Organisation

Chalmers tekniska högskola AB is a Foundation University that runs Chalmers University of Technology’s academic education, research and utilisation activity. The thirteen departments and shared Operations Support function together constitute Chalmers’ line organisation. Complementing the departments are other organisational elements – Areas of Advance and educational areas – whose purpose is to bring together expertise and integrate research, education and utilisation on an interdepartmental basis.

The President and Vice Presidents

The Presidents and Vice Presidents represent Chalmers in its dealings with Swedish government offices and other external organisations. Their work focuses on overall strategy to move the university forward, plus coordinating and monitoring operations.

The President’s Office

Staff in the President’s Office work closely with the President and his team providing support and coordination. Management coordinators coordinate and manage the President’s and Vice Presidents’ duties, and advisers manage processes for developing and monitoring operations.

Departments and research groups

Chalmers’ 13 departments are the primary source of scientific and technical expertise for the whole organisation, structured around research groups and research divisions. Heads of Department are responsible for the overall operation of their department and are assisted by Deputy and Assistant Heads of Department leading on education, research and utilisation and a Head of Administration. Chalmers’ library is organised by department to assist communication and scientific learning.

Each department has a departmental advisory team consisting of both internal and external members and an external chair to be consulted on issues of strategic importance.

Chalmers Operations Support

Is to ensure, in the long term, effective and well-functioning, high-quality support guided by the needs, and demands in education, research, utilisation and management as well as demands of the authorities.

Head of the Operations support is University Director Hanna Ståhl, reporting directly to president/CEO and forming the management group for Chalmers’s operations support together with the heads of divisions.

Anna Lindholm

University Director at Chalmers Operations Support

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Chalmers develops and progresses its overall educational, research and utilisation remits through interdisciplinary activity within its Areas of Advance and areas of education.

Faculty Senate

The Faculty Senate is an advisory body for the President and consists of elected representatives from the faculty of all Chalmers’ departments. Its role includes reviewing academic quality and ensuring that there is a good academic environment.

The Faculty Senate has 26 members, including the Chair and Vice Chair. They are joined at their meetings by representatives from the Student Union, the doctoral student section and the library, and the President and First Vice President. The role of the President and First Vice President in meetings is to provide current information about Chalmers as a whole, to answer and address members’ questions and to listen to and engage in agenda items and discussions.

In particular, the Faculty Senate will:

ensure there is a good academic environment at Chalmers
monitor and critically review operational quality from an academic perspective
draw attention to the ethical aspects of all Chalmers’ work, including gender equality and diversity
consider the relationship between research, doctoral programmes and undergraduate and Master’s level education
help Chalmers to fulfil its role within the international science community, in accordance with the 1988 Bologna declaration
ensure that Chalmers’ lecturers and students are guaranteed the traditional academic freedoms of thought, expression and action (see Academic freedoms and rights at Chalmers 1995) (In Swedish only).

Current term of office: 1 July 2020-30 June 2023.