Mobility and Collaboration within Doctoral Education at Faculty of Agricultural Sciences - Aarhus University Elise Norberg & Marianne Aarø-Hansen

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1 Mobility and Collaboration within Doctoral Education at Faculty of Agricultural Sciences - Aarhus University Elise Norberg & Marianne Aarø-Hansen

2 ABOUT AARHUS UNIVERSITY AND THE FACULTY Comprehensive university World University Rankings in Top 100 Staff: ~11.000, Students: ~38.000, PhD students: ~

3 ABOUT AARHUS UNIVERSITY AND THE FACULTY Comprehensive university World University Rankings in Top 100 Staff: ~11.000, Students: ~38.000, PhD students: ~2.000 Graduate School of Agriculture, Food and Environment About 200 PhD students enrol ~60 pr year 45% foreigners 33 countries represented Well-funded competitive PhD programs 3

4 PhD EDUCATION IN DENMARK PhD students normally employed by the Faculty 3-year program (180 ECTS) Courses corresponding to 6 months (30 ECTS) Experience with teaching/dissemination of knowledge Mobility is mandatory 4

5 INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH EDUCATION PROGRAMS Provide scientific support and training Arrange specific scientific courses (summer schools, etc.) Create network for students Facilitate mobility Animal breeding and genetics (ABRED) Soil technology (STAiR) Organic farming (SOAR) Crop Health Biosystems Engineering 5

6 STUDENT MOBILITY Outgoing and incoming Foreign universities or research institutes National universities or research institutes Internship with companies 6

7 STUDENT MOBILITY Outgoing and incoming Foreign universities or research institutes National universities or research institutes Internship with companies Funding Scholarships from AU Research Foundation National and Nordic strategic funding Private foundations Research project EU-funding (Erasmus Mundus, Marie Curie) 7

8 FORMALISED COOPERATION Double and Joint degree programs Netherlands Sweden China 8

9 FORMALISED COOPERATION Double and Joint degree programs Netherlands Sweden China EU programs Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate animal genetics ITN plant breeding 9

10 FORMALISED COOPERATION Double and Joint degree programs Netherlands Sweden China EU programs Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate animal genetics ITN plant breeding NOVA/NorForsk Network of Nordic Life Science Universities Funding for courses and mobility 10

11 EGS-ABG EM Joint Doctoral Program Consortium AgroParisTech (Coordinator) Wageningen University Swedish Agricultural University Faculty of Agricultural Sciences - AU Partners Iowa State University, Melbourne University EFFAB, ILRI, World Fish 11

12 EGS-ABG Elite program for the best students Fully integrated programs leading to joint/double degrees Two universities - at least one year at both universities 10 stipends annually 100 degrees during the period Additional students with traditional funding associated Training activities Yearly summer school Specific courses And mobility of course 12

13 ABRED - Animal Breeding and Genetics Research EDucation network International research education program hosted by AU-DJF 12 European partners Coordinate PhD courses Facilitate mobility students staff Platform for applications 13

14 Soil productivity Soil pollution AARHUS STAiR - Soil Technology And inter-disciplinary Research in Soil and Environmental Sciences Science & technology laboratory without walls ~50 PhD students affiliated 10 international partners 8 Danish partners AAU Soil quality OSU UCD UA UDE UM AU-NERI Terr AU, DJF AU, NAT DTU GEUS AU- NERI Chem KU-Life Climate crisis (greenhouse gas emissions) Soil Biology Hydropedology and Climate Groundwater quality Soil Technology Soil Chemistry Soil Physics Indoor air pollution UFZ ETH SIM USai NIA 14 USA Philippines Denmark Japan Norway Germany Switzerland UK

15 Soil productivity Soil pollution AARHUS STAiR - Goal Support and improve interdisciplinary research education Facilitate mobility and collaboration ITN-application AAU Soil quality OSU UCD UA UDE UM AU-NERI Terr AU, DJF AU, NAT DTU GEUS AU- NERI Chem KU-Life Climate crisis (greenhouse gas emissions) Soil Biology Hydropedology and Climate Groundwater quality Soil Technology Soil Chemistry Soil Physics Indoor air pollution UFZ ETH SIM USai NIA 15 USA Philippines Denmark Japan Norway Germany Switzerland UK

16 Challenges Student motivation Family, pets, Logistics Funding Cooperation/joint programs Difference in structure (time, content, ) Resources time and money consuming 16

17 Our goal Stimulate and facilitate mobility Recruit the most talented international students Take part in high profiled international joint programs Become a most wanted host university Attractive career pathways and research environment Professional marketing of opportunities 17