North America
The USA and Canada are two important partner countries for Lund University in terms of research, education and student exchange. This is reflected, among other things, in several delegation trips and management visits to universities in the US. Currently, Lund University has student exchange agreements with many US and Canadian universities, university-wide as well as faculty specific.
CALIE
Sweden-USA Project for Collaboration, Academic Leadership & Innovation in Higher Education
In order to strengthen the potential for higher education and research to respond to long-term challenges, topics within academic leadership and renewal of education were explored in the collaborative project CALIE during 2019-2021.
Participating universities:
- Lund University
- University of Gothenburg
- Stockholm University
- Uppsala University
- Stanford University
- UC Berkeley
- University of Washington
Results and documentation are available on the CALIE project's website
University of Maryland College Park
University of Maryland (UMD) is a public, research-intensive university. UMD has two campuses: College Park, located close to Washington, D.C., and Baltimore. Lund University has entered into a strategic partnership with College Park Campus.
University of Maryland College Park is a member of the U21 network. According to Times Higher Education, UMD is ranked 75 in the USA (US College Rankings 2020) and 90th in the world (World University Rankings 2021).
University of Maryland website
Collaboration with UMD
- LU and UMD signed an agreement for student exchange in 2015 and have exchanged 50 students in the past 5 years.
- To date, researchers have co-published 56 journal articles, created the Fire Safety Global Consortium (along with other U21 members), and participated in staff mobility exchange programmes, like the Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility programme.
Read more about the Fire Safety Global Consortium on the U21 website
- In 2016, LU and UMD also announced a call for seed funding which resulted in the funding of 4 joint projects.
Contact at LU
- Academic lead – Professor Martin Tunér
- Administrative support – Pouneh Eftekhari pouneh [dot] eftekhari [at] er [dot] lu [dot] se
University of Toronto
University of Toronto (UoT) is a public, research-intensive university. UoT has three campuses: St. George, Mississauga and Scarborough located in Toronto, Canada. Lund University has entered into a university-wide partnership with all three campuses.
According to Times Higher Education, UMD is ranked 18th in the world (World University Rankings 2021).
Collaboration with UoT
LU and UoT signed an agreement for student exchange in 2000 and have exchanged 152 students in the past 5 years.
To date, researchers have co-published 277 joint articles, participated in staff mobility exchange programmes, like the Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility programme, and launched projects funded by the EU and Riksbankens Jubileumsfond.
Contact at LU
- Academic lead – Professor Christofer Edling
- Administrative support – Pouneh Eftekhari pouneh [dot] eftekhari [at] er [dot] lu [dot] se
LU has a collaboration with the University of Denver (DU), which includes an agreement for ordered education (so-called Study Abroad), a bilateral agreement for student exchange, and an agreement for cooperation with 3+1+1.
Read more about 3+1+1 with the University of Denver
The collaboration also offers opportunities for mobility for teachers and administrative staff.
Contact
Pouneh Eftekhari
International coordinator
pouneh [dot] eftekhari [at] er [dot] lu [dot] se