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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 2012

• 3900 full-time students• 23 952 alumni• 448 employees• 102 professors and associate

professors

• 29 partner companies• 182 partner universities• 286 SEK million in grants• 172 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

Jan MartonSenior Lecturer, Vice Dean

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Departments

• Business Administration

• Economics with Statistics

• Economy and Society

• Economic History

• Gothenburg Research Institute

• Human Geography

• Institute for Innovation and

Entrepreneurship

• Law

• Graduate School

• Institute for Innovation and Social Change

• 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

Research centras

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Employees 2012

Total Women Men

Professors 40 9 31

Visiting professors 19 6 13

Associate professors 43 19 24

Postdoctoral teachers/fellows 120 38 82

Other teachers 39 16 23

PhD students 74 42 32

Administration and IT 113 83 30

Total 448 213 235

Number of persons

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PhD Education

PhD education 2012 Total Women Men

Admitted for licentiate degrees 4 1 3

Admitted for doctoral degrees 29 12 17

Licentiate degrees 6 0 6

Doctoral degrees 15 5 10

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Publications 2012

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Education

Programme in Environmental Social Science, 180 ECTS credits

Programme in Environmental Social Science, 180 ECTS credits

Master programmes, 120 ECTS creditstaught in English

Master programmes, 120 ECTS creditstaught in English

Programme in Business and Economics, 300 (180 + 120) ECTS creditsProgramme in Business and Economics, 300 (180 + 120) ECTS credits

Master of Laws Programme, 270 ECTS creditsMaster of Laws Programme, 270 ECTS credits

Single subject courses within the School´s four departments

Single subject courses within the School´s four departments

PhD educationProvided within all departments

PhD educationProvided within all departments

Programme in Logistics Management, 300 (180 + 120) ECTS creditsNOTE! 300 credits from admissions 2013

Programme in Logistics Management, 300 (180 + 120) ECTS creditsNOTE! 300 credits from admissions 2013

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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• Statistics

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International exchange 2012

• 277 outgoing exchange students

• 382 incoming exchange students

• 73 master students with

international background

Partneruniversities

Africa 4

Asia 34

Europe 106

South America 4

Central America 2

North America 22

Oceania 10

Total 182*

*43 of these refer to universities that have agreements with the University of Gothenburg

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Figures 2012

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Income, SEK 461 million Costs, SEK 427 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• Promote cooperation between the School and the business community and society in terms of research and

education. Contribute to the school's operations towards a higher quality and a strong international

competitiveness.

• Members:

Inga-Britt Ahlenius, holder of the Assar Gabrielsson Visiting Professorship

Anders Ahnlid, Ambassador, Sweden´s delegation to the OECD and Unesco

Lena Apler, CEO, Collector Finance & Law AB

Joachim Berner, Chairman, Christian Berner, Chariman of the board

Tore Bertilsson, Executive Vice President & CFO, AB SKF

Stefan Brocker, Partner, Mannheimer Swartling

Eva Halvarsson, CEO, Second Swedish National Pension Fund

Anders Jansson, President and CEO, Stena Metall AB

Johan Malmsten, Chairman, Richard C. Malmsten Memorial Foundation

Anders Osberg, Executive Vice President Finance & Business Support, CFO, Volvo Group

M. Johan Widerberg, Senior Executive, Handelsbanken