Research in numbers

The University of Luxembourg was founded in 2003, right at the heart of the European Union (EU). The University is multilingual, international and strongly focused on research. We aim to achieve research excellence through a culture of reflection, innovation and diversity of approaches (i.e. different perspectives, methodologies, cultures). In line with this focus, research conducted at the University has been steadily growing, as the following numbers reflect.

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Third External Evaluation

• Institutional Evaluation Report

• Research Evaluation Report
  • Research Evaluation Report Synthesis
  • Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication
    • Computer Science and Communications Research Unit (CSC)
    • Research Unit in Engineering Sciences (RUES)
    • Mathematics Research Unit (RMATH)
    • Physics and Materials Science Research Unit (PHYMS)
    • Life Sciences Research Uni (LSRU)
  • Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance
    • Research Unit in Law (RUL)
    • Research in Finance (Luxembourg School of Finance, LSF)
    • Centre for Research in Economics and Management (CREA)
  • Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education
    • Education, Culture, Cognition and Society (ECCS) & Luxembourg Centre for Educational Testing (LUCET)
    • Integrative Research Unit on Social and Individual Development (INSIDE)
    • Identités, Politiques, Sociétés, Espaces (IPSE)
  • Interdisciplinary centres
    • Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT)
    • Luxembourg for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB)

44 approved grants (15% success rate)

since the launch of Horizon 2020

 
Horizon 2020 (H2020) is the biggest Research and Innovation programme of the EU ever with nearly 80 billion euros of funding available over seven years (2014 to 2020). It promises more breakthroughs, discoveries and world-firsts by taking great ideas from the lab to the market.

For a research-centred and innovative university such as the University of Luxembourg it is an important goal to be part of the H2020 community and to continue to successfully apply for these funding opportunities.

 ♦ Horizon 2020

Our performance since the launch of H2020: 44 approved grants (success rate: 15%) with a total budget of 157 million euros, thereof a University of Luxembourg share of 27.5 million euros

 ♦ Horizon 2020 – European Research Council grants (ERC)

In total, eight approved ERC grants (one under FP7 and seven under H2020) with a total European Commission contribution of nearly 13 million euros for the University of Luxembourg (success rate: 25%). University of Luxembourg ERC Fellows are:

• Prof. Stéphane Bordas (FP7) - ERC Starting Grant, an expert in computational mechanics
• Prof. Josip Glaurdic (H2020) - ERC Starting Grant, an expert at the crossroads of comparative politics, international relations, and political economy, with a strong grounding in historical research
• Prof. Jan Lagerwall (H2020) - ERC Consolidator Grant, an expert in liquid crystals
• Prof. Massimiliano Esposito (H2020) - ERC Consolidator Grant, an expert in nanosystems thermodynamics
• Prof. Alexandre Tkatchenko (H2020) - ERC Consolidator Grant, an expert in the interactions between molecules, which determine the properties and behavior of materials
• Prof. Lionel Briand (H2020), FNR PEARL Chair, Vice Director of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) - ERC Advanced Grant, an expert in the field of software reliability and security
• Prof. Björn Ottersten (H2020), Director of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) - ERC Advanced Grant, an expert in security and trust, reliable wireless communications, and statistical signal processing
• Prof. Ines Thiele (H2020) - ERC Starting Grant, an expert in molecular systems physiology at the University's Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB).
• April 2018: Prof. Jean-Sébastien Coron (H2020) - ERC Advanced Grant, an expert in cryptography at the University's Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication and Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT).
• December 2018: Prof. Daniele Brida - ERC Consolidator Grant, an expert in Ultrafast Phenomena in Condensed Matter

 ♦ Horizon 2020 – Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Eight approved grants (success rate: 16.28%) with a total budget of 13.5 million euros, thereof a University of Luxembourg share of almost 2.1 million euros

Figures as of December 2017