News 2012

The Higher Education Minister has signed cooperative education agreements within the Danish Realm and in the Nordic area.

Danish universities and companies are cooperating to attract talented Chinese students during two career days in China. More than 2,000 students are expected to attend.

A new collaboration between Danish universities and the Brazilian authorities will ensure than more young talented Brazilian researchers come to Denmark.

In September, 44 Danish students are beginning a Master’s programme at the Sino-Danish Center in Beijing – the largest number to date to study a full programme in China.

Students are taking the digital enrolment system to heart. This year, a total of 66,620 higher education applicants applied through the optagelse.dk website.

The A.P. Møllerske Støttefond foundation has donated DKK 16 million to the renovation of the Danish Student House in Paris.

Representatives of European industries have underlined the critical importance of industrial innovation as a route to European economic recovery, and stated their willingness to contribute and engage with governments and the research community to ensure that this is achieved.

On 30-31 May, the Danish EU Presidency will host its second and last formal Competitiveness Council meeting about growth in the Single Market and the EU’s coming framework programme on research and innovation.

The stress test of innovation policy of the EU member states took place at the Europe INNOVA 2012 Conference in Copenhagen 23-24 October 2012.

The EU exchange programme Erasmus has been awarding grants, coordinating study exchanges and creating closer links between students and universities across the EU for 25 years.

Danish and international experts within research and innovation are meeting at a conference at Aarhus University to debate how we can ensure the best possible production of knowledge in the future.

Chairman of the board John Kuhlmann Madsen has announced that the director for the Danish Institute in Damascus, Anders Hastrup, will leave Syria from 1 April 2012.

The Ministry of Culture has recently published a report on the internationalisation of the artistic and cultural higher education institutions.