Campus development
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Lund University's four campuses offer attractive academic environments that clearly reflect the University's identity. Research and learning are at the core, while the campuses also provide inviting spaces for social interaction, relaxation and recreation – all within a safe and inclusive setting.
The University's campuses are continuously developed to meet the needs of a changing society. The property portfolio is being renewed or adapted to meet the demands of future education, research and collaboration.
Distance learning and remote working have also accelerated the development of new digital technologies used in teaching and collaboration.
The Campus Plan, published in autumn 2025, looks ahead to 2050 and aims to create sustainable and well-functioning campus environments that will strengthen the University and provide clear direction for future decisions and urban development.
Read more about the Campus Plan and the University's organisation for campus development issues below.
Current development projects
Lund University has campuses in Lund, Malmö, Helsingborg and Ljungbyhed (School of Aviation) and has several initiatives ahead for campus development. Below are some of the ongoing and planned development projects:
- Ongoing projects
- Astronomy Building
- Geocentrum II
- Paradis quarter
- The Palm House, Botanical Garden
- The University's establishment in Science Village\
- Planned projects
- Paradis quarter
- The Main University Building, Lundagård
- The University's establishment in Science Village\
- Completed projects
- Forum Medicum, Sölvegatan
- The King's House, Lundagård
- The M Building, Faculty of Engineering (LTH)
- University Library, UB
Contact information
Madeleine Stjärne Starck\ Project manager Campus Development Office\ madeleine [dot] stjarne [at] bygg [dot] lu [dot] se (madeleine[dot]stjarne[at]bygg[dot]lu[dot]se)
Telephone:\ 46 (0)46 222 30 10
The recognisable tower of the Astronomy Building is part of the site that will house the new Universum study centre for the Faculty of Science.
Astronomy Building
The Faculty of Science is renovating the Astronomy Building to create an open collaborative space for the entire faculty. The building is centrally located on campus, along Sölvegatan, and will serve as a unifying place for the different parts of the faculty.
When the renovation is complete, the Astronomy Building – which will be renamed 'Universum' – will house the science library in one place and offer new, attractive study spaces. The plans also include areas for the student union's activities, a Learning Lab and facilities that will provide social meeting spaces for the faculty’s students and staff.
The renovation is also part of the faculty's efforts to use its premises more efficiently. The project follows the Campus Plan's sustainability principles regarding minimised climate impact as well as resource management and reuse.
Facts | Astronomy Building
Driving force: To provide the Faculty of Science with a study centre and a central place for collaboration and student life.
The redevelopment will also help create a more vibrant campus along Sölvegatan and provide more meeting places for interdisciplinary collaboration.
Area: 1,500 m², floor 1 and part of floor 2 (redevelopment)
Completion: 2028
The Faculty of Social Sciences is bringing together its activities in adapted premises in cultural‑historical environments in Campus Paradis in central Lund. Photo: Google.
Campus Paradis
Since 2019, a long‑term project has been under way to develop the Faculty of Social Sciences' premises in Campus Paradis. The work consists of several sub‑projects that are planned to continue until around 2035.
The aim is for the faculty to make more efficient use of the existing buildings in Campus Paradis through densification, renovation and adaptation. At the same time, the unique environment – where university, city and park landscapes form a cohesive whole – is safeguarded.
With its varied buildings, Campus Paradis has proved to be a flexible area that functions well as needs change. The Faculty of Social Sciences therefore prioritises developing and adapting the buildings already located in Campus Paradis, rather than constructing new ones.
Facts | Campus Paradis
Driving force: to create a cohesive and purpose‑built centre for the University’s Faculty of Social Sciences.
Area: Gamla kirurgen, Gamla polikliniken, Gamla barnbördshuset, Gamla paviljongen and Gamla barnsjukhuset, 12,000 m² of renovation/adaptation.
The faculty plans to reduce its floor area by 4,500 m² during the period 2025–2035.
Site: Campus Paradis
Estimated completion:
- Masterplan 2026, spring 2026
- Allhelgonaskolan, summer 2026
- Gamla kirurgen, 2028 (preliminary)
- Gamla polikliniken, 2031 (preliminary)
- Gamla barnbördshuset, 2031 (preliminary)
- Gamla paviljongen, 2034 (preliminary)
- Gamla barnsjukhuset, 2036 (preliminary)
More information:\ Campus Paradis – sam.lu.se
With Forum Medicum, the Faculty of Medicine has gained a joint health science and biomedical knowledge centre in Lund. Photo: Peter Kroon.
Forum Medicum
Forum Medicum will bring together the research and education of the Health Sciences Centre and the Biomedical Centre in a joint health sciences and biomedical knowledge centre next to the University Hospital in Lund.
The new building will create good opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration between the Faculty of Medicine's programmes in medicine, health and nursing and the three areas of research: basic research, health sciences research and clinical research.
With its central location on campus, Forum Medicum will be a natural meeting place for the faculty's students, staff and partners.
Facts | Forum Medicum
Driving force: A health sciences centre for collaboration between the medical and nursing programmes and the Faculty of Medicine's research.
Floor space:\ 15,000 m2 new construction\ 6,000 m2 renovation\ Site:Sölvegatan, Lund\ Architects: Henning Larsen Architects/Sweco Architects\ Completion date: 2023\ Sustainability: SGBC Gold
More information:
Faculty of Medicine website (in Swedish)
At Geocentrum I and II, the University conducts research in environment, climate, geology and physical geography.
Geocentrum II
At the turn of the year 2025–2026, the Centre for Environmental and Climate Science (CEC), the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science (INES) and the Department of Geology were merged into a new Department of Environmental and Earth Sciences, MGeo.
During 2025, parts of Geocentrum II were rebuilt and made more space efficient to accommodate the new department. Research and teaching in environment, climate, geology and physical geography will be carried out here. This involves studying processes ranging from the microscopic scale to the planetary, across all time spans.
The redevelopment project for Geocentrum II is part of efforts to reduce and use the University's space more efficiently in line with the sustainability principles of the Campus Plan.
Facts | Geocentrum II
Driving force: to develop and strengthen an interdisciplinary workplace and meeting point in an existing local hub by using the space more efficiently and reducing climate impact through resource management and reuse.
Area: 7,700 m² (redevelopment)
Estimated completion: spring 2026
A hall called Carolinasalen in the newly renovated King's House. Photo: Kennet Ruona.
The King's House
Since January 2024, the University Management and their offices have been based in the King’s House. Old and new meet in the carefully renovated building, where just over forty members of staff now have their workplaces, some in open‑plan areas and others in individual offices. As part of the renovation, the building has also been given a new entrance facing University Square and the fountain.
By bringing the University Management and their offices together again in the King’s House, the University reconnects with its history while at the same time strengthening University Square and the University's identity in the city.
For almost 200 years – from 1688 until 1882 – the King's House was the University's main building. Originally built in 1584, it is, together with the rest of University Square, a listed heritage site.
Facts | The King's House
Driving force: To bring together the University Management in a central, historically important building to shorten decision-making processes, increase collaboration and strengthen the University's identity.
Floor space: 1,500 m2 (renovation)\ Site:Lundagård\ Architect: Tengbom (renovation)\ Completion date: 2023
More information:
Renovation to begin on the King's House in Lundagård – Staff Pages
The new Technodrome classroom in the M building, adapted to new teaching methods.
The M Building
The M Building at the Faculty of Engineering (LTH) has a large number of national and international guests. Several of the departments conduct leading-edge research, including Motorlab, RobotLab and the Division of Industrial Electrical Engineering and Automation – with a direct current laboratory, a new battery room for lithium batteries etc.
The new building meets today's high standards for the physical research environment, for example in terms of precision equipment in workshops and laboratories.
Two large halls are also being constructed in the building, the Technodrome and the Steam Boiler Hall, for teaching based on new methods (Active Learning Classroom). The halls will be a shared resource for the whole of LTH.
The M Building opened in 1963 and currently houses research and education activities in areas including automatic control, industrial electrical engineering, solid mechanics and energy sciences.
Facts | M Building
Driving force: To build tailored workshops and laboratories for precision equipment, as well as lecture halls for teaching using new teaching and learning methods.\ \ Floor space:\ 570 m2 new construction,\ 20,000 m2 renovation\ Site: Faculty of Engineering (LTH)\ Architects: Sweco Architects 2023/Klas Anshelm 1963\ Sustainability: SGBC Silver\ Completion date: 2023
More information:
M Building in Lund to be modernised – byggnyheter.se (in Swedish)
The extensive renovation of the Main University Building will provide, among other things, a better working environment and flexible study facilities. Photo: Kennet Ruona.
The Main University Building
The Main University Building was inaugurated in 1882 and has since been the University's principal building. It is a strong symbol of the University, and its well‑known façade is often used to illustrate various aspects of university activities in Sweden.
The building is also of great value as a work entirely created down to the smallest detail by the architect Helgo Zettervall. Both the exterior and the interior are unusually well‑preserved examples of the architectural ideals and craftsmanship of the 1870s.
The building now faces an extensive renovation. The aim is for it to meet today's requirements for accessibility, indoor climate and energy use, so that it can function as a modern workplace and meeting place while its cultural and architectural value is preserved.
The renovation project is part of the University's ongoing work to maintain and make its buildings more energy efficient. The project follows the sustainability principles of the Campus Plan, with a focus on reduced climate impact, resource efficiency and reuse.
Facts | Main University Building
Driving force: To ensure that the Main University Building becomes an open and welcoming place that all students have reason to visit at some point.
Floor space: 4,300 m2 (renovation)
Estimated completion: 2030
The renovation and expansion of the Palm House will ensure continued access to rare plant material for the University's researchers and students. ©White Architects.
The Palm House
The Botanical Garden's greenhouse was built in the 1860s for scientific purposes, and the plants – some of which are old, rare and valuable – are still used for teaching and research.
The project includes, among other things, a new entrance and an upgrade of the technical systems in both the Palm House and the adjacent greenhouses. The roof of the Palm House will also be raised by three metres to give the 150-year-old cycads more room to grow. This will provide a modern working environment for the organisation and secure the unique plant material for future generations of researchers, students and visitors.
The whole Botanicum quarter has been under government protection since 1974.
Facts | The Palm House
Driving force: To secure access to rare plant material for researchers and students, and to improve the working environment.
Floor space: Around 250 m2 new construction and 850 m2 renovation \ Site: Botanical Garden\ Architect: White Architects\ Estimated completion date: earliest 2025\ Sustainability: SGBC certification is being investigated.
More information:
Renovation in the Botanical Garden – botan.lu.se
New projects in the Botanical Garden – lu.se (in Swedish)
Vision image of Science Village with Space and Spektra in the foreground. © Wihlborgs.
The University's establishment in Science Village
The establishment in Science Village is of major strategic importance for the University as a whole, and the Faculty of Engineering (LTH) already has some activities in the area and is planning further establishment.
The establishment is divided into two stages – NanoLund's establishment in NanoLab Science Village, followed by the establishment of activities within LTH.
Stage 1 – NanoLab Science Village
Stage 1 refers to NanoLund’s establishment in the area with the planned NanoLab Science Village, with a move‑in date currently estimated for 2029 (subject to change). The procurement of a landlord has been completed and work on producing the system documentation has begun.
Contact information
Anneli Löfgren, project manager\ anneli [dot] lofgren [at] ftf [dot] lth [dot] se (anneli[dot]lofgren[at]ftf[dot]lth[dot]se )\ +46 (0)46 222 84 99
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Stage 2 – Planned establishment after NanoLab
Stage 2 involves a strategic establishment focusing on the University's profile area Light and Materials, with the vision of creating a unified environment for materials science in semiconductor, photon and laser research.
Contact information
Per Eng‑Johnsson,Professor\ per [dot] eng-johnsson [at] fysik [dot] lu [dot] se (per[dot]eng-johnsson[at]fysik[dot]lu[dot]se)\ +46 (0)222 76 58, +46(0) 708 86 88 25
Charlotte von Brömssen, project manager\ Campus Development Office\ charlotte [dot] von_bromssen [at] bygg [dot] lu [dot] se (charlotte[dot]von_bromssen[at]bygg[dot]lu[dot]se)\ +46 (0)46 222 69 36
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The Science Village area
Science Village, located in the Brunnshög district in northeastern Lund, includes MAX IV, ESS and central Science Village. In the future, Science Village will become part of a dynamic and international environment where new scientific ideas and collaborations between universities, industry and other parts of society can emerge.
In addition to the University's activities, central Science Village will include, among other things:
- The Loop – a meeting place for industry, academia and research
- Space – offices and laboratories
- as well as offices, restaurants and cafés.
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Facts | Lund University in Science Village
Driving force: To create new, creative and knowledge‑intensive environments and, through the use of MAX IV and ESS, contribute to successful research of benefit to society.
Site: Science Village, Brunnshög
Floor space: \ 5,700 m2 (stage 1) \ Under investigation (Stage 2)\ \ Estimated completion: \ Earliest 2029 (Stage 1)\ Under investigation (Stage 2)
Sustainability: certification is under investigation.
The renovation of the public areas of the University Library was completed in August 2025.
University Library, UB
The public areas of the University Library were renovated during 2024–2025 and adapted to better meet today's needs.
The renovation has improved overview and navigation for both visitors and staff. The aim has been to create a modern and inspiring environment for study, work and visits, while highlighting and preserving the building's original character.
A new exhibition space and a lecture area on the entrance floor now make it easier to host public exhibitions and talks.
The library's public areas have been gathered on and close to the entrance floor. Workspaces and locked collections are located on the upper floors of the building.
The renovation of the library's public areas is complete and was inaugurated on 30 August 2025. In 2026, a renovation of Café UB, which is located in the same building, is also planned.
Facts | University Library
Driving force: to create a more modern, accessible and functional library and study environment in a building with unique cultural value.
Area: 1,500–2,000 m² (redevelopment)
Completion: May 2025
Campus Plan 2027–2050
Lund University's Campus Plan 2027–2050 sets a long-term direction for how the University's campuses will be developed to support research, education and collaboration. The aim is to create sustainable and well-functioning campuses that strengthen the University and provide a clear direction for future decisions and urban development.
The plan has been developed in dialogue with faculties, students, and external partners, and is based on five overarching strategies:
- Campus throughout the day: Create environments with services, attractive workplaces, meeting places and informal areas that promote social life, collaboration and interdisciplinary exchange.
- The University as an attractive urban environment: Develop activities and shared spaces that strengthen urban life and safety, and make the campus a vibrant part of the city's fabric.
- Density and proximity through active nodes: Identify strategic locations as university hubs – representative and local – to create identity and living spaces on a human scale.
- Architectural character and quality: Preserve and develop the University's buildings and outdoor environments with high architectural value from different eras.
- Outdoor environment and greenery as a priority resource: Promote health, recreation and research through accessible green spaces that serve as social living rooms and test beds.
Campus Plan 2027–2050 (PDF 12.3 MB, new tab, in Swedish)
Campus Development Council
The Campus Development Council participates in the drawing up of the Campus Development Plan and sets the guidelines. The council identifies potential areas for campus development, conducts a dialogue with important external partners and assists in monitoring information about campus development at other universities in Sweden and internationally.
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Campus Development Office
The Campus Development Office works to enable Lund University to make effective use of existing knowledge and experience in the development of the campuses. The office collects and makes available information from previous and ongoing projects within the University and from current research in the field.
The Campus Development Office also works closely with the Campus Development Council and acts as a link between the visions of individual faculties and the overall view needed to create an attractive university environment.
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