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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A chance meeting in a Yokohama pub led Lund University researcher Andreas Johansson straight to the heart of the Japanese Yakuza mafia. For two weeks, he was “embedded” with a well-known Yakuza clan, enabling him to document their tattoos through photography. He is now releasing his book of photos ”Yakuza Tattoo”. In

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/unique-glimpse-world-japanese-mafia-tattoos - 2026-07-21

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/honorary-doctors-named-faculty-medicine - 2026-07-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a water purification plant that provides clean water far beyond the reach of the electrical grid – thanks to solar cells. With the help of Nobel Peace Prize recipient Muhammad Yunus, these small and portable solar cell stations have now been placed across rural B

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-solar-cells-help-purify-water-remote-areas - 2026-07-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund University is once again the most popular choice for international students wanting to study their Master’s degree in Sweden, with 1/3 of all applicants from the latest application round choosing Lund University programmes. Of the total 74,620 students who applied to autumn 2017 Master’s degree programmes at Swed

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-once-again-top-choice-sweden-international-applicants - 2026-07-21

The symposium was named: Ageing, technology and health in later life: Results from the interdisciplinary national graduate school in Sweden. Chair: Charlotte Löfqvist, Lund University The participants in the symposium were: Sofi Fristedt, Lund University Attitudes and adoption of technologies for active and healthy ageing from a generational perspective Emilia W.E. Viklund, Åbo Akademi University 

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/sweah-had-its-own-symposium-26th-nordic-congress-gerontology-odense-26nkg - 2026-07-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In their quest to find new and better methods to make cancer cells more susceptible to treatment, Karin Lindkvist and her research group at Lund University in Sweden are looking into the world of molecules, using the X-rays at the MAX IV laboratory. The researchers believe that limiting the cells' access to sugar will

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/researchers-believe-sugar-and-obesity-can-make-cancer-cells-more-difficult-kill - 2026-07-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund University has been ranked 87th in the world, climbing 10 spots in the QS World University Rankings 2022. This makes Lund the top ranked university in Sweden, and one of two Swedish universities currently in the top 100. QS evaluates just over 1,600 of the world's universities and ranks 1,300 of them. In total, t

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-climbs-global-top-100-ranking - 2026-07-21

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/visit-new-website-about-medical-humanities - 2026-07-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. As resistance to existing antibiotics increases, new approaches to serious bacterial infections are needed. Now researchers at Lund University in Sweden, together with colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) in the US, have investigated one such alternative. “We were able to show that a tai

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/specially-designed-protein-fights-several-species-bacteria - 2026-07-21

Three researchers from Lund University in Sweden have been awarded grants by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation totalling SEK 87 million for research on the semiconductors for the future, our immunological memory and next-generation immunotherapies. The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation has awarded SEK 835 million in grants to 30 projects in medicine, the natural sciences and engineering

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/three-lund-researchers-awarded-knut-and-alice-wallenberg-foundation-grants - 2026-07-21

Global Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) - a Lund University MOOC Sexuality and reproduction are core aspects of human existence that are intimately linked to our health and well-being. Sexual and Reproductive Health extends beyond disease and fertility control, and also encompasses the rights of everyone to have a safe and satisfying sexual and reproductive life, an

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/mooc-global-perspectives-sexual-and-reproductive-health-and-rights-starts-27th-april - 2026-07-21

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/glasgow-climate-summit-what-it-about-and-why-does-it-matter - 2026-07-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. MAX IV – the most modern synchrotron radiation facility in the world – is now ready to open. Over 2,000 international researchers will use the Swedish-based laboratory each year to conduct groundbreaking experiments in materials and life sciences using the most brilliant X-ray light ever generated. The laboratory enab

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/max-iv-ready-make-invisible-visible - 2026-07-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The University’s main priority in these difficult times is the safety and well-being of our students, our staff and the community around us. As a centre of education and research in Sweden for more than 350 years, the University has stood through many major events in world history and by working together in solidarity

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-and-coronavirus-covid-19 - 2026-07-21

Lund University has been ranked 85th in the world in the QS World University rankings, making it the top ranked comprehensive university in Sweden. QS has published university rankings annually since 2004 and the ranking is done in collaboration with Elsevier. On 27 June, QS published its latest list (Ranking 2024) in which 2,963 institutions were evaluated and 1,503 universities were ranked. Lund

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-top-100-qs-world-university-ranking - 2026-07-21

Those teaching about climate change and sustainability report that students learning about these topics often feel disheartened, anxious and helpless. Researchers at Lund University together with international experts have co-created a set of exercises designed to give teachers and students tools to transform climate-related stress and anxiety into action and hope. “We have noticed that many of ou

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/tools-turn-young-peoples-climate-related-stress-hope - 2026-07-21

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-ranked-top-100 - 2026-07-21

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lu-swedens-top-ranked-university-qs-world-university-rankings-2020 - 2026-07-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund University has strengthened its position as a world top 100 university, with a 67th place ranking in the 2013 QS World University Rankings, released today. Lund’s four-notch improvement places it safely in the global top 100 for the 6th year running, retaining the spot as Sweden’s top university.The QS World Univ

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-improves-top-100-position - 2026-07-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Edouard Berrocal, a researcher in combustion physics at Lund University, has been awarded one of the most prestigious grants available to young researchers: an ERC Starting Grant. The grant is worth EUR 1.5 million and will enable him to spend the next five years investigating what happens in the crucial moment at the

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/erc-starting-grant-researcher-combustion - 2026-07-21