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On 1 January 2007 Aalborg University and the Danish Building Research Institute merged. The merger initiated a comprehensive centre for knowledge about the built environment. The goal of the centre is to become the leading place of its kind in Denmark and to be considered on par with similar centres internationally.
In 1995, AAU began its expansion by opening a department in Esbjerg with the merging of Esbjerg Engineering College; in 2003, Aalborg University opened a department in Copenhagen; and in 2010, the School of Medicine was created.
- Fredrik Bajers Vej 7K, Aalborg East-Denmark, 9220
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This chapter looks at three selected cases of Danish university mergers in more detail: University of Copenhagen, Aarhus University and Aalborg University. Through these three cases the chapter shows how the Danish university merger processes – in spite of a...
- Kaare Aagaard, Hanne Foss Hansen, Jørgen Gulddahl Rasmussen
- 2016
Aalborg University differentiates itself from the older and more traditional Danish universities with its focus on interdisciplinary, inter-faculty studies; an experimental curriculum based on an interdisciplinary basic course with subsequent specialisation; a pedagogical structure based on problem-centred, real-life projects of educational and research relevance – which internationally has become known and recognised as The Aalborg Model.
On 1 January 2007 Aalborg University and the Danish Building Research Institute merged. The merger initiated a comprehensive centre for knowledge about the built environment. The goal of the centre is to become the leading place of its kind in Denmark and to be considered on par with similar centres internationally.
The Department of the Built Environment at Aalborg University is a research and educational institution that focuses on the complex issues of the urban, building, and construction areas. The department’s mission is to build a better and more sustainable society.
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Our research is rooted in the field of engineering, but it also contains important and comprehensive elements from the social sciences and the humanities. This allows us to research, advice and educate a holistic approach to the complex issues of the urban, residential and construction area.
