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School of Business, Economics and Law
at the University of Gothenburg
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Gothenburg
is one of the most popular choices among university students in Sweden.
The city is the the second
largest in Sweden with 700,000
inhabitants.
There are around 62,000
students at the University and
Chalmers University of
Technology.
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Gothenburg
is renowned for its rapid growth of research and expertise
companies. Several of the most renowned industrial companies in
Scandinavia, such as Volvo, SKF, Mölnlycke Health Care and
Hasselblad, originate from and have their head offices here.
It is also an important conference venue and plays host to a large
number of international events.
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History
• Founded as a private Business School in 1923
• Became a part of the University, with its own
faculty board, in 1971
• Accredited by EQUIS since 2004
The founder's vision was to provide an academically based
education with a combination of business administration, economics
and law with a strong emphasis on language abilities.
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Sweden’s largest Business School
• 440 staff - 110 professors, visiting
professors and associated professors
• 6,600 full-time students
• 700 international students
• 220 exchange students
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Management Team
Per Cramér
Professor, Dean
Olof Johansson Stenman
Professor, Vice Dean
Mette Sandoff
Associate Professor, Vice Dean
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Corporate Advisory Board
Leading management executives from a wide variety of
companies, such as AB Volvo, Volvo Car Corporation, SKF,
Stena, and the Swedish financial sector, provide strategic advice
to the School’s Management Team, and act as a gateway to the
vital corporate world for funding, research, recruitment and
business.
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Our Mission & Vision
Mission
Our mission is to develop knowledge and educate creative
individuals for the advancement of successful organisations
and a sustainable world.
Vision
We aim to be well known and respected in Europe.
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The School in the Society
All our activities have an international, environmental, and social
orientation, built upon the ”Swedish model” of mutually
dependent private and public sectors creating a just and
prosperous society.
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Sustainability
• Sustainability and CSR has been a key orientation for several decades
• All departments conduct research within Sustainability
• Our Environmental Economics Unit is an internationally well-reputed
research centre
• The President of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development,
Björn Stigson, holds a Chair of applied corporate management
• We were recently ranked number one in CSR Education in Sweden
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Research Centres
Innovation
Renewal
Industry Interface
Business & Design Lab
Gothenburg Research Institute
Centre for Finance
Centre for Business Solutions
Centre for Consumer Science
Centre for Retailing
Centre for Intellectual Property Rights
Centre for Tourism
Centre for International Business Studies
Centre for Regional Analysis
Centre for Environmental Economics
Lighthouse Centre for Maritime
Transport Management
Centre for European Research
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Research
Particularly strong areas of research:
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Innovation and Intellectual Property
Logistics and Transport
Management
Environmental and Development Economics
Accounting
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Research
Part of our strategy is to focus on global challenges that require
interdisciplinary solutions
• Climate change
• Energy supply
• Economic development
• Global trade and environment
• The corporate role in society
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Education
Master Programmes,
120 ECTS credits
taught in English
Bachelor Programmes, 180 ECTS credits
PhD Education
provided within all departments
Master of Laws Programme, 270 ECTS credits
Programme in Business and Economics, 180 + 120 ECTS credits
Single subject courses
First cycle, 3 years
(Bachelor degree)
Single
subject
courses
Second cycle, 2 years
(Master degree)
Third cycle, 3 years
(Licentiate and Doctoral degrees)
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Subject Areas
• Accounting
• Economic History
• Economics
• Finance
• Human and Economic Geography
• Industrial Financial Management
• Innovation Management
• International Business
• Law
• Logistics
• Management
• Marketing
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Graduate School
• Master of
• Master of
• Master of
• Master of
• Master of
• Master of
• Master of
• Master of
• Master of
Science in Accounting
Science in Economics
Science in Finance
Science in Innovation and Industrial Management
Science in International Business and Trade
Science in Knowledge-based Entrepreneurship
Science in Logistics and Transport Management
Science in Management
Science in Marketing and Consumption
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Internationalisation
• EQUIS accredited in 2004 and granted a five-year
re-accreditation in 2009
• AACSB members
• Graduate School; nine Master programmes in English
• Visiting Professors Programme
Partner universities
• International EMBA
• 130 courses in English
• exchange network of 158 partner universities
• has sent and received more than 8,000 students
on exchange programmes, the major part of the
total exchange at the University
Africa
6
Asia
24
Europe
97
Latin America
5
North America
17
Oceania
9
Total
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Visiting Professors Programme
The Visiting Professors Programme entails around thirty
international performing and well-merited professors performing
research and teaching at the School’s master programmes and
executive education.
It contributes to our strategy of improving the international profile
and competitiveness of the School by increasing the share of
international researchers within the faculty. It is also part of a longterm internationalisation strategy which involves building deeper
relations with a number of esteemed universities and business
schools around the world.
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Partnership Programme
Mission: To create a mutually beneficial exchange between companies, public
administration and the academia.
• 42 partner companies
• Further education
• The School supports its partner companies as they expand internationally.
• Executive MBA programs and specifically developed Executive Edcuation for
companies that operate globally.
• Career Service – meeting point for students and employers
• Alumni – relations with former students
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Corporate Partners
Senior Partners
AB Volvo
Andra AP-fonden
Deutsche Bank
Elanders AB
Handelsbanken
Jeeves
KappAhl
SEB
Sjätte AP-fonden
SKF AB
Stena Metall AB
Stena AB
Swedbank
Volvo Car Corporation
Västra Götalandsregionen
Göteborg & Co
Turismens Utredningsinstitut
Västsvenska Turistrådet
Luftfartsverket
Sveriges Hotell & Restaurangföretagare
Associate Partners
AstraZeneca
BRG Business Region Göteborg AB
Deloitte
Elof Hansson AB
Ernst &Young
Göteborg Energi
Göteborgs Hamn AB
Handelns forskningsstiftelse
Hogia AB
KPMG
PricewaterhouseCoopers AB
Saab Microwave Systems
SCA Hygiene Products
Stampen AB
SYSteam
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Welcome to Gothenburg!
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