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The Faculty's

Academic Council

(Akademisk Råd)

The Faculty's

Academic Council

(Akademisk Råd)

About the Academic Council

According to AAU's Statues, the Academic Council is responsible for developing and maintaining a high academic standard at the faculty. This can be done by advising the Dean on academic issues presented by the Dean and comment on academic issues of significance to faculty activities, which the council consider to be relevant.

The responsibilities of the Academic Council include:

  1. to advise the dean on strategic issues related to the faculty
  2. to advise the dean on the faculty budget and budget principles
  3. to advise the dean on key strategic areas relating to research and education, and on plans for knowledge exchange
  4. to advise the dean on quality assurance and development of the faculty’s research environment, degree programmes, PhD programmes and research-based teaching
  5. upon recommendation of the dean, to approve the composition of assessment committees for the assessment of applicants for scientific positions as well as to advise the dean on principles for this
  6. upon recommendation of the dean, to approve the composition of assessment committees for the assessment of candidates for the titles of honorary professor and honorary associate professor as well as to advise the dean of principles for this
  7. to award PhD and higher doctoral degrees
  8. to establish guidelines for the promotion of good research practice.

Members

Council's Meeting Archive (In Danish)

If you have any questions regarding the Academic Council, you are welcome to contact

Strategic Advisor, Lasse Panny Pedersen
Email: lpp@adm.aau.dk
Phone: (+45) 99 40 35 03