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University of Aberdeen
Professor Seth Kunin, Vice-Principal for Internationalisation
Energy Leadership and
Transnational education (TNE)
Key Facts
• A world leading research intensive University with a
strong tradition of excellence in teaching and research
• Founded in 1495: Scotland's third oldest university and
the fifth oldest university in the English-speaking world
• Ranked in World top 1% within the Top 150 universities
in the world
• 15,000 students: 12,000 undergraduate and 3,000
graduates
• 20% International Students from from 120 countries
• Over 600 degree programmes and more than 150 Masters
programmes
• Top 100 in the world for scientific performance by Leiden rankings with Five Nobel Laureates associated with us
• 89% of research activity is rated as ‘international quality’ and 11 research areas ranked among the top 25% in the UK.
• Top 10 in the UK for student experience (National Student Survey) and employment prospects (The Telegraph, 2012)
• 93% of our students enter directly into good jobs, research posts or further study within six months of graduating
• Libraries with over a million volumes, priceless historic material, and seven museum collections
• Sports Village (2009), Aquatics Centre (2014) and Cruickshank Botanic Garden
Key Facts
Our Campus
Challenges for a Global University
• Identifying strategic themes of engagement
• Four cross-university themes built on our
research excellence making a difference on the
local, national or international stage.
• Energy
• Environment and Food Security
• Pathways to a Healthy Life
• The North
Aberdeen Institute of Energy
Distinctive, Engaged, Delivering
A global centre of excellence
• Promote excellence in teaching and research
in the Oil Capital of Europe.
• Train globally to meet growing Energy
industry needs
• Address current and future energy
challenges.
Our Aim
Our Delivery
Industrial Psychology Research Centre
Oceanlab
Environmental & Occupational Medicine
Environmental Remediation
Carbon cycle modelling
Climate & Land use Modelling
Exploration
Characterisation of Oil & Gas Reservoirs
Subsea Engineering & technologies
Engineering Solutions for Oil & Gas Recovery
Carbon Capture & Storage
Decommissioning and Planning
Materials Research & SOMC
Complex Systems & Process Modelling
Transport
Renewable Energy Engineering
Petroleum, Energy Economics & Finance
Oil & Gas Law
Energy Politics and Law
Oil & Gas Computing/Informatics
Our breath of expertise
Offer 25 energy-related Masters programmes across business, law,
engineering, geosciences, natural sciences and computing.
Geology and Petroleum Geology
exploHUB training centre • Professional exploration environment
supported by Industrial and academic
tutors and mentors
• Leaning by doing
• Immersive team environment
• Industry standard hardware, software and
data
• Modularised 3 month block release
possible
• Local and international field trips
Oceanlab
A collaborative sub-sea research
facility involving engineers & marine
biologists
• The leader in deep sea landers,
photography and technology
reaching down to depths of >6000 m
• Testing;
• Equipment development;
• Environmental survey;
• Over 80 clients broadly from the oil
& gas and defence industries.
Partnerships and Delivering Overseas
The University has a number of links with higher education
institutions, government and industry not only within Europe
but also with North America, China, West Africa and South
and East Asia.
• Internationals partnerships
• Mobility: Staff and student exchanges
• Research networks
• Overseas Delivery Models and considerations
Transnational education (TNE)
• Market Intelligence
• Due Diligence
• Governance structures
• Human resources considerations
• Legal and financial considerations
• Research and knowledge exchange
• Business Planning
• Expected outcome
Welcome to Aberdeen
www.abdn.ac.uk