Chalmers University of Technology is a foundation university with the board of the Chalmers University of Technology Foundation as its supreme decision-making body.
The university board is responsible for the overall planning, co-ordination and follow-up of the university's activities. Under the university board, the President and CEO is responsible for operations generally.
The President and Vice Presidents
The President and the Office of the President represent Chalmers in its dealings with the Swedish government
offices
and with other external organisations. They work with the overall
strategy to advance the university and to coordinate and monitor its
operations.
Departments and research groups
Teaching and research is carried out by Chalmers' 13 departments. The departments are led by a Head of department, and are made up of research groups and divisions.
es
At Chalmers there are six national competence centres financed by Vinnova and the Swedish Energy Agency. There are also a number of centres cooperating across traditional departmental boundaries.
Chalmers Operations Support
Chalmers Operations Support has 10 departments: Management Support, HR Department, IT Office, Programme- and project management office, Communications and marketing, Planning Analysis and Economics, Service Department, Innovationskontoret, Operative and Strategic Support and Student and Education office.
The Chalmers Group
Included in the Chalmers University of Technology group are the subsidiary companies
Chalmers Professional Education AB and
Chalmers Ventures AB. Chalmers University of Technology is also a partner in the technology parks Lindholmen Science Park, Johanneberg Science Park and Sahlgrenska Science Park as well as in AstaZero and the IT University. Chalmers Industrial Technology, CIT, is controlled by Chalmers University of Technology.