In close collaboration with the business world and society, Linköping University (LiU) conducts world-leading, boundary-crossing research in fields including materials science, IT and hearing. In the same spirit, the university offers many innovative educational programmes, many of them with a clear vocational focus, leading to qualification as, for example, teachers, economists and engineers.
- #251 Ranking
- 30 Masters
- 1,087 Academic Staff
- 15,873 Students
- 2,222 Students (int'l)
- 1,087 Students (female)
- Public Institution Type
Master's Programmes
Engineering & Technology (9)
- M.Sc. Aeronautical Engineering
- M.Sc. Biomedical Engineering
- M.Sc. Communication Systems
- M.Sc. Electronics Engineering
- M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering
Social Sciences (9)
- Master Ageing and Social Change
- M.A. Applied Ethics
- M.Sc. Child Studies
Natural Sciences & Mathematics (7)
Business & Management (4)
Computer Science & IT (4)
- M.Sc. Computer Science
- Master Cybersecurity
Environmental Studies & Earth Sciences (3)
Medicine & Health (3)
- Master Ageing and Social Change
- M.Sc. Protein Science
Arts, Design & Architecture (2)
- Master Design
Education & Training (2)
Agriculture & Forestry (1)
Humanities (1)
- M.A. Applied Ethics
About
History
In 1975 Sweden’s sixth university was founded in Linköping. Since then Linköping University (LiU) has grown considerably, expanding to Norrköping and Stockholm.
Education
Linköping University has four faculties: the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the Faculty of Educational Sciences, the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and the Faculty of Science and Engineering (sometimes known as the Institute of Technology). Formally, Educational Sciences is an “area”, but in most cases it functions as a faculty. In some ceremonial contexts, LiU is considered to have three faculties, with Educational Sciences falling under Arts and Sciences.
Research
What makes Linköping University special is the lack of boundaries between different subjects and faculties, which has resulted in world-leading research environments and companies. In addition to scientific matters we address issues where the results can benefit all of society.
Global Student Satisfaction Awards 2021
GSSA 2021
The Global Student Satisfaction Awards empower students across the globe to determine the best universities of 2021. Universities with a score above 4.0 (out of 5) in any of the 8 award categories, receive Badges of Excellence. Congratulations!
University Ranking
World University Rankings by Times Higher Education
2023
251
2022
251 150
2021
401
World University Rankings is a vital resource that provides the definitive list of the world's best universities. They look at how often they're producing new ideas, what their reputation is around the world, and how much they're contributing to science and academic fields. After calculating and comparing these criteria, THE ranks the universities accordingly.
Academic Ranking of World Universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2022
301
2021
301
2020
301
ARWU World University rankings is the first world university ranking. It ranks the world's top 1000 colleges and universities based on objective indicator. They look at the number of award-winning (Fields Medals and Nobel Prize) scientists who are located there, how much of their research is cited and referenced around the world, and how much they've contributed to different academic fields. After calculating and comparing these criteria, ARWU ranks the universities accordingly.
QS World University Rankings by TopUniversities
2023
320 9
2022
329 33
2021
362
QS World University Rankings is one of the top international rankings measuring the popularity and performance of universities all over the world. They measure university reputation based on the impressions of higher education experts, companies who hire graduates, and teaching quality. QS also considers the ratio of international teachers and students present at universities, as well as the times research papers were mentioned by researchers. After calculating and comparing these criteria, QS ranks the universities accordingly.
Best Global Universities Rankings by U.S. News & World Report
2023
330 20
2022
350 8
2021
358
Best Global Universities Rankings by U.S. News & World Report presents all the top universities from the U.S. and 60 other countries around the world. They measure the rate of students going to their second year of studies, as well as the rate of students who graduate. It also asks university representatives on the performance of universities, and evaluates university resources, teacher salaries, graduation rates, student academic achievements and satisfaction. After calculating and comparing these criteria, U.S. News ranks the top international universities accordingly.
Services
Housing services
In a nutshell, as part of their tuition fees all fee-paying degree students receive an offer from LiU for a single occupant student room for one year. LiU aims to offer a large percentage of exchange students with a single occupant student room for the duration of they stay at LiU, but due to demand, it is not guaranteed that a room will be offered. All other students need to organise their own accommodation. Since exchange students are not guaranteed a room and fee-paying students on a two-year programme will need to organise accommodation for the second year of their studies – all students should join the queue systems.
Library services
The University Library provides a broad range of high-quality resources for students. There is one library at Campus Valla and one at Campus Norrköping. Besides books and journals, they house computer terminals where students can retrieve information from local catalogues, as well as national and international databases. In order to borrow books and use computers and printers, you need a LiU-card.
ICT services
IT security issues at Linköping University are handled by LiU's Incident Response Team, LiU IRT. LiU IRT is a centrally located function for IT security handing, information and cooperation, and preventative IT security efforts.
Student Life
Campus life
There are four campuses in three cities: Campus Valla and Campus US (both in Linköping), Campus Norrköping (Norrköping) and Campus Lidingö – Carl Malmsten Furniture Studies (Stockholm).
Linköping University is located in the middle of one of Sweden’s most expansive regions, about 150 kilometres south of Stockholm.
Kåkenhus is the heart of LiU Norrköping. It includes a café, lunch restaurant and library, the Student Health Care Centre and the Student Counselling Office.
Student clubs
At Linköping University, there are three student unions - Consensus, LinTek and StuFF - representing four faculties. Each education has a section linked to it. And each section has a party-committee or "festeri" which organizes all activities, parties and events för students at that program.
Student Reviews
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Anonymous rated 4 out of 5 stars
The environment and the teachers of my programme are friendly. I liked the topics of the courses I had and the educational approaches. Although I expected more experimental and lab activities. Now I am doing my scientific project, which I think is the coolest part of a master's programme and I am really enjoying it.
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Anonymous rated 5 out of 5 stars
The University is great and offers great opportunities. I would say everyone gets to be disciplined and every step of encourages one to do better and be better.
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Anonymous rated 3 out of 5 stars
My overall experience was a kind of depriving to access to Education in my country.First of all, I should have graduated long ago but do to the ebola out break in 2014 -2015 in my country Sierra Leone, all Educational institutions where closed. After the Ebola pandemic was over in my country, Another challenging which I will never forget Is we as the future leaders...
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