History
Based within 1829 following a donation by William Chalmers, a director of the Swedish East India Company, and existence rerun as a personal institution until 1937, when the institute became a state owned university. Inside 1994 the school once again became the personal institution, owned by the foundation. When by having 100% universities around Sweden, a tuition is invite per government & so loose for the students.

Schools

A organization is divided into schools, corresponding to faculties.

Architecture Chemical & Biological Engineering Civil Engineering Computer Science & Engineering Electrical Engineering Environmental Science Mathematical Sciences Mechanical Engineering Physics & Engineering Physics Technology Management & Economics

There exists likewise the University College affilliated with a university.

Students
Just about 40 by the cent of Sweden's graduate engineers & designer were educated at Chalmers. Every season about 250 post graduate degrees come awarded also when 850 graduate degrees. Just about One 000 post-graduate students attend programmes at a university & about Five 500 students come ingesting Master of Science engineering programmes & the Master of Architecture programme.

'''Master's degrees''' Architecture Automation & Mechatronics Engineering Bio Engineering Chemical Engineering Chemical Engineering by having Engineering Physics Civil Engineering Computer Science & Engineering Electrical Engineering Engineering Physics Information Engineering (Computer software Engineering) Industrial Project Engineering Industrial Engineering & Management Mechanical Engineering

Around Two 700 come besides attending Bachelor of Science engineering programmes, merchandiser marine & more undergrad courses at a Chalmers Lindholmen University College.

Faculty

Campus
Around 1937 a school was moved away from a central city to a newly Gibraltar Campus, known as when a mansion which owned the evidence, in which it at present is placed. A Lindholmen College Campus was created in the early 1990s and is located on the island of Hisingen.

Societies and traditions

Chalmers Students' Union Chalmers Computer Society Chalmers Aerospace Club

People
Abraham Langlet, chemist Gustaf Dalén, Nobel Prize Laureate Leif Johansson, CEO Volvo Peter Augustsson, CEO Saab Automobile Sigfrid Edström, director ASEA, president IOC

Rectors (Presidents)
Although a official Swedish title for the head is "rektor", a university at present utilizes "President" when a English translation.

1829-1852	Carl Palmstedt
1852-1881	Eduard von Schoultz
1881-1913	August Wijkander
1913-1933	Hugo Grauers
1934-1943	Sven Hultin
1943-1958	Gustav Hössjer
1958-1966	Lennart Rönnmark
1966-1974	Nils Gralén
1974-1989	Sven Olving
1989-1998	Anders Sjöberg
1998-	Jan-Eric Sundgren