Gothenburg University Quick facts
Motto: Tradita innovare innovata tradere (English: Renew our heritage and pass it on renewed).
| University world Ranking - Times 200 (UK) | = 276 |
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| University world Ranking - Jiaotong 500 (China) | 203 to 304 |
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| University world Ranking - Newsweek 100 (USA) | N/A |
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| European ranking (Jiaotong) | 81 to 103 |
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Gothenburg University Basic Facts |
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| Students (Undergraduates - Masters/ PhD/ Total) | 50,000 |
2,500 |
52,500 |
| Faculty / Staff | 5400 |
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| Established | 1891 |
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Gothenburg University Information
Known in Swedish as Göteborgs universitet, Gothenburg university was established in 1891 as a public university. Today it has grown in size to become one of the largest universities in Europe, and offers a very broad range of degrees. The current rector of the university is Pam Fredman.
There are five major faculties and schools at Gothenburg university, these cover Business, Economics and Law; Education; Fine Arts, Applied and Performing Arts; Humanities; Science; and Information technology. Additionally the university offers studies in medicine through its Sahlgrenska University Hospital.
Being a large university has enabled the university of Gothenburg to produce a distinguished list of Alumni and faculty; these include Arvid Carlsson, who won the nobel prize for medicine. Other notable people include the authors Åke Edwardson and Gunnar D Hansson; Jan Eliasson; Sture Allén; and Magnus Carlsson.
Gothenburg University Address
The Contact address for Gothenburg University is:
Box 100, S-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden