Chalmers University of Technology
Chalmers University of Technology (Swedish: Chalmers tekniska högskola, 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 tekniska högskola | |
| Motto | Avancez (French) |
|---|---|
Motto in English | Advance |
| Type | Private technical university |
| Established | 5 November 1829 |
| President | Martin Nilsson Jacobi |
Administrative staff | 936 |
| Students | 10,712 (FTE, 2021) |
| 1,025 | |
| Location | , , |
| Campus | Urban |
| Nickname | Chalmerists |
| Affiliations | IDEA, EUA, CESAER, UNITECH, EURECOM, Nordic Five Tech |
| Website | www |
Chalmers is a research-intensive university, widely recognized as one of Europe's leading technical universities. It is consistently ranked among the world's top 100 universities in engineering and technology, and is acknowledged for its excellence in engineering education and research. Moreover, Chalmers is continuously rated as the most well known as well as the best reputed university in Sweden, according to annual public surveys.
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.
The university is a co-founder of the CDIO Initiative, 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.