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Linköping University

Linköping, Sweden +1
Global Rank Top 3.9% • # 259 Worldwide
  • 1 Bachelor's
  • 37
  • 4.1
  • Top 14.9% in SE

Linköping University About

In close collaboration with the business world and society, Linköping University (LiU) conducts world-leading, boundary-crossing research in fields including materials science, IT and hearing. In the same spirit, the university offers many innovative educational programmes, many of them with a clear vocational focus, leading to qualification as, for example, teachers, economists and engineers.

History

In 1975 Sweden’s sixth university was founded in Linköping. Since then Linköping University (LiU) has grown considerably, expanding to Norrköping and Stockholm.

Education

Linköping University has four faculties: the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the Faculty of Educational Sciences, the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and the Faculty of Science and Engineering (sometimes known as the Institute of Technology). Formally, Educational Sciences is an “area”, but in most cases it functions as a faculty. In some ceremonial contexts, LiU is considered to have three faculties, with Educational Sciences falling under Arts and Sciences. 

Research

What makes Linköping University special is the lack of boundaries between different subjects and faculties, which has resulted in world-leading research environments and companies. In addition to scientific matters we address issues where the results can benefit all of society.

Linköping University Key Statistics & Highlights

  • #301 Ranking
  • 1 Bachelors
  • 37 Scholarships
  • 1,087 Academic Staff
  • 15,873 Students
  • 2,222 Students (int'l)
  • 1,087 Students (female)
  • Public Institution Type

Linköping University Overview

Linköping University Scholarships

Linköping University Scholarships

Below you will find scholarships related to Linköping University. Distinction can be made between scholarships provided by the University and those provided by independent providers.

Independent provider
Grant
Various benefits
Deadline
07 Oct 2026
Fulbright U.S. Student Program

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U.S. government
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
40000 USD
Deadline
19 Mar 2027
Mary Doctor Fine Arts Scholarship

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Blumenthal Performing Arts
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
30 Nov 2026
ServiceScape Scholarship

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ServiceScape
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
3500 USD
Deadline
15 Nov 2026
ACES Scholarships

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ACES Education Fund
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
31 Dec 2026
The Smooth Movers Scholarships
Merit-based

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The Smooth Movers
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
10000 USD
Deadline
19 Mar 2027
Gordon Hay Scholarship

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Blumenthal Performing Arts
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Independent provider
Grant
Various benefits
Deadline
Not specified
Erasmus+ - Grants for study mobility
Merit-based

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OeAD, Austria's Agency for Education and Internationalisation
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
Various benefits
Deadline
Anytime
Digital Payment Solution Scholarship
Merit-based

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Kreditkortlistan
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
01 Mar 2027
Voice Talent Online Scholarship

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Voice Talent Online
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
06 Jan 2027
Jewish Heritage Scholarship
Merit-based

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Diamant Gerstein
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
500 USD
Deadline
Not specified
L. Austin Weeks Undergraduate Grant
Merit-based

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American Association of Petroleum Geologists Foundation
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
31 Oct 2026
$1,500 Annual Video Contest Scholarship
Merit-based

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IvyPanda
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
17 Sep 2027
Annual Students' Scholarship
Merit-based

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StudyCorgi
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
13 Jan 2027
Dream Chaser Scholarship
Merit-based

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Salvado Law
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
5000 CAD
Deadline
31 Dec 2026
Pinsky Law New Venture Development Scholarship
Merit-based

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Pinsky Law
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
3000 USD
Deadline
31 Dec 2026
Scholarship for students with disabilities
Need-based

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Anonymous Hope Fund
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
3000 USD
Deadline
01 Mar 2027
WMI Scholars Program
Merit-based

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Wells Mountain Foundation
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
1500 USD
Deadline
Not specified
The Annual IELTS from 6 to 9 Scholarship

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IELTS from 6 to 9
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
1000 GBP
Deadline
Not specified
Pearl Lemon Scholarship
Merit-based

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Pearl Lemon
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
Not specified
Teen Changemakers Essay Contest
Merit-based

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International Bipolar Foundation
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
Various benefits
Deadline
07 Oct 2026
Fulbright U.S. Student Program

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U.S. government
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
40000 USD
Deadline
19 Mar 2027
Mary Doctor Fine Arts Scholarship

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Blumenthal Performing Arts
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
30 Nov 2026
ServiceScape Scholarship

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ServiceScape
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
3500 USD
Deadline
15 Nov 2026
ACES Scholarships

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ACES Education Fund
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
31 Dec 2026
The Smooth Movers Scholarships
Merit-based

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The Smooth Movers
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
10000 USD
Deadline
19 Mar 2027
Gordon Hay Scholarship

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Blumenthal Performing Arts
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
Various benefits
Deadline
Not specified
Erasmus+ - Grants for study mobility
Merit-based

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OeAD, Austria's Agency for Education and Internationalisation
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
Various benefits
Deadline
Anytime
Digital Payment Solution Scholarship
Merit-based

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Kreditkortlistan
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
01 Mar 2027
Voice Talent Online Scholarship

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Voice Talent Online
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
06 Jan 2027
Jewish Heritage Scholarship
Merit-based

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Diamant Gerstein
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
500 USD
Deadline
Not specified
L. Austin Weeks Undergraduate Grant
Merit-based

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American Association of Petroleum Geologists Foundation
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
31 Oct 2026
$1,500 Annual Video Contest Scholarship
Merit-based

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IvyPanda
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
17 Sep 2027
Annual Students' Scholarship
Merit-based

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StudyCorgi
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
13 Jan 2027
Dream Chaser Scholarship
Merit-based

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Salvado Law
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
5000 CAD
Deadline
31 Dec 2026
Pinsky Law New Venture Development Scholarship
Merit-based

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Pinsky Law
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
3000 USD
Deadline
31 Dec 2026
Scholarship for students with disabilities
Need-based

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Anonymous Hope Fund
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
3000 USD
Deadline
01 Mar 2027
WMI Scholars Program
Merit-based

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Wells Mountain Foundation
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
1500 USD
Deadline
Not specified
The Annual IELTS from 6 to 9 Scholarship

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IELTS from 6 to 9
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
1000 GBP
Deadline
Not specified
Pearl Lemon Scholarship
Merit-based

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Pearl Lemon
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
Not specified
Teen Changemakers Essay Contest
Merit-based

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International Bipolar Foundation
Location not available

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Linköping University Rankings

Study Portals Meta Ranking

Top 14.9% Sweden
Top 3.9% Worldwide

Studyportals ranking look at the scores of the most used ranking systems and present you with one number of how well this University performs.

Academic Ranking of World Universities

301

By Shanghai Jiao Tong University

The university hasn’t moved up or down in the rankings over the past year.

ARWU World University rankings is the first world university ranking. It ranks the world's top 1000 colleges and universities based on objective indicator. They look at the number of award-winning (Fields Medals and Nobel Prize) scientists who are located there, how much of their research is cited and referenced around the world, and how much they've contributed to different academic fields. After calculating and comparing these criteria, ARWU ranks the universities accordingly.

3 year trend Academic Ranking of World Universities

2024 2025 2026
301 301 301

Best Global Universities Rankings

306

By U.S. News & World Report

Dropped 4 places compared to 2026

Best Global Universities Rankings by U.S. News & World Report presents all the top universities from the U.S. and 60 other countries around the world. They measure the rate of students going to their second year of studies, as well as the rate of students who graduate. It also asks university representatives on the performance of universities, and evaluates university resources, teacher salaries, graduation rates, student academic achievements and satisfaction. After calculating and comparing these criteria, U.S. News ranks the top international universities accordingly.

3 year trend Best Global Universities Rankings

2025 2026 2027
300 302 306

QS World University Rankings

308

By TopUniversities

Climbed 2 places compared to 2026

QS World University Rankings is one of the top international rankings measuring the popularity and performance of universities all over the world. They measure university reputation based on the impressions of higher education experts, companies who hire graduates, and teaching quality. QS also considers the ratio of international teachers and students present at universities, as well as the times research papers were mentioned by researchers. After calculating and comparing these criteria, QS ranks the universities accordingly.

3 year trend QS World University Rankings

2025 2026 2027
304 310 308

World University Rankings

No 2027 Ranking

By Times Higher Education

This university doesn’t have a ranking for 2027 yet. Rankings are updated yearly, so check back later for the latest info.

World University Rankings is a vital resource that provides the definitive list of the world's best universities. They look at how often they're producing new ideas, what their reputation is around the world, and how much they're contributing to science and academic fields. After calculating and comparing these criteria, THE ranks the universities accordingly.

3 year trend World University Rankings

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Housing services

In a nutshell, as part of their tuition fees all fee-paying degree students receive an offer from LiU for a single occupant student room for one year. LiU aims to offer a large percentage of exchange students with a single occupant student room for the duration of they stay at LiU, but due to demand, it is not guaranteed that a room will be offered. All other students need to organise their own accommodation. Since exchange students are not guaranteed a room and fee-paying students on a two-year programme will need to organise accommodation for the second year of their studies – all students should join the queue systems.

Library services

The University Library provides a broad range of high-quality resources for students. There is one library at Campus Valla and one at Campus Norrköping. Besides books and journals, they house computer terminals where students can retrieve information from local catalogues, as well as national and international databases. In order to borrow books and use computers and printers, you need a LiU-card.

ICT services

IT security issues at Linköping University are handled by LiU's Incident Response Team, LiU IRT. LiU IRT is a centrally located function for IT security handing, information and cooperation, and preventative IT security efforts.

Campus life

There are four campuses in three cities: Campus Valla and Campus US (both in Linköping), Campus Norrköping (Norrköping) and Campus Lidingö – Carl Malmsten Furniture Studies (Stockholm).

Linköping University is located in the middle of one of Sweden’s most expansive regions, about 150 kilometres south of Stockholm.

Kåkenhus is the heart of LiU Norrköping. It includes a café, lunch restaurant and library, the Student Health Care Centre and the Student Counselling Office.

Student clubs

At Linköping University, there are three student unions - Consensus, LinTek and StuFF - representing four faculties. Each education has a section linked to it. And each section has a party-committee or "festeri" which organizes all activities, parties and events för students at that program.

Linköping University Campus Locations

#1 Main Campus
Sweden Country
Linköping City
#2 Branch Campus
Sweden Country
Norrköping City

Linköping University Student Reviews & Awards

4.1

Based on 32 reviews

  • 5 Star
    14 Reviews
  • 4 Star
    11 Reviews
  • 3 Star
    4 Reviews
  • 2 Star
    1 Review
  • 1 Star
    2 Reviews

How Students Rated This University

  • Student Teacher Interaction 4.5
  • Student Diversity 4.1
  • Quality of Student Life 4.6
5/5

Very good

Hope you to get what you dreams in the future and good luck Thanking you Ms Ahmed

Posted by Ahmed Ali
Studied from Mar 2026 - May 2028
Posted on Mar 2026
1/5

Poorly structured program

I enrolled in LiU’s MSc in Statistics and Machine Learning partly because the programme is presented as suitable for students aiming to work as machine learning engineers. Unfortunately, my experience has been very disappointing. My main concern is that the curriculum feels much more like a traditional statistics degree with some machine learning added to it than a modern ML engineering programme. A lot of time is spent on mature statistical methods such as Bayesian methods, MCMC, graphical models, state-space models, Kalman filters and particle filters. These topics are useful, but the balance feels outdated. Modern deep learning receives much less attention. Transformers were covered for roughly two weeks with one lab assignment, while LLMs were not covered as a separate topic at all. There are also no advanced electives in transformers, LLMs, modern generative AI, computer vision, reinforcement learning or ML systems. For a programme advertised as relevant to future ML engineers, I find this a significant weakness. The programme also relies very heavily on R. R is still useful in statistics, but it is not the main language used in modern ML engineering. Students are often required to learn specific R libraries in depth, and this sometimes carries over into exams. In practice, this can mean spending exam time debugging unfamiliar R behaviour rather than demonstrating understanding of the underlying ML or statistical concepts. Another issue is the way many statistical methods are taught. In my experience, there is often a lot of focus on mathematical derivations, but much less explanation of why a method is useful, when it should be chosen, what alternatives exist, and how different approaches compare in practice. As a result, the material can feel unnecessarily abstract and disconnected from real applications. I am also concerned about examination outcomes in some courses. In 732A99 Machine Learning, some 2026 exam sittings appear to have failure rates approaching 80–90%, with very few A or B grades. What I found especially worrying is that some teachers I spoke to said they were not aware of how high the failure rates were in the courses they taught, and I am not aware of any systematic effort to investigate the causes. Students also have very little flexibility to compensate for gaps in the curriculum. I tried to take a relevant ML/computer-vision course outside my programme. Both my programme coordinator and the course coordinator approved it academically, but the university still refused to allow it because of faculty/programme administrative rules. Despite involving many university employees and repeatedly asking for an exception process, no practical solution was found. This experience also reflects my broader impression of LiU administration. Response times can be extremely slow, escalation routes are unclear, and staff often seem more focused on explaining why something cannot be done than on finding a solution. In one case, the issue eventually reached the Rector’s level, where the expected waiting time for a decision was six weeks—long after the relevant enrolment deadline had passed. Overall, I would not recommend this programme to someone specifically looking for a modern, engineering-oriented ML master’s. It may suit students who want a statistics-heavy education with strong emphasis on probabilistic and traditional statistical methods, but that is very different from what I expected based on how the programme was presented.

Posted by Sergey Volchkov
Studied from Aug 2025 - Jun 2027
Posted on Sep 2026
1/5

Design Engineer Linköping university

I really like the campus and the overall student life that has come with it. The program is really good planed and follows a red thread.

Posted by Anonymous
Studied from Aug 2023 - Jun 2028
Posted on Feb 2026
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