Faculty of Engineering, Lund University

The Faculty of Engineering is one of the eight faculties at Lund University in Lund, Sweden, commonly called LTH (after its Swedish name Lunds Tekniska Högskola).

LTH, Faculty of Engineering

Lunds Tekniska Högskola
Type	Public university
Established	1961
Budget	Approx. SEK 6,000 million[1]
Dean	Annika Olsson
Administrative staff	1500
Students	10 000
Location	Lund , Skåne , Sweden
Website	www.lth.se

Kårhuset LTH

LTH maskin (mechanical eng.) front

In 2022 LTH has about 1,500 employees and nearly 10,000 students, of which about 650 graduate annually. LTH offers 16 engineering programmes, 5 higher engineering programmes and 19 international master's programmes. LTH trains civil engineers, fire engineers, architects, industrial designers and doctors of technology.

LTH's higher education engineering programmes take place at Campus Helsingborg. LTH also risk management and professional training in food technology. Since 2010, LTH has also had a bachelor's programme for airline pilots.

First-cycle courses are as a rule offered in Swedish, while higher-level courses are often taught in English with English literature.^[2]

History

Lund University of Technology was founded in 1961 and incorporated in 1969 as part of Lund University.

The university originally consisted of six sections, Engineering Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Architecture.

Carin Boalt became Lunds first female professor on her appointment as a professor of Building Function Analysis in 1964.

See also

• Chalmers University of Technology
• KTH Royal Institute of Technology
• List of universities in Sweden