The University of Gothenburg 2010

Education at first- and second-cycle level

Students at basic (undergraduate) or advanced (masters) level.

• Students: 38,900
• Full-time equivalents: 27,411 
• Degrees awarded: 5,051

Education at third-cycle level

Doctoral-level students.

• Active research students: 1,958 (59 per cent women)
• Newly enrolled research students: 314 (57 per cent women)
• Doctoral degrees awarded: 295
• Licentiate (midway doctoral) degrees awarded: 41

Staff

• Employees: 5,700 (58 per cent women)
• Full-time equivalents: 4,978
• Teaching staff/researchers and doctoral student positions: 2,628
• Professors: 477
• Technical/administrative staff: 1,873

Finances

• Direct government funding: SEK 3,518 million
• External funding and other income: SEK 1,647 million
• Total income: SEK 5,165 million

Premises

• 374,700 square meters
• SEK 605 million

Faculty areas

• Pharmacy, medicine, odontology and health care sciences
• Natural sciences
• Arts and humanities
• Fine, applied and performing arts
• Social sciences
• Business, economics and law
• Education
• Information technology
• The Board of Teacher Education
   

Within the faculties, there are a total of 46 departments.