Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen, Rector Benchmarking cooperation Feb THE UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS The University of Aarhus  Classical research based university with 5 faculties  awarded campus  Humanities, Theology, Social Sciences, Health Sciences, Science  more than 70 research centres  three science parks, and two innovation centres  a research foundation, and real estate company  Full time academic staff of 2000 employees and 900 ph.d.-, , 1000 foreign students  2050 bachelor-, 1900 master- and 250 ph.d. degrees  5600 research publications per year  Ranked (THES) 138 among top 200 universities  economics about top 25 and science and health science about top 50

Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen, Rector Benchmarking cooperation Feb THE UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS Income Taximeter revenues573 Research revenues1170 Operating revenues400 Transfer payment revenues112 Other grants158 Total2414 Revenue (DKK million)

Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen, Rector Benchmarking cooperation Feb THE UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS Education629 Basic research549 Grant-financed research400 Ph.D. programmes77 Other subject-related purposes78 Buildings, fixed costs129 Common objectives218 Buildings, rental costs352 Total2432 Expenditure (DKK million) Expenditures

Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen, Rector Benchmarking cooperation Feb THE UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS Development contract  Research  Education  Driver for the knowledge society  Internationalization  Quality assurance

Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen, Rector Benchmarking cooperation Feb THE UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS The University of Aarhus Developing research focal areas:  Globalisation  Molecular medicine  Religion as a normative force  Theoretical science  Nanoscience and nanotechnology  The knowledge society  International graduate schools  goal 500 new ph.d. students per year (100 foreign)

Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen, Rector Benchmarking cooperation Feb THE UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS Benchmarking themes  External funding  Publication of research  ECTS  Ph.D. programmes – Graduate schools  Employment rate  Study environment  Study and career guidance  Internationalisation

Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen, Rector Benchmarking cooperation Feb THE UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS External funding  Basic funds, Research council funding, Private funding, Education funding Research publication  Publication index, Research quality ECTS  Experiences, Present state, Priority areas – Graduate or Under-graduate level Benchmarking themes

Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen, Rector Benchmarking cooperation Feb THE UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS Ph.D. / Graduate schools  Ph.D. numbers, Ph.D. completion – time spent on completion, Ph.D. employment questionnaire Employment rate  Ph.D., Graduates, Masters and Under-graduates Study environment  Campus quality, Computer access, Library access, Reading rooms, Student housing Benchmarking themes

Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen, Rector Benchmarking cooperation Feb THE UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS Study and career guidance  Educational guidance, Career guidance, Student – faculty ratio Internationalisation  Researcher mobility, Student mobility – graduate level and under-graduate level, Exchange student housing, Tuition fees – fee level, Student grants Benchmarking themes

Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen, Rector Benchmarking cooperation Feb THE UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS Framework for the benchmark cooperation  objective  3-4 benchmark areas as a the starting point for an expanding cooperation  Subgroup of indicators for each area – one or two universities take the lead within each subgroup  First indicators should have easily collectible data for our next meeting  A beneficial cooperation for all participants  organisation