Chalmers University of Technology ( sv, Chalmers tekniska högskola, often shortened to Chalmers) is a Swedish university located in Gothenburg that conducts research and education in

technology Technology is the application of knowledge to reach practical goals in a specifiable and Reproducibility, reproducible way. The word ''technology'' may also mean the product of such an endeavor. The use of technology is widely prevalent in me ...

and

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at a high international level. The university has approximately 3100 employees and 10,000 students, and offers education in

engineering Engineering is the use of scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad range of more speciali ...

science Science is a systematic endeavor that Scientific method, builds and organizes knowledge in the form of Testability, testable explanations and predictions about the universe. Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earli ...

shipping Freight transport, also referred as ''Freight Forwarding'', is the physical process of transporting commodities and merchandise goods and cargo. The term shipping originally referred to transport by sea but in American English, it has been ...

architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing building ...

and other

management Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a Government agency, government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business. Management includ ...

areas. Chalmers is coordinating the Graphene Flagship, the

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's biggest research initiative to bring graphene innovation out of the lab and into commercial applications, and leading the development of a Swedish quantum computer.

History

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

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. He donated part of his fortune for the establishment of an "industrial school". Chalmers is one of only three universities in Sweden which are named after a person, the other two being

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and

Linnaeus University Linnaeus University (LNU) ( sv, Linnéuniversitetet) is a state university in the Swedish historical province (''landskap'') Småland, with two campuses located in Växjö and Kalmar respectively. Linnaeus University was established in 2010 b ...

Departments

Beginning 1 May 2017, Chalmers has 13 departments. * Architecture and Civil Engineering * Biology and Biological Engineering * Chemistry and Chemical Engineering * Communication and Learning in Science * Computer Science and Engineering * Electrical Engineering * Industrial and Materials Science * 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 everything from advanced real or virtual labs to large databases, computer capacity for large-scale calculations and research facilities. * 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

Since 2012, Chalmers has achieved the highest reputation for Swedish Universities by the Kantar

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's Reputation Index. According to the survey, Chalmers is the most well-known university in Sweden regarded as a successful and competitive high-class institution with a large contribution to society and credibility in media. In 2018, a benchmarking report from

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ranked Chalmers top 10 in the world of engineering education. Additionally, based on the

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rankings, the

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recognized Chalmers as one of Europe's top universities in 2019, while in 2022, Chalmers received the highest number of ‘A’ (very good) scores on the institutional level for Sweden. Furthermore, 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, while the

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, placed Chalmers 81st in the world in graduate employability. Additionally, in 2021, the Academic Ranking of World Universities, placed Chalmers 51–75 in the world in the field of electrical & electronic engineering, the

, placed Chalmers 79th in the world in the field of engineering & technology, the

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, ranked Chalmers 68th in the world for engineering & technology and the U.S. News & World Report Best Global University Ranking placed Chalmers 84th in the world for engineering. In the 2011 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 IDEA League 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. Additionally, Chalmers is a member of the Nordic Five Tech network, a strategic alliance of the five leading technical universities in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. The Nordic Five Tech universities are amongst the top international technical universities with the goal of creating synergies within education, research and innovation. Moreover, Chalmers is a partner of the UNITECH International, an organization consisting of distinguished technical universities and multinational companies across Europe. UNITECH helps bridge the gap between the industrial and academic world offering exchange programs consisting of studies as well as an integrated internship at one of the corporate partners. Chalmers has also established formal agreements with three leading materials science centers:

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

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( 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. Furthermore, Chalmers has strong partnerships with major industries mostly in the Gothenburg region such as Ericsson,

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, Saab AB and

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Students

Approximately 40% of Sweden's graduate engineers and architects are educated at Chalmers. 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 Bologna process that started in 2004 at Chalmers (as the first technical university in Sweden). Currently, about 10% of all students at Chalmers come from countries outside Sweden to enrol in a master's or PhD program. 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 Gothenburg University in the joint IT University project. The IT University focuses exclusively on information technology and offers bachelor's and master's programmes with degrees issued from either Chalmers or Gothenburg University, 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 aktiebolag 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 appoints one member and the president automatically gains one chair.Statues of Chalmers University of Technology Foundation, paragraph 5
. Chalmers University of Technology. Retrieved on 9 August 2011. 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. 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 Student Union (''Chalmers Studentkår'' or ChS) is the student union at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden. Its primary purpose is to look after the interests of the students of the university in questions regarding ...

* Chalmers Aerospace Club – founded in 1981. In

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frequently also referred to as ''Chalmers rymdgrupp'' (roughly ''Chalmers Space Group''). Members of CAC led the

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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 sounding rocket. * 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 (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countr ...

* Chalmers Baroque Ensemble * Chalmers Business Society (CBS) * CETAC * Chalmers Choir *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, computer scientist and entrepreneur, Spotfire and Recorded Future founder * Rune Andersson, Swedish Industrialist, owner of Mellby Gård AB and billionaire * Abbas Anvari, former chancellor of Sharif University of Technology * Linn Berggren, artist and former member of Ace of Base *

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, director

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, president IOC *

Claes-Göran Granqvist Claes-Göran Sture Granqvist (born 25 December 1946, Helsingborg, Sweden) is a materials physicist and Professor of Solid State Physics at Uppsala University in Sweden. Granqvist is considered a pioneer and expert in photochromic materials and ...

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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, metallurgist *

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

* Olav Kallenberg, probability theorist * Marianne Kärrholm, chemical engineer and Chalmers professor * Hjalmar Kumlien, architect * Abraham Langlet, chemist * Martin Lorentzon,

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and TradeDoubler founder * Ingemar Lundström,

, chairman of the Nobel Committee for Physics * Carl Magnusson, industrial designer and inventor *

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, businessman and entrepreneur * Peter Nordin, computer scientist and entrepreneur * Åke Öberg,

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* Leif Östling, CEO

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(Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg), YouTuber (no degree) * Carl Abraham Pihl, engineer and director of first Norwegian railroad (

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) * Richard Soderberg, businessman, inventor and professor at

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, former President and CEO of

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Ludvig Strigeus Ludvig "Ludde" Strigeus (born January 1981) is a Swedish programmer, best known for developing software such as the BitTorrent client μTorrent, '' OpenTTD'', and Spotify. Early life and education Strigeus was born in January 1981, and he gradu ...

, computer scientist and entrepreneur * Per Håkan Sundell, computer scientist and entrepreneur * Jan Wäreby, businessman *

Gert Wingårdh Gert Wingårdh (born 1951) is a Swedish architect whose company, Wingårdh arkitektkontor, maintains an international practice.''Gert Wingårdh; Thirty Years of Architecture'', Mikael Nanfeldt (ed.) (Birkhäuser Publishers for Architecture, 2008 ...

, architect *

Vera Sandberg Vera Helfrid Victoria Sandberg (born 23 May 1895 at ''Hångers gård'' ( Eng:Hångers farm) in Ljungby; died 24 December 1979 in Stockholm) was a Swedish engineer. In 1917, she became Sweden's first female engineer. Biography Vera Sandberg grew ...

, engineer * Anna von Hausswolff, musician * Anita Schjøll Brede, entrepreneur

Presidents

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

References

External links

Chalmers University of Technology
– official site
Chalmers Student Union

Chalmers Alumni Association
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