Chalmers University, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Chalmers University in Gothenburg
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Location: Västra Götaland, Sweden
Date Posted: 07/14/2012
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Chalmers University of Technology (often shortened to Chalmers), is a Swedish university located in Gothenburg that focuses on research and education in technology, natural science and architecture.
The University was founded in 1829 following a donation by William Chalmers (1748–1811), a director of the Swedish East India Company, whose ships sailed across the world to supply Europe with goods from the East. He donated some of his fortune for the establishment of an "industrial school". Chalmers was run as a private institution until 1937, when the institute became a state-owned university. In 1994, the school once again became a private institution[dubious – discuss], owned by a foundation.
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