“Chalmers University of Technology”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

The university 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". Chalmers was run as a private institution until 1937, when the institute became a state-owned university. In 1994, the school was incorporated as an

aktiebolag under the control of the Swedish Government, the faculty and the Student Union. 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

Furthermore, Chalmers is home to eight 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.

Students

Approximately 40% of Sweden's graduate engineers and architects are educated at Chalmers. Each year, around 250 post graduate 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 enroll 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,^[4] 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 appoints one member, the student union appoints one member and the president automatically gains one chair.^[5] 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 center 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.

Ties and partnerships

Chalmers has partnerships with major industries mostly in the Gothenburg region such as Ericsson, Volvo, and SKF.

The University 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 maintains offices for, among other things, helping local students with applying and preparing for an exchange year as well as acting as representatives. It contributes also to the Top Industrial Managers for Europe (TIME) network.

A close collaboration between the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Chalmers and ICVR at ETH Zurich is being established. As of 2014, Chalmers University of Technology is a member of the IDEA League network.^[6]

Rankings

In 2018, a benchmarking report from MIT ranks Chalmers top ten in the world of engineering education.^[11]^[12] Chalmers has also achieved the highest reputation for Swedish Universities by the Kantar Sifo's Reputation Index.^[13]

In the 2011 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 University of Technology ranked 38th in the world, ranking 1st in Sweden and 15th in Europe.^[14]

In the latest QS World University Rankings (2019), the university was ranked 128th in the world (overall).^[8] In the latest Times Higher Education World University Rankings (2018), Chalmers ranked 201-250 of all global universities.^[10] In the latest Academic Ranking of World Universities (2018), the university was ranked between places 201-300 of all universities in the world.^[7]

Notable alumni

Presidents

Although the official Swedish title for the head is "rektor", the university now uses "President" as the English translation.

See also

References

1. ^Facts and figures (English) {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523135033/http://www.chalmers.se/en/about-chalmers/Pages/facts-and-figures.aspx |date=23 May 2011 }}. Chalmers.se. Retrieved on 9 August 2011.
2. ^{{cite web |url= https://www.edumaritime.net/sweden/chalmers-university-of-technology-gothenburg |title=Chalmers University of Technology - Maritime & Supply Chain Management Education |author= |date= |website=www.edumaritime.net}}
3. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.chalmers.se/en/news/Pages/New-departmental-structure-.aspx|title=New organisation from 1 May |last= |first= |date= |website= www.chalmers.se |language=en-us |access-date=2017-05-02}}
4. ^Statutes of Chalmers University of Technology Foundation, paragraph 3 (this is a translation of the swedish text {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090506142310/http://www.chalmers.se/sections/om_chalmers/stiftelsen_chalmers/stadgar |date=6 May 2009 }}.) Chalmers University of Technology
5. ^Statues of Chalmers University of Technology Foundation, paragraph 5 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914173702/http://www.chalmers.se/en/sections/about_chalmers/chalmers_university/statues |date=14 September 2008 }}. Chalmers University of Technology. Retrieved on 9 August 2011.
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7. ^¹Academic Ranking of World Universities 2018
8. ^¹[https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2019 QS World University Rankings 2019]
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10. ^¹[https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2018/world-ranking World University Rankings 2018]
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12. ^{{Cite web |url= https://www.chalmers.se/en/news/Pages/A-beacon-for-interdisciplinary-education.aspx |title= Chalmers "a beacon for interdisciplinary education"|website= www.chalmers.se |language=en-us |access-date= 2018-11-14}}
13. ^{{Cite web |url= https://www.chalmers.se/en/education/studying-at-Chalmers/Pages/rankings.aspx |title= Rankings {{!}} Chalmers |last= |first= |date= |website= www.chalmers.se |language=en-us |archive-url= |archive-date= |dead-url= |access-date= 2018-11-14}}
14. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.ensmp.fr/Actualites/PR/EMP-ranking.html |title=International Professional Ranking of Higher Education Institutions |deadurl=yes |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090122065258/http://www.ensmp.fr/Actualites/PR/EMP-ranking.html |archivedate= 22 January 2009 |df=dmy }}
15. ^FAQ & Biography {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140706051412/http://erikjohanssonphoto.com/about/faq-biography/ |date=6 July 2014 }}, Retrieved Oct. 16, 2014
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