University of Gothenburg
| 185 | 178 | Arts & Humanities | 218 | Natural Sciences |
| - | Engineering & IT | 163 | Social Sciences | |
| World Rankings | - | Life Sciences & Biomedicine | ||
| 258= | 177 | Arts & Humanities | 244 | Natural Sciences |
| - | Engineering & IT | 184 | Social Sciences | |
| World Rankings | - | Life Sciences & Biomedicine | ||
| 276= | 164 | Arts & Humanities | 329 | Natural Sciences |
| 299 | Engineering & IT | 194 | Social Sciences | |
| World Rankings | 313 | Life Sciences & Biomedicine | ||
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The University of Gothenburg has approximatly 17.000 full-time students and 5,000 employees. It is one of the largest universities in Scandinavia. With its eight faculties and approximately sixty departments, the University of Gothenburg is also the most wide-ranging and versatile university in Sweden, offering unique opportunities for cooperation and development.
The distinctive characteristic of university education at the University of Gothenburg is the close interaction between teaching and research. Students are kept informed of the latest developments in the field they are studying and researchers gain inspiration from their students expectations and needs. At the University of Gothenburg research and teaching are regarded as equally important, and there is ongoing pedagogical development work.
The university's different faculties and departments are situated in central Gothenburg, with its spacious green areas and close proximity to the sea and the archipelago. Students can enjoy the university 's interesting architecture, with a combination of old and new buildings, as well as the wide range of cultural, entertainment and sport activities offered in the city.
Faculty
| Number of Faculty Staff | Headcount: 2,971 FTE: 2,355 | Total number of academic faculty staff who are responsible for planning, directing and undertaking teaching only, research only or both teaching and research. Please include: vice-chancellors, deputy vice-chancellors, principals, professors, heads of school, associate professors, principal lecturers, tutors or postdoctoral researchers. Please exclude research assistants*, PhD students who contribute to teaching, hospital residents and exchange scholars or visiting faculty staff who are members of another university. * The important distinction for us is that staff counted as 'research only' should be academically involved in that research and should be likely to publish research outputs. A research assistant, in our understanding, is any individual who is not doing own research and is therefore not likely to publish own research outputs. Said individual is (only) involved in research in terms of operation execution , such as lab technician or equipment operator. |
| Number of International Faculty Staff | Headcount: 557 | Number of academic faculty staff who are of foreign nationality. The term 'international' is hereby determined by citizenship. For EU countries, this includes all foreign nationals, even if from another EU state. In Hong Kong, this includes professors from Mainland China. Inclusion and exclusion mirrors those for academic faculty staff. In case of dual citizenship, the 'deciding' criteria should be 'citizenship obtained through birth', basically first passport obtained. |
| Number of Inbound Visiting Faculty Staff | Headcount: 86 | Number of academic faculty staff contributing to teaching or research at your university in the last 12 months who are visiting from an overseas institution for a minimum period of at least 3 months. |
| Number of Outbound Visiting Faculty Staff | Headcount: 112 | Number of academic faculty staff employed by your institution contributing to teaching or research at an overseas institution in the last 12 months for a minimum period of at least 3 months. |
| Number of Staff with PhD | Headcount: 2,070 | Number of academic faculty staff employed by your institution that have studied a PhD |
Undergraduate Information
| Number of Undergraduate Students | Headcount: 19,971 FTE: 7,300 | Number of students pursuing a Bachelor’s level or equivalent degree. This excludes certificates/diplomas and associate’s degrees. |
| Number of International Undergraduate Students | Headcount: 3,500 | Number of undergraduate students who are foreign nationals. The term 'international' is hereby determined by citizenship. For EU countries, this includes all foreign nationals, even nationals of other EU states. In Hong Kong, this includes students from Mainland China. In case of dual citizenship, the 'deciding' criteria should be 'citizenship obtained through birth', basically first passport obtained. Please exclude all exchange students. As for language students, if the language students take up a particular language course that is outlined as 'undergraduate degree program' they should be included under 'international undergraduate students' . Language students who take part in a course not contributing to a degree qualification should be counted under 'Total International Students'. |
| Number of Inbound Exchange Undergraduate Students | Headcount: 910 | Number of undergraduate students attending your university on international exchange programs for at least 1 semester in the last 12 months. |
| Number of Outbound Exchange Undergraduate Students | Headcount: 530 | Number of undergraduate students registered at your institution who have attended another institution abroad for at least 1 semester on an exchange program in the last 12 months. |
| Average Undergraduate Class Size | Headcount: 25 | The average size of class across all undergraduate programs. The term ‘class’ refers to an unit of instruction or taught session in which a teacher has pre-defined material to cover. It does exclude tutorial seminars. |
Graduate / Postgraduate Information
| Number of Graduate / Postgraduate Students | Headcount: 11,331 FTE: 3,117 | Students pursuing a higher-level degree (Master and Doctorate), including both taught and research postgraduates (e.g. PhD students) |
| Number of International Graduate/Postgraduate Students | Headcount: 3,000 | Number of graduate / postgraduate students who are foreign nationals. The term 'international' is hereby determined by citizenship. For EU countries, this includes all foreign nationals, even nationals of other EU states. In Hong Kong, this includes students from Mainland China. In case of dual citizenship, the 'deciding' criteria should be 'citizenship obtained through birth', basically first passport obtained. Please exclude all exchange students. As for language students, if they take up a particular language course that is outlined as 'postgraduate degree program', they should be included under 'international postgraduate students'. Language students who take part in a course not contributing to a degree qualification should be counted under 'Total International Students'. |
| Number of Inbound Exchange Graduate/Postgraduate Students | Headcount: 73 | Number of graduate / postgraduate students attending your university on international exchange programs for at least 1 semester in the last 12 months. |
| Number of Outbound Exchange Graduate/Postgraduate Students | Headcount: 100 | Number of postgraduate students registered at your institution who have attended another institution on an exchange program for at least 1 semester in the last 12 months. |
| Average Taught Graduate / Postgraduate Class Size | Headcount: 10 | The average size of class across all taught graduate / postgraduate programs. The term ‘class’ refers to an unit of instruction or taught session in which a teacher has pre-defined material to cover. It does exclude tutorial seminars. |
| Number of first year Postgraduate students | Headcount: 269 | Number of students pursuing a Master's level or equivalent degree in their first year of study, including both taught and research postgraduates. |
Students
| Total Students | Headcount: 29,257 FTE: 20,000 | Total number of students. |
| Total International Students | Headcount: 7,176 | Number of students who are foreign nationals. The term 'international' is hereby determined by citizenship. For EU countries, this includes all foreign nationals, even nationals of other EU states. In Hong Kong, this includes students from Mainland China. In case of dual citizenship, the 'deciding' criteria should be 'citizenship obtained through birth', basically first passport obtained. |
| Total Outbound Exchange Students | Headcount: 637 | Total number of students registered at your institution who have attended another institution on an exchange program for at least 1 semester in the last 12 months. |
| Total Inbound Exchange Students | Headcount: 998 | Total number of students attending your university on international exchange programs for at least 1 semester in the last 12 months. |
| Average Class Size | Headcount: 25 | The average size of class across all programs. The term ‘class’ refers to an unit of instruction or taught session in which a teacher has pre-defined material to cover. It does exclude tutorial seminars. |
| Number of Male Students | Headcount: 10,131 | Number of students who are male out of the total number of students studying at your university |
| Number of Female Students | Headcount: 19,126 | Number of students who are female out of the total number of students studying at your university |
Graduate Output
| Proportion of Graduates Pursuing Further Study | Headcount: 65 % | Proportion of graduates from undergraduate programs pursuing further study at your own institution or any other within 6 months after graduation. |
| Proportion of Graduates Employed | Headcount: 70 % | Proportion of graduates (excluding those opting to pursue further study) in permanent employment within 6 months of graduation |
| Number of PhDs Awarded | Headcount: 281 | Total number of PhDs awarded in the last 12 months |
Entry Requirements
| Avg Entry Requirements | Headcount: 3 | Please express the average academic achievement entry requirements for your institution. Please convert your domestic requirements to the US Grade Point Average system. The five-point numerical scale is typically correlated with the A-F/A-E quality index. (A=4.0, B=3.0, C=2.0, D=1.0, E or F = 0.0) In our context, a value of 0 will imply to us that your institution has an "open access" admissions policy and will in no way count against your institution in any future table built upon this data. You can use World Education Services (WES) Toolkit as guidline: http://www.wes.org/gradeconversionguide/index.asp (copy and paste) |
Applications
| Total Number of Applications | Headcount: 89,000 | Total number of applications your institution received in the last 12 months for all undergraduate and postgraduate courses |
Careers Support
| Number of Full-Time Careers Advisors | Headcount: 39 FTE: 39 | Total number of staff employed by your institution on a full-time basis who are exclusively responsible for career support for your students (undergraduate and/or postgraduate) |
Internationalisation
| Number of University Collaborations or Partnership Agreements | Headcount: 650 | Number of universities your institution has collaborations or partnership agreements with. These partnership agreements may include student and teaching exchanges, as well as collaborative research projects, exchange of academic materials and other information, and jointly offered executive development programmes. This includes collaborations at either a university or faculty level. Please also state the names of these institutions in the Submission Notes box. Click here to see a list of universities in top 500 over last 3 years |
Accommodation
www.sgsstudentbostader.se
Accommodation Range
210 - 840 EUR per month
Entry Requirements
You comply with the general entrance requirements when you have graduated from an upper secondary school. You thereby fullfil the requirements for higher education in your home country. You must also have a mastery of English. A mastery of Swedish is not necessary for courses given in English.
Proof of knowledge in English
To proof that your knowledge of English meets the general entrance requirement can be provided by one of the following international tests:
International English Language Testing Service, IELTS, minimum score 5.0, no score under 4.5 in any section of the test.
Test of English as a Foreign Language, TOEFL, minimum score 500 p with at least 4 in the Written test part (computerized test 173 p, internet test 61 p)
First Certificate in English, University of Cambridge/Oxford, with grade A or B.
Lower Certificate in English, University of Cambridge/Oxford.
Certificate in Advanced English, University of Cambridge/Oxford.
Certificate of Proficiency, University of Cambridge/Oxford.
NOTE! Some programmes and courses require a higher test score than those mentioned above.
Proof of sufficient knowledge of English can sometimes be part of your upper secondary education. In this case an individual assessment will be made, since it depends on the length and level of studies in the English language in lower and upper secondary school in your home country. The level of your English must be equivalent to one of the tests above, that is, to English courses at lower and upper secondary school in Sweden.
Special entrance requirements Basic
/Undergraduate Level
Special entrance requirements can for example be previous university studies or specific subjects with a minimum grade taken in upper secondary school and corresponding to a national Swedish programme. Important: Entrance requirements are specified in the description of each course. Please note that most of the courses given in English require previous university studies in the corresponding field. Please contact the study counsellor of the course in question for advice about eligibility.
General entrance requirements Advanced
/Master�s Level
You satisfy the general entrance requirements for Advanced/Master�s Level if you have graduated from an accredited university with the minimum of a degree equivalent to a Swedish Bachelor�s Degree (at least 180 Swedish credits). An individual assessment of your previous academic education will be made by the University.
Special entrance requirements Advanced
/Master�s Level
Special entrance requirements can for example be previous university studies within a specific subject area with a minimum number of credits within that field or an English test, Basic Level. Entrance requirements are specified in the description of each course. Please note that most of the courses given in English require previous university studies in the corresponding field. Please contact the study counsellor of the course in question for advice.
- Academy of Music and Drama
- Applied Information Technology
- Archaeology
- Art History and Visual Studies
- Business & Design Lab
- Business Administration
- Center for Consumer Science
- Center for Intellectual Property Studies, CIP
- Center for interdisciplinary research - SSKKII
- Center for the study of Human Rights
- Centre for African Studies
- Centre for Asian Studies, (CEAS)
- Centre for Business Solutions
- CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY, GMV
- Centre for European Research, CERGU
- Centre for Finance
- Centre for Middle East Studies, (MIDEAST)
- Centre for Public Sector Research
- Centre for School management Training
- Centrum för tvärvetenskaplig forskning om funktionshinder och handikapp, CTFFH
- Computing Science
- Department of Cell- and Molecular Biology
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Conservation
- Department of Cultural Sciences
- Department of Historical Studies
- Department of Languages and Literatures
- Department of Law
- Department of Literature, History of Ideas, and Religion
- Department of Marine Ecology
- Department of Philosophy, Linguistics and Therory of Science
- Department of Physics
- Department of Swedish
- Earth Sciences Centre
- Economic History
- Economics
- Education
- Environmental Economics Unit
- Ethnology
- Faculty of Arts
- Faculty of Education
- Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Art
- Faculty of Science
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- Food, Health and Environment
- Gothenburg Research Institute
- Graduate Business School
- Graduate School of Language Technology
- Göteborg Organ Art Center - GOArt
- Göteborg University Marine Research Centre
- HANDELSHÖGSKOLANS INTEGRERADE TILLVÄXTCENTRUM (HIT)
- HRM_gruppen
- Human and Economic Geography
- Human Ecology
- Informatics
- Institute of Biomedicine
- Institute of Clinical Sciences
- Institute of Health and Care Sciences
- Institute of Medicine
- Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology
- Institute of Odontology
- IT University
- Journalism and Mass Communication
- Kristineberg Marine Research Station
- Lexikaliska Instiutet LI
- Lighthouse
- Mathematical Sciences
- Museion
- Nordic Information Centre for Media and Communication Research, NORDICOM
- Peace and Development Research
- Plant and Environmental Sciences
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Sahlgrenska Academy (Medicine, Odontology and Health and Care Sciences)
- School of Business, Economics and Law
- School of Design and Crafts
- School of Executive Education
- School of Film Directing
- School of Photography at Göteborg University
- School of Public Administration
- Social Anthropology
- Social Work
- Sociology
- Statistical Research Unit
- Swedish NMR Centre at Göteborg University
- Swedish School of Library and Information Science (SSLIS)
- Swedish Social Science Data Service
- Teacher Training at Göteborg University
- Teacher Training at Göteborg University
- Tjärnö Marine Biological Laboratory
- University Library
- Valand School of Fine Arts
- Work Science
- Zoology
Contact Information
Country:
Sweden
Address:
Box 100 ,
Göteborg
405 30
Sweden
Switchboard:
46 31 7860000