www.handels.gu.se School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg
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School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg
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The School´s Mission & Vision
MissionThe mission of the School is to develop knowledge and educate creative individuals for the advancement of successful organisations and a sustainable world.
VisionThe School aims to be well known and respected as an excellent and progressive academic institution.
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History
• Founded as a private Business School in 1923
• Became a part of University of Gothenburg in 1971
• An independent unit within the University in 1986
• Moved onto a shared campus in 1995
• Its own faculty board in 1997
• Ackredited by EQUIS since 2004
The first Building
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Key ratios 2011
• 4016 full-time students• 23 287 alumni• 455 employees• 109 professors and associate
professors
• 29 partner companies• 158 partner universities• 266 SEK million in grants• 162 SEK million in external
funding
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Organisation
University of Gothenburg
Faculty Board
Dean
Departments
Advisory Board Management Group
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Management Team
Olof Johansson StenmanProfessor, Assistant Dean
Per CramérProfessor, Dean
Mette SandoffAssociate Professor, Vice Dean
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Departments and research centrasBusiness Administration
Economic History
Economics with Statistics
Gothenburg Research Institute
Graduate School
Human and Economic Geography
Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Institute for Innovation and Social Change
Law
Centre for Business in Society
Centre for Business Solutions
Centre for Consumer Science
Centre for Finance
Centre for Health Economics at the University of
Gothenburg
Centre for Regional Analysis
Centre for Retailing
Centre for Tourism
Centre of International Business Studies
Gothenburg Centre of Globalization and
Development
School of Executive Education
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Employees 2011
Total Women Men
Professors 44 9 35
Visiting professors 21 5 16
Associate professors 44 17 27
Postdoctoral teachers/fellows 122 38 84
Other teachers 41 15 26
PhD students 66 34 32
Administration and IT 117 90 27
Total 455 208 247
Number of persons
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PhD Education
PhD education 2011 Total Women Men
Admitted for licentiate degrees 4 0 4
Admitted for doctoral degrees 9 4 5
Licentiate degrees 14 4 10
Doctoral degrees 26 9 17
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Publications 2011
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EducationBachelor programmes, 180 ECTS credits
Bachelor Programme in Logistic ManagementProgramme in Environmental Social Science
Master programmes, 120 ECTS creditstaught in English
Programme in Business and Economics, 300 (180 + 120) ECTS credits
Master of Laws Programme, 270 ECTS credits
Single subject courses within five of the School´s departments
PhD educationProvided within all departments
Single subject courses
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Master programmes within Graduate School, 120 ECTS credits
• Accounting• Economics• Finance• Innovation and Industrial Management• International Business and Trade• Knowledge-based Entrepreneurship• Logistics and Transport Management• Management• Marketing and Consumption
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Single subject courses
• Business Administration• Economic Geography• Economic History• Economics• Law• Social Geography• Statistics• Tourism Geography
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International exchange 2011
• 216 outgoing exchange students
• 330 incoming exchange students
• 25 master students with degree from
foreign universities
Partneruniversities
Africa 5
Asia 26
Europe 97
South America 3
North America 16
Oceania 11
Total 158*
*30 of these refer to universities that have agreements with the University of Gothenburg
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Figures 2011
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Income, SEK 431 million Costs, SEK 430 million
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The Partnership Programme
• Agreement of co-operation between business companies, public administrations and the School
• Logterm basis relationships• Today 29 partner companies• Further education• Career Service – meeting point for students and employers• Alumni – relations with former students
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The Advisory Board
• Supporting the School´s management on important issues
• Representatives from both trade and industry and the public sector
• Chairman: Pär Östberg, Senior Vice President, AB Volvo
• Members:
Anders Ahnlid, Ambassador, Sweden´s delegation to the OECD and Unesco
Lena Apler, CEO, Collector Finance & Law AB
Tore Bertilsson, Executive Vice President & CFO, AB SKF
Eva Halvarsson, CEO, Second Swedish National Pension Fund
Anders Jansson, President and CEO, Stena Metall AB
Björn Stigson, holder of the Assar Gabrielsson Visiting Professoship
Johan Malmsten, Chairman, Richard C. Malmsten Memorial Foubndation
M. Johan Widerberg, Executive Vice President, Handelsbanken
Per Cramér, Dean, School of Business, Economics and Law