Editing Linköping University

{{Short description|Public university in Linköping, Sweden}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox university
| name         = Linköping University
| native_name  = Linköpings universitet
| native_name_lang       = Swedish
| image        = Campus valla linköping above.jpg
| image_size   = 
| image_alt    = Aereal photo of Studenthuset Building on Campus Valla 
| caption      = Campus Valla, the first and main campus of Linköping University.
|type         = [[public university|Public]] [[research university]]
|established  = {{Start date and age|1969}}<br/><small>University status since 1975</small>
| affiliations = [[European University Association|EUA]], [[European Consortium of Innovative Universities|ECIU]], [[Conceive Design Implement Operate|CDIO]], [[European Society for Engineering Education|SEFI]], NORDTEK
| budget       = 4.9 bn SEK <small>(2023)</small><ref name="Annual Report 2023"/>
| chairperson  = Deputy Director General Susanne Thedén, PhD
| vice_chancellor = Prof. Jan-Ingvar Jönsson, PhD<ref>{{cite web | title=Full of vision and energy, with his feet firmly on the ground | url=https://liu.se/en/news-item/visioner-energi-och-fotterna-pa-jorden | publisher=Linköping University | access-date=2020-07-28}}</ref>
| dean         = '''Arts & Sciences:'''<br/>Prof. Ulf Melin, PhD<br/><br/>'''Educational Sciences:''' Senior Assoc. Prof. Håkan Löfgren, PhD<br/><br/>'''Medicine & Health Sciences:''' Prof. Lena Jonasson, PhD, MD<br/><br/>'''Science & Engineering:'''<br/>Prof. Johan Ölvander, PhD
| head       = Anna Thörn<ref>{{cite web |title= Experienced and driven manager and leader – LiU’s new University Director |url= https://liu.se/en/news-item/erfaren-och-driven-chef-och-ledare-liu-s-nya-universitetsdirektor |author= Björn Stafstedt |date= 2024-04-24 | access-date= 2024-06-04 | publisher= Linköping University }}</ref>
| head_label = University Director
| academic_staff = 
| administrative_staff = 
| total_staff = 4,462<br/><small>(3,674 [[full-time equivalent|FTE]], 2023)</small><ref name="Annual Report 2023"/>
| enrollment = 40,400<br/><small>(19,445 [[full-time equivalent|FTE]], 2023)</small><ref name="Annual Report 2023">{{cite web |url= https://liu.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A1839339&dswid=7089 |title= Årsredovisning för Linköpings universitet avseende budgetåret 2023 |date= February 2024 |website= www.liu.se |publisher= Linköping University |access-date= 2024-06-04 |language= Swedish |pages= 4, 103}}</ref>
| undergrad = 
| postgrad = 
| doctoral = 1,261<br/><small>(644 [[full-time equivalent|FTE]], 2023)</small><ref name="Annual Report 2023"/>
| city         = [[Linköping]], [[Norrköping]], and [[Lidingö]]
| country      = Sweden
| campus       = Campus Valla<br/>Campus US<br/>Campus Norrköping<br/>Campus Lidingö
| colors       = Blue, Turquoise and Green<br />{{Color box|#00b3e7|border=darkgray}} {{Color box|#0cc7d3|border=darkgray}} {{Color box|#00cfb6|border=darkgray}} <ref>{{cite web|title=Grafisk manual|url=https://old.liu.se/insidan/kommunikationsstod/grafiskprofil/?l=en&sc=true|publisher=Linköping University|access-date=2017-02-17}}</ref>
| website      = {{url|https://www.liu.se}}
| logo                   = Linkoping University Logo.svg
| logo_size              = 
| footnotes              = 
}}

'''Linköping University''' ('''LiU'''; {{Langx|sv|'''Linköpings universitet'''}}) is a [[public university|public]] [[research university]] based in [[Linköping]], [[Sweden]]. Originally established in 1969, it was granted full university status in 1975 and is one of Sweden's largest academic institutions.<ref>{{cite web | title=History of Linköping University | url=https://liu.se/en/article/history-of-linkoping-university | publisher=Linköping University | access-date=2017-02-17}}</ref> 

The university has four campuses across three cities: Campus Valla and Campus US in [[Linköping]], Campus Norrköping in [[Norrköping]] and Campus Lidingö in [[Stockholm]]. It is organized into four faculties: Arts and Sciences; Medicine and Health Sciences; Science and Engineering (also referred to as the [[Linköping Institute of Technology|Institute of Technology]]); and Educational Sciences. To facilitate interdisciplinary work, there are 12 large departments combining knowledge from several disciplines and often belonging under more than one faculty.<ref>{{cite web | title=Organisation | url=https://liu.se/en/about-liu/organisation | publisher=Linköping University | access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref> In 2021 the university had 35,900 students and 4,300 employees.<ref>{{cite web | title=LiU in figures | url=https://liu.se/en/article/liu-in-figures | publisher=Linköping University | access-date=2020-02-27}}</ref> Linköping University emphasizes dialogue with the surrounding business sphere and the community at large, both in terms of research and education.<ref>{{cite web | title=Collaboration | url=https://liu.se/en/collaboration | publisher=Linköping University | access-date=2017-02-17}}</ref> 

It is a founding member of the [[Conceive Design Implement Operate]] (CDIO) Initiative, as well as a member of the [[European Consortium of Innovative Universities]] (ECIU), the [[European University Association]] (EUA), the [[European Society for Engineering Education]] (SEFI) and NORDTEK.
[[File:Campus-Norrkoping-maj-kakenhus.jpg|thumb|Kåkenhus building — in actuality a number of connected buildings and structures — on Campus Norrköping, the main building on campus.]]

==History==

[[Image:Linköping University Seal.png|150px|thumb|Former logo, used until 2015.]]
The origins of Linköping University date back to the 1960s. In 1965, The Swedish National Legislative Assembly (Riksdag) decided to locate some programmes within the fields of technology and medicine to Linköping. A branch of [[Stockholm University]] was placed in Linköping in 1967, offering education within [[humanities]], [[social sciences]] and [[natural sciences]]. 

Two years later in 1969, a unit for medical training and the [[Linköping Institute of Technology|Institute of Technology]] were established, marking the founding of the university. In 1970 all activities were brought together in three faculties within the Linköping University College: the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the Faculty of Medicine and the Institute of Technology. Linköping University College was granted full university status in 1975 and renamed Linköping University.

In 1977 the teacher training colleges in [[Linköping]] and [[Norrköping]] were transferred to Linköping University. The Faculty of Health Sciences was formed in 1986 based on the faculty of medicine and regional funded education in health care professions. In 1997 a campus was opened in the neighbouring city of Norrköping. The renowned Carl Malmsten School of Furniture — officially Malmstens Linköping University (MLU), and most often referred to as Malmstens — has been part of Linköping University since 2000; after almost 60 years at the city centre, in 2009 Malmstens moved into new premises on the outskirts of Stockholm.<ref>{{cite web | title=History of Linköping University | url=https://liu.se/en/article/history-of-linkoping-university | publisher=Linköping University | access-date=2017-02-17}}</ref>

==Campuses==

Education and research are conducted at three campuses in the cities of Linköping and Norrköping — ''Campus Valla'', ''Campus US'' and ''Campus Norrköping'' — situated approximately 200 and 160 kilometers southwest of Stockholm, respectively. The Campus Bus (free of charge for students) connects the three campuses in Linköping and Norrköping. A fourth campus, ''Campus Lidingö'', is located in Lidingö, an island in the inner [[Stockholm archipelago]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Visit Linköping University| url=https://liu.se/en/article/visit-linkoping-university |publisher=Linköping University | access-date=2017-02-17}}</ref> 

===Campus Valla===

Campus Valla, three kilometers from the city centre of Linköping, is the university's largest campus and where the majority of students and researchers study and work. Campus Valla is sandwiched between [[Mjärdevi Science Park|Linköping Science Park]] and [[Linköping Golf Club|Linköping Golf Course]] to the west, and [[Valla Wood]] — a 200 acres large nature reserve — to the east. Campus Valla also houses several government research institutes, such as the [[Swedish Defence Research Agency]] (FOI) and the [[Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute]] (VTI). 

<gallery>
File:Campus valla from sky.jpg|Aerial view of Campus Valla. The edges of ''Linköping Golf Course'' and ''Linköping Science Park'' is on the right. 
File:Studenthuset LiU outside.jpg|''Studenthuset'' on Campus Valla opened in 2019. Houses the library, student services and many study areas.
File:Studenthuset LiU inside.jpg|Study areas inside Studenthuset on Campus Valla.
File:Studenthuset-corson.jpg|The southern part of Campus Valla. Left: Studenthuset and Key Building; right: B, D and Zenit Buildings. 
File:Corson aerial.jpg|Aerial view of the ''Corso'' (the main walkway) on Campus Valla.
File:Campus-Valla-hT2022.jpg|The ''Corso'' outside ''B Building'' on Campus Valla, with one of the self-driving campus minibuses in the back. 
File:Key new corson.jpg|''Key Building'' on Campus Valla. The main building for the Faculty of Educational Sciences. 
File:Karallen-LiU.jpg|Student union building ''Kårallen'' on Campus Valla.
[[File:Campus-Valla-hT2022-3000-crop.jpg|Walkway outside the ''Physics Building'' on Campus Valla.]]
File:Permamens liu.jpg|''University Park'' on Campus Valla with an exhibit of ''Permanens'', the permanent art exhibition in the park. 
[[File:Parken liu campus valla.jpg|''University Park'' on Campus Valla.]]
[[File:Campus-Valla-2021-LiU.jpg|''University Park'' on Campus Valla.]]
[[File:Liu park 2017-06-07.jpg|''University Park'' on Campus Valla.]]
File:Stadion vallastaden.jpg|The sports stadium on Campus Valla. ''Campushallen'' — housing indoor sports facilities — is on the left.
File:Campusbuss-Valla.jpg|The ''Campus Bus'' at Campus Valla (connects Campus Valla, Campus US and Campus Norrköping).
File:Valla wood.jpg|Hiking and running trail in the nature reserve ''[[Valla Wood]]'' next to Campus Valla.
[[File:Walk the talk Keyhuset.jpg|Key building on Campus Valla.]]
[Image:Studenthuset-2019-LiU.jpg|left|Studenthuset on Campus Valla opened in 2019. It contains the library, student services and many study areas.]
[File:Corson from key.jpg|The main walkway ("Corson") seen from the Key Building on Campus Valla.]
[Image:Linköping University Campus.jpg|The main walkway on Campus Valla.]
[File:Kakenhus night.jpg|Kåkenhus building on Campus Norrköping at night.]
[Image:Linköping University CRAY X-MP.jpeg|A retired [[Cray X-MP]]/416 supercomputer was first used as a bench, but now sits in the foyer of the B building on Campus Valla.]
</gallery>

===Campus US===

Campus US (the University Hospital campus) in Linköping houses the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. Campus US is located next to [[Linköping University Hospital]] and Linköping City Park (''The Garden Society'', {{Langx|sv|'''Trädgårdsföreningen'''}}), and only a few hundred meters from the city centre.

<gallery>
File:Atrium of Building 511, Linköping University.jpg|The atrium of ''Building 511'' on Campus US.
File:2-campus-us-huset-511.jpg|''Building 511'' on Campus US.
File:Deans office campus US.png|Dean's Office, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences on Campus US.
File:Entrance 65 liu.png|Entrance 65 on Campus US — the entrance to the Medical Library.
File:Gamla länslasarettet Clinicum.jpg|The ''Old Hospital'' on Campus US. Houses ''Clinicum'', the clinical skills and simulation centre.
File:Örat2 liu beskuren2.png|''Örat'' on Campus US, the student union building for the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.
File:Framtidens-US-1-1.jpg|Main entrance of ''Linköping University Hospital'' on Campus US (north entrance).
[[File:Norra entrén LiU universitetssjukhus.jpg|Main entrance of ''Linköping University Hospital'' on Campus US (north entrance).]]
File:Framtidens-US-akut.jpg|ER entrance of ''Linköping University Hospital'' on Campus US (west entrance).
File:US-sodra entren.jpg|South entrance of ''Linköping University Hospital'' on Campus US, with the city centre in the background.
File:Tinnerbäckshuset Campus US.jpg|''Tinnerbäckshuset'' on Campus US. Houses the psychiatric clinic. 
File:Linköping park LiU.jpg|Aerial view of ''Linköping City Park'' with the edge of Campus US and ''Linköping University Hospital'' on the top.
[[File:Linköping University Hospital, Norra entren.jpg|thumb|Main entrance of Linköping University Hospital on Campus US.]]
[[File:Kanslihuset LiU.jpg|thumb|Dean's Office, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences on Campus US.]]
[[File:Karhuset-orat-2018-LiU-1538.jpg|thumb|''Örat'' on Campus US, the student union building for the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.]]
[[File:Campus-US-ingang-65.jpg|thumb|Entrance 65 on Campus US is the entrance to the Medical Library.]]
[[File:Studentuppdrag-liu-tb.jpg|thumb|The atrium of building 511 on Campus US.]]
</gallery>

===Campus Norrköping===

Campus Norrköping is a city campus in central [[Norrköping]], 40 kilometers northeast of Linköping. Approximately one-fourth of the students are enrolled here. The campus is located in the historical ''Industrilandskapet'' district, with campus buildings on both sides of the river [[Motala ström]] connected by ''Campusbron'', a footbridge.

<gallery>
Image:Campus-Norrkoping-2017-LiU.jpg|The west wing of ''Kåkenhus'' building on Campus Norrköping. Houses student services, the ''Laboratory of Organic Electronics'' and ''Clinicum''.
File:Norrkoping-campus-east.jpg|The east wing of ''Kåkenhus'' building on Campus Norrköping. Houses the campus library and the student union ''Trappan''. 
File:Visualiseringscenter-exterior2.jpg|''Visualiseringscenter C'' on Campus Norrköping. Houses ''C-Research''. 
File:Kopparhammaren river.jpg|''Kopparhammaren'' building and ''Motala Ström'' on Campus Norrköping. Houses the ''Institute for Analytical Sociology'' (IAS).
File:Footbridge norrkoping liu.jpg|''Campusbron'', the footbridge over [[Motala ström]] on Campus Norrköping connecting Visualiseringscenter C, Kopparhammaren (left) and  Kåkenhus (right).
File:Täppan liu.png|''Täppan'' building on Campus Norrköping. 
File:Spetsen.png|''Spetsen'' building on Campus Norrköping. 
File:Footbridge kakenhus.jpg|View from the elevated footbridge connecting Kåkenhus (right), Täppan (left) and Spetsen (left/middle) on Campus Norrköping.
[[File:Footbridge2 liu.jpg|thumb|The footbridge on Campus Norrköping connecting Kåkenhus, Visualiseringscenter C and Kopparhammaren around [[Motala ström]].]]
</gallery>

===Campus Lidingö===

Campus Lidingö houses the Carl Malmsten School of Furniture (''Malmstens Linköping University''), which has been part of Linköping University since 2000. After almost 60 years at the city centre, in 2009 the school moved into new premises in [[Lidingö]], on the outskirts of Stockholm.

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Image:C Malmsten school front 2.jpg|''Carl Malmsten building'' on Campus Lidingö, main entrance.
File:Malmstensskolan Lidingö back.jpg|''Carl Malmsten building'' on Campus Lidingö.
</gallery>

==Organization and administration==

===Faculties===
 
Linköping University is organized into four faculties:

# Faculty of Arts and Sciences ({{Langx|sv|Filosofiska fakulteten}})
# Faculty of Science and Engineering (also referred to as the [[Linköping Institute of Technology|Institute of Technology]]) ({{Langx|sv|Tekniska fakulteten (Tekniska högskolan)}})
# Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences ({{Langx|sv|Medicinska fakulteten}}) and [[Linköping University Hospital]]
# Faculty of Educational Sciences ({{Langx|sv|Utbildningsvetenskap}})

===Departments===

There are 12 large departments — in turn organized in divisions (not listed below) — intersecting several disciplines and often belonging under more than one faculty:

* Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning
* Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences
* Department of Biomedical Engineering
* Department of Computer and Information Science
* Department of Culture and Society
* Department of Electrical Engineering
* Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences
* Department of Management and Engineering
* Department of Mathematics
* Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology
* Department of Science and Technology
* Department of Thematic Studies

=== Studies Units, Institutes, Centres   ===
Thematic units cover broad, multidisciplinary fields. Institutes focus on narrower research areas.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Organisation of LiU | url=https://liu.se/en/about-liu/organisation |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=liu.se |language=en-EN}}</ref>

* [[Institute for Analytical Sociology]]
* [[Didacticum LiU]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Didacticum (DID) | url=
https://liu.se/en/organisation/liu/did |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=liu.se |language=en-EN}}</ref>
* [[Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization (CMIV)]]<ref>{{Cite web |title= CMIV LiU | url=https://liu.se/en/organisation/liu/cmiv |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=liu.se |language=en-EN}}</ref>
* [[National Supercomputer Centre in Sweden]]

=== Student organizations ===

Several [[Students' union|student unions]] and [[Nation (university)|nations]] exist at the university. Membership in a union or nation is voluntary.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sektioner och nationer |url=https://liu.se/artikel/sektioner-nationer |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=liu.se |language=sv-SE}}</ref>

==== Unions ====

Students are organized into different unions (and union sections) based on their field of study. There are three student unions charged with monitoring education at Linköping University:

* ''Consensus'': Student union for the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, organized into 9 sections
* ''LinTek'': Student union for the Faculty of Science and Engineering, organized into 15 sections
* ''StuFF'': Student union for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and the Faculty of Educational Sciences, organized into 19 sections

==== Nations ====

There are three active student nations at the university:

* [[Wermlands nation, Linköping|Wermlands nation]]
* [[Västgöta nation, Linköping|Västgöta nation]]
* [[Norrlands nation, Linköping|Vargtass - Norrlands nation]]

==Academics==

===Education===

Linköping University offers education at the basic and advanced levels via 120 study programmes, 550 single-subject courses and specialised as well as interdisciplinary [[postgraduate]] studies. 
A large number of the degree programmes lead to qualified [[professional degree]]s in fields such as [[medicine]], [[business]] and [[economics]], [[teacher education]] and [[engineering]]. Many of the programmes are [[interdisciplinary]], combining for example [[industrial management]] and engineering, medicine and engineering, or integrating economics, [[law]] and languages.<ref>{{cite web | title=About LiU| url=https://liu.se/en/about-liu|publisher=Linköping University | access-date=2017-02-17}}</ref>

In 1986 the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences became the first faculty in Sweden to put [[problem-based learning]] into practice within medical training and health-care programmes. 

In 2000, the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] in collaboration with three Swedish universities — Linköping University, [[Chalmers University of Technology]] and the [[KTH Royal Institute of Technology]] — formally founded the  [[Conceive Design Implement Operate]] (CDIO) Initiative, a framework for engineering education.<ref>{{cite web | title = Wallenberg CDIO documents | url = http://www.cdio.org/Wallenberg_docs/wallenberg_docs.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050316045719/http://www.cdio.org/Wallenberg_docs/wallenberg_docs.html | archive-date = March 16, 2005}}</ref> 
CDIO developed into an international collaboration, with universities around the world adopting the same framework.<ref>{{cite web | title = CDIO Collaborators | url = http://www.cdio.org/cdio-collaborators | accessdate = December 28, 2011 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120102005155/http://www.cdio.org/cdio-collaborators | archive-date = January 2, 2012 }}</ref>

In 2007, the Medical Programme and the Department of Electrical Engineering, Control systems were recognized as Centres of Excellence in Higher Education by the [[Swedish National Agency for Higher Education]]. Linköping University was awarded two out of eight Centres of Excellence recognized at Swedish universities, with the recognition based on a thorough quality assessment by a panel of experts.<ref>{{cite web | title=Centres of Excellence in Higher Education | url=http://www.hsv.se/qualityassurance/centresofexcellenceinhe.4.28afa2dc11bdcdc557480001731.html | publisher=Swedish National Agency for Higher Education | access-date=2011-11-23 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120801214826/http://www.hsv.se/qualityassurance/centresofexcellenceinhe.4.28afa2dc11bdcdc557480001731.html | archive-date=2012-08-01 }}</ref>

===Research===

Linköping University pursues research and postgraduate studies within the fields of [[technology]], [[medicine]], and [[humanities]], natural, educational, [[social science|social]] and [[behavioural sciences]]. It is particularly noted for its openness to [[multidisciplinary]] research and, in 1980, was the first Swedish university to introduce [[interdisciplinary]] thematic research at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and a cross-subject, interdisciplinary perspective in [[graduate school]]s for [[PhD student]]s.<ref>{{cite web | title=About LiU | url=https://liu.se/en/about-liu | publisher=Linköping University | access-date=2017-02-17}}</ref>

Linköping University receives research grants from the Swedish government within five strategic research areas: IT and mobile communication, materials science, security and emergency management, e-Science and transport research.<ref>{{cite web | title=Strategic research areas | url=https://liu.se/en/article/strategiska-forskningsomraden | publisher=Linköping University | access-date=2017-02-17}}</ref>

===Research centres===

* Control, Autonomy, and Decision-making in Complex Systems (Linnaeus Centre CADICS)
* Gender Excellence (GEXcel), The Swedish Research Council Centre of
* Hearing and Deafness (Linnaeus Centre HEAD), Research on
* [[National Supercomputer Centre in Sweden|The National Supercomputer Centre]], a provider of national supercomputing resources
* Novel Functional Materials (Linnécentrum LiLI-NFM), Linköping Linnaeus Initiative for
* Organic Bioelektronics (OBOE), Strategic Research Centre for
* Norrköping Visualization Center C, in cooperation with the City of Norrköping and Norrköping Science Park and Interactive Institute. The Dome Theatre, constructed in 2009, is the most technically advanced dome in northern Europe.<ref>{{cite web|title=About C |url=http://www.visualiseringscenter.se/about-c/en/ |publisher=Norrköping Visualization Center C |access-date=2011-11-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120110101502/http://www.visualiseringscenter.se/about-c/en/ |archive-date=2012-01-10 }}</ref>
* The Center for Disaster Medicine and Traumatology (KMC). A National Research Center for Traumatology assigned by the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare.

For a complete list of centres, see [https://liu.se/en/about-liu/organisation Organisation]

<gallery>
Image:Ångströmhuset-2021.jpg|''Ångströmhuset'' on Campus Valla is a laboratory housing ''Arwen'', one of the world's sharpest transmission electron microscopes.
[File:Dome visual liu.jpg|thumb|The Dome in Visualiseringscenter C.]
[File:Berzelius AI.jpg|thumb|The supercomputer Berzelius at the National Supercomputer Centre (NSC), Sweden's fastest supercomputer.]
File:Berzelius supercomputer.jpg|Sweden's fastest supercomputer ''Berzelius'' — specialized for AI — at Linköping University's National Supercomputer Centre (NSC) on Campus Valla.
File:WASP-Gränsö-2019.jpg|Autonomous aerial and surface drone rescue exercise using AI within ''WASP'', Sweden's largest research program ever, hosted by Linköping University.<ref>{{cite web | title=WASP - Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program | url=https://wasp-sweden.org/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Autonom sjöräddning med hjälp av artificiell intelligens | website=[[YouTube]] | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1R6_pdR_Yo}}</ref>
File:Linkoping katastrofmedicinsktcenter.jpg|The ''Center for Disaster Medicine and Traumatology'' (KMC) on Campus Valla.
File:CMIV+Research+school+seminar+Wranne.jpg|Research school seminar at the ''Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization'' (CMIV) on Campus US.
File:Visualiseringscenter-1440x960.jpg|The Dome Theatre in ''Visualiseringscenter C'' on Campus Norrköping, as of 2019 the world's best dome for 3D image quality.<ref>{{cite web | title=Close to reality in "the best dome in the world" | url=https://liu.se/en/news-item/uppgradering-av-domen-pa-visualiseringscenter-campus-norrkoping---itn | publisher=Linköping University | access-date=2022-08-23}}</ref>
File:Elektromagnetisk-styrning-av-vingklaffar-2021.jpg|The ''Iron Bird'' on Campus Valla, used for aeronautical engineering research, such as fighter jets. Donated by Linköping University's strategic partner [[Saab AB|SAAB]].

</gallery>

===Rankings===

{{Infobox university rankings
| type =
| ARWU_W = 301–400|ARWU_W_year = 2024| ARWU_W_ref = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shanghairanking.com/institution/linkoping-university | title=Academic Ranking of World Universities 2024}}</ref>
| QS_W = 304 |QS_W_year = 2025| QS_W_ref = <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/linkoping-university | title=QS World University Rankings 2025 }}</ref>
| THE_W = 201–250 |THE_W_year = 2025| THE_W_ref = <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/linkoping-university | title=World University Rankings 2025 }}</ref>
| THE_W_Reputation=201–300 | THE_W_Reputation_year = 2025| THE_W_Reputation_ref = <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-reputation-rankings | title=World Reputation Rankings 2025 }}</ref>
|-
| ARWU_W_ENG = 76–100 |ARWU_W_ENG_year = 2022| ARWU_W_ENG_ref =<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shanghairanking.com/institution/linkoping-university|title=Academic Ranking of World Universities 2022:Electrical & Electronics Engineering}}</ref>
| THE_W_Eng= 101–125 | THE_W_Eng_year = 2022 | THE_W_Eng_ref =<ref name="THE">{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/by-subject|title=THE World University Rankings by subject}}</ref>
}}
Linköping University has an emphasis on engineering and technology, and in the 2022 ''ARWU'' ranking it places in the top 100 in the following engineering subjects:
Telecommunication Engineering 51–75,
Electrical & Electronic Engineering 76–100, 
Materials Science & Engineering 76–100, 
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology 76–100 and
Energy Science & Engineering 76–100.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shanghairanking.com/institution/linkoping-university |title=Academic Ranking of World Universities 2022}}</ref>

In the 2022 ''THE'' ranking, Linköping University places in the top 125 in the following broad categories: 
Engineering & Technology 101–125,
Business & Economics 101–125 and 
Psychology 101–125. 
In addition, it places in the top 200 in:
Computer Science 151–175 and
Social Sciences 176–200.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/linkoping-university |title=World University Rankings 2022 }}</ref>

[[Linköping University Hospital]] places 192 in [[Newsweek]]'s 2025 ''World's Best Hospitals'' ranking.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.newsweek.com/rankings/worlds-best-hospitals-2025 |title=Worlds Best Hospitals 2025 |website=[[Newsweek]] }}</ref>

In the [[TOP500]] ranking of the world's supercomputers, as of June 2022, Sweden's two fastest supercomputers are at Linköping University's [[National Supercomputer Centre in Sweden|National Supercomputer Centre]]:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.top500.org/lists/top500/list/2022/06/?page=2 |title=Top 500 June 2022}}</ref> 
# ''Berzelius'' in place 102 (specialized for machine learning and artificial intelligence)
# ''Tetralith'' in place 183

==Science parks and business incubator==

Two [[science park]]s — ''Linköping Science Park'' and ''Norrköping Science Park'' — are closely connected to Linköping University. The university's business incubator LEAD is also housed in these parks.

===LEAD - business incubator===

LEAD (acronym for ''LiU Entrepreneurship and Development'') is Linköping University's business incubator.<ref>{{cite web | title=LEAD - For tech startups that want to make a difference and grow faster and safer| url=https://lead.se/en/ | access-date=2024-05-30}}</ref> In 2023, LEAD was selected as a Sweden's incubator in [[NATO]]'s [[Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic|Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA)]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Hon leder Sveriges nya Nato-inkubator| url=https://www.di.se/nyheter/hon-leder-sveriges-nya-nato-inkubator/ | access-date=2024-05-23}}</ref> The CEO of LEAD (currently Catharina Sandberg) was selected as a member of the Council for Defence Innovation (Swedish: Försvarsinnovationsrådet), launched by the [[Ministry_of_Defence_(Sweden) | Swedish Ministry of Defence]] in 2024, with the Minister for Defence serving as its chairman (currently [[Pål Jonson]]).<ref>{{cite web | title=Inrättande av ett Försvarsinnovationsråd stärker samverkan mellan försvarssektorn och den civila sektorn| url=https://www.regeringen.se/pressmeddelanden/2024/05/inrattande-av-ett-forsvarsinnovationsrad-starker-samverkan-mellan-forsvarssektorn-och-den-civila-sektorn/ | access-date=2024-05-30}}</ref>

===Linköping Science Park===

[[Linköping Science Park]] is a multi-site science park, with four sites throughout Linköping and the surrounding region. As of 2023, Linköping Science Park hosts approximately 600 companies, from start-ups to multinationals, with a total of 14,000 employees. The largest residents are [[Ericsson]], [[Industrial and Financial Systems|IFS]], [[Infor]], Sectra, Combitech, Releasy and CGI Group. Major multinationals such as [[ARRIS Group]], [[Flextronics]], [[Autoliv]], [[Toyota Industries]] and [[Beyond Gravity]] are also represented.<ref>{{cite web | title=Mjärdevi Science Park| url=http://www.mjardevi.se/en|publisher=Mjärdevi Science Park | access-date=2017-02-27}}</ref> Linköping Science Park's four sites are: 

# ''Mjärdevi'' is the first and main site, located next to Campus Valla (Linköping University's main campus), [[Linköping Golf Club]] and [[Malmen Airbase]]. Mjärdevi is the main site for Linköping University's business incubator LEAD. 
# ''Ebbepark'', with game development, medtech and visualization among represented industries. 
# ''Cavok District'' is a new and developing site, focusing on aviation, space and advanced materials. Cavok District adjoins [[Linköping City Airport]] and Linköping University's strategic partner [[Saab AB|SAAB]]'s main office, as well as its main site for development and manufacturing, including the development and manufacturing of fighter jets such as the [[Saab JAS 39 Gripen]]. SAAB's [[Flygsystem 2020|Generic Future Fighter]] is an ongoing project in collaboration with Linköping University, led by the Swedish Air Force to develop a fifth-generation low-observable fighter jet.
# ''Vreta Kluster'' focuses on the green industry. Located in Ljungsbro, 8 kilometers outside Linköping.

<gallery>
File:Mjardevi aerial.jpg|Aerial view of Mjärdevi — the first and main site of Linköping Science Park — located next to Campus Valla.
File:Collegium back.jpg|Collegium — the main building in Mjärdevi — houses the university business incubator LEAD.
File:Mjardevi center day.jpg|Mjärdevi Center, the tallest building in Mjärdevi.
File:Ebbepark.jpg|The main buildings of the ''Ebbepark'' site of Linköping Science Park.
File:Ima-one.jpg|IMA One building in the new ''Cavok District'' of Linköping Science Park.
File:Vretakluster.jpg|Main buildings of ''Vreta Kluster'' of Linköping Science Park. 
</gallery>

===Norrköping Science Park===

Norrköping Science Park in [[Norrköping]] hosts approximately 130 companies. Main areas for research and development are [[printed electronics]], [[interactivity]] and [[Visualization (computer graphics)|visualisation]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Norrköping Science Park| url=http://www.nosp.se/ |publisher=Norrköping Science Park | access-date=2017-02-27}}</ref>

==Notable people==

===Faculty===

{{See also|:Category:Academic staff of Linköping University}}

*[[Gerhard Andersson]], professor of [[Clinical Psychology|clinical psychology]]
*[[Anders Blomqvist]], professor of pain research
*[[Christian Berggren]], professor of [[Industrial Management|industrial management]]
*[[Magnus Berggren]], professor of [[organic electronics]]
*[[Per-Erik Ellström]], professor of [[education]]
*[[Fredrik Gustafsson (academic)|Fredrik Gustafsson]], professor of sensor informatics
*[[Lars Hultman]], professor of [[materials science]]
*[[Olle Inganäs]], professor of [[organic electronics]]
*[[Lennart Ljung (engineer)|Lennart Ljung]], professor of [[Control Theory|control theory]]
*[[Nina Lykke]], professor of [[Gender Studies|gender studies]]
*[[Jan-Ove Palmberg]], professor of [[mechanical engineering]]
*[[Jerker Rönnberg]], professor of [[psychology]]
*[[Carl-Ulrik Schierup]], professor of [[ethnicity]]
*[[Stefan Thor]], professor of [[biology]]

===Former faculty===

*[[Stig Hagström]], professor emeritus of [[materials science]]
**One of the founders of Linköping University
**Leading researcher in materials science
*[[Harold Lawson]], former professor of [[telecommunications]] and [[Computer Systems|computer systems]]
**Credited with the invention of the [[Pointer (computer programming)|pointer]] in programming languages
**[[ACM Fellow]]
*[[Ingemar Lundström]], professor emeritus of [[Applied Physics|applied physics]]
**Leading researcher in biosensors and chemical sensors
**Chairman for the [[Nobel Committee for Physics]]
*[[Hans Rådström]], former professor of [[applied mathematics]]
**Mathematician who made many important contributions
*[[Erik Sandewall]], professor emeritus of [[computer science]]
**Leading researcher in artificial intelligence
**[[AAAI|AAAI Fellow]]
*[[Vladimir Mazya]], professor emeritus of [[mathematics]]
**Known for his work on [[Sobolev spaces]]
*[[Åke Öberg]], professor emeritus of [[Biomedical Engineering|biomedical engineering]]
**Leading researcher in circulatory physiology, bio-optics, biomedical instrumentation, sensors and clinical engineering

===Alumni===

{{See also|:Category:Linköping University alumni}}

*[[Carl-Henric Svanberg]], chairman of Volvo, former [[CEO]] of [[Ericsson]] and chairman of [[BP]]
*[[Henry Radamson]], Swedish professor of microelectronics and semiconductor, member of [[Chinese Academy of Sciences]]
*[[Anders Flodström]], [[professor]] of [[materials physics]] at the [[Royal Institute of Technology]], former [[Rector (academia)|rector]] of the [[Royal Institute of Technology]], former university [[Chancellor (education)|chancellor]] of Sweden and head of the [[Swedish National Agency for Higher Education]]
*[[Gustav Fridolin]], former minister for education in the [[Government of Sweden]]
*[[Therése Sjömander Magnusson]], head of the Nordic Africa Institute
*[[Jan Malm]], former [[CEO]], [[Ericsson]] China, 2000–2004
*[[Jan-Eric Sundgren]], former [[Rector (academia)|rector]] of [[Chalmers Institute of Technology]], now [[senior vice president]], [[Volvo Group]]
*[[Ola Tunander]], former research professor at the [[Peace Research Institute Oslo]]
*[[Åke Svensson]], director general of [[Association of Swedish Engineering Industries|Teknikföretagen]] (employers' organisation for engineering companies), former [[President (corporate title)|president]] and [[CEO]] [[Saab AB]]
*[[Björn von Sydow]], former [[Speaker of the Riksdag]] and [[Minister for Defence (Sweden)|Minister for Defence]] 1997–2002
*[[Cecilia Widegren]], member of the [[Riksdag]] and vice chairman in The Parliamentary Defense Committee and Group
*[[Zhong Zhihua]], [[Rector (academia)|rector]] of [[Tongji University]], member of the [[Chinese Academy of Engineering]]
*[[Bertil Andersson]], former president of [[Nanyang Technological University]]
*[[Stefan Thor]], Member of [[the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]] and Professor of Developmental Biology at the [[University of Queensland]], Brisbane, Australia

==See also==

*[[List of universities in Sweden]]
*[[Lysator]], the oldest computer society in Sweden. Founded in 1973.

==Notes==

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* [http://www.visualiseringscenter.se/ Visualization Center C]
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