IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN State of the ITU June 24, 2011

IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN OVERVIEW 1.Looking back at the past year 2.University finances 3.Current strengths, weaknesses, threats and opportunities (SWOT) 4.On-going strategy processes, plans for the future and an appeal

IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN Part I The past year

IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN SUMMARY OF ANNUAL REPORT

IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN EXAMPLE: GLOBALISATION Overall, things are going well; 24 % of researchers involved in globally interactive research or teaching activities by the last count.

IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN GOOD INCREASE IN EXTERNAL FUNDING External Research Funding, million DKK

IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN STRENGTHS: GRADUATES

IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN STUDENT ADMISSION

IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN TEACHING VOLUME (FULL-TIME AND PART- TIME FTE) 9

IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN FACULTY AND PHD-STUDENTS 10 From 2011, we admit fewer PhD students

IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN ”STARS WITH BRAINS”

IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN Part II Finances

IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN BUDGET (APPROVED NOV. 2010)

IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN CUTS IN STATE BUDGET Cuts have been done in April 2010 and again in the State Budget for Each time, money were transferred from research funding to funding of teaching ITU is affected in the following ways: Decrease in funding available from research councils Reduction in Base Funding

IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN PUBLIC (DK) RESEARH SPENDING Base funding (all DK univ) Strategic Research Independent Research EU FP 7 budget for is billion DK share 1.5% equals 520 mill DKK /year IT University is approx. 1% of the Danish univ. sector

IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN FINANCES – BRIEF VERSION 1.We are in keeping with the budget 2.We will have to attract more research funding from new sources 3.The budget is tight, yet we need to find money to invest in projects that will increase efficiency

IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN Part III SWOT

IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN ITU SWOT ANALYSIS Strengths  Large number of graduates  Highly competent workforce  High degree of financial precision Threats  Denmark’s economy is struggling  Globalisation  Stagnation Weaknesses  University is struggling to cope with the growth in activities.  Job satisfaction and alignment  Lack of unique advantage  White spots on the map of expertise (Business, DDK). Opportunities  Be catalysts for economic change in Denmark  The need for advanced IT competences is far from saturated  Globalisation

IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN OPPORTUNITIES: AREAS OF USE OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TO VALUE CREATION IN DENMARK 1.Health and Care 2.Energy 3.Education 4.Professionalisation of IT projects 5.Transportation 6.Construction and maintenance of buildings 7.Finance IT

IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN Part IV Strategy, plans and an appeal

IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN WHY STRATEGY MATTERS Now 2016

IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN ON-GOING STRATEGY PROCESSES 1.Communication strategy 2.IT Strategy 3.Strategy for Studies 4.Research Strategy 5.Overall ITU Strategy All of these are to be finished in the second half of 2011

IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN EXAMPLES OF QUESTIONS WE ARE THINKING ABOUT CONCERNING THE OVERALL STRATEGY Globalisation: How do we best further globally interactive teaching and research? What is ITU’s unique advantage in 2020? Should the IT University increase its domain knowledge and impact in, say, energy, health, it-based teaching? Should the ITU set as its goal to become the university which is most important for Denmark’s ability to create value with IT? When is the IT University big enough? How many PhD students should we admit? How can we strengthen the Business-angle of the ITU triangle? How do we define the notion “strategic positions of strength”? How do we ensure that the IT University is an attractive place to work for the people best qualified to achieve the vision of the university? How do we increase alignment? What should the equity be? How does the university get to the next step on the reputation ladder? What needs to be done in order to ensure that the university can handle the growth in number of students and employees?

IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN STRATEGIC THEMES (ITU OVERALL) 1.Globalisation 2.Relationship with stakeholders in Denmark 3.The size of the university 4.Research and Teaching Profile of the university 5.Development of the organisation 6.Finances

IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN DIRECTIONS FROM THE ITU BOARD  Try to develop (a few) positions of exceptional strength within teaching and research that are widely accepted as being very important to value creation in Denmark  Must develop new sources of external funding of research. Beware of stagnation.

IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN APPEAL