenues (ex. transfers)
Total
Operating costs (ex. transfers)
Overhead costs
129 450
132 036
126 478
106 516
1 536 801
1 508 743
1 402 132
1 310 390
Net income before depreciation
60 869
60 293
143 455
145 943
Depreciation
62 034
55 601
53 012
52 367
-1 165
4 692
90 443
93 576
439
23
385
73
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-1 604
4 715
90 828
93 649
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Net income after depreciation
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0
0
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-1 604
4 715
90 828
93 649
2012
2011
2010
2009
191 967
140 635
135 377
122 301
20 770
20 301
21 542
24 485
105 806
109 398
97 460
87 439
BALANCE SHEET (SEK thousand) Assets Fixed assets Accounts receivable, advances and other accounts owing Accrued revenue Other current receivables Cash Total assets
7 143
11 751
17 219
23 321
679 300
748 058
757 429
691 328
1 004 986
1 030 143
1 029 027
948 874
282 750
278 035
199 517
105 996
-10 652
-10 572
-10 642
-6 067
Liabilities and agency capital Agency capital Capital brought forward Capital movement Change in capital for the year Total
-1 604
4 715
78 505
93 649
270 494
272 178
267 380
193 578
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0
0
0
33 440
Liabilities Other current liabilities Loans Liquidity loans
0
0
0
24 750
20 111
19 869
17 993
10 516
Prepaid revenue
682 726
710 993
711 930
657 415
Other liabilities
31 608
26 998
31 684
28 841
734 491
757 965
761 647
755 295
1 004 985
1 030 143
1 029 027
948 873
Accounts payable
Total Total liabilities and agency capital
ANNUAL REPORT
REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE BY AREA OF ACTIVITY (BEFORE INTERNAL ELIMINATIONS) 2012
2011
2010
2009
Revenue
1 597
1 577
1 540
1 470
Expenditure
1 599
1 572
1 461
1 376
Net income Agency capital
-2
5
78
94
271
272
267
194
First and second cycle education (SEK million) Revenue
509
528
507
475
Expenditure
558
563
505
472
Net income
-49
-35
2
3
6
42
77
84
1 013
970
947
891
990
934
874
800
Agency capital
Research & third cycle education (SEK million) Revenue Expenditure Net income Agency capital
23
36
73
91
251
227
191
122
External commissions (SEK million) Revenue
76
79
85
104
Expenditure
65
76
82
104
Net income
11
3
3
0
Agency capital
13
3
-1
-6
2012
2011
2010
2009
INVESTMENTS (SEK thousand) First and second cycle education Investments
18
15
18
3
Revenue*
481
528
507
475
Investments/Revenue
4%
3%
4%
1%
Research & third cycle education Investments
93
45
43
45
Revenue*
990
970
947
891
Investments/Revenue
9%
5%
5%
5%
2
2
4
1
External commissions Investments Revenue*
112
79
85
104
Investments/Revenue
2%
3%
5%
1%
*Revenue excluding transfers
25
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ANNUAL REPORT
Key Performance Indicators FIRST AND SECOND CYCLE EDUCATION Units
2012
2011
2010
2009
SEK million
482
479
478
440
Full-time equivalents achieved **
FTEs
6 603
6 425
6 166
5 855
Annual performance equivalents achieved **
APEs
5 825
5 798
5 451
5 185
%
88%
90%
88%
89%
MScs degrees required by gov't
Antal
2 625
2 625
2 625
2 625
MScs and Architecture degrees
Antal
590
772
709
823
%
22%
29%
27%
31%
SEK million
13
11
8
13
%
3
2
2
3
SEK thousand
2
2
1
2
Direct government funding (1st&2nd)*
APEs/FTEs
Success rate External revenue*** (1st&2nd) External revenue/government funding (1st&2nd) External revenue per FTE Total revenue* (1st&2nd) excluding commissions Total revenue (1st&2nd) per FTE Senior lecturers FTEs per senior lecturer Lecturers FTEs per lecturer
SEK million
495
490
486
453
SEK thousand
75
76
79
77
No
194
223
206
198
FTEs/lecturer
34
29
30
30
No
62
54
54
57
FTEs/lecturer
106
119
114
103
* Net direct government funding according to statement of income ** Annual performance equivalents and full-time equivalents achieved at LTH departments (ex. commissioned ed. students) *** Revenue excluding interest, fees and transfers
COMMISSIONS First and second cycle education Commissions/externally funded education Research and third-cycle education Commissioned R&3rd/externally funded R&3rd
Units
2012
2011
2010
2009
SEK million
15
8
13
27
%
3
2
3
6
SEK million
98
83
85
83
%
26
22
23
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ANNUAL REPORT
RESEARCH AND THIRD CYCLE EDUCATION Direct government funding (R&3rd) Direct gov’t funding (R&3rd)/direct gov’t funding (1st&2nd)
Units
2012
2011
2010
2009
SEK million
376
378
367
339
%
78
79
77
77
125
Grants before tax Swedish Research Council
SEK million
136
138
148
FORMAS
SEK million
43
40
47
31
Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research
SEK million
46
52
60
56
EU
SEK million
68
65
72
78
Swedish Energy Agency
SEK million
68
67
64
56
VINNOVA
SEK million
54
48
63
67
Total
SEK million
415
410
454
413
%
110
108
124
122
SEK million
197
166
94
187
%
52
44
26
55
SEK million
988
954
915
939
No
516
498
464
423
External revenue/direct gov’t funding (R&3rd) Other external revenue (ex. commissions) Other external revenue/direct gov’t funding (R&3rd) Total revenue. R&3rd (ex. commissions) Third cycle students FTEs Licentiate degrees Direct gov’t funding (R&3rd)/licentiate degree Degrees/third cycle student Doctorates
No
40
38
33
42
SEK million
9.4
9.9
11
8.1
%
8
8
7
10
No
88
102
69
94
Total revenue R&3rd per doctorate
SEK million
11.2
9.4
13.3
10.0
Direct gov’t funding (R&3rd)/doctorate
SEK million
4.3
3.7
5.3
3.6
%
17
20
15
22
Degrees/third cycle student Professors
No
171
166
156
151
Direct gov’t funding (R&3rd)/professor
SEK million
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.2
Grants (R&3rd)/professor
SEK million
4
3.5
3.5
4.0
Units
2012
2011
2010
2009
No
403
439
360
349
ACADEMIC STAFF Teaching staff with doctorates Revenue (1st&2nd) per teacher
SEK million
1.2
1.1
1.4
1.3
Revenue (R&3rd) per teacher
SEK million
2.5
2.2
2.5
2.7
Revenue (1st&2nd+R&3rd) per teacher (ex. commissions)
SEK million
3.7
3.3
3.9
4.0
FTEs per teacher
No
16
14.6
17.1
17
Licentiate degrees per teacher
No
0.10
0.09
0.09
0.12
Doctorates per teacher
No
0.22
0.23
0.19
0.27
The figures given above are accruals-based revenues and expenditures in research and third-cycle education. in contrast to the figures for external income in the section on finances The number of lecturers and students are expressed in full-time equivalents.
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ANNUAL REPORT
Board of LTH 2012
CHAIRMAN
Michael Treschow Chairman of Unilever and the Research Institute of Industrial Economics BOARD MEMBERS
Anders Axelsson Dean, Professor of Chemical Engineering
Annika Mårtensson Deputy Dean, Professor of Building and Environmental Technology
Cintia Bertacchi Uvo Professor of Water Resources Engineering
Gerd Johansson Professor of Design Sciences
Gerhard Kristensson Professor of Electrical and Information Technology
Gunilla Kronvall Head of Property Development, Akademiska Hus
Solveig Melin Professor of Mechanics
Peter Rådström Professor of Applied Microbiology
Jan Sternby Research Director, Gambro
ANNUAL REPORT
REPRESENTATIVES FOR STAFF ORGANISATIONS
Teresa Hankala-Janiec (SACO)
Lynn Lindegren (OFR/S)
STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES
Kerstin Johnsson Student
Sofia Mattsson Student
SECRETARIAT
Per Göran Nilsson Head of the Faculty Office
Beatrice Nordlöf Faculty Coordinator
Mikael Novén Student
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