University of Gothenburg

The University of Gothenburg (Swedish: Göteborgs universitet, Latin: Universitas Gothoburgensis ) was founded in 1891 and is located in the second largest city in Sweden, Göteborg.

Character

The University of Gothenburg is by Uppsala University and Lund University is the third oldest university in Sweden. With about 24,900 students, it is one of the largest universities in Scandinavia. The University of Gothenburg has approximately 60 institutions rsp. Departments and is therefore also one of the most versatile technical universities in northern Europe. Their eight faculties offer courses of study in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, computing, law, economics and health sciences.

She describes herself as "a major university in Europe" ("a major European university" / "a major university in Europe"). The University has in many of their programs and courses most applicants per study place and is therefore also one of the most popular among freshmen universities in Sweden.

In the Times ranking 2009, the University reached the 185th place of all universities worldwide. In the ARWU ranking 2008, the Group 201-302 among the 500 best universities in the University of Gothenburg reached worldwide.

The University of Gothenburg is located on the Swedish west coast in Sweden's second largest city, Gothenburg, and is a large city university whose buildings are spread over the city center; it is not a campus university.

History

Using private donations, the University of Gothenburg ( Sw: Göteborgs högskola ) founded in 1891. The first lectures were held by seven professors with 21 students ( four women). In 1907 the school got the same governmental status as the two older Swedish universities in Lund and Uppsala. The merger with the Medical College Gothenburg in 1954 it was finally - academically seen - a university represented in all disciplines.

Over time, additional, previously independent institutions were incorporated into the University. Especially in the 1950s and 1960s, the University has grown rapidly, the number of students increased from 500 to 21,000.

The separate Sahlgren University Hospital serves as a training center for doctors. Most of the buildings and facilities are located in the city center, so that the University of Gothenburg, for example - as opposed to American campuses - a distinct City University, i.e., it is distributed over the city center and firmly rooted in the urban environment. The newest building is the campus for teacher training ( pedagogues ). The proportion of women among the students of the University of Gothenburg in 2006 was 67%.

Faculties

With a total of nine faculties and about 70 departments, the University of Gothenburg offers a very large training program and has the largest selection of courses and lectures in Sweden.

In various areas, the University of Gothenburg is also cooperating with Chalmers University of Technology and the Sahlgrenska University Hospital.

The faculties:

  • Sahlgrenska Academy ( medical training ),
  • Faculty of Humanities ( humanists )
  • Faculty of Applied and Fine Arts ( Artists )
  • Faculty of Social Sciences,
  • Graduate School of Gothenburg ( Handelshögskolan )
  • Faculty of Education ( teachers )
  • Faculty of Science and
  • Faculty of IT University of Gothenburg.

Famous people

Alumni

  • Nick Bostrom, a philosopher
  • Magnus Carlsson ( born 1974 ), musician
  • Jan Eliasson (* 1940), diplomat and politician
  • Eli Filip Heckscher (1879-1952), economic historian
  • Håkan Hellström ( born 1974 ), musician
  • Zeth Höglund (1884-1956), politician
  • Cecilia Malmström ( born 1968 ), politician, Member of the European Parliament and Commissioner for Home Affairs of the European Union
  • Leif Östling, CEO of Scania
  • Åke Sellström (* 1948), UN Chemical Weapons Inspector
  • Maria beach weather, politician and "mouthpiece" ( språkrör ) of the Swedish countryside
  • Gert Wingårdh ( b. 1951 ), architect

University teacher

  • Sture Allén (* 1928), linguist, member of the Swedish Academy
  • Arvid Carlsson ( b. 1923 ), Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2000, was from 1959 to 1989 Professor of Medicine
  • Ernst Cassirer (1874-1945), philosopher
  • Åke Edwardson ( born 1953 ), writer
  • Bernhard Karlgren (1889-1978), linguist and sinologist
  • Lotta Lotass (born 1964 ), Swedish writer and member of the Swedish Academy from 2009
  • Erik Lönnroth, historian, member of the Swedish Academy
  • Bo Ralph ( b. 1945 ), linguist, member of the Swedish Academy
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