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Name: | Aalborg University | | Country: | Denmark | | Institution: | University | | Street: | Fredrik Bajers Vej 5 - P.O. Box 159 | | Postcode/City: | DK-9100 Aalborg | | Phone: | +45 9635 8080 | | Fax: | | | Web: | http://www.auc.dk/english/ | | Aalborg University:
University Profile
Aalborg University AAU was inaugurated in 1974 and is thus a young and modern university which over the years has grown to become a large well-established research and teaching institution in Denmark offering quite an untraditional range of educational programmes and research in the fields of Humanities Social Sciences Natural Sciences and Engineering Additionally new opportunities for cooperation between the various academic fields both in research and teaching are continuously developed In this way Aalborg University differentiates itself from the older and more traditional Danish universities with its focus on interdisciplinary inter-faculty studies an experimental curriculum based on an interdisciplinary basic course with subsequent specialization a pedagogical structure based on problem-centred real-life projects of educational and research relevance - which internationally has become known and recognized as ‘The Aalborg Experiment’ or ‘The Aalborg Model’ Furthermore Aalborg University also greatly emphasizes international relations and cooperation
Aalborg University is a dynamic institution which continuously works at being at the cutting edge - regionally nationally and internationally - in the original range of fields as well as in new like eg the fields of information technology and the health sciences By doing so Northern Jutland has eg become the Danish centre of telecommunications In order to meet the demands and needs of the surrounding community for continuing education Aalborg University additionally has started to develop its programmes within the area of life-long learning
Internationalization has always been and continues to be a very important part of the university’s trademark which both the curricula as well as the number of international stays reflect An increasing number of Danish students participate in international stays and studies as an integral part of their education and likewise an increasing number of international students and researchers come to Aalborg University to study and conduct research every year AAU continuously works at expanding and improving its cooperation with other universities and international research institutions and already has a large network at different levels The university is eg a member of The European Consortium of Innovative Universities ECIU which consists of 10 innovative European universities whose purposes are the exchange of experience and the development of new projects within education research and regional development
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