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.
Centres
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 seven divisions: Management and general university support, HR, IT, Communications , Planning Analysis and Economics, Service and the Student and Education office.