In 2021, LTH has been in existence for 60 years. Since 1969, LTH has been a faculty of Lund University. During this time, it has developed from faculty of one class of students to providing at least 43 different educational programs.After the second world war, discussions began concerning the introduction of new universities within the […]
Medieval Lund was a city of churches and the needs of the cathedral led to Lund becoming the foremost centre of education within the Nordic region. As early as 1438, the Franciscan order had already established a centre for general studies. Located in the current Klostergatan, it provided a university level of education.Much of the […]
The University Hall was built in 1878-82 and designed by architect Helgo Zettervall for the university management and rector magnificus. The main façade faces University Square formed by Palaestra et Odeum and the old academy building Kungshuset. With symbolic decoration, the architecture is classical. Entering through the gates, the visitor is led into the atrium […]
Where the current University Square broadens out was, in the late 17th century, the site of the former botanical gardens. In the mid-18th century plans were adopted by Carl Hårleman for new botanical gardens on the same site where they remained up until the 1860s. Best known was the cultivation of 50,000 mulberry trees for […]
