University of Gothenburg
Göteborgs universitet | |
File:Göteborgs universitet seal.svg | |
Latin: Universitas Gothoburgensis | |
Motto | Tradita innovare innovata tradere |
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Motto in English | Renew our heritage and pass it on renewed |
Type | Public |
Established | 1891 |
Endowment | SEK 4.785 billion (total income, 2009)[1] |
Academic staff | 3,230 [2] |
Students | 37 000 [2] |
1,920[2] | |
Location | , |
Campus | urban |
Colours | blue, white |
Website | www.gu.se |
The University of Gothenburg (Swedish: Göteborgs universitet) is a university in Sweden's second largest city, Gothenburg.
The University is the third-oldest of the current Swedish universities, and with 37 000 students and 6000 staff members,[3] it is also among the largest universities in the Nordic countries.
About
With its eight faculties and 38 departments, the University of Gothenburg is one of the most wide-ranging and versatile universities in Sweden. Its eight faculties offer training in the Creative Arts, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, Humanities, Education, Information Technology, Business, Economics and Law, and Health Sciences.
The University of Gothenburg has the highest number of applicants per study place in many of its subjects and courses, making it one of the most popular universities in Sweden.
Rankings
Gothenburg University places well in global rankings and is usually positioned among the world's best 200 institutions:
Ranking (year) | World Rank |
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Academic Ranking of World Universities (2015)[4] | # 151-200 |
Web Ranking of European Universities (2015)[5] | # 177 |
QS World University Rankings[6] (2015) | # 247 |
Times Higher Education (2016)[7] | # 180 |
History
The University of Gothenburg was founded as Göteborgs högskola (Gothenburg University College) in 1891. In 1907 it was granted the same status as Uppsala University and Lund University by the Swedish government, thus creating Sweden's third university.
Over the course of time, it has merged with a number of previously independent higher education institutions in the city and has continuously expanded its study profile. It was granted the rights of a full university by the Swedish Government in 1954, following the merger of the Göteborgs högskola (Gothenburg College) with the Medicinhögskolan i Göteborg (Gothenburg Medical School)[citation needed].
In 1971, the originally separate Gothenburg School of Economics and Commercial Law became part of the University of Gothenburg.
Sahlgrenska University Hospital is associated with the university as a teaching hospital.
In the 1990s the School of Economics and the Academy of Music, Drama and Opera have moved to new buildings in the city centre. A new campus for the Faculty of Education (teacher training) was opened in central Gothenburg in 2006.
The University of Gothenburg is a pronounced city university, that is most of its facilities are within the city centre of Gothenburg. The main building as well as most faculties are located in the central part of Gothenburg.
Together with Uppsala, Lund, and Stockholm universities, it is one of four large international research universities in Sweden.
Structure
Management
The University of Gothenburg is one of Sweden’s largest universities. It is a comprehensive university, organised into eight faculties and 38 departments. The University is a public authority as well as a confederation of Faculty Boards. Each faculty/school has significant autonomy based on its attributed powers, and a distinct identity within the University.
The University Board is the University’s highest decision-making body.[8] The board consists of 15 members and has "supervision over all the University’s affairs, and is responsible that its duties are fulfilled". The Swedish Government appoints seven of the members externally, based on their having experience in activities that have significance for the university’s teaching and research functions. In addition, the Vice-Chancellor, three faculty members and three students, as well as union representatives are included as ordinary members.
The day-to-day management is headed by the Vice-Chancellor, who is responsible for implementing the decisions of the board.[9] She is supported by the central administration.
Faculties
The university is organised into eight academic faculties.[10] Collaboration across faculty and subject boundaries is emphasised in the university's research and education strategies. All faculties takes advantage of this possibility and are active participants in a multitude of cross-disciplinary research and education activities within the framework of the university. It should also be noted that the university closely cooperates with Chalmers University of Technology, a fact that further increases the total scope of the academic environment in Gothenburg.
- The Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts (Konstnärliga fakulteten) offers courses in the fields of design and crafts, film studies, photography, scene, music and fine arts. The Göteborg Organ Art Center, HDK, Högskolan för scen och musik, and Valand Academy are part of the faculty.
- The Faculty of Education (Utbildningsvetenskapliga fakulteten) is responsible for teacher training in various subjects.
- The Faculty of Arts (Humanistiska fakulteten) comprises the humanities, for instance cultural studies, history, literature, history of ideas, religion, modern languages, philosophy, linguistics, theory of science and Swedish language and literature
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- The IT Faculty (IT fakulteten) offers programmes in applied information technology, computer science and engineering.
- The Faculty of Science (Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten) covers a number of science disciplines such as botany, cell and molecular biology, physics, earth sciences, chemistry, conservation, marine ecology, mathematics, environmental science, and zoology.
- The Sahlgrenska Academy (Sahlgrenska Akadamin) is part of the University of Gothenburg and functions as a medical school and university hospital.
- The School of Business, Economics and Law (Handelshögskolan vid Göteborgs universitet) is a business school and a law school.
- The Faculty of Social Sciences (Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten) offers courses in peace and development studies, public administration, journalism, psychology, social anthropology, social work, sociology, political science, and European studies.
Noted people
Alumni
- Percy Barnevik, industry leader, former CEO of Asea Brown Boveri
- Nick Bostrom, philosopher and futurist, and Director of the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University
- Malin Byström, operatic soprano
- Magnus Carlsson, singer
- Jan Eliasson, diplomat and politician (former President of the United Nations General Assembly, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Sweden)
- Hans Hagnell, politician
- Carl Henrik Fredriksson, literary critic, columnist, essayist, and translator
- Cecilia Malmström, politician (European Commissioner)
- Aleksandra Mir, visual artist
- Njuguna Ndungu, economist, Governor and Chairman of the Board of the Central Bank of Kenya
- Susanna Roxman, Anglophone poet and critic
- Juri Kurol, Swedish Orthodontist
- Maria Wetterstrand, politician (Green Party)
- Muhammad al-Yaqoubi, Syrian Islamic scholar
- Jonas Jonasson, author of The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared.
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- Sture Allén, computer linguist, former permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy
- Jens Allwood, linguist
- Arvid Carlsson, Nobel Prize laureate in Medicine, 2000
- Ernst Cassirer, philosopher
- Östen Dahl, linguist (member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities and Academia Europaea)
- Åke Edwardson, author (used to teach Journalism)
- Gunnar D Hansson, author
- Tore Janson, linguist.
- Bernhard Karlgren, sinologist
- Nils Kock, developer of the Kock pouch surgical procedure
- Lotta Lotass, writer and literary scholar (Member of the Swedish Academy)
- Erik Lönnroth, historian (Member of the Swedish Academy)
- Bo Ralph, linguist (Member of the Swedish Academy)
- Bo Rothstein, political scientist
- Agnes Wold, professor of clinical bacteriology
Honorary degrees
The University of Gothenburg has awarded numerous honorary doctorates to public figures and excellent academics, including:
- Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, President of Iceland 1980–1996 (honorary doctorate 1990)
- Hillary Clinton, politician (honorary doctorate, 2007)
- David Cox, statistician (honorary doctorate 2007)
- Linda Haas, sociologist
Past rectors
- 1891 Axel Kock
- 1891–1893 Hjalmar Edgren
- 1893–1899 Johannes Paulson
- 1899–1909 Johan Vising
- 1909–1914 Ludvig Stavenow
- 1914–1931 Otto Sylwan
- 1931–1936 Bernhard Karlgren
- 1936–1951 Curt Weibull
- 1951–1966 Hjalmar Frisk
- 1966–1972 Bo Eric Ingelmark
- 1972–1982 Georg Lundgren
- 1982–1986 Kjell Härnqvist
- 1986–1992 Jan S. Nilsson
- 1992–1997 Jan Ling
- 1997–2003 Bo Samuelsson
- 2003–2006 Gunnar Svedberg
- 2006– Pam Fredman
See also
- Chalmers University of Technology
- GOArt
- Gothenburg quadricentennial jubilee
- List of universities in Sweden
- Royal Society of Sciences and Letters in Gothenburg
- The International Science Festival in Gothenburg
References
- ^ Swedish Higher Education Authority (Högskoleverket) – Annual report 2010 (Swedish), page 106ff
- ^ a b c d Göteborgs universitet i siffror (English). University of Gothenburg
- ^ facts and figures University of Gothenburg
- ^ "University of Gothenburg - Academic Ranking of World Universities - 2014 - Shanghai Ranking - 2014". Retrieved 31 May 2015.
- ^ "University". Retrieved 31 May 2015.
- ^ "University of Gothenburg Rankings". Top Universities. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
- ^ https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/university-of-gothenburg?ranking-dataset=133819
- ^ "Sidan kunde inte hittas". Göteborgs universitet. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
- ^ "Organisation - About the University, University of Gothenburg, Sweden". University of Gothenburg. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
- ^ "Faculties - About the University, University of Gothenburg, Sweden". University of Gothenburg. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
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