University · Gothenburg, Sweden
University of Gothenburg
University in Gothenburg, Sweden
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About
instance of inception official name Kungl. Universitetet i Göteborg (sv) · since 1 July 1954 motto text Tradita innovare innovata tradere (la) Att förnya det överlämnade och lämna det förnyade vidare (sv) legal form
Location and contact
country located in the administrative territorial entity headquarters location Gothenburg · location: Gothenburg university, main administration building location street address Vasagatan 33, 411 37 Göteborg (sv) postal code 40530 · address 411 37 · street address coordinate location official website phone number email address fax number
People and numbers
count of students 37,000 36,003 · refine date: autumn (northern hemisphere) · 2020 position held by head of the organization rector
Rankings and recognition
ranking 202 · QS World University Rankings · 2026 Earlier figures (13) 194 · QS World University Rankings · 2025 187 · QS World University Rankings · 2024 185 · QS World University Rankings · 2023 180 · QS World University Rankings · 2022 202 · QS World University Rankings · 2021 256 · QS World University Rankings · 2020 269 · QS World University Rankings · 2019 283 · QS World University Rankings · 2018 264 · QS World University Rankings · 2017 247 · QS World University Rankings · 2016 206 · QS World University Rankings · 2015 205 · QS World University Rankings · 2014 193 · QS World University Rankings · 2012
Finances
funder Open Society Foundations · prize money: $99,185 · award rationale: to support expert assessments and establish a resource for research and advocacy on academic freedom. · 2019 Open Society Foundations · prize money: $14,800 · award rationale: Varieties of Democracy at European Conferences · 2018 Open Society Foundations · prize money: $149,379 · award rationale: The State of Democracy in Europe: Challenges and Solutions · 2018 carbon footprint 946,600.85 kilogram of carbon dioxide equivalent · has cause: transport · 2021 Earlier figures (1) 2,224,399 kilogram of carbon dioxide equivalent · has cause: transport · 2020
Structure and memberships
parent organization or unit child organization or unit has part(s) member of 3 more replaces
Other facts
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Wikimedia and technical details (14)
Commons category topic's main category category for alumni of educational institution category for employees of the organization on focus list of Wikimedia project described by source IPv6 routing prefix IPv4 routing prefix API endpoint URL Commons gallery Classification of the Functions of Government social media followers 13,673 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 408362345 · 2 February 2023 Earlier figures (2) 12,226 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 408362345 · 1 March 2022 10,186 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 408362345 · 6 January 2021 main regulatory text applies to jurisdiction
Identifiers in other databases (66)
ARWU university ID Bibliothèque nationale de France ID Crunchbase organization ID Delfi.ee topic ID Dialnet author ID DigitaltMuseum ID EU Participant Identification Code EU Transparency Register ID EU VAT number Facebook username FactGrid item ID FES digital collections entity ID Freebase ID Glassdoor company ID GND ID Google Maps Customer ID Google Scholar organization ID Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID GRID ID HAL structure ID IdRef ID idw member ID Instagram username ISNI J9U entity ID Japan Search name ID Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID KISTI ID KulturNav-ID Libraries Australia ID Library of Congress Authorities ID Libris-URI LittleSis organization ID Medvik ID Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued) MusicBrainz place ID National Historical Museums of Sweden ID National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID NE.se ID NL CR AUT ID NUKAT ID Open Funder Registry funder ID OpenAlex ID Postimees topic ID QS World University ID Quora topic ID Ringgold ID ROR ID SCImago Institutions Rankings ID SELIBR ID SHARE Catalogue author ID SNARC ID Swedish Open Cultural Heritage URI Swedish Organization Number Te Papa agent ID Times Higher Education World University ID U-Multirank university ID Vatican Library ID (former scheme) Vatican Library VcBA ID VIAF cluster ID Wellcome Collection concept ID World Higher Education Database ID X (Twitter) username goteborgsuni · retrieved: 14 April 2020 · has characteristic: verified account or profile · number of subscribers: 8,759 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 408362345 · since 9 November 2011 Sancho el Sabio Foundation ID Scilit organization ID Yale LUX ID
At a glance
Kind University
Location Gothenburg, Sweden
Founded 1954
Students 36,003 (2020)
Also known as Göteborg University, Gothenburg University, Goteborg University, GU
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