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LUT IN FIGURES 2017 1969 founded in 1969, combining technology and business from the start 77 M funding 77,3 M: Ministry of Education and Culture 46.5 M, supplementary funding 30.8 M 860 scientific publications 864 staff members 4503 Bachelor s and Master s students 80 different nationalities on campus 439 doctoral students ⅓ of incoming students are international

LAPPEENRANTA International cross-point Branding with regional proud!

HEART OF THE FINNISH LAKELAND Economic and cultural centre of South-East Finland Committed to sustainability A vibrant university city with a small-town atmosphere

LUT CAMPUS AREA

LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SPECIALISED AND STRONG SCIENCE UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL TRAILBLAZER IN EDUCATION SOURCE OF COMPETITIVENESS FOR INDUSTRIES AGILE STRUCTURAL REFORMER 7

SPECIALISED AND STONG SCIENCE UNIVERSITY - SCIENTIFIC SOLUTIONS CLEAN ENERGY Energy markets and solar economy Energy conversion and storage technologies Sustainability science SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP Innovation and sustainable value creation SMEs and international entrepreneurship Business analytics and decision-making Digitalisation of businesses CIRCULAR ECONOMY Water purification and reuse Processing of secondary and renewable raw materials Products and life cycle assessment CROSS-CUTTING THEMES Digitalisation and data science Focus area research in the Russian context and with the best Russian partners OUR VALUES COURAGE TO SUCCEED. PASSION FOR INNOVATION THROUGH SCIENCE. WILL TO BUILD WELL-BEING.

INTERNATIONALISATION - facts Incorporated in all education and research 80 different nationalities at LUT 29% of research and education personnel are foreign nationals; 21% of all personnel 33% of incoming students in autumn 2017 were foreign nationals Master s and doctoral double degree cooperation with 50 universities in Russia, the EU, China and the USA More than 500 foreign Master s and doctoral degree students

INTERNATIONALIZATION MUST DO: RANKINGS AMONG THE BEST UNIVERSITIES One of the world s top 600 universities in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings (2019) One of the top 530 universities in the QS World University Rankings (2018) One of the top 1000 universities in the ARWU Academic Ranking of World Universities (2018) In the top 101 150 on the THE young universities list (2018) Among the top 80 universities in QS Top 50 Under 50 Ranking (2018)

INTERNATIONALIZATION GOOD NEWS! LUT AMONG THE TOP 20 CHALLENGER UNIVERSITIES (Firetail) LUT listed among the world's 20 most promising challenger universities in 2017 The rising stars have the opportunity to become globally renowned by 2030 These universities have clear directions in five areas: differentiated excellence; global, social and local relevance; integrated planning; people and culture (attractiveness); and academic entrepreneurship, which are rapidly improving and simultaneously enhancing the research quality

HIGH-IMPACT INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION 93 97% employment rate 65% of Master's programmes in English 59% increase in applicants to Master s programmes in comparison to 2017 25% increase in applicants to Master s programmes in English in comparison to 2017 Pioneer in Finland in the adoption of tuition fees and education export Bologna model implemented in the entire education portfolio 12

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