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Göteborg University, Sweden

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Göteborg University - Göteborgs universitet

English language section of Göteborg University

Type of Higher Education Institution: University


Institution Profile

The Göteborg University was founded in the year 1891. Initially, there were only seven teachers, seven courses, and only twenty one students. It was awarded the status of a full fledged university in the year 1907. The formal foundation of the university however, is supposed to be in 1954, when the amalgamation of this college with the Medical College took place.

At present, there are over fifty thousand students enrolled in the various course programs offered by the Göteborg University. The total number of employees in this university is over five thousand. At present, the university offers an extensive range of courses and degree programs in a wide variety of subject areas.

The Göteborg University is organized into eight academic faculties in sixty departments. The main focus of the university is the close interaction between teaching and research. The pedagogical development work in the university goes in an ongoing form. In this university, research and teaching is treated with equal importance.

The Göteborg University offers undergraduate and postgraduate studies and research studies through its eight main faculties. There are several departments in each of these faculties. These faculties include The Faculty of Science, The Faculty of Arts, The Faculty of Fine and Applied and Performing Arts, The Faculty of Social Science, School of Business, Economics and Law, The Faculty of Education, and the Education and Research Board for Teacher Training.


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