AALBORG UNIVERSITY
BASIC INFORMATION:
BRIEF HISTORY:
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Located in Aalborg and Esbjerg, Denmark
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Aalborg University's motto is: Ad nye veje, meaning ''New paths''
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Aalborg university has approximately 19,400 students
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Student-faculty ratio is 8:1
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MASTER’S DEGREE PROGRAMMES AND COURSES IN ENGLISH:
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Aalborg university offers 3 bachelors programmes taught in English:
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Applied Industrial Electronics, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Language and International studies
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50 master´s programmes such as Medialogy, Robotics, Bioengineering or Sustainable Biotechnology
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An application costs 105€
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Founded on 19 August 1969 but Danish Parliament allowed to open it a year after
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The first rector of this university center was the Swedish historian and professor Jörgen Weibull
ALUMNI:
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2 Nobel Prizes
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Schumpeter prize
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Guggenheim Fellowship
FAMOUS ALUMNI:
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Mette Frederiksen (Politician, Prime Minister of Denmark since 2019)
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Thomas Blom Hansen (Anthropologist)
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Fran Aaen (Economist)
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Frank Jensen (Politician)
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Torben Larsen (Scientist)
CAMPUS INFO:
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Aalborg University has 3 campuses, in Aalborg, Esbjerg, and Copenhagen
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Campuses offer student cafés, libraries, fitness centres and sport clubs
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"Studenterhuset" in the centre of Aalborg is a place where you can meet with other students, have a cup of coffee or visit a concert
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Aalborg University is a publisher of several journals