title: Chalmers University of Technology
text: Chalmers University of Technology (, commonly referred to as Chalmers) is a private research university located in Gothenburg, Sweden. Chalmers focuses on engineering and science, but more broadly it also conducts research and offers education in shipping, architecture and management. The university has approximately 3100 employees and 10,000 students.
  
  Chalmers is a highly reputable university internationally known for its engineering education 
  and research, and is consistently ranked among the world's top 100 universities in engineering and technology,
  as well as considered one of Europe's leading technical universities. 
  
  Chalmers is coordinating the Graphene Flagship, the European Union's biggest research initiative to bring graphene innovation out of the lab and into commercial applications, and leading the development of a Swedish quantum computer.
  
  Chalmers is a member of the UNITECH International program, the IDEA League, the Nordic Five Tech, 
  and the ENHANCE alliances as well as the EURECOM consortium and the CESAER network.
  
  History
  Chalmers 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". The university was run as a private institution until 1937 when it became the second state-owned technical university. In 1994 the government of Sweden reorganised Chalmers into a private company (aktiebolag) owned by a government-controlled foundation.
  Chalmers is one of only three universities in Sweden which are named after a person, the other two being Karolinska Institutet and Linnaeus University.
  
  Departments
  Chalmers University of Technology has the following 13 departments:
   Architecture and Civil Engineering
   Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
   Communication and Learning in Science
   Computer Science and Engineering
   Electrical Engineering
   Industrial and Materials Science
   Life Sciences
   Mathematical Sciences
   Mechanics and Maritime Sciences
   Microtechnology and Nanoscience
   Physics
   Space, Earth and Environment
   Technology Management and Economics
  
  Furthermore, Chalmers is home to six Areas of Advance and six national competence centers in key fields such as materials, mathematical modelling, environmental science, and vehicle safety.
  
  Research infrastructure 
  Chalmers University of Technology's research infrastructure includes everything from advanced real or virtual labs to large databases, computer capacity for large-scale calculations and research facilities.
   Chalmers AI Research Centre, CHAIR
   Chalmers Centre for Computational Science and Engineering, C3SE
   Chalmers Mass Spectrometry Infrastructure, CMSI
   Chalmers Power Central
   Chalmers Materials Analysis Laboratory
   Chalmers Simulator Centre
   Chemical Imaging Infrastructure
   Facility for Computational Systems Biology
   HSB Living Lab
   Nanofabrication Laboratory
   Onsala Space Observatory
   Revere – Chalmers Resource for Vehicle Research
   The National laboratory in terahertz characterisation
   SAFER - Vehicle and Traffic Safety Centre at Chalmers
  
  Rankings and reputation
  
  Since 2012, Chalmers has achieved the highest reputation for Swedish Universities by the Kantar Sifo's Reputation Index. According to the survey, Chalmers is the most well-known university in Sweden regarded as a successful and competitive high-class institution with a large contribution to society and credibility in media.
  
  Moreover, the European Commission has recognized Chalmers as one of Europe's top universities, while based on the U-Multirank 2022, Chalmers characterized as a top performing university across various indicators (i.e., teaching & learning, research, knowledge transfer and international orientation) with the highest number of ‘A’ (very good) scores on the institutional level for Sweden.
  
  Additionally, in 2018, a benchmarking report from MIT ranked Chalmers top 10 in the world of engineering education, while in 2020, the World University Research Rankings placed Chalmers 12th in the world based on the evaluation of three key research aspects, namely research multi-disciplinarity, research impact, and research cooperativeness.
  
  Finally, in 2011, the International Professional Ranking of Higher Education Institutions, which is established on the basis of the number of alumni holding a post of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) or equivalent in one of the Fortune Global 500 companies, Chalmers ranked 38th in the world, ranking 1st in Sweden and 15th in Europe.
  
  Ties and partnerships 
  Chalmers is a member of the IDEA League network, a strategic alliance between five leading European universities of science and technology. The scope of the network is to provide the environment for students, researchers and staff to share knowledge, experience and resources.
  
  Moreover, Chalmers is a partner of the UNITECH International, an organization consisting of distinguished technical universities and multinational companies across Europe. UNITECH helps bridge the gap between the industrial and academic world offering exchange programs consisting of studies as well as an integrated internship at one of the corporate partners.
  
  Chalmers is also a member of the Nordic Five Tech network, a strategic alliance of the five leading technical universities in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. The Nordic Five Tech universities are amongst the top international technical universities with the goal of creating synergies within education, research and innovation.
  
  Additionally, Chalmers is a member of the ENHANCE, an alliance of ten leading Universities of Technology shaping the future of Europe and driving transformation in science and society. The partner institutions have a history of solid cooperation in EU programmes and joint research projects.
  
  Furthermore, Chalmers is a member of CESAER, a European association of universities of science and technology. Among others, the requirements for a university to be a member of CESAER is to provide excellent science and technology research, education and innovation as well as to have a leading position in their region, their country and beyond.
  
  Additionally, Chalmers has established formal agreements with three leading materials science centers: University of California, Santa Barbara, ETH Zurich and Stanford University. Within the framework of the agreements, a yearly bilateral workshop is organized, and exchange of researchers is supported.
  
  Chalmers has general exchange agreements with many European and U.S. universities and maintains a special exchange program agreement with National Chiao Tung University (NCTU) in Taiwan where the exchange students from the two universities maintain offices for, among other things, helping local students with applying and preparing for an exchange year as well as acting as representatives.
  
  Finally, Chalmers has strong partnerships with major industries such as Ericsson, Volvo, Saab AB and AstraZeneca.
  
  Students
  Approximately 40% of Sweden's graduate engineers and architects are educated at Chalmers. Each year, around 250 postgraduate 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. Since 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 enrol in a master's or PhD program.
  
  Around 2,700 students also attend Bachelor of Science engineering programmes, merchant marine and other undergraduate courses at Campus Lindholmen. Chalmers also shares some students with Gothenburg University in the joint IT University project. The IT University focuses exclusively on information technology and offers bachelor's and master's programmes with degrees issued from either Chalmers or Gothenburg University, depending on the programme.
  
  Chalmers confers honorary doctoral degrees to people outside the university who have shown great merit in their research or in society.
  
  Organization 
  Chalmers is an aktiebolag with 100 shares à 1,000 SEK, all of which are owned by the Chalmers University of Technology Foundation, a private foundation, which appoints the university board and the president. The foundation has its members appointed by the Swedish government (4 to 8 seats), the departments appoint one member, the student union appoints one member and the president automatically gains one chair. Each department is led by a department head, usually a member of the faculty of that department. The faculty senate represents members of the faculty when decisions are taken.
  
  Campuses
  
  In 1937, the school moved from the city centre to the new Gibraltar Campus, named after the mansion which owned the grounds, where it is now located. The Lindholmen College Campus was created in the early 1990s and is located on the island Hisingen. Campus Johanneberg and Campus Lindholmen, as they are now called, are connected by bus lines.
  
  Student societies and traditions
  Traditions include the graduation ceremony and the Cortège procession, an annual public event.
  
   Chalmers Students' Union
   Chalmers Aerospace Club – founded in 1981. In Swedish frequently also referred to as Chalmers rymdgrupp (roughly Chalmers Space Group). Members of CAC led the ESA funded CACTEX (Chalmers Aerospace Club Thermal EXperiment) project where the thermal conductivity of alcohol at zero gravity was investigated using a sounding rocket.
   Chalmers Alternative Sports – Student association organizing trips and other activities working to promote alternative sports. Every year the Chalmers Wake arranges a pond wakeboard contest in the fountain outside the architecture building at Chalmers.
   Chalmersbaletten
   Chalmers Ballong Corps
   Chalmers Baroque Ensemble
   Chalmers Business Society (CBS)
   CETAC
   Chalmers Choir
   Chalmers Formula Student
  ETA - (E-sektionens Teletekniska Avdelning) Founded in 1935, it's a student-run amateur radio society that also engages in hobby electronics.
   Chalmers Film and Photography Committee (CFFC)
   Chalmersspexet – Amateur theater group which has produced new plays since 1948
   Chalmers International Reception Committee (CIRC)
   XP – Committee that is responsible for the experimental workshop, a workshop open for students
   Chalmers Program Committee – PU
   Chalmers Students for Sustainability (CSS) – promoting sustainable development among the students and runs projects, campaigns and lectures
   Föreningen Chalmers Skeppsbyggare, Chalmers Naval Architecture Students' Society (FCS)
   Chalmers Sailing Society
   RANG – Chalmers Indian Association
   Caster – Developing and operating a Driver in the Loop (DIL) simulator, which is used in various courses and projects
  
  Notable alumni
   Christopher Ahlberg, computer scientist and entrepreneur, Spotfire and Recorded Future founder
   Rune Andersson, Swedish Industrialist, owner of Mellby Gård AB and billionaire
   Abbas Anvari, former chancellor of Sharif University of Technology
   Linn Berggren, artist and former member of Ace of Base
   Gustaf Dalén, Nobel Prize in Physics
   Sigfrid Edström, director ASEA, president IOC
   Claes-Göran Granqvist, physicist
   Margit Hall, first female architect in Sweden
   Harald Hammarström, linguist
   Krister Holmberg, professor of Surface Chemistry at Chalmers University of Technology.
   Mats Hillert, metallurgist
   Ivar Jacobson, computer scientist
   Erik Johansson, photographic surrealist
   Jan Johansson, jazz musician
   Leif Johansson, former CEO Volvo
   Olav Kallenberg, probability theorist
   Marianne Kärrholm, chemical engineer and Chalmers professor
   Hjalmar Kumlien, architect
   Abraham Langlet, chemist
   Martin Lorentzon, Spotify and TradeDoubler founder
   Ingemar Lundström, physicist, chairman of the Nobel Committee for Physics
   Carl Magnusson, industrial designer and inventor
   Semir Mahjoub, businessman and entrepreneur
   Peter Nordin, computer scientist and entrepreneur
   Åke Öberg, biomedical scientist
   Leif Östling, CEO Scania AB
   PewDiePie (Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg), YouTuber (no degree)
   Carl Abraham Pihl, engineer and director of first Norwegian railroad (Hovedbanen)
   Richard Soderberg, businessman, inventor and professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
   Hans Stråberg, former President and CEO of Electrolux
   Ludvig Strigeus, computer scientist and entrepreneur
   Per Håkan Sundell, computer scientist and entrepreneur
   Jan Wäreby, businessman
   Gert Wingårdh, architect
   Vera Sandberg, engineer
   Anna von Hausswolff, musician
   Anita Schjøll Brede, entrepreneur
  
  Presidents
  Although the official Swedish title for the head is "rektor", the university now uses "President" as the English translation.
  
  See also
   Chalmers School of Entrepreneurship
   IT University of Göteborg
   List of universities in Sweden
   Marie Rådbo, astronomer
   The International Science Festival in Gothenburg 
   University of Gothenburg (Göteborg University)
  
  References
  
  External links
   Chalmers University of Technology – official site
   Chalmers Student Union
   Chalmers Alumni Association
  
   
  Educational institutions established in 1829
  Technical universities and colleges in Sweden
  Higher education in Gothenburg
  Engineering universities and colleges in Sweden
  1829 establishments in Sweden