Chalmers University of Technology

Chalmers University of Technology has its origins in the trade school that opened in Gothenburg on 5 November 1829 under the name Chalmersska Slöjdskolan, paid for with a legacy from William Chalmers, a director of the Swedish East India Company. It became Chalmers tekniska högskola in 1937 and Sweden’s second state university of technology, and is a private foundation university since 1994. Its motto, Avancez, is unchanged since 1829.

Chalmers conducts research and education in technology, natural sciences, maritime studies and architecture across thirteen departments, among them Architecture and Civil Engineering, which shapes the architects and civil engineers of the future. Around thirty bachelor’s programmes are taught in Swedish and the two-year master’s programmes, each of 120 credits, in English. It works on the Johanneberg and Lindholmen campuses and at the Onsala Space Observatory.

Its annual report gives 10,999 full-time students, 988 active doctoral students, 3,235 employees, 645 teachers and 329 professors, with a turnover of SEK 4,584 million, 3,031 research publications and 240 new doctoral students in 2024.

Chalmers presents itself as one of the leading technical universities in the Nordic region, with close collaboration with industry and a focus on sustainability, and is rated in national surveys as the best known and most highly trusted university in Sweden.