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School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg

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The School´s Mission & Vision

MissionThe mission of the School is to develop knowledge and educate creative individuals for the advancement of successful organisations and a sustainable world.

VisionThe School aims to be well known and respected as an excellent and progressive academic institution.

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History

• Founded as a private Business School in 1923

• Became a part of University of Gothenburg in 1971

• An independent unit within the University in 1986

• Moved onto a shared campus in 1995

• Its own faculty board in 1997

• Ackredited by EQUIS since 2004

• Ackredited by AMBA since 2013 The first Building

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Key ratios 2013

• 3 848 full-time students• 25 027 alumni• 457 employees• 110 professors and associate

professors

• 26 partner companies• 162 partner universities• 297 SEK million in grants• 155 SEK million in external

funding

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Organisation

University of Gothenburg

Faculty Board

Dean

Departments

Advisory Board Management Group

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Management Team

Olof Johansson StenmanProfessor, Assistant Dean

Per CramérProfessor, Dean

Jan MartonSenior Lecturer, Vice Dean

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Departments• Business Administration

• Economics with Statistics

• Economy and Society

• Economic History

• Human Geography

• Institute for Innovation and

Entrepreneurship

• Law

• Gothenburg Research Institute

• Graduate School, School of Executive Education

• Institute for Innovation and Social Change

• Centre for Business in Society

• Centre for Business Solutions

• Centre for Consumer Science

• Centre for Finance

• Centre for Global Human Ressource Management

• Centre for Health Economics at the University of

Gothenburg

• Centre for International Business Studies

• Centre for Regional Analysis

• Centre for Retailing

• Centre for Tourism

• Gothenburg Centre of Globalization and Development

Research centras

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Employees 2013

Total Women Men

Professors 42 10 32

Visiting professors 21 5 16

Associate professors 47 20 27

Postdoctoral teachers/fellows 128 39 89

Other teachers 40 15 25

PhD students 72 42 30

Administration and IT 107 87 20

Total 457 218 239

Number of persons

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PhD Education

PhD education 2013 Total Women Men

Admitted for licentiate degrees 1 1 0

Admitted for doctoral degrees 20 10 10

Licentiate degrees 8 4 4

Doctoral degrees 24 9 15

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Education

Third cycle, 4 years(licentiate and

doctoral degrees)

Second cycle, 2 years

(master degree)

First cycle, 3 years(bachelor degree)

Programme in Environmental Social Science, 180 ECTS credits

Nine Master´s Programmes, 120 ECTS creditstaught in English

Programme in Business and Economics, 300 (180 + 120) ECTS credits

Master of Laws Programme, 270 ECTS credits

Single subject courses within the School´s four departments

PhD educationProvided within all departments

Programme in Logistics Management, 300 (180 + 120) ECTS creditsNOTE! 300 credits from admissions 2013

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The Gothenburg Executive MBA programme

• Part time over 21 months, weekend programme• In English, international faculty and participants• The only AMBA-accredited MBA programme in

Sweden.• General Management, Asian focus• Overseas modules at Zhejiang University,

Hangzhou, China and the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, India

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Master programmes within Graduate School, 120 ECTS credits

•Accounting

•Economics

•Finance

•Innovation and Industrial Management

•International Business and Trade

•Knowledge-based Entrepreneurship

•Logistics and Transport Management

•Management

•Marketing and Consumption

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Single subject courses

• Business Administration• Economic Geography• Economic History• Economics• Law• Statistics

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International exchange 2013

• 254 outgoing exchange students

• 398 incoming exchange students

• 83 master students with

international background

Partneruniversities

Africa 3

Asia 33

Europe 95

South America 6

Central America 2

North America 11

Oceania 13

Total 163*

*36 of these refer to universities that have agreements with the University of Gothenburg

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Figures 2013

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Income, SEK 454 million Costs, SEK 434 million

Government grants SEK 297 millionIndividual grants and sales SEK 128 millionCommissions SEK 27 millionOther sources SEK 2 million

Staff SEK 261 millionShared university facilities and libraries SEK 73 millionPremises SEK 45 millionOther operating costs SEK 52 millionDepreciation and interest SEK 3 million

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Corporate Relations

The Partnership Programme• Agreement of collaboration between the

School and companies as well as public organisations

• Long-term relationships• Today 26 partner companies• Employer branding, professional

development through seminars and access to the latest research, advisory boards, guest lectures, public exposure

Reväst• Agreement of collaboration between the

School and regional authorities as well as municipalities

• Meeting point for employees and researchers

Career Service• Meeting point for students and employers• Coaching

Alumni• Relations with former students• Networking and events

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The Advisory Board• Promote cooperation between the School and the business community and society in terms of

research and education. Contribute to the school's operations towards a higher quality and a

strong international competitiveness.

• Members:

Lena Apler, MD, Collector Finance & Law AB

Joachim Berner, Chairman, Christian Berner, Chairman

Stefan Brocker, Partner, Mannheimer Swartling Advokatbyrå AB

Eva Halvarsson, MD, Second Swedish National Pension Fund

Anders Jansson, CEO, Stena Metall AB

Henrik Lange, Executive Vice President & CFO, AB SKF

Johan Malmsten, Chariman, The Richard C. Malmsten Memorial Foundation

Anders Osberg, Executive Vice President Finance & Business Support, CFO, Volvo Group

M. Johan Widerberg, Executive Vice President, Handelsbanken

Per Cramér, Dean, School of Buiness, Economics and Law