Gothenburg University
Göteborgs universitet

Latin: Universitas Regia Gothoburgensis
Motto	Tradita innovare innovata tradere
Established	1891
Type	Public University
Staff	5,400
Rector	Prof. Gunnar Svedberg
Undergraduates	50,000
Doctoral students	2,500
Location	Gothenburg, Sweden
Website	http://www.gu.se/

Gothenburg University, or Göteborgs universitet, is a university in Gothenburg, Sweden. It has over 50,000 students studying at eight faculties, which makes it the largest university in Scandinavia. Image File history File links Gothenburg_University_seal. ... Latin was the language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... A motto is a phrase or a short list of words meant to formally describe the general motivation or intention of a social group or organization. ... The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The word rector (ruler, from the Latin regere) has a number of different meanings. ... Gunnar Svedberg (born 1947 in Annefors, Sweden) is the rector of Gothenburg University. ... In some educational systems, an undergraduate is a post-secondary student pursuing a Bachelors degree. ... A doctorate is an academic degree of the highest level. ... Gothenburg (Swedish: ) ) is a city and municipality in the province Västergötland on the west-coast of Sweden. ... This page as shown in the aol 9. ... Western Illinois University A university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees at all levels (bachelor, master, and doctorate) in a variety of subjects. ... Gothenburg (Swedish: ) ) is a city and municipality in the province Västergötland on the west-coast of Sweden. ...

History

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, changed to School of Business Economics and Law in 2005. The Sahlgrenska University Hospital is associated with the university as a teaching hospital. Gothenburg University is a pronounced city university, and the during the 1990´s the School of Economics and the Academy of Music, Drama and Opera have been given new facilities in the town centre. And right now (2006) the university is building a new campus for the education faculty The Gothenburg School of Economics The School of Business, Economics and Law at Göteborg University or Handelshögskolan vid Göteborgs universitet is a business school at the Gothenburg University in Gothenburg, Sweden. ... The Sahlgrenska University Hospital or Sahlgrenska Universitetssjukhuset is a university hospital system in Gothenburg, Sweden with a staff of 17 000 people. ...

Faculties

• The Sahlgrenska Academy
• The Faculty Board of Arts
• The Faculty Board of Applied and Fine Arts
• The Faculty Board of Social Sciences
• The Faculty Board of the School of Business, Economics and Law
• The Faculty Board of Education
• The Faculty Board of Science
• The IT University of Göteborg

The Gothenburg School of Economics The School of Business, Economics and Law at Göteborg University or Handelshögskolan vid Göteborgs universitet is a business school at the Gothenburg University in Gothenburg, Sweden. ... The IT University of Göteborg is part of Chalmers University of Technology and Gothenburg University. ...

People

• Arvid Carlsson, Nobel Prize laureate in Medicine, 2000
• Ernst Cassirer, philosopher
• Sture Allén, computer linguist, former permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy
• Erik Lönnroth, historian, member of the Swedish Academy
• Bernhard Karlgren, sinologist
• Jan Eliasson (b. 1940), diplomat, current President of the United Nations General Assembly and since 24 April 2006 Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs, 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.

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See also

• Royal Swedish Society of Science and Letters in Gothenburg
• Chalmers University of Technology
• List of universities in Sweden

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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

The administration building of Gothenburg University