University of Gothenburg
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Facts and figures

The Institute of Medicine is the largest department at the University of Gothenburg, with around 460 employees and nearly 300 doctoral students. Want to know more about us? Here are some short facts and figures about us.

Our business in numbers

Our employees

  • About 460 employees
  • Around 1400 people are affiliated with the Institute of Medicine
  • 70 professors (including adjunct, guest and senior professors)

Our research

  • 298,3 million SEK in external research grants
  • 1184 scientific publications in GUP (University of Gothenburg publication database)
  • 33 dissertations 

Our education

  • 748 students
  • About 300 PhD students
  • We offer 4 programmes at both basic and advanced level, as well as a range of freestanding courses. We also provide courses in the majority of other study programmes at Sahlgrenska Academy.

The figures above from 2025.

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Vision

"Research and teaching excellence in medicine and public health sciences, and close cooperation with health care"

Where are we? 

Find the Institutute of Medicine at Medicinareberget, Health Sciences Centre (near Wavrinskys plats), Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Mölndal Hospital, Östra Hospital.