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Annual Report 1999 1 Focus on Results Cover Picture: 2 Chalmers in the New Millennium Annual Report 1999 1 Focus on results Cover picture: 2 Chalmers in the new millennium. The President looks back Chemical engineering students studying mathematics in small 6 Undergraduate programmes groups together with their 13 Doctoral programmes and research supervisors as part of the new 20 Continuing professional development Mathematical and Computing 21 Systematic improvement Science programme. 22 Interaction with society – Chalmers in the external world 26 International exchange – internationalisation 28 Organisation - management 29 Mathematical and Computing Sciences 30 Physics and Engineering Physics 31 Chemical Engineering 32 Electrical and Computer Engineering 33 Mechanical and Vehicular Engineering 34 Civil Engineering 35 Technology Management and Economics 36 Architecture 37 Environmental Science 38 Chalmers Lindholmen University College 40 Microtechnology Centre, MC2 41 Onsala Space Observatory 42 Information in words, images and sound – library, multimedia and IT 43 People with knowledge – Chalmers personnel 44 New professors – new knowledge 46 The physical environment 47 Chalmers Board of Directors and Management 48 Financial Report – Chalmers University of Technology AB 51 Foundation Board 52 Financial Report – Chalmers University of Technology Foundation 53 Statistical Overview CHAMPS Chalmers Advanced Management Programs CIT Chalmers Industrial Technology ECTS European Credit Transfer System ESO European Southern Observatory FOA Defence Research Establishment GAME Gothenburg Academy for Management of the Environment GU Göteborg University IMIT Institute for Management of Innovation and Technology IVA Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences KK-Foundation The Knowledge Foundation A detailed statistical appendix to KTH Royal Institute of Technology this annual report is available from the Public Relations and Press Office, LTH Lund University of Technology Chalmers University of Technology, MISTRA Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research fax +46 31 772 2561 MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology Production: Public Relations and Press Office NFR Swedish Natural Science Research Council Editorial board: NUTEK Swedish National Board for Industrial Technical and Development Agneta Wall Public Relations and Press Office SEST Swedish-ESO Submillimetre Telescope Lena Larsson Finance and Planning SNS Centre for Business and Policy Studies Lennart Larsson, Centor SLU The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Translation: Patrick O’Malley STCW Standard for Training, Certification and Watchkeeping Photographs: Jan-Olof Yxell (unless stated otherwise) STEM Swedish National Energy Administration ISSN SSF Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research 0281-6229 Circulation: TFR Swedish Research Council for Engineering Sciences 2,500 Printed by: TQM Total Quality Management Palmeblads Tryckeri AB, Göteborg VR Virtual Reality June 2000 Undergraduate programmes 1999 1998 1997 Graduates 1294 1286 1228 Doctoral programmes PhDs 104 98 115 Licentiates 133 111 129 Focus Scientific articles Referee-examined 1650 1700 1600 Other articles 900 765 800 on results Key events of 1999 senting a fall of sek 12 million (+14) compared Summary of 1999 • Industrial Design Engineering, with 1998. The fall in profit is due largely to re- a new MScEng programme, attracted structuring within research, major investments in a record number of applicants new research areas and difficulty in financing • Improved mathematics programme other research areas. • More beginners’ places in Public Operating income foundations EU 2 % Computer Engineering 5 % • New IT university college planned with Operating income, excluding operating grants Göteborg University (GU) and shareholders’ contributions, amounted to sek Misc. 8 % • Extensive international exchange 1844 million (1 678) during the year, which is an increase of sek 166 million (+10 per cent). The Companies Ministry of • Number of doctoral students continues to rise etc. 9 % Education and increase is mainly within research and doctoral Science Chalmers • 35 Graduate Schools 44 % programmes. The increase in income is mainly Foundation • More female teaching staff 13 % from the Chalmers Foundation for major invest- Other • New inter-disciplinary research areas state funding ments in IT and other areas and from public foun- 19 % • Increased research collaboration with GU dations. Other state funding also increased, pri- • Large number of new professors marily from the Swedish National Energy Admin- Operating income in 1999 totalled • Microtechnology Centre continues to grow istration. Financing by the Ministry of Education SEK 1844 million. Total income and Science remains generally unchanged. The amounted to SEK 1852 million. Financial results proportion of state financing fell from 72 per cent Chalmers, including Chalmers Lindholmen Uni- (sek 1215 million in 1998) to 67 per cent (sek versity College, reported a loss of sek 52 million 1239 million in 1999). (–3) after financial income and expense. The fig- Depreciation ures in brackets refer to 1998. The operating loss Operating expenses 8 % was sek 35 million (7). The increased operating Operating expenses, excluding shareholders’ con- loss is mainly within the undergraduate pro- tributions granted, amounted to sek 1879 million grammes, which reported a loss of sek 44 million (1 671). Operating expenses rose by sek 208 mil- Premises 14 % (–14). This loss is sek 30 million (41) more than lion (+12 per cent) during 1999. Personnel costs Personnel the preceding year. Per capita undergraduate stu- rose by 10 per cent, which can be attributed partly 54 % Miscellaneous dent funding remained virtually unchanged com- to the increase in the average number of employ- 24 % pared with 1998 (+0.6 per cent) and it was not ees during the year by 117 and partly to salary possible to adjust the cost level during the year to agreements reached earlier. Depreciation rose by the fall in income. Several programmes are cur- 24 per cent during the year due to the continued rently under review with the aim of increasing large-scale investment in IT and equipment. Operating expenses in 1999 totalled income and reducing costs. Other operating costs increased by 21 per cent, SEK 1879 million. Total expenses Research and doctoral programmes reported mainly in IT-related costs and other purchased amounted to SEK 1904 million. an operating profit of sek 9 million (21), repre- services. ◆ Chalmers, including Chalmers Lindholmen University College Operating income Operating expenses (SEK m) 1999 1998 1997 95/96 (SEK m) 1999 1998 1997 95/96 Ministry of Education and Science 817 811 789 812 Personnel costs 1 007 914 860 789 Other state grants and assignments 349 323 335 313 Cost of premises 261 255 229 250 Grants/assign. from companies etc. 163 157 122 104 Other operating costs 458 379 326 262 Public foundation grants 92 71 45 0 Depreciation 153 123 100 77 EU grants 35 32 31 12 Total 1 879 1 671 1 515 1 378 Chalmers Univ. of Tech. Foundation 237 130 84 27 Miscellaneous 151 154 142 103 Total 1 844 1 678 1 548 1 371 1 Looking back on 1999 Chalmers’ President, Professor Jan-Eric Sundgren Chalmers in the new millennium The final year of the twentieth century is behind Internet-based reference material about time. us and we have now entered a new millennium. To The project was run according to an extremely Chalmers’ objectives many people, the time perspective could appear tight schedule in a true inter-disciplinary environ- According to the objectives and strategy document adopted by enormous. The final year of the last century was ment, with architects, physicists, IT engineers, the University, Chalmers will also my first full year as President of Chalmers artists and musicians working in close collabora- endeavour “to be at the forefront and this could be an appropriate point to reflect tion with the municipal authority and industry. internationally within technical on what has happened. What did the year mean The project is an excellent symbol of the direc- education and research, to for Chalmers? tion we feel research projects of the future will maintain a high level of quality Last year was in many ways marked by what take – a broadening of traditional university of and good productivity in every could be described as ‘magical’ expectations as technology activities through interaction across area and to be the centre of the old millennium drew to a close. Chalmers also subject and faculty boundaries. This is something technical education and research on a regional, national and had reason very early on in the year to focus on we have already started at Chalmers and of which international level”. the new millennium as we were commissioned by this annual report is clear evidence. An increas- Evaluations, an international the Government Millennium Committee to pro- ing number of areas within research, doctoral reputation and popularity among duce Sweden’s national monument to mark the programmes and undergraduate programmes cut students and researchers are entry into the new millennium. On December 20, across traditional subject boundaries and require the means available to determine His Majesty the King inaugurated the result – an the removal of organisational barriers. Design whether these overall objectives installation known as the Time Document, lo- and communication have acquired greater signifi- have been achieved. cated at Stora Teatern in central Göteborg. The cance in all our activities, as have social and ethi- monument consists of a physical installation,
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