Organisation
The University Board is the University’s highest decision-making body, and the Vice-Chancellor of the University is the head of the University. The University is made up of a number of University-wide staff positions, units, and bodies that support the University Management and the organisation in different matters. The University’s core activities, i.e. research and education, are organised and run by the University’s eight faculties, which comprise 38 departments, and by the University’s approximately 30 centres of expertise and research.
The University’s rules of procedure
The University of Gothenburg’s organisation is regulated by the University’s Rules of Procedure, which give a specific description of the overall structure of the organisation and its decision-making paths, as well as what responsibilities and tasks the different staff positions and functions within the organisation are to have.
The University Board
The University Board is accountable to the government for its operations and is to ensure that these are run efficiently. It is also to ensure that University operations are reported in a reliable and equitable manner, as well as ensuring that the University is economical in its use of public funds. According to the Higher Education Act, the University Board is also to supervise all University affairs and be responsible for the tasks associated with these.
The government appoints the chairman and other external members based on proposals from a nomination group. In addition, the Vice-Chancellor, three teachers and three students are included as regular members. Representatives of the employees – three union representatives – have the right to attend and speak at the Board's meetings.
Chair of the University Board
(term of office 2023-05-01 - 2024-09-30)
Peter Larsson
Vice-Chair of the University Board
(term of office 2023-05-01 - 2024-09-30)
Ann-Sofi Lodin
Vice-Chancellor
Malin Broberg
Representative of public interests
(term of office 2023-05-01 - 2024-09-30)
Christina Björklund
Romulo Enmark
Maja Fjaestad
Johan Hyllner
Lisbeth Schultze
Representative of teachers
(term of office 2022-01-01 - 2024-12-31)
Olof Johansson Stenman
Gustaf Kastberg Weichselberger
Helle Wijk
Substitute person: Dag Hanstorp
Representative of students
(term of office 2023-07-01 - 2024-06-30)
Elina Falsafi Tonekaboni
Ellen Holm
Karl Kilbo Edlund
Ersättare: Erik Sedig
Representative of employees
(no term of office; asign in a unitary manner by personalföreträdarförordningen 1987:1101)
Salima Khamchane (SEKO) (right to non-voting participation)
Peter Brandt (OFR-S)
(right to non-voting participation)
Maja Pelling (SACO) (right to non-voting participation)
Other attended
Carina Mallard, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor's deputy (right to non-voting participation)
Johan Johansson, University Director (right to non-voting participation)
Contact
Jan Lif, secretary
Internal Audit
The task of the University’s Internal Audit is to help the University achieve a fit-for-purpose and efficient organisation that is run in accordance with governing statutes, and reports its results in a reliable and trustworthy manner. The University’s Internal Audit reports directly to the University Board.
Contact: Jan Sandvall, Audit Manager
University Management
Vice-Chancellor – Malin Broberg
The Vice-Chancellor is line manager, head of the public authority and the university's main representative in external contexts. The Vice-Chancellor is Chair of the University Management Council, the University Health and Safety Committee and has the overall responsibility for the working environment.
Malin Broberg is Vice-Chancellor at the University of Gothenburg since 1 July 2023. She is a Professor of psychology and previously worked as Dean at the Faculty of Social Sciences.
Pro-Vice-Chancellor – Carina Mallard
The Pro-Vice-Chancellor is the Vice-Chancellor’s deputy and has the overall responsibility for research issues including research infrastructure. The Pro-Vice-Chancellor is the Chair of the Research Board.
Carina Mallard is Professor of experimental perinatal brain injury research. She is researching the newborn baby's brain. She is working on issues regarding research infrastructure and has been Director for the university’s HoD Core Facilities.
Read more about Carina Mallard
University Director – Johan Johansson
The University Director is head of the Central University Administration and part of the University Management and the University Management Council.
Johan Johansson has previously been deputy University Director and Head of Unit for the staff of the Vice-Chancellor's Office.
Read more about Johan Johansson
Deputy Vice-Chancellor responsible for issues regarding education
- Pauli Kortteinen
Deputy Vice-Chancellor responsible for issues regarding education has the overall responsibility for educational issues including outreach and cooperation, internationalisation, digitalisation, accessibility and sustainability related to education. The Deputy Vice-Chancellor responsible for issues regarding education is the Chair of the University Board of Education. The assignment also includes overall responsibility for knowledge, lifelong learning, and cultural issues.
Pauli Kortteinen is senior lecturer in linguistics and was previously Head of the Department of Philosophy, Linguistics and Theory of Science. Pauli Kortteinen has also, among other things, been Vice Dean for education at undergraduate and advanced level at the Faculty of Humanities.
Read more about Pauli Kortteinen
Deputy Vice-Chancellor responsible for issues regarding campus development and internationalisation – Mette Sandoff
Deputy Vice-Chancellor responsible for issues regarding campus development and internationalisation has the overall responsibility for campus development and sustainability as well as university-wide internationalisation issues. The Deputy Vice-Chancellor responsible for issues regarding campus development and internationalisation is the Chair in the planned board for campus development and sustainable development.
Mette Sandoff is a Professor in Public Administration. Since August 2021 Sandoff is Acting Pro-Vice-Chancellor at the University of Gothenburg. Right before, 2012-2021, she had the position as the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, strategically responsible for education and Head of the University's Board of Education. Former managerial positions are among others Vice-Dean at the School of Business, Economics and Law, Head of the Department of Business Administration and Board member of Universeum Science Park.
Deputy Vice-Chancellor responsible for issues regarding digitalisation and knowledge transfer – Max Petzold
Deputy Vice-Chancellor responsible for issues regarding digitalisation and knowledge transfer has the overall responsibility for digitalisation, open science, ethics, information security, sustainability and internationalisation related to research. The assignment includes overall responsibility for development in relation to societal challenges locally, nationally and internationally, as well as chairmanship of the Library Board and the Committee for Ethics in Research, and vice chairmanship of the Research Board.
Max Petzold is Professor of biostatistics. He has previously been, among other things, Director of the Swedish National Data Service, SND and Head of the School of Public Health and Community Medicine within the Department of Medicine.
University-wide bodies
The task of university-wide bodies is to support the University Management and the organisation in different matters.
The University Management Council provides support to the Vice-Chancellor in decision-making processes and is a forum where future matters and university-wide strategies are discussed. Besides the Vice-Chancellor, the Pro-Vice-Chancellor and the University Director, the council also includes: Faculty deans, the Library Director and the Chairs and Vice-Chairs of the University’s Student Unions.
Contact: Emilia Rung, sekreterare
Read more about the University Management Council in the Staff Portal
The Research Board is a preparatory and advisory body for the Vice-Chancellor. Its main purpose is to handle strategic research and collaboration matters, thereby promoting the development of research of a high-quality and of international standard.
Contact: Henrik Lindskog, secretary
Read more about the Research Board in the Staff Portal
The Research Board's Committee for Ethics in Research has the university-wide responsibility to provide support for researchers and management in matters concerning research ethics. The committee is organizationally placed under The Research Board.
Contact: Moa Ekbom, secretary
Read more about the Research Board's Committee for Ethics in Research in the Staff Portal
The University Board of Education develops university-wide principles for education, acts as a drafting and advisory board to the Vice-Chancellor.
Contact: Harry Harrysson, secretary
Read more about the University Board of Education in the Staff Portal
The Committee for PhD (Third-Cycle/Doctoral) Education serves as a permanent committee to the University Board of Education, drawing up university-wide principles for doctoral education and contributing to cross-faculty quality assurance and exchange of best practices in matters related to doctoral education.
Contact: Anna Schubert, secretary
Read more about the Committee for PhD (Third-Cycle/Doctoral) Education in the Staff Portal
The Quality Committee is under the University Board of Education and is a working committee that has a preparatory role. It is responsible for the implementation and administration of the University’s quality assurance and development policy for courses and study programmes and its related manuals.
Contact: Malin Östling, Management Support
Read more about the Quality Committee in the Staff Portal
The International Council advises the Vice-Chancellor and prepares matters relating to internationalisation on behalf of the Vice-Chancellor.
Read more about the International Council in the Staff Portal
Council for Examining deviations from Good Research Practice provides support to the Vice-Chancellor in matters concerning deviations from good research practice and in deciding which reports of suspected misconduct should be submitted to the National Board for Assessment of Research Misconduct.
Contact: Emilia Rung, secretary
Read more about the Council for Examining deviations from Good Research Practice in the Staff Portal
The Animal Welfare Body
According to the Swedish Animal Welfare Act, an organization that has a permit for laboratory animal testing must also have an Animal Welfare Body (Swedish: Djurskyddsorgan, shortened DO). At the University of Gothenburg, there is one Animal Welfare Body that has a university-wide mandate.
Contact: do@gu.se
Read more about the Animal Welfare Body in the Staff Portal
International Advisory Board (IAB) is a council of experts set up to support the university's strategic considerations and priorities regarding research.
Contact: Rangnar Nilsson, secretary
Read more about the International Advisory Board (IAB) in the Staff Portal
Central University Administration
The Central University Administration is responsible for coordinating and standardizing and for the efficient and professional planning and handling of administrative operative procedures and systems. This organisation serves to support core activities at the University and to offer university departments support in accomplishing administrative tasks.
The Central University Administration is organised into:
- Communication
- Educational Affairs
- Estates and facilities
and Strategic Project Management - Finance
- Grants and Innovation Office
- Human Resources
- International Centre
- IT
- Vice-Chancellor´s Office
University Director Johan Johansson is head of the Central University Administration.
Read more about the Central University Administration in the Staff Portal
The University Library
The University Library supports research and education at the University of Gothenburg by providing information services and collections, by providing access to electronic resources, and by giving courses in how to search, evaluate, and handle information.
National Units
University of Gothenburg hosts a number of national units that are designated specific responsibilities.
Gothenburg Centre for Sustainable Development, GMV is organised as a joint effort between Chalmers University of Technology and University of Gothenburg; its remit comprises the promotion of research, education and cooperation in the field of environmental and sustainability studies.
Read more about Gothenburg Centre for Sustainable Development, GMV
The Swedish Institute for the Marine Environment is assigned the tasks of pursuing research in the field of marine environmental studies, and, in collaboration with other universities, developing courses and programmes in the field.
Read more about the Swedish Institute for the Marine Environment
The Swedish Secretariat for Gender Research is a Nordic knowledge hub specializing in sustainable conditions for education, research and working life. The secretariat produces research driven knowledge on gender, power and sustainability to address global societal challenges.
Read more about the Swedish Secretariat for Gender Research
The Swedish National Resource Centre for Mathematics supports the development of mathematics education in preschool, school and adult education.
Read more about the Swedish National Resource Centre for Mathematics (in Swedish)
Nordicom (Nordic Information Centre for Media and Communication Research) is a knowledge centre in the field of media and communication.
Read more about Nordicom
Swedish National Data Service, SND is a national research infrastructure and a consortium of nine universities. The University of Gothenburg is the host university for SND and leads the work of the consortium. The main purpose of SND is to provide a coordinated system for describing, depositing, sharing, and finding data, nationally as well as internationally, to the Swedish research community.
Read more about the Swedish National Data Service
Segerstedtinstitutet is a national resource center to disseminate knowledge on how, when and why ideologically motivated violent environments arise. The Institute will work systematically to prevent and counter the emergence and reproduction of these environments.
Read more about Segerstedtinstitutet
Wallenberg Centre for Molecular and Translational Medicine, WCMTM is part of a national effort to reposition Sweden as a world-leading life science nation.
Read more about Wallenberg Centre for Molecular and Translational Medicine
GU Ventures
Since 1995, GU Ventures has supported projects and companies spun off from the University of Gothenburg. The company is wholly owned by the Swedish state and, since 1998, managed by the University of Gothenburg.
The aim is to create successful businesses to expand our knowledge base and generate a return on investments for the University of Gothenburg. Furthermore, we work to increase growth in the region and contribute to the utilization of research for better quality of life and a better society with new products and services.
Faculties
University of Gothenburg is a traditional European university with eight faculties.
Deans supervise the work carried out at the Faculty Office. They also serve as Chairs of the Faculty Boards.
The faculties at the University of Gothenburg are listed here. Contact information can be found on the page: Contact
Website: School of Business, Economics and Law
Dean: Per Cramér
Pro-Dean: Marie Stenseke
Website: Faculty of Humanities
Dean: Åsa Arping
Pro-Dean: Fredrik Engström
Website: IT Faculty
Dean: Dick Stenmark
Pro-Dean: Miroslaw Staron
Website: The Artistic Faculty
Acting Dean: Henric Benesch
Acting Pro-Dean: Maria Bania
Website: Faculty of Science
Dean: Göran Hilmersson
Pro-Dean: Ingela Dahllöf
Acting Dean: Kristian Daneback
Acting Pro-Dean: Sylva Frisk
Website: Sahlgrenska Academy
Dean: Agneta Holmäng
Pro-Dean: Henrik Hagberg
Website: Faculty of Education
Dean: Åke Ingerman
Deputy dean: Gun-Britt Wärvik
Departments
University of Gothenburg consists of in total 38 departments. Here, all departments are listed in alphabetical order, based on subject area.
Centres of expertise and research
A centre of expertise and research serves as a meeting point for students, researchers, and representatives from the private and public sectors. Centres of expertise and research are cross-disciplinary and may include several academic subjects, faculty areas, and higher education institutions.
The purpose of these centres is to manage areas and topics of interest that, by nature, span across several academic disciplines. There are approximately 30 centres of expertise and research at the University of Gothenburg. There are also other collaboration and networking groups.
Economics, politics and social development
- Business IT Lab, Bitlab
- Centre for Ageing and Health, AgeCap
- Centre for Business in Society, CBiS
- Centre for Collective Action Research, CeCAR
- Centre for Critical Heritage Studies, CCHS
- Centre for digital innovation
- Centre for European Research, CERGU
- Centre for Finance, CFF
- Centre for Global Human Resource Management
- Centre on knowledge-intensive innovation ecosystems, U-GOT KIES
- Center for Research and Education on Risk, Abuse and Addiction, CERA
- Centre for Retailing, CFR
- Centre for Tourism, CFT
- Centre on Global Migration, CGM
- Gothenburg Centre of Globalization and Development
- Institute for Innovation and Social Change
- Mistra Urban Futures
- Work and Employment Research Centre, WE
- Urban Safety and Societal Security Research Center, URBSEC
Health, medicine, mathematics and natural science
- Biomaterials Research Centre, BRC
- Centre for Antibiotic Resistance Research, CARe
- Centre for Ethics, Law and Mental Health, CELAM
- Center for Future Chemical Risk Analysis and Management, FRAM
- Center for Health and Performance, CHP
- Centre for Person-centred Care, GPCC
- Centre for Sea and Society
- Centre for Skin Research, SkinResQU
- Gothenburg Air and Climate Network, GAC
- Gothenburg Chair Programme for Advanced Studies
- Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, GGBC
- Krefting Research Centre
- Linnaeus Centre for Marine Evolutionary Biology, CeMEB
- Perinatal Research Obstetric Maternal Infant Studies Empowers, PROMISE
- Sahlgrenska Center for Cancer Research
- Stroke Care of the Future
- The Marine Infrastructure
- The Swedish Mariculture Research Center, SWEMARC
Culture, communication and education
At the University of Gothenburg there are several different research groups put together to conduct high quality and often multidisciplinary research and for cooperation with society.
Economics, Politics and Societal Development
- Centre for Regional Analysis, CRA
- Gothenburg Research Institute, GRI
- Reväst
- The Quality of Government Institute
Culture, Communications, Learning and Education
- Museion
- Pedagogical Development and Interactive Learning, PIL
- Science and Technology Studies, STS
Health, Medicine, Environment and Nature
- Agenda 2030 - West Sweden (in Swedish)
- BIOMATCELL
- Centre for Bone and Arthritis Research
- Gothenburg Pediatric Growth Research Centre (in Swedish)
- Mucosal Immunity and Vaccines, MIVAC
- Sahlgrenska Center for Pediatric Ophthalmology Research, ROP
Research Schools
- Chalmers Graduate School in Bioscience
- Doctoral Education at the Department for Applied Information Technology
- Environment and Health (in Swedish)
- Interdisciplinary Research School in Biomaterials at Sahlgrenska Academy, BIOSUM
- LinCS-DSES Doctoral School
- National Research School in Genomics and Bioinformatics
- Sport Science, Food and Nutrition and Pedagogy
- The Research School at the Artistic Faculty
Education in Entrepreneurship