Chalmers University of Technology (Swedish: Chalmers tekniska högskola, often shortened to Chalmers), is a university in Gothenburg, Sweden, that focuses on research and education in technology, natural science and architecture. In the latest (2010) Academic Ranking of World Universities, in Engineering and Technology the university was ranked within top 52-75 best universities in the world and at the same time by the QS World University Rankings the university was ranked 204th in the world (overall), ranking 76th for Engineering and Technology and 120th for the Natural Sciences. In the 2009 International Professional Ranking of Higher Education Institutions, which is established on the basis of the number of alumni holding a post of Chief executive officer (CEO) or equivalent in one of the Fortune Global 500 companies, Chalmers University of Technology ranked 42nd in the world, ranking 1st in Sweden and 16th in Europe. 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.