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University of Gothenburg
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Some features:
• The city University – almost all parts of the University are situated in central Gothenburg.
• Arvid Carlsson – Nobel Prize winner in Medicine in 2000• Around 20 of the University’s programmes are ranked in the
top 5 in the country in their areas (Swedish National Agency for Higher Education assessments).
• A clear presence in the city and region, for example through lectures and other events open to the public. This earned us a pro-democracy award from the Swedish National Agency for Higher Education in 2005.
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Many colleges became a university
1891 Gothenburg University College opened1949 Gothenburg Medical School opened1954 Gothenburg University College and Gothenburg
Medical School became the University of Gothenburg
1967 Faculty of Odontology was established1971 The School of Business, Economics & Law
became part of the University of Gothenburg1977 Several independent teacher training institutions
became part of the University
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Five profile areas:
• Health• Culture• Environment• Democracy and Social Development• Knowledge Formation and Learning
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Strong research environments – some examples:• LinCS (The Linnaeus Centre for Research on Learning,
Interaction and Mediated Communication in Contemporary Society)
• Marine research • Department of Political Science: voters and elections, political
institutions• Odontology – world-leading research in its field. Close
collaboration with the public dental care provider Folktandvården Västra Götaland.
• Epilife – Gothenburg Center for Epidemiologic Studies on Mental and Physical Health Interacting over the Lifecourse
• Obesity research – brain mechanisms, nutrition, prevention
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Research in numbers:
• 1 990 active doctoral students • 292 newly enrolled doctoral students• 307 doctoral degrees• 30 licentiate (midway doctoral) degrees
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Priority research areas
1. Patient-centred research on heart and vascular disease including obesity, biomaterial and vaccine
2. Learning3. Language technology4. Democracy and opinion5. Marine ecology6. Cultural heritage7. Globalisation8. Culture and health
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Education at first- and second-cycle level
• 39 000 students• 27 411 full-time equivalents• 22 475 annual performance equivalents • 150 programmes• 2 500 courses• 5 437 degrees awarded in 2009
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Cooperation
• Dialogue forum – where politicians and researchers meet to discuss current research issues.
• GU Holding – promotes the utilisation of research results from the University of Gothenburg. Has invested 70 million SEK in 55 new business ideas.
• Students engaged in for example placements and degree projects, industry-employed doctoral students etc.
• Private/public sectors participate in the educational process by providing lectures, serving as mentors and supervisors, participating in seminars etc.
• Private/public sectors participate in research projects• 12 000 alumni – can strengthen the quality, development and
professional relevance of the University’s education
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Popular science• Dialogue forums with politicians• Networking with the University – good for business• Jonsered Manor• Almedalen• Popular science programme – concerts, lectures,
exhibitions• The International Science Festival in Gothenburg• The Alltinget radio show• The Grundtvig Institute • The research magazine GUspegeln• Research blogs• University TV• “Academic quarters” at the Bokia bookstore
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Centres of expertise and research – some examples• The Sven Lovén Centre for Marine Sciences • Centre for European Research at the University of Gothenburg
(CERGU)• Centre for Environment and Sustainability – GMV • The Swedish NMR Centre• The SOM Institute• NORDICOM • Göteborg Organ Art Centre – GOArt• Centre for Finance
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Cooperation across faculty boundaries
• CEFOS – research on the public sector • Museion• National Center for Mathematics Education • NORDICOM – Nordic Information Center for Media and
Communication Research • Centrum för tvärvetenskaplig forskning om funktionshinder
(centre for interdisciplinary disability research) • CFK – Centre for Consumer Science• Centrum för arbetsvetenskap• Genusforskning
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For the sake of sustainable development• The University of Gothenburg works actively to introduce the concept of
sustainable development into the educational process in all disciplines.• Cutting-edge research in the field of environmental economics• Environmentally certified according to ISO 14001 and EMAS • Environmental research in a ’popular science’ manner at the environmental
web portal – miljoportalen.se• A large share of Sweden’s environmental and sustainable development
research is conducted in Gothenburg• The Centre for Environment and Sustainability, GMV, where more than 400
researchers from a range of departments cooperate for the sake of sustainable development
• Environment and Health is an interdisciplinary graduate school that develops products and strategies for environment-related health problems
• Over 350 courses and more than 30 programmes that address the topic of sustainable development
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Finances – revenues
• Revenues in SEK• 5 165 million SEK in total, of which• 3 518 million SEK in direct government funding• 1 647 million SEK in external/other revenues
• Revenues in percent• Direct government funding 66 %• Fees and remunerations 10 %• Contributions 24 %• Financial revenues 4 %
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Finances – expenditures
• Expenditures in SEK• 4 785 million SEK in total, of which• 2 817 million SEK in personnel costs• 616 million SEK in costs of premises • 1 162 million SEK in other operating costs• 190 million SEK in capital costs• Expenditures in percent• Personnel costs 59 %• Costs of premises 13 %• Other operating costs 24 %• Capital costs 4 %
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University of Gothenburg
• Where research and education meet• Open minds, open doors• Midtown – midstream • Many disciplines in creative interaction• Committed to a sustainable society • A major European university
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University staff
• 5 700 employees• 4 978 full-time employees, of which• 2 628 are teachers/researchers/doctoral students• 477 are professors and• 1 873 are administrative/technical personnel
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Currently in progress
• Red 10 – evaluation of the University’s research
• Blue 11 – review of the University’s academic programmes
• Strategies for research and education 2009 – 2012
• Plan for 2011 – 2012• Long-term strategy: Vision 2020.
University of Gothenburg 2013 – 2020
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It is the University’s ambition to...
• Support the commercialisation of ideas and research results from the University of Gothenburg.
• Develop an organisational structure that facilitates further improvement of the University’s research and education.
• Achieve more and better interdisciplinary collaborations • Increase cooperation with business, industry, public sector,
alumni etc. • Increase cooperation with Chalmers University of Technology• Promote sustainable development. • Increase the share of the underrepresented gender in
connection with hiring of new staff members. • Increase the share of students at the advanced level.
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Compared with other higher education institutions… • We advanced in Times Higher Education’s yearly ranking
of universities, from 258th to 185th place. Another four Swedish universities placed in the top 200.
• The University of Gothenburg and Linköping University were awarded the highest grade in the Swedish National Agency for Higher Education’s assessment of the quality control work conducted at Sweden’s six large universities.
• The study ‘Best Green University Practice’ carried out at the University of Oslo placed the University of Gothenburg as number one.
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Internationalisation
• The University of Gothenburg shall promote a clear international profile, and the international perspective shall be considered in all research and education.
• The University of Gothenburg shall actively promote international recruitments of researchers and teachers.
• There are currently 2 300 international collaboration projects in progress.
• The University networks the most with partners in Germany, France, the U.K., Spain, Italy and the Netherlands.
• Cooperation agreements with 320 universities linked to the large European student exchange programme Erasmus.
• Outside Europe, the University networks the most with partners in the U.S., Australia, Japan, Canada and Russia.
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Gothenburg University Library
• Seven libraries (Central Library, Biomedical Library, Botanical and Environmental Library, Economics Library, Earth Sciences Library, Education Library, Undergraduate and Newspaper Library)
• E-books and e-journals. E-loans are now more common than loans of printed material.
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Eight Faculties
• Sahlgrenska Academy• Faculty of Science• Faculty of Social Sciences • Faculty of Arts• School of Business, Economics and Law • Faculty of Education• Faculty of Fine, Applied & Performing Arts• IT Faculty• Board of Teacher Education – LUN
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Central administration
• Human Resources• Analysis and Evaluation• The Vice-Chancellor’s Office• Division of Buildings and Services• IT-service• Office of the CIO• The Environmental Unit
