Strategic intent

Our students become future employers' first choice and are equipped to lead the development towards a democratic, global and sustainable society

• Our pedagogical models promote objectivity, innovative thinking, teamwork and leadership.
• Our students' curiosity is harnessed, and they are trained in problem solving and research methodology from undergraduate to doctoral level.
• We work together with the university healthcare in Skåne to ensure that our students receive an appropriate education of high relevance to the health care and medical professions.
• We develop our education together with students and future employers.
• Our students are well prepared for lifelong learning.

By offering courses that are at the forefront both in content and in pedagogical methods, we are an obvious choice for students who want to educate themselves in medicine and health

• We offer student-active pedagogical methods in a modern and stimulating study environment that creates opportunities for interaction across subject boundaries.
• Our students are challenged, gain in-depth subject knowledge and take advantage of the university's breadth and opportunities for education.
• Students are given clinical training placements with good supervision and of the highest relevance to create the best conditions for a good start in their professional career.
• The students feel confident in their knowledge and in their role both during their education and following graduation.
• Our students do well and have fun during their education.

We conduct education and research in synergy, on an international arena

• We promote pedagogical development and reward teaching expertise in parallel with a scientific career.
• Our teachers are active researchers.
• Our students at undergraduate and graduate level have the opportunity to participate in research and international exchanges.
• Our students should understand the conditions and significance of research.
• Our doctoral education provides our doctoral students with cutting-edge knowledge and the opportunity for international research experiences.

Our educational organisation is prepared to meet changes in the world around us

• We meet societal challenges with flexibility in the content and range of our education.
• Our educational organisation is knowledge-driven, efficient and dynamic.

We have a creative and inspiring research environment at a high international level

• We encourage our researchers to think freely in order to take on new research questions and challenges.
• We take advantage of opportunities for interdisciplinary research through our broad university.
• We develop our strong research areas and inspire new ones.
• We create spaces for collaboration and the exchange of ideas.
• We safeguard academic employeeship and collegiality in order to create the best conditions for good research.
• Our students at all levels are a natural part of our research activities.

Our research drives knowledge forward

• We contribute with long-term conditions to work with fundamental and curiosity-driven research questions.  
• We integrate new digital development into our research.
• We publish openly and transparently.
• Our research is interdisciplinary, and we actively focus on integration and collaboration between basic and clinical research environments.

We carry out research with great impact that contributes to improving people’s life and health

• We conduct high-quality studies and clinical trials that are patient centred and make a difference in healthcare.
• Our research leads to discoveries that are translated into benefits for society.
• Our research maintains the highest ethical standards.
• We contribute to the development of healthcare at the absolute forefront both nationally and internationally.

We offer a strong research environment, and our researchers make an impact in the world

• We educate the researchers of the future and create environments that attract world-leading talent.
• We have a clear and cohesive career system, and we make career opportunities within, as well as outside, academia visible.
• Our researchers have access to methodological support and infrastructure enabling excellent research.
• We create conditions for our researchers to attract sustainable funding and develop their full potential through national and international collaborations.

We collaborate with the health care system, the general public and the business community, to contribute to people's lives and health

• We educate for the future in collaboration with the healthcare system.
• We make our activities visible and work to explain our knowledge at all levels of society.
• We build a broad collaboration with the business community, innovators and society while maintaining independence and transparency.

We are the partner of choice when societal challenges need to be met with innovative solutions

• Through active work with innovation, we meet societal challenges locally, regionally, nationally and internationally.
• We are a fundamental part of the innovation districts at Lund University.
• With cutting-edge expertise in the medical field, independent analysis and creativity, we contribute with new insights into complex problems in the world around us.
• We are a strong partner that contributes with knowledge and skills to the democratic society's crisis preparedness in dialogue with emergency authorities, industry and higher education institutions.

We are an engaged actor in society with a high level of expertise and integrity, where academic freedom is combined with reflection, ethics and social responsibility

• We maintain a lively internal dialogue on societal issues and ethics.
• Based on our core values, we trust our employees to act freely.
• We emphasise the importance of fact-based knowledge, diversity and the equal value of human beings.

We choose our collaborations worldwide, taking care to focus on the long-term perspective, quality, and democratic values

• We choose partners based on clear mutual benefit for research, education and leadership.
• We pursue responsible internationalisation.

Our students and staff enjoy our campuses

• We value meeting places as a natural part of our campus environments in Lund, Malmö and Helsingborg.
• We bring together students, doctoral students and staff from all over the world and create opportunities to develop in a context that affirms equality, diversity and tolerance.
• Our campuses provide a safe working and study environment that stimulates job satisfaction and enjoyable learning.

Our campuses are sustainable and inspire collaboration and innovation

• We benefit from our proximity to healthcare, large-scale infrastructure, innovation environments and other faculties.
• We develop our operations harmonised with the healthcare sector and the world around us.
• We value the university's cohesive campus environment, which gives us access to innovative and stimulating meeting places across faculty boundaries.