Roskilde University
Roskilde Universitet | |
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| Motto | In tranquillo mors - in fluctu vita (Latin) |
|---|---|
Motto in English | In silence, death; in movement, life |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1972 |
| Budget | DKK 774,956,000 ($ 117,100,005) (2014) [1] |
| Rector | Hanne Leth Andersen |
Academic staff | 538 (2014) [1] |
Administrative staff | 402 (2014) [1] |
| Students | 8,045 (2014)[1][2] |
| Undergraduates | 4,751 (2014) [1] |
| Postgraduates | 3,294 (2014) [1] |
| 299 (2014) [1] | |
| Location | , Denmark  55°39′10″N 12°08′25″E / 55.65278°N 12.14028°E |
| Campus | Trekroner, Roskilde |
| Affiliations | EUA, UArctic |
| Website | www.ruc.dk |
Roskilde University (Danish: Roskilde Universitet, abbreviated RUC or RU) is a Danish public university founded in 1972 and located in Trekroner in the Eastern part of Roskilde. The university awards bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and Ph.D. degrees in a wide variety of subjects within social science, the humanities, and natural science.
History
The university was founded in 1972 and was initially intended as an alternative to the traditional Danish universities which had been the scene of several student uprisings in the late 1960s. The students considered the traditional universities undemocratic and controlled by the professors and wanted more influence as well as more flexible teaching methods.
In the 1970s the university was known for its very liberal education as opposed to the usual lectures provided by the more traditional universities of Copenhagen and Aarhus. The focus was shifted from traditional lectures to group orientated methods and projects rather than traditional exams.
Back in 1972, these educational ideas were both unorthodox and controversial, but the traditional universities in Denmark have now adopted much of the original RU concept themselves, not least the concept of group project work, which is today a recognised academic method. RU can also be said to have brought to Denmark the Anglo-Saxon concepts of interdisciplinarity and less well-defined boundaries between academic fields.[3]
Some notable alumni and professors from RUC include:
- Andreas Bang Hemmeth (DJ Encore)
- Johanne Schmidt-Nielsen
- Simon Emil Ammitzbøll
- Vincent F. Hendricks
- Hartmut Haberland
- Pernille Andersen[4]
- Christine Gyrsting Lorentzen
- Rūta Vainienė
- Eyðgunn Samuelsen
Organization and Administration
The university is governed by a board consisting of 9 members: 5 members recruited outside the university form the majority of the board, 1 member is appointed by the scientific staff, 1 member is appointed by the administrative staff, and 2 members are appointed by the university students. The Rector is appointed by the university board. The rector in turn appoints deans and deans appoint heads of departments. There is no faculty senate and faculty is not involved in the appointment of rector, deans, or department heads. Hence the university has no faculty governance.[5]
Degree programs
Roskilde University offers higher education at bachelor-, master, and Ph.D. levels within four main areas: humanities, humanistic technologies, social science and science. The traditional educational setup at RU was based on two years of general studies in one of the main scientific areas and four years of specialization. Today, the university follows the general educational structure in Denmark based on three years of bachelor studies qualifying for a two-year master study.[6][7]
Roskilde University has 6 departments (institutes) specializing in very different areas from Mathematics to International Development:
- Communication, Business and Information Technologies (CBIT)
- Culture and Identity (CUID)
- Environmental, Social and Spatial Change (ENSPAC)
- Psychology and Educational Studies (PAES)
- Science, Systems and Models (NSM)
- Society and Globalisation (ISG)
The university offers three international bachelor programmes:
- International Bachelor Study Programme in Humanities
- International Bachelor Study Programme in Natural Science
- International Bachelor Study Programme in Social Science [8]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g http://www.dkuni.dk/Statistik/Universiteternes-statistiske-beredskab.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ http://www.statistikbanken.dk/INST08
- ^ http://www.ruc.dk/en/about-the-university/rucs-profil/the-history-of-roskilde-university/
- ^ http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/Pernille_Andersen/
- ^ "Roskilde Universitet - Bestyrelse". Retrieved 2009-11-20.
- ^ http://www.sam.sdu.dk/e/study/guide/seks.shtml
- ^ http://www.rektorkollegiet.dk/typo3conf/ext/naw_securedl/secure.php?u=0&file=fileadmin/user_upload/downloads/uni-edu-den.pdf&t=1190564872&hash=d5dd32654ff19b2356cc15b295a0241e
- ^ http://www.ruc.dk/en/education/full-degree-undergraduate-programmes