Chalmers University of Technology (, commonly referred to as Chalmers) is a

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research university located in

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, Sweden. Chalmers focuses on

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and

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, but more broadly it also conducts research and offers education in

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and

management Management (or managing) is the administration of organizations, whether businesses, nonprofit organizations, or a Government agency, government bodies through business administration, Nonprofit studies, nonprofit management, or the political s ...

. The university has approximately 3100 employees and 10,000 students. Chalmers coordinates the development of a Swedish

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and the

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, a

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research initiative to develop commercial technologies with

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. The university is a co-founder of the

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, a member of the

UNITECH International UNITECH International is a leadership development program for talented STEM students ran by a society of distinguished technical universities and multinational companies across Europe. History UNITECH was founded in 1999 by ETH Zürich's forme ...

program, the

IDEA League The IDEA League is an alliance among five leading European universities of technology: * Chalmers University of Technology * Delft University of Technology * ETH Zürich * Polytechnic University of Milan * RWTH Aachen University On ...

, the Nordic Five Tech, and the ENHANCE alliances as well as the EURECOM consortium and the

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network.

History

Chalmers was founded in 1829 following a donation by William Chalmers, a director of the

Swedish East India Company The Swedish East India Company (; SOIC) was founded in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1731 for the purpose of conducting trade with India, China and the Far East. The venture was inspired by the success of the Dutch East India Company and the British Ea ...

. He donated part of his fortune for the establishment of an "industrial school". The university was run as a private institution until 1937 when it became the second state-owned technical university. In 1994 the

government of Sweden The Government of the Kingdom of Sweden () is the Cabinet (government), national cabinet of Sweden, and the country's Executive (government), executive authority. The Government consists of the Prime Minister of Sweden, Prime Minister and their ...

reorganised Chalmers into a private company (

aktiebolag (, " stock company") is the Swedish term for "limited company" or "corporation". When used in company names, it is abbreviated as "AB" (in Sweden), "Ab" (in Finland), or, rarely, "A/B" (dated), roughly equivalent to the abbreviations ''Corp.'', ...

) owned by a government-controlled foundation. Chalmers is one of three universities in Sweden which are named after a person, the other two being

Karolinska Institutet The Karolinska Institute (KI; ; sometimes known as the (Royal) Caroline Institute in English) is a research-led medical university in Solna within the Stockholm urban area of Sweden and one of the foremost medical research institutes globally. ...

and

Linnaeus University Linnaeus University (LNU) () is a state university in the Swedish historical province (''landskap'') Småland, with campuses located in Växjö and Kalmar. Linnaeus University was established in 2010 by a merger of former Växjö University a ...

Departments

Chalmers University of Technology has the following 13 departments: * Architecture and Civil Engineering * Chemistry and Chemical Engineering * Communication and Learning in Science * Computer Science and Engineering * Electrical Engineering * Industrial and Materials Science * Life Sciences * Mathematical Sciences * Mechanics and Maritime Sciences * Microtechnology and Nanoscience * Physics * Space, Earth and Environment * Technology Management and Economics Furthermore, Chalmers is home to six Areas of Advance and six national competence centers in key fields such as materials, mathematical modelling, environmental science, and vehicle safety.

Research infrastructure

Chalmers University of Technology's research infrastructure includes: * Chalmers AI Research Centre, CHAIR * Chalmers Centre for Computational Science and Engineering, C3SE * Chalmers Mass Spectrometry Infrastructure, CMSI * Chalmers Power Central * Chalmers Materials Analysis Laboratory * Chalmers Simulator Centre * Chemical Imaging Infrastructure * Facility for Computational Systems Biology * HSB Living Lab * Nanofabrication Laboratory * Onsala Space Observatory * Revere – Chalmers Resource for Vehicle Research * The National laboratory in terahertz characterisation * SAFER - Vehicle and Traffic Safety Centre at Chalmers

Rankings and reputation

In 2018, a benchmarking report from

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ranked Chalmers top 10 in the world of engineering education, while in 2020, the World University Research Rankings placed Chalmers 12th in the world based on the evaluation of three key research aspects, namely research multi-disciplinarity, research impact, and research cooperativeness. Additionally, in 2022 the

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characterized Chalmers as a top performing university across various indicators (i.e., teaching & learning, research, knowledge transfer and international orientation) with the highest number of ‘A’ (very good) scores on the institutional level for Sweden. Finally, in 2011, the International Professional Ranking of Higher Education Institutions, which is established on the basis of the number of alumni holding a post of chief executive officer (CEO) or equivalent in one of the

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companies, Chalmers ranked 38th in the world, ranking 1st in Sweden and 15th in Europe.

Ties and partnerships

Chalmers is a member of the

network, a strategic alliance between five leading European universities of science and technology. The scope of the network is to provide the environment for students, researchers and staff to share knowledge, experience and resources. Moreover, Chalmers is a partner of the

, an organization consisting of distinguished technical universities and multinational companies across Europe. UNITECH offers exchange programs consisting of studies as well as an integrated internship at one of the corporate partners. Chalmers is also a member of the Nordic Five Tech network, a strategic alliance of the five leading technical universities in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. Additionally, Chalmers is a member of the ENHANCE, an alliance of ten leading Universities of Technology. The partner institutions have a history of solid cooperation in EU programmes and joint research projects. Furthermore, Chalmers is a member of

, a European association of universities of science and technology. Additionally, Chalmers has established formal agreements with three leading materials science centers:

University of California, Santa Barbara The University of California, Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara or UCSB) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Tracing its roots back to 1891 as an ...

ETH Zurich ETH Zurich (; ) is a public university in Zurich, Switzerland. Founded in 1854 with the stated mission to educate engineers and scientists, the university focuses primarily on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. ETH Zurich ran ...

and

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. Within the framework of the agreements, a yearly bilateral workshop is organized, and exchange of researchers is supported. Chalmers has general exchange agreements with many European and U.S. universities and maintains a special exchange program agreement with

National Chiao Tung University National Chiao Tung University (NCTU) was a public research university in Hsinchu, Taiwan. Established in 1896 as Nanyang Public School by an imperial edict of the Guangxu Emperor, it was one of China's leading universities. After the Chinese ...

( NCTU) in Taiwan where the exchange students from the two universities maintain offices for, among other things, helping local students with applying and preparing for an exchange year as well as acting as representatives. Finally, Chalmers has strong partnerships with major industries such as

Ericsson (), commonly known as Ericsson (), is a Swedish multinational networking and telecommunications company headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. Ericsson has been a major contributor to the development of the telecommunications industry and is one ...

Volvo The Volvo Group (; legally Aktiebolaget Volvo, shortened to AB Volvo, stylized as VOLVO) is a Swedish multinational manufacturing corporation headquartered in Gothenburg. While its core activity is the production, distribution and sale of truck ...

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and

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Students

Each year, around 250 postgraduate degrees are awarded as well as 850 graduate degrees. About 1,000 post-graduate students attend programmes at the university, and many students are taking Master of Science engineering programmes and the Master of Architecture programme. Since 2007, all master's programmes are taught in English for both national and international students. This was a result of the adaptation to the

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that started in 2004 at Chalmers (as the first technical university in Sweden). As of 2025, about 17% of all students at Chalmers come from countries outside Sweden to enroll in a program at Chalmers. Around 2,700 students also attend Bachelor of Science engineering programmes, merchant marine and other undergraduate courses at Campus Lindholmen. Chalmers also shares some students with University of Gothenburg in the joint IT University project. The

IT University IT University is a joint department between Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. This joint venture offers a great scope for cooperation between researchers with different areas of expertise and academic s ...

focuses exclusively on information technology and offers bachelor's and master's programmes with degrees issued from either Chalmers or University of Gothenburg, depending on the programme. Chalmers confers honorary doctoral degrees to people outside the university who have shown great merit in their research or in society.

Organization

Chalmers is an

with 100 shares à 1,000 SEK, all of which are owned by the Chalmers University of Technology Foundation, a private foundation, which appoints the university board and the president. The foundation has its members appointed by the Swedish government (4 to 8 seats), the departments appoint one member, the

student union A students' union or student union, is a student organization present in many colleges, universities, and high schools. In higher education, the students' union is often accorded its own building on the campus, dedicated to social, organizatio ...

appoints one member and the president automatically gains one chair. Each department is led by a department head, usually a member of the faculty of that department. The faculty senate represents members of the faculty when decisions are taken.

Campuses

In 1937, the school moved from the city centre to the new Gibraltar Campus, named after the mansion which owned the grounds, where it is now located. The Lindholmen College Campus was created in the early 1990s and is located on the island

Hisingen Hisingen () is the fifth-largest island of Sweden (after Gotland, Öland, Södertörn and Orust), with an area of . It is a river island, formed by the split of the Göta Älv at Bohus Fortress, Bohus, and is defined to the east and south by t ...

. Campus Johanneberg and Campus Lindholmen, as they are now called, are connected by bus lines.

Student societies and traditions

Traditions include the graduation ceremony and the Cortège procession, an annual public event. * Chalmers Students' Union * Chalmers Aerospace Club – founded in 1981. In Swedish frequently also referred to as ''Chalmers rymdgrupp'' (roughly ''Chalmers Space Group''). Members of CAC led the ESA funded CACTEX (Chalmers Aerospace Club Thermal EXperiment) project where the

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of alcohol at

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was investigated using a

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. * Chalmers Alternative Sports – Student association organizing trips and other activities working to promote alternative sports. Every year the Chalmers Wake arranges a pond wakeboard contest in the fountain outside the architecture building at Chalmers. * Chalmersbaletten *

Chalmers Ballong Corps Chalmers Ballong Corps (CBC) is a students' hot-air ballooning club at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg Gothenburg ( ; ) is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, second-largest city in Sweden, after the capital Sto ...

* Chalmers Baroque Ensemble * Chalmers Business Society (CBS) * CETAC * Chalmers Choir * Chalmers

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*ETA - (E-sektionens Teletekniska Avdelning) Founded in 1935, it's a student-run amateur radio society that also engages in hobby electronics. * Chalmers Film and Photography Committee (CFFC) * Chalmersspexet – Amateur theater group which has produced new plays since 1948 * Chalmers International Reception Committee (CIRC) * XP – Committee that is responsible for the experimental workshop, a workshop open for students * Chalmers Program Committee – PU * Chalmers Students for Sustainability (CSS) – promoting sustainable development among the students and runs projects, campaigns and lectures * Föreningen Chalmers Skeppsbyggare, Chalmers Naval Architecture Students' Society (FCS) * Chalmers Sailing Society * RANG – Chalmers Indian Association * Caster – Developing and operating a Driver in the Loop (DIL) simulator, which is used in various courses and projects

Notable alumni

* Christopher Ahlberg,

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and entrepreneur,

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and

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founder * Abbas Anvari, former chancellor of

Sharif University of Technology Sharif University of Technology (SUT); (, romanized : Dāneshgāh-e sana'ti-e sharif) is a public research university in Tehran, Iran. It is widely considered to be the nation's most prestigious and leading institution for science, technology ...

Linn Berggren Malin Sofia Katarina Berggren (born 31 October 1970) is a Swedish singer-songwriter, best known as a former member of the pop music band Ace of Base. Having been interested and involved in music since her childhood, she formed the band in 1987, ...

, artist and former member of

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, director

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, president

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* Claes-Göran Granqvist,

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* Margit Hall, first female architect in Sweden *

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, linguist * Krister Holmberg, professor of Surface Chemistry at Chalmers University of Technology. * Mats Hillert,

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* Erik Johansson, photographic surrealistFAQ & Biography
, Retrieved 16 Oct. 2014 * Jan Johansson, jazz musician * Leif Johansson, former CEO

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, probability theorist *

Marianne Kärrholm Ebba Marianne Kärrholm née Hellsten (22 December 1921 – 21 January 2018) was a Swedish chemical engineer and educator. Conducting research from 1945 at the Swedish Textile Research Institute at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, ...

, chemical engineer and Chalmers professor * Hjalmar Kumlien, architect *

Abraham Langlet Nils Abraham Langlet (9 July 1868 – 30 March 1936; known by his second given name) was a Swedish chemist. Biography Langlet was born in Södertälje, Sweden. He was the son of architect Emil Victor Langlet (1824–1898) and his wife, author Cl ...

, chemist *

Martin Lorentzon Sven Hans Martin Lorentzon (; born 1 April 1969) is a Swedish entrepreneur and co-founder of Tradedoubler and Spotify. From 2013 to 2018 he was on the board of Telia Company. Since April 2019, he has been an expert on Sweden's immigrants' integr ...

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and TradeDoubler founder * Ingemar Lundström,

, chairman of the

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* Carl Magnusson, industrial designer and inventor * Semir Mahjoub, businessman and entrepreneur *

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and entrepreneur * Åke Öberg,

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* Leif Östling, CEO

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(Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg), YouTuber (no degree) *

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, engineer and director of first Norwegian railroad (

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) * Richard Soderberg, businessman, inventor and professor at

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Hans Stråberg Hans Stråberg (born 1957 in Västervik, Sweden) is a Swedish business executive serving as the Chairman of Atlas Copco and SKF. He was the President and CEO of Electrolux AB from 2002 to 2010, and was among the youngest CEOs of a Fortune Globa ...

, former president and CEO of

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and entrepreneur *

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and entrepreneur * Marcus Wandt, test pilot and ESA astronaut * Jan Wäreby, businessman * Gert Wingårdh, architect *

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, engineer *

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, musician * Anita Schjøll Brede, entrepreneur *

Martin Rolinski Martin Andrzej Rolinski (born June 23, 1982) is a Swedish singer of Polish origin and was the lead singer of the Swedish synthpop band Bodies Without Organs (now known as BWO). ''Popstars'' Rolinski started his music career in 2002 when he ma ...

, artist and former member of

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Presidents

Although the official Swedish title for the head is "rektor", the university now uses "President" as the English translation.

References

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