University of Gothenburg

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University of Gothenburg
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University of Gothenburg

• 8 faculties 57 departments
• The Sahlgrenska Academy pharmacy, medicine,
  odontology and health care sciences
• The Faculty of Science
• The Faculty of Arts
• The Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing
  Arts
• The Faculty of Social Sciences
• School of Business, Economics and Law
• The Faculty of Education
• The IT University

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Students

• 50,000 students
• 24,755 full-time students
• 126 programmes
• 4,035 courses
• Distance courses and Web courses
• 4,752 completed degrees in 2006
• Some of Swedens most popular programs
  Psychology, Dentistry, Physiotherapy and Nursing

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Research

• Wide-ranging and successful research
• Strong research profiles
• Arvid Carlsson Nobel Prize winner in 2000
• 2,228 research students in 2007
• 221 new research students in 2007
• 274 new PhDs in 2006
• 56 new Licentiate degrees in 2007

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Postgraduate studies

• Some examples
• 40 of all environment-related research in Sweden
  is carried out in Gothenburg
• The Swedish Centre for Public Sector Research and
  the Nordic Information Centre for Media and
  Communication Research
• At the forefront of research on the link between
  the economy and the environment
• The Institute of Odontology is ranked second
  most advanced in the world
• Leading medicine research at the Sahlgrenska
  Academy

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Supporting the Public Sector, Trade and Industry

• Commercial law intellectual property
• Research funding
• Commissioned research
• Commissioned education
• Regional industrial collaboration
• Innovation business ideas
• Degree projects and work placements

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Popular Science

• Concerts, Public Lectures, Exhibitions
• The Science Festival in May every year
• University Television
• Radio Programme productions
• Public Lectures at Wettergrens Bookshop
• Jonsereds Country Estate
• Open lectures in outlying districts
• Cooperation with Organisations, Trade and
  Industry

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History in short

• 1891 Göteborgs högskola
• 1949 Medical College
• 1954 University of Gothenburg was founded through
  a merger of these two establishments
• 1967 The Faculty of Odontology
• 1971 The school of Business, Economics and Law
  became part of Göteborg University
• 1977 A large number of previously independent
  teaching institutions were incorporated into the
  University
• 2001 The Sahlgrenska Academy and the IT
  University

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Strategic profile

• Midtown midstream
• Open minds, open doors
• Many disciplines in creative interaction
• Where research and education meet
• Committed to a sustainable society
• A major European university

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International profile

• 2 300 long-term international contacts
• Cooperation within the EES with Germany, France,
  United Kingdom, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands
  etc.
• Participation in a number of international
  exchange programmes
• 470 Erasmus agreements
• More than 280 courses in English for exchange
  students
• Cooperation outside the EES with United States,
  Australia, Japan, Canada, Russia etc.

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Environmental profile

• Swedens first and only environmentally
  certified university environmental
  certification in accordance with ISO 14001 and
  EMAS
• Almost 40 of all environment-related research in
  Sweden is carried out in Gothenburg
• At the forefront of research on the link between
  the economy and the environment
• Environmental research in an accessible manner
  www.miljoportalen.se

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University staff

• 5 286 employees (57 women, 43 men)
• 4 713 full-time employees, of which 2 499
  are teachers/researchers/post-graduate students
• 457 professors
• 1 757 technical/administrative staff

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Facts for the 2007 Financial Year Income

• SEK 4,491 million total income
• SEK 3,080 million state grants
• SEK 1,410 million from external funding
• State grants 67
• Fees and remuneration 10
• Contributions 22
• Financial revenues 1

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Expenditure 2007

• Total of SEK 4,400 million, of which
• SEK 2,524 million i spent on personell costs and
  SEK 600 million on premises
• Personell costs 56
• Premises 14
• Other operative expenses 25
• Capital costs 5

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Interdisciplinary research

• Cooperation between faculties
• CEFOS research on the public sector
• Museion the department that connects the
  university with the Museum of World Culture
• National centre for mathematics education
• NORDICOM Nordic media research
• Centre for interdisciplinary research on mobility
  disabilities
• CFK centre for consumer research Centre for
  Work science
• Swedish Secretariat for Gender Research
• The Department for Food, Health and Environment
• Culture and Health
• EpiLife mental and physical health
  interacting over the lifecourse