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Lund University

university located in the city of Lund in the province of Scania, Sweden
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Lund University is a public university under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education and Research[1].

Key Facts

  • Member of: ORCID, Inc.[3], European University Association[4], League of European Research Universities[5], Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment[6], European Open Science Cloud Association[7], Association of Swedish Higher Education Institutions[8], ELIXIR Sweden[9], European University Alliance for Global Health[10]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Lund Municipality[11]
  • Country: Sweden[12]
  • Instance of: Swedish government agency[13]
  • Main regulatory text: The Higher Education Ordinance[14]
  • Founder: Charles XI of Sweden[15]
  • Headquarters location: Lund[16]
  • Location: Lund[17]
  • Postal code: 22100[18], 223 50[19]
  • Child organization or unit: Lund University Faculty of Medicine[20], Lund University Faculty of Law[21]
  • Part of: Q124654793[22]
  • Commons category: Lund University[23]
  • Has part(s): Lund University Library[24], Lund University University and Aviation Centre[25], Lund University Botanical Museum[26]
  • Inception: December 19, 1666[27]
  • Parent organization or unit: Ministry of Education and Research[28]
  • Official website: https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se[29], https://www.lu.se[30]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Lund University[31]
  • Commons gallery: Lunds universitet[32]
  • Email address: mailto:registrator@lu.se[33]
  • Applies to jurisdiction: Sweden[34]
  • Web feed URL: https://www.lu.se/rss.xml[35]
  • Phone number: +46-46-222-00-00[36]
  • Described by source: Public register of government agencies in Sweden[37]
  • Ranking: 97[38], 93[39], 92[40], 99[41], 90[42], 87[43], 85[44], 95[45], 71[46], 67[47], 60[48], 70[49], 73[50], 78[51]

Why It Matters

Lund University has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] It is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]

Related Entities

Alexander Shenkin Anders Arborelius Andreas Björklund Anne L'Huillier Arvid Carlsson Bengt I. Samuelsson Bertil Ohlin Björn Ulvaeus Carl Adolph Agardh Carl-Erik Fröberg Carl Jakob Sundevall Carl Linnaeus Charles XI of Sweden Cristian Sminchisescu Daniel Akenine Elias Magnus Fries Erik Acharius Erika Lust Esaias Tegnér Fredrik Kahl Fredrik Liliegren Govdirectory Heidi Howard Hiba Nassar IIIEE Ingemar Dahlstrand Ingvar Carlsson Jan Bosch Jimmie Åkesson Johannes Rydberg

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  8. [18] ↑ . Public register of government agencies in Sweden. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  19. [8] ↑ . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  31. [33] ↑ . Public register of government agencies in Sweden. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . Public register of government agencies in Sweden. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . Public register of government agencies in Sweden. Retrieved . myndighetsregistret.scb.se. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . shanghairanking.cn. Retrieved . shanghairanking.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . shanghairanking.cn. Retrieved . shanghairanking.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [52] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [53] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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