Gothenburg University
Gothenburg University
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Seal of Gothenburg University
| Swedish | Göteborgs universitet (Universitas Regia Gothoburgensis in Latin.) |
|---|---|
| Motto | Tradita innovare innovata tradere |
| Established | 1891 |
| School type | Public University |
| Rector | Prof. Gunnar Svedberg |
| Location | Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Students | 49,000 undergraduate and professional 2,500 doctoral students |
| Teaching staff | 5,400 |
| Member | - |
| Homepage | http://www.gu.se/ |
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Gothenburg University, or Göteborgs universitet, is a university in Gothenburg, Sweden. It was founded as Göteborgs högskola (Gothenburg University College) in 1891 and has later absorbed several other, previously independent, institutions of higher education in the city. It became a full university with the merger of the University College with the Gothenburg School of Medicine (Medicinhögskolan i Göteborg) in 1954. Another part of the university is the originally separate Gothenburg School of Economics and Commercial Law. The Sahlgrenska University Hospital is associated with the university as a teaching hospital.
People
- Ernst Cassirer, philosopher
- Sture Allén, computer linguist, sometime permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy
- Bernhard Karlgren, sinologist
- Jan Eliasson (b. 1940), diplomat, graduate of the Gothenburg School of Economics and Commercial Law
- Percy Barnevik (b. 1941), industry leader, former CEO of Asea Brown Boveri; graduate of the Gothenburg School of Economics and Commercial Law
See also
- Royal Swedish Society of Science and Letters in Gothenburg
- Chalmers University of Technology
- IT University of Göteborg
- List of universities in Sweden
External links
- Gothenburg University - Official site
- Göteborgs universitet : ett universitet med traditioner och många högskolor (PDF), an illustrated brochure with articles on the occasion of the 50th anniversary, 2004, 47 pp, in Swedish