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THE CASE OF AARHUS UNIVERSITY

EMPOWER EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES, MAASTRICHT 2011RECTOR LAURITZ B. HOLM-NIELSEN

HOW DOES THE EMPOWER EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES FRAMEWORK PLAY OUT FOR AN INDIVIDUAL UNIVERSITY?

Rector Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen

Empower European Universities

Nov. 2011

THE EEU FRAMEWORK AND THE CASE OF AARHUS UNIVERSITY

• UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT IN TIMES OF CHANGE• AARHUS UNIVERSITY AND THE EMPOWER

EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES FRAMEWORK• CONCLUSIONS

Rector Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen

Empower European Universities

Nov. 2011

•INCREASING DEMAND FOR KNOWLEDGE •Complex grand challenges require interdisciplinary solutions

•GLOBAL MARKET FOR RESEARCH AND HIGHER EDUCATION•European Research Area and European Higher Education Area

•NATIONAL REFORMS AND INCREASED EUROPEAN COLLABORATION

•A window of opportunity for changes

•MASS UNIVERSITIES VERSUS ELITE UNIVERSITIES•The importance of talent development

UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT IN TIMES OF CHANGE

Rector Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen

Empower European Universities

Nov. 2011

INCREASING DEMAND for KNOWLEDGE: MOTIVATION FOR CHANGE

”We must organize the “Aarhus University of the future” to enable us to contribute even more to meeting our society's challenges”

• Globalization• Food• Water• Energy• Health• Migration• Security• Climate change• ...

The world is globalized, with complex interconnected challenges which transgress disciplinary boundaries – with regard to causes, consequences, and solutions

Rector Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen

Empower European Universities

Nov. 2011

EMERGING GLOBAL MARKET FOR EDUCATION AND R&D

Students enrolled outside their home country, 1975-2011

International co-authorships, 1985-2005

0

20.000

40.000

60.000

80.000

100.000

120.000

140.000

160.000

1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005

International co-authorships Single authorSource: Data from OECD, Education at a Glance

Source: OECD Science, Technology and Industry Outlook 2007

Rector Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen

Empower European Universities

Nov. 2011

A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY:NEW FRAMEWORK CONDITIONS

1998/99, Intergovernmental agreement: Governmental push for convergence of HE systems by 2010

1999, Bologna Declaration: Key principles adopted by Ministers of Education of 29 European countries

2003 – 2007, Danish sector reforms:• New University Act (2003) (2011)• Reorganizing HE&R institutions (2007)• Modernizing the funding compact

2008, Aarhus University’s Strategy:• Research• Talent development• Knowledge exchange• Education

2010, The AU Academic Development Process:• Unified management• Interdisciplinarity

2000, European Research Area: Defragmenting European research, promoting transnational scientific knowledge flow, competition, collaboration and mobility

2010, European Higher Education Area: 10 years after the Bologna process. Adopted by 47 countries, facilitating efforts to enhance European HE comparability, compatibility and coherence

Rector Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen

Empower European Universities

Nov. 2011

KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE

EDUCATION RESEARCH

TALENT DEVELOPMENT

PhDs

Post docs Students

StudiesLifelonglearning

Contracts

Researchprogrammes

Research projects

Professors

THE QUADRUPLE HELIX UNIVERSITY

Rector Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen

Empower European Universities

Nov. 2011

•ORGANISATIONAL AUTONOMY•AU reforms and a focus on interdisciplinarity

• FINANCIAL AUTONOMY

•ACADEMIC AUTONOMY

•ACCESS AND OPENNESS

AARHUS UNIVERSITY AND THE EEU FRAMEWORK

Rector Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen

Empower European Universities

Nov. 2011

AU CHANGE PROCESS AND EMPOWERMENT

• Academic organisation: A unified university with fewer boundariesFrom nine to four main academic areas, from 55 to 26 departments,

• Governance: Management with appointed leaders and joint responsibility for the entire university. From ten management units to one single management unit with cross-cutting responsibility for strategic management and quality assurance of: research, talent development, knowledge exchange and education

• Administration and finance: A single university without administrative boundariesA common financial model, standardised, quality service for the whole university; from three to one (two) levels of administration – front office and back office.

• Academic cheques and balances: 4 academic councils, and 4 AU Fora, one for each core activity: research, talent development, knowledge exchange and education

Rector Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen

Empower European Universities

Nov. 2011

AN ACADEMIC ORGANISATION THAT REFLECTS THE QUADRUPLE HELIX

Rector Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen

Empower European Universities

Nov. 2011

INTERDISCIPLINARY SOLUTIONS TO COMPLEX CHALLENGES

Interdisciplinary centers•iNANO •MINDlab•Neurocampus•Centre for Food, Nutrition and Health•Centre for Global Change and Development•Centre for iSequencing•Centre for Integrated Register-based Research•Centre for Arctic Research

National Centers of Excellence• 18 National Research Foundation centers• 5 Lundbeck Foundation and VKR Foundation Centers

Rector Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen

Empower European Universities

Nov. 2011

•ORGANISATIONAL AUTONOMY

•FINANCIAL AUTONOMY•diversified income structure•full-cost challenge•towards financial independence

•ACADEMIC AUTONOMY

• ACCESS

• OPENNESS

AARHUS UNIVERSITY AND THE EEU FRAMEWORK

Rector Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen

Empower European Universities

Nov. 2011

Study pro-

grammes 25%

Core re-search 34%

Competitive research

funding. 28%

Government contracts 4%

Other. 9%

DIVERSIFIED– INCOME STRUCTURE

Budget 2011: EUR 800 million

Rector Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen

Empower European Universities

Nov. 2011

FULL-COST CHALLENGE

Taximeter (EUR)

Average costs (EUR)

Difference (%)

Variation (EUR)

Bachelor Master

Tax.group 1 5.428 6.986 29% 3.500 - 12.000 5.000 - 11.000

Tax.group 2 8.814 9.942 13% 6.000 - 14.300 6.200 - 19.500

Tax.group 3 12.898 21.766 69% 16.200 - 25.500 19.000 - 29.280

McKinsey (2009): Degree programme expenditures exceeds taximeter income and are not full cost financed

Result: AU internal cross-subsidy of education from research budget at about 3-6%

Rector Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen

Empower European Universities

Nov. 2011

TOWARDS FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE:AU RESEARCH FOUNDATION

ADM. AURF BOARD

RESEARCH FOUNDATION

RESEARCH FOUNDATION’SREAL ESTATE LTD.

AURIGA INDUSTRIES LTD.

ØSTJYSK INNOVATION A/S, INCUBA LTD.

INCUBA SCIENCE PARK LTD.

AARHUS UNIVERSITY BOARD Aarhus University Research Foundation

RECTOR’S OFFICE

ARTS

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

BUSINESS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

HEALTH

AURF Equity: EUR 400 mAURF Balance: app. EUR 1

bn.AURF Grant Budget: EUR

10 m.

AU Student body: 42,492 students

AU Staff: 13,389 employeesAU 2012 Budget: EUR 803,7

M.

Rector Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen

Empower European Universities

Nov. 2011

•ORGANISATIONAL AUTONOMY

• FINANCIAL AUTONOMY

• ACADEMIC AUTONOMY•External Quality Assurance, Accreditation

•Internal Governance structure

• ACCESS AND OPENNESS

AARHUS UNIVERSITY AND THE EEU FRAMEWORK

Rector Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen

Empower European Universities

Nov. 2011

• ACE Denmark - accredits study programmes at Danish universities. This is done by making an academic assessment of the quality and relevance of the programme

• Aarhus University: All programmes accredited• ECTS Label• Management and Business Administration

•Equis accreditation•AACSB- og AMBA accreditation process

• Institutional accreditation in the future?

EXTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE – BUREAUCRATIC ACCREDITATION

CHECQUES AND BALANCES IN THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE

RECTOR LAURITZ B. HOLM-NIELSEN NOV. 2011

Empower European Universities

AU Forums

Academic Councils

Departmental Forums

Advisory Boards

Employer Panels

Advisory Committees

AU Board

AU

Man

agem

ent

Rector Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen

Empower European Universities

Nov. 2011

•ORGANISATIONAL AUTONOMY

• FINANCIAL AUTONOMY

• ACADEMIC AUTONOMY

• ACCESS AND OPENNESS•Mass higher education and talent

development•International role of research intensive

universities•International competitiveness, where are AU

AARHUS UNIVERSITY AND THE EEU

Rector Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen

Empower European Universities

Nov. 2011

MASS HIGHER ECUATION & TALENT DEVELOPMENT The official goals (Helle Thorning-Schmidt Government 2011):

•95 % should complete youth education, 60% higher education•25 % should complete research based higher education by

2020•2.5 % in PhD and 1% in post doc programmes•Create a national innovation strategy: education, research,

innovation•State Education Grant, taximeter for first two cycles

AU responses to the challenges of mass education•Internal market for education•Talent development as the link between mass and elite

university•Early recruitment for the most talented students

•Flexible PhD-programmes

Rector Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen

Empower European Universities

Nov. 2011

A GENEROUS INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE RESEARCH UNIVERSITY• 1,000 courses and 65 complete degree programs in English• 100+ agreements with universities overseas• 1,000 outgoing students• 4000 International students, (approx. 10% of the student body)• State education grant – the money follows the student • Staff of 75 different nationalities• 10 world class research platforms (Storage Ring, ZACKENBERG, bio-energy, testing facilities, population databases etc.)

Rector Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen

Empower European Universities

Nov. 2011

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS: WHERE DO AU STAND?RANKINGS AARHUS UNIVERSITY RANK

2011 2010 2009 2008 2007

Leiden Crown Indicator - 55 - 105 -

ARWU 86 98 97 93 102

QS WU Ranking 79 84 63 81 114

THE 125 167 - - -

HEEACT 96 105 101 118 132

Rector Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen

Empower European Universities

Nov. 2011

KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE

EDUCATION RESEARCH

TALENT DEVELOPMENT

PhDs

Post docs Students

Studies

Lifelonglearning

Contracts

Researchprogrammes

Research projects

Professors

THE QUADRUPLE HELIX UNIVERSITY

CONCLUSIONS: WINDOWS OF OPPORTUNITIES AND THE IMPORTANCE OF AUTONOMY• New framework conditions in Europe and Denmark provided a

window of opportunity for change at Aarhus University• All changes at AU have been aimed at shaping a modern

university combining features of the mass and the elite university

• Autonomy is fundamental to universities. Achieving financial and academic autonomy still prove to be the largest challenges

• ……. However autonomy without good governance and leadership is anarchy…….

WCU Shanghai

RECTOR LAURITZ B. HOLM-NIELSEN Nov. 2011

Rector Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen

Empower European Universities

Nov. 2011

THANK YOU

Rector Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen Nov. 2011

RECTOR LAURITZ B. [email protected]

Empower European Universites

Rector Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen

Empower European Universities

Nov. 2011

AARHUS UNIVERSITY - EXPENDITURES

Talent development24%

Education31%

Knowledge exchange12%

Research33%

Knowledge exchange

EducationResearch

Talent development

The HumboldtuniversityThe triple helix universityThe modern university

PhDs

Post docs Students

Studies

Lifelonglearning

Contracts

Research programmes

Research projects

Professors

AU – Expenses per core activity

Rector Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen

Empower European Universities

Nov. 2011

THE IMPORTANCE OF AN ATTRACTIVE RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTUREAarhus Institute of Advanced Studies

• Exceptionally talented younger researchers from all over the world

• Stimulating, international and interdisciplinary environment• Opportunity to pursue own research interests for a 2-3 year

period• Independent managerial structure with international advisory

board

International research platforms• ASTRID II – Heavy Ion Storage Ring and Synchrotron

Radiation Facility• Research Vessel• National Centre for Particle Radiotherapy• National Centre for NMR• Testing Facilities for Wind and Bio Energy Systems• Information intensive population databases• Zackenberg High Arctic Research Station

Rector Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen

Empower European Universities

Nov. 2011

DANISH CITATION IMPACT I

AU

DTU

KU

US top universities

European top universities

Total number of publications 2003-07

Normalizedcitationimpact

Nov. 2011RECTOR LAURITZ B. HOLM-NIELSEN

DANISH CITATION IMPACT IIEmpower European

Universities

Source: Comparing Research at Nordic Universities using Bibliometric Indicators, A publication from the NORIA Net, NordForsk 2011, p. 61

WORLD AVERAGE

Empower European Universities

DANISH UNIVERSITY RANKS 2011

University of Copenhagen Aarhus University

Technical University of

Denmark

University of Southern Denmark

Aalborg University

ARWU 43 86 151-200 201-300 -

QS Ranking 52 79 150 311 362

THE 135 125 178 251-275 301-350

HEEACT 40 96 211 223 -

LEIDEN 54 55 - - -

AVERAGE 65 88 179 262 344

NOVEMBER 2011

RECTOR LAURITZ B. HOLM-NIELSEN

Rector Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen

Empower European Universities

Nov. 2011

AU KEY FIGURES

STUDENTSAcademic staff: 4,446Academic staff (part-time) 2,028Administrative/technical staff

4,725

Total no.staff members 11,199Engineering College of Aarhus

190

STAFF

Annual accounts

2008

Annual accounts

2009

Annual accounts

2010

Budget 2011

Budget2012 (incl.

IHA)Turnover in EUR mio.

675,6 721,7 753,7 783,9 803,7

•AU has 10% students, 23% PhD students from other countries and 73 nationalities among the staff,

FINANCES

BA 17.475MA 16.388Professional/Executive MAs 4.138PhD 1.891Total no. of students: 39.89

2Engineering College of Aarhus (ECA)

2600


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