About our research infrastructure

Research infrastructures at Luleå University of Technology are a collective term for all equipment, facilities, resources, instruments, tools and ICT infrastructure (computer hardware, software and communication tools) and associated services that researchers use to conduct research in their respective fields.

Different levels of research infrastructure

Luleå University of Technology has research infrastructures at several levels:

1. Departmental level - laboratories, equipment and instruments used in daily research, called departmental research infrastructures. LTU has an extensive research facilities with a large number of research equipment and instruments distributed across university's five departments. List of the university's equipment is available here.
2. University level - larger facilities and resources called LTU research infrastructures. Read about LTU research infrastructure LUMIA here.
3. National and international level - infrastructures where LTU participates as part of larger collaborations or research networks. More information is available here.

Guidelines for research infrastructure

LTU has developed guidelines to ensure research infrastructure is managed in a consistent and sustainable way. These guidelines provide support to staff and set out principles for how research infrastructure should be developed, used and made available.
The document with the guidelines is available below:

• Guidelines for research infrastructure
  Dnr LTU-1600-2022

Vice-Chancellor's Council for Research Infrastructure

LTU also has a special Vice-Chacellor's Council for Research Infrastructure, which works strategically with issues in the area and advises the Vice-Chancellor. Read more about the council's members and tasks below:

• Vice-Chancellor´s Research Infrastructure Council