Dean's blog
Excellence for the benefit of the world
DEAN’S BLOG. This year’s Nobel Prize winners have been announced, a reminder of the pioneers of science. And Lund University has once again been listed as one of the world’s leading universities. The fact that the latest Times Higher Education ranking also shows that Lund University performs well regarding external engagement and industrial [...]
“It is gratifying that more people want to become engineers, architects and industrial designers”
I would like to welcome all new students to an exciting education, writes LTH’s dean Annika Olsson. She emphasises the culture of LTH – based on respect for differences – and is pleased that 40 per cent of LTH’s new students this year are women.
Almedalen – and a pleasant summer!
We are once again on the other side of a successful semester in which LTH teaching staff and students have stood out with new research findings, lauded degree projects, well-earned research funding and interesting projects in collaboration with our partners in Sweden and around the world. So says Dean of LTH Annika Olsson, who would like to wish [...]
”Thank you to all LTH researchers who produce this cutting-edge research”
DEAN'S BLOG. With strong research environments and advanced infrastructure in the shape of laboratories and mechanical workshops, LTH has the capacity to attract talent, external engagement partners and external research funding, writes Dean of LTH, Annika Olsson.
Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
The world is in urgent need of our knowledge, research breakthroughs, innovations and graduates. I would like to thank you for this year and all the important work we have done together, writes Annika Olsson, Dean of LTH.
”Now, not even the Nobel Prize remains!”
DEAN'S BLOG. Not many days will be like Tuesday 3 October. We now share the joy of Anne L’Huillier, Professor of Atomic Physics at LTH, being awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics. Let me get back to you about how we will celebrate this great occasion, students and staff, together with Anne.
LTH is ready to contribute expertise towards the green transition and increased competitiveness
We can now strengthen our contribution towards the green transition through research, external engagement and educating more engineers, writes the Dean of LTH Annika Olsson in view of the news that the Government wants to invest in education and research to strengthen Sweden’s engineering prowess.
Welcome – the world comes together at LTH!
LTH is a place for dreams and discoveries, and one of our strengths is that we all have different backgrounds, writes Annika Olsson, Dean of LTH.
A diversity of knowledge – but are we attracting everyone with the right prerequisites?
LTH should attract the talents of the future and train them to be engineers, architects, and industrial designers. Young people who have obviously been encouraged by their parents to pursue higher studies are not always the most suitable. Broadened recruitment to universities and colleges is not about lowering the requirements but rather raising [...]
Recipe for innovation and growth
To succeed in producing utilisable research and innovations that have staying power and create growth in Sweden requires free research, a long-term approach, complete knowledge environments and forward-looking venture capitalists, writes Annika Olsson, Dean of LTH.
Annika Olsson
Dean of LTH