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Academic Council

Academic Council

The Academic Council advises the dean on the faculty’s strategy, budget, research, and education.

Run for the Academic Council if you

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    want to have influence when major decisions are made that affect both students and staff at your faculty.

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    are ready to be the voice of all students at your faculty.

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    want to sharpen your argumentation skills and learn to navigate a political landscape where everyone has an agenda.

Anders Peter Bundgaard: I’ve gotten no-nonsense training in arguing for my opinions

Anders is student representative on the Academic Council at the Technical Faculty of IT and Design.

Sarah Kathrine Quist Wulff: You quickly discover that our views are actually relevant

Sarah is student representative on the Academic Council at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities.

Bertram Vorm: Give it a shot. It's not very time-consuming, and everyone is super nice

Bertram is student representative on the Academic Council at the Faculty of Medicine.

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Academic Councils at Aalborg University

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Academic Councils at Aalborg University

Academic Council

For each faculty, an academic council is set up. The academic council helps to ensure that academic staff and students have influence on academic and discipline-specific issues. The academic council is responsible for developing and maintaining a high academic standard at the faculty. The academic council advises the dean on academic issues presented by the dean and may comment on academic issues of significance to faculty activities, which the council consider to be relevant.

The responsibilities of the academic council include:

  • to advise the dean on strategic issues related to the faculty
  • to advise the dean on the faculty budget and budget principles
  • to advise the dean on key strategic areas relating to research and education, and on plans for knowledge exchange
  • to advise the dean on quality assurance and development of the faculty’s research environment, degree programmes, PhD programmes and research-based teaching
  • 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
  • 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
  • to award PhD and higher doctoral degrees
  • to establish guidelines for the promotion of good research practice.

Members

An academic council consists of 15 or 8 members as determined by the dean. The dean is an ex-officio member of the council. The remaining members must be elected by and among the academic staff, including PhD fellows, and by and among the students in the ratio 5:2. 

The representatives of the academic staff are be elected for four-year terms, whereas representatives for the students are be elected for one-year terms. The council members elect their chairperson among the members.

Academic Councils at AAU