University of Gothenburg

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name = University of Gothenburg
native_name = Göteborgs universitet
latin_name = Universitas Regia Gothoburgensis


motto = "Tradita innovare innovata tradere"
mottoeng = Renew our heritage and pass it on renewed
established = 1891
type = Public
endowment =
staff = 5,400
rector = Dr. Pam Fredman
students = 50,000
undergrad =
postgrad =
doctoral = 2,500
city = Flagicon|Sweden Gothenburg
state =
country = Sweden
campus = urban
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website = http://www.gu.se/

The University of Gothenburg (Swedish: Göteborgs universitet) is a university in the city of Gothenburg in Sweden. With more than 50,000 students and 5,400 employees it is the largest university in Scandinavia [ [http://www.gu.se/english/about_the_university/ About the University] ] and a major university in Europe. [ [http://www.gu.se/digitalAssets/724588_a_major_university.pdf A major European University] ] It is also the most wide-ranging and versatile university in Sweden. [ [http://www.gu.se/english/research/Disciplines/ list of disciplines offered] ]

History

The University of Gothenburg was founded as "Göteborgs högskola" (Gothenburg College) in 1891. In the course of time, it as merged with a number of previously independent academic institutions in the city. It was granted the rights of a full university by the Swedish government in 1954, following the merger of the "Göteborgs högskola" with the "Medicinhögskolan i Göteborg" (Gothenburg Medical School).

In 2005, the originally separate Gothenburg School of Economics and Commercial Law became part of the University of Gothenburg. Sahlgrenska University Hospital is associated with the university as a teaching hospital.

In the 1990s the "School of Economics" and the "Academy of Music, Drama and Opera" have moved to new buildings in the city centre. A new campus for the "Faculty of Education" (teacher training) was opened in central Gothenburg in 2006.

The University of Gothenburg is a pronounced city university, that is most of its facilities are within the city centre of Gothenburg. The main building as well as most faculties are located in the central part of Gothenburg.

Faculties and other divisions

The university is organized into several faculties. [ [http://www.gu.se/english/about_the_university/organisation/organisational_diagram/ Organizational diagram] ]

The Sahlgrenska Academy

Faculty of health sciences. Education and research are conducted within the fields of pharmacy, medicine, odontology and health care sciences.

Arts (Humanities)

The organisational structure of the Faculty of Arts is currently under redevelopment. It is currently being re-organised into the following six departments: [ [http://hum.gu.se/organisation/omorganisation2009/ re-organisation of the Faculty of Arts] ]
* Department of archaeology, ancient culture, history
* Department of ethnology, film studies, gender studies, art and visual studies, cultural studies, music
* Department of philosophy, SSKKII, linguistics, history of science
* Department of history of ideas and learning, literature studies, religious studies, theology
* Department of modern languages (except the Nordic languages)
* Department of Swedish and other Nordic languages

Fine Arts, Applied and Performing Arts

* Academy of Music & Drama
* School of Photography
* School of Film Directing
* School of Design and Crafts
* Literary Composition, Poetry & Prose
* Valand School of Fine Arts

Social Science

School of Business, Economics and Law

Education

Science

Others

* IT University of Göteborg
* Teacher training

People

Alumni

* Percy Barnevik, industry leader, former CEO of Asea Brown Boveri
* Magnus Carlsson, singer
* Jan Eliasson, diplomat and politician (former President of the United Nations General Assembly, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Sweden)
* Carl Henrik Fredriksson, Swedish literary critic, columnist, essayist, and translator
* Håkan Hellström, Swedish singer and musician.
* Cecilia Malmström, politician (Member of the European Parliament, Swedish Minister of European Affairs)

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* Sture Allén, computer linguist, former permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy
* Arvid Carlsson, Nobel Prize laureate in Medicine, 2000
* Ernst Cassirer, philosopher
* Åke Edwardson, author (used to teach Journalism)
* Gunnar D Hansson, Swedish author
* Bernhard Karlgren, sinologist
* Erik Lönnroth, historian (Member of the Swedish Academy)
* Bo Rothstein, political scientist

Honorary degrees

The University of Gothenburg has awarded numerous honorary doctorates to public figures and excellent academics, including:
* Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, President of Iceland 1980-1996 (honorary doctorate 1990)
* Hillary Clinton, politician (honorary doctorate, 2007)
* David Cox, statistician (honorary docatorate 2007)

References

See also

* Royal Society of Sciences and Letters in Gothenburg
* Chalmers University of Technology
* GOArt
* List of universities in Sweden

External links

* [http://www.gu.se/ University of Gothenburg] - Official site
* [http://www2.gu.se/bildspel/1.html slide-show]