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第75章 University of Gothenburg

哥德堡大学:复兴我们的遗产,然后把它传下去

英文导读

The University of Gothenburg (Swedish: G.teborgs Universitet) is a university in Sweden"s second largest city, Gothenburg.The University of Gothenburg was founded as Gothenburg University College in 1891. In 1907 it was granted the same status as Uppsala University and Lund University by the Swedish government. It was granted the rights of a full university by the Swedish government in 1954, following the merger of the Gothenburg University College with the Gothenburg Medical School, thus becoming Sweden"s third-oldest university. In 1971, the originally separate Gothenburg School of Economics and Commercial Law became part of the University of Gothenburg. It is one of the major universities in northern Europe. The University of Gothenburg is a pronounced city university, that is, most of its facilities are within the city centre of Gothenburg. The main building as well as most faculties are located in the central part of Gothenburg.Its nine faculties offer training in the Creative Arts, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, Humanities, Education, Information Technology, Business, Economics and Law, and Health Sciences. The University’s roughly 60 different Departments cover most scientific disciplines, making it unusually comprehensive, with cutting-edge research in a number of dynamic areas.

System: The university is organised into several academic faculties including Sahlgrenska Academy (Medicine, Odontology and Health and Care Sciences); Faculty of Science; Faculty of Arts; Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts; Faculty of Social Sciences; School of Business, Economics and Law; Faculty of Education; The Board of Teacher Education; IT Faculty.

City show: Gothenburg is the second largest city in Sweden and the fifth largest in the Nordic countries. The city is known for hosting some of the largest annual events in Scandinavia. The G.teborg International Film Festival, held in January since 1979, is the leading film festival in Scandinavia. Gothenburg is also famous for Liseberg, chosen as one of the top ten amusement parks in the world.

生词助读

Nordic [.n.:dik] . a. 北欧人的;斯堪的纳维亚的

amusement park 游乐园

中文概述

哥德堡大学的前身是成立于1891年的哥德堡学院,1954年当哥德堡学院和哥德堡医药学院完成合并后被瑞典政府正式授予大学资格成为瑞典仅次于乌普萨拉大学和隆德大学的第三古老的大学。建成后,哥德堡大学又合并了许多哥德堡市先前的独立学院(如哥德堡医学院、哥德堡商业经济与法律学院等),最终形成了瑞典第二大规模的综合性大学,也是瑞典学生最为热衷的选择之一。

哥德堡大学下设有萨尔格仁斯卡医学院(医学、齿科学、保健和护理科学);自然科学学院;艺术学院;美术、应用艺术与表演艺术学院;社会科学学院;商学院;经济学和法学院;教育学院;信息技术学院。

哥德堡是一座充满活力的城市,集中了一个大城市所拥有的一切文化魅力。在这里,每年的2月份有隆重的电影节;每年的秋季有国际性的书市。许多重要会议在这里举行。这里有北欧最大的购物中心,还有众多的博物馆。哥德堡的居民以友善驰名于整个斯堪的纳维亚地区,并且大部分人都讲英语,因而方便留学生生活。

梦想成功录

Something attempted, something done.

有所尝试,就有所作为。

To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

学而不思,犹如食而不化。