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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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Vision 2020 – Our Vision Will Set The Direction

Four basic principles shall guide the University of Gothenburg: •Our research, education and cooperation shall be characterised by a quest for high quality. •Our standpoints and decisions shall be based on a clear responsibility for the development of society. •Our work shall be guided by a global engagement that constantly reminds us of our role in the world. •An inspiring work environment is an important prerequisite.

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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:

• 2 042 active doctoral students • 337 newly enrolled doctoral students• 233 doctoral degrees• 36 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

• 37 000 students• 26 000 full-time equivalents• 22 000 annual performance equivalents • 150 programmes• 2 500 courses• 5 711 degrees awarded in 2012

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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.

• 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• 14 000 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 Grundtvig Institute • Research blogs• “Academic quarters” at the City Library

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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 • Centre for interdisciplinary disability research• CFK – Centre for Consumer Science• Swedish Secretariat for Gender Research

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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• 5 427 million SEK in total, of which• 3 619 million SEK in direct government funding• 1 808 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•5 379 million SEK in total, of which•3 241 million SEK in personnel costs•635 million SEK in costs of premises •1 301 million SEK in other operating costs•202 million SEK in capital costs

Expenditures in percent•Personnel costs 60 %•Costs of premises 12 %•Other operating costs24 %•Capital costs 4 %

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University staff

• 5 887 employees• 5 158 full-time employees, of which• 2 737 are teachers/researchers/doctoral students• 483 are professors and• 1 938 are administrative/technical personnel

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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