AARHUS UNIVERSITY

AARHUS UNIVERSITY ”A FEW KEY POINTS”

AARHUS UNIVERSITY – STEADY GROWING Founded in 1928 In 2009 co-operation agreement with: Engineering College of Aarhus (integrating agreement) VIA University College (framework agreement) In 2007 merger with: Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences National Environmental Research Institute Aarhus School of Business Danish University of Education In 2006 merger with: Institute of Business and Technology in Herning

AARHUS UNIVERSITY – STEADY GROWTH Founded in 1928 In 2009 co-operation agreement with: Engineering College of Aarhus (integrating agreement) VIA University College (framework agreement) In 2007 merger with: Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences National Environmental Research Institute Aarhus School of Business Danish University of Education In 2006 merger with: Institute of Business and Technology in Herning

A COMPREHENSIVE GRADUATE UNIVERSITY 38,000 students 60 % at graduate level 1,700 PhD students with an objective to continuous growth 11,000 employees 80 bachelor programmes and 120 master programmes (50 % in English)

AARHUS UNIVERSITY – FINANCIALLY SOUND AND STRONG Turnover: EUR 750 million Liquidity: EUR 160 million Grant funds: EUR 380 million Equity: EUR 90 million Aarhus University Research Foundation: Equity: EUR 400 million Grant budget 2010: EUR 10 million Budget 2010 (million EUR)

CUTTING EDGE RESEARCH 15 Centres of Excellence supported by the Danish National Research Foundation Centre of Functionally Integrative Neuroscience interdisciplinary brain research Centre for Membrane Pumps in Cells and Disease (PUMPKIN) interdisciplinary research based on Nobel awarded research Focus on interdisciplinary research 23 % of the total research funds given to the Danish universities 26 % of the total publications produced by the Danish universities

RESEARCH TALENT DEVELOPMENT Research talent development as a core activity Activities organised in PhD schools Early recruitment of talent International PhD House Trains five times the number of PhDs we can employ ourselves at Aarhus University

INTERNATIONALISATION AT AARHUS UNIVERSITY 1,000 courses and 65 complete degree programs in English 100+ agreements with universities overseas 1,031 outgoing students 4000 International students (10% of the student body) Staff of 70 different nationalities Coordinated international presence - The Sino-Danish Centre for Education and Research - Building Stronger Universities in Developing Countries

ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

For the world’s top universities the real challenge is not funding but competing for the most advanced human capital… Nobel Laureate Jens Christian Skou, Aarhus University The Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1997

Nurturing early-stage researchers Award potential and not always exclusively an extensive achievement record Provide young staff freedom to conduct independent research Assistance from research support office in applications for competitive funding Allocate time for training and international collaboration Nobel Laureate Dale T. Mortensen, NWU and Aarhus University, The Nobel Prize in Economics, 2010

Use of financial incentives Strategic use of the university research foundation Grants for screening potential PhDs and post docs Starting grants for young potential researchers Support for the recruitment of highly accomplished scientists and foreign professors Francis Fukuyama, Stanford and Aarhus University

Using all talent The majority of students are women 9 out of 10 professors are men Continue to hire purely based on scientific merit But when the best qualified is a woman the candidate receives an additional starting grant

AARHUS UNIVERSITY – THE PLATFORM AU is a modern, international university that ensures that all of its activities and results are research-based and of the highest possible quality AU is characterized by a culture based on generosity and openness towards students, staff and external partners AU provides a framework for a positive interplay between basic research, strategic research and applied research AU is a cohesive institution that exploits the opportunities opened up by the mergers in the best possible way AU responds to society's demands by creating new knowledge, offering high-quality study programmes and increasing knowledge exchange with external partners

ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT PROCESS – PURPOSES Cultivating the university’s strong research and teaching environments Emphasizing the university’s role as a provider of the most advanced research-based knowledge to national and international public authorities and private businesses Attracting the best researchers and lecturers, the most talented students and an increasing share of competitive funding, both nationally and internationally Promoting the Aarhus campus centered on the University Park as one of Europe’s best university campus environments

THE BUTTERFLY PLAN AND THE AXIS OF KNOWLEDGE Taken into account in relation to infrastructure since December 2000 Integrated part of the physical extension Integrated part of the laboratories renewal Aarhus University expanding: Lille Barnow Aarhus University Hospital IT-city of Katrinebjerg

AARHUS UNIVERSITY – AMONG THE BEST IN THE WORLD 23 % of the total research funds given to the Danish universities 26 % of the total publications produced by the Danish universities 10,000 publications on research and knowledge dissemination (respectively 80/20 %) More than 38,000 students (6,750 new in 2009) Just under 1,700 PhD students 80 bachelor programmes and 120 master programmes 4,000 modules and courses More than 10,000 employees Aarhus University among the 100 best universities in the world: Shanghai (2009): no. 97 in the world no. 31 in Europe CWTS, Leiden Ranking List, Holland (2008): no. 90 in the world no. 33 in Europe Times Higher Education QS (2008): no. 63 in the world no. 20 in Europe

AARHUS UNIVERSITY – FINANCIALLY SOUND AND STRONG Turnover: EUR 750 million Liquidity: EUR 160 million Grant funds: EUR 380 million Equity: EUR 90 million Aarhus University Research Foundation: Equity: EUR 400 million Grant budget 2010: EUR 10 million Board Rector’s Office Administration Aarhus University Research Foundation Board Research Foundation Administration Research Foundation’s Property Company Ltd. Auriga Industries Ltd. Østjysk Innovation Ltd., INCUBA Ltd., etc. INCUBA Science Park Ltd. Aarhus Faculty of Arts Aarhus Faculty of Science and Technology Aarhus School of Business and Social Sciences Faculty of Health Sciences

THE NEW POWER STRUCTURE – EXTERNAL FUNDING

INCREASED FOCUS ON THE UNIVERSITIES’ BUSINESS CO-OPERATION The University Act The development contracts The Globalization Strategy The performance-based distribution of basic funds The Government’s Growth Forum: ”Denmark Growing” The Government’s business aimed innovation strategy Universities as a driving force for growth and innovation in relation to the business sector The strategy from the Danish Council for Technology and Innovation Strengthened commercialization of research results Regional and municipal business strategies The universities as an engine of growth in relation to the business sector in regions and municipalities

Aarhus University Consultancy and knowledge dissemination and exchange Auriga Industries Ltd. Aarhus University Research Foundation Research Foundation’s Property Company Ltd. Innovation and development settings: INCUBA Science Park Ltd. Navitas Park (setting up) Agro Business Park Ltd. Alexandra Institute Ltd. Innovatorium Herning Ltd. Venture companies Technology transfer: Patents, licences, spin-outs Technology networks Commercialization Aarhus University Entrepreneurship and knowledge transfer: Aarhus Entrepreneurship Centre Business Liaison Office, AU OutReach Student Growth House Aarhus Career centre, project zone Research-based public sector consultancy www.viden.au.dk Aarhus University Hospital Museums, publishers, Danish University Extension

AARHUS UNIVERSITY – TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER 85 inventions reported in 2008 13 patents and licences sold in 2008 More than 2,000 business co-operations in 2008 Collaborative projects worth more than EUR 40 million Establishment of University Technology Network with Aalborg University and University of Southern Denmark Development of new projects in relation to innovative clusters New strategy for Technology Transfer Office at Aarhus University