Chalmers University of Technology

Chalmers University of Technology

Chalmers tekniska högskola
Motto	Avancez (French)
Motto in English	Advance
Type	Private Technical
Established	1829
President	Stefan Bengtsson
Administrative staff	2,500
Students	11,000 (FTE, 2010)
Doctoral students	1,000
Location	Gothenburg, Sweden
Campus	Urban
Affiliations	IDEA, EUA, CESAER, UNITECH
Website	www.chalmers.se

Chalmers University of Technology (Swedish: Chalmers tekniska högskola, often shortened to Chalmers) is a Swedish university located in Gothenburg that focuses on research and education in technology, natural science, architecture, maritime and other management areas.

The University was founded in 1829 following a donation by William Chalmers, a director of the Swedish East India Company. He donated part of his fortune for the establishment of an "industrial school". Chalmers was run as a private institution until 1937, when the institute became a state-owned university. In 1994, the school was incorporated as an aktiebolag under the control of the Swedish Government, the faculty and the Student Union. Chalmers is one of only three universities in Sweden which are named after a person, the other two being Karolinska Institutet and Linnaeus University.

On 1 January 2005, the old schools were replaced by new departments:

As of 1 January 2016, the former departments of Applied Physics and Fundamental Physics have been joined to form the Department of Physics.

In addition to these, Chalmers is home to six national competence centres in key fields like Mathematical Modelling, Environmental Science and Vehicle Safety (SAFER).

Approximately 40% of Sweden's graduate engineers and architects are educated at Chalmers. Each year, around 250 post graduate 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. From 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 enroll in a Master's or PhD program.