Editing Lund University (section)

=== 20th century – present ===
[[File:Universitetsplatsen Lund.jpg|thumb|right|The University Square in the 1910s.]]
In the early 20th century, the university had a student population as small as one thousand, consisting largely of upper-class pupils training to become civil servants, lawyers and doctors. In the coming decades, it started to grow significantly until it became one of the country's largest. In 1964 the social sciences were split from the Faculty of Humanities. [[Lund Institute of Technology]] was established in 1961 but was merged with Lund University eight years later.

In recent years, Lund University has been very popular among applicants to Swedish higher education institutions, both nationally<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.scb.se/statistik/_publikationer/UF0513_2009A01_BR_A40BR1002.pdf |title=Utbildning Gymnasieungdomars studieintresse läsåret 2009/2010 |access-date=2012-01-30 |archive-date=2018-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113034539/http://www.scb.se/statistik/_publikationer/UF0513_2009A01_BR_A40BR1002.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> and internationally.<ref name="popularformasters">{{cite web|url=http://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/o.o.i.s?id=24890&news_item=5781|title=Home – Lund University|access-date=31 May 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105044724/http://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/o.o.i.s?id=24890&news_item=5781|archive-date=5 November 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.sweden.se/study/2011/02/03/decrease-in-international-applicants-to-swedish-universities/|title=Decrease in international applicants to Swedish universities|access-date=31 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160124150445/http://blogs.sweden.se/study/2011/02/03/decrease-in-international-applicants-to-swedish-universities/|archive-date=24 January 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> For studies starting in autumn 2012, Lund received 11,160 foreign master's applications from 152 countries, which was roughly one third of all international applications to Swedish universities.<ref name="popularformasters" />