• SLU is an attractive and stimulating workplace for our current and future employees.
• SLU is an attractive university for students and offers courses and programmes of high quality with societal relevance.
• SLU's researchers have good access to research infrastructure which gives the opportunity for ground-breaking, excellent research.
• SLU's collaboration will benefit society and be appreciated by stakeholders while the quality of our education, research and EMA will be raised.
• Employees and students will have knowledge of and feel commitment to SLU's activities, and take joint responsibility for developing activities.

SLU has a very high position in several international university rankings.

Leiden ranking CWTS

• Place 8 among Swedish universities (2019)

National Taiwan University Rankings

• 12:th place worldwide in the field of Agriculture, 
• 7:th place in the subfield of Plant & Animal Science (2019)

QS Rankings

• SLU at Top Three in international ranking. SLU is ranked as the third best university in the world in the fields of Agriculture & Forestry,and number 27 in the field of Veterinary Medicine. (2020-03-04)

Times Higher Education Ranking

• SLU in the new THE World University Rankings. SLU is in the intervall 251-300. (2018-09-26)
• SLU Sweden´s best young university. With a 36th place in the world list with young universitites, SLU is ranked Sweden's best "young university". (2018-06-07)