General aims

• To promote basic research 
• To be internationally prominent in both research and education
• To offer education based on results from, and in close contact with, scientific research
• To contribute to the development of society by meeting the need for scientific knowledge and skills
• To secure an effective and rational, collegiate-based approach

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Students

Undergraduate Education

(% women/men)      

Annual performance     

Full-time students

2020

2 512 (58/42) 3 792 (55/45)

2019

2 236 (59/41) 3 149 (55/45)

 

Externally Funded Education

(% women/men)      

Annual performance     

Full-time students

2020

95 (85/15) 116 (82/18)

2019

85 (84/16) 105 (81/19)

 

PhD program

(% women/men)      

Active

New students

2020

663 (48/52)           113 (50/50)     

2019

670 (46/54)   144 (48/52)

 

Academic Degrees 

(% women/men)      

Bachelor of Science     

Master of Science     

Doctor of Philosophy

2020

227 (58/42)               266 (55/45) 114 (41/59)          

2019

204 (51/49) 273 (52/48) 115 (37/63)

 

Staff

(% women/men)      

Professors*   

Associate Professors   

Lecturers   

Assistant Professors   

Other Lecturers  

2020

181
(26/74)     
118
(30/70)  
22
(82/18)  
36
(39/61)   
3
(42/58)     

2019

179
(25/75)
116
(30/70)
26
(82/18)
35
(40/60)
3
(32/68)

 

Full-time employees (% women/men)                                   Source: IVS (PEGE05)
*Professor, Visiting Professor, Adjunct Professor

 

Publications

 

2020

2019

Refereed          

1987    1912   

 

Research Indicators 

 

VR Grants*   

WAF**     

ERC Grants   

2020     

157 (13,8) Call every second year,
no call  2020. 
1

2019

143  (12,9) 3 3

 

*VR Grants to SU within Nature and technology science in Million Swedish kronor (percent of total grants distributed). 
**Number of Wallenberg Academy Fellows to the Faculty. 

 

Finances (Million Swedish kronor) 

Undergraduate Education

2020

2019

Government grants 303 Mkr 296 Mkr
External funding* 39 Mkr 15 Mkr
External commissions* 14 Mkr 16 Mkr
Subtotal 369 Mkr 327 Mkr

Research and PhD program   

 
Government grants 940 Mkr 888 Mkr
External funding* 1 040 Mkr 1 000 Mkr
External commissions* 48 Mkr 40 Mkr
Subtotal 2 028 Mkr 1 928 Mkr

Totalt

2 397 Mkr

2 255 Mkr

*Used funds

 

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences 2021 

51 members of the Academy from the Faculty