Luleå University of Technology is the northernmost university of technology in Scandinavia and with world-class research and education. Our strength lies in our cooperation with companies and with rest of the world around us. Our contact with companies and society help us develop research and education that satisfy the demands that the world around makes on us and our students.
Luleå University of Technology conducts research in the Faculty of engineering and the Faculty of arts and social sciences. Research at the University has an annual turnover of approx. EUR 69 million and comprises 69 research subjects in 6 research profiles and 6 development profiles.

The research is characterised by multidisciplinary cooperation between the University’s research departments and close interaction with trade and industry and society.

Both major international and national companies and small enterprises in the region are involved in the University's research and development projects. The companies also cooperate in the University’s research centres.