Chalmers University of Technology Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
Chalmers University of Technology or Chalmers tekniska högskola is a university in Gothenburg, Sweden.
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2 Schools 3 Students 4 Faculty 5 Campus 6 Societies and Traditions 7 Noted Chalmers alumni 8 Noted Chalmers faculty 9 See also 10 External links |
History
Founded in 1829 following a donation by William Chalmers, a director of the Swedish East India Company, and being run as a private institution until 1937, when the institute became a state owned university. In 1994 the school once again became a private institution, owned by a foundation. As with all universities in Sweden, the tuition is paid for by the government and thus free for the students.
Schools
The organization is divided into schools, corresponding to faculties.
There is also a University College affilliated with the university.
Master's degrees
Students
Approximately 40 per cent of Sweden's graduate engineers and architects were 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 around 5 500 students are taking Master of Science engineering programmes and the Master of Architecture programme.
Around 2 700 are also attending Bachelor of Science engineering programmes, merchant marine and other undergraduate courses at the Chalmers Lindholmen University College.
List of Presidents
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Campus
In 1937 the school was moved out of the city center to the new Gibraltar Campus, named after the mansion which owned the grounds, where it now is located. The Lindholmen College Campus was created in the early 1990s and is located on the island of Hisingen.Societies and Traditions
Noted Chalmers alumni
Noted Chalmers faculty
See also
External links