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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
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24,755 full-time students
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126 programmes
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4,035 courses
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Distance courses and Web courses
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4,752 completed degrees in 2006
• Some of Sweden´s most popular programs; Psychology, Dentistry, Physiotherapy and
Nursing
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Research
• Wide-ranging and successful research
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Strong research profiles
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Arvid Carlsson – Nobel Prize winner in 2000
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2,228 research students in 2007
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221 new research students in 2007
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274 new PhDs in 2006
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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
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The Science Festival in May every year
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University Television
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Radio Programme productions
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Public Lectures at Wettergren´s Bookshop
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Jonsered´s Country Estate
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Open lectures in outlying districts
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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
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Open minds, open doors
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Many disciplines in creative interaction
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Where research and education meet
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Committed to a sustainable society
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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
• Sweden’s 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)
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4 713 full-time employees, of which 2 499
are teachers/researchers/post-graduate students
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457 professors
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1 757 technical/administrative staff
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Facts for the 2007
Financial Year Income
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SEK 4,491 million total income
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SEK 3,080 million state grants
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SEK 1,410 million from external funding
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State grants 67%
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Fees and remuneration 10%
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Contributions 22%
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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
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Personell costs 56%
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Premises 14%
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Other operative expenses 25%
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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
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