Presentacióde Jakob Stolt al Fòrum de la Innovació 2012. CEICS

1. Introduction to Aalborg University
Jakob Stolt
Senior Adviser, AAU Innovation
Aalborg University Copenhagen

2. Aalborg University – facts
• Three campuses; Aalborg, Esbjerg, Copenhagen.

3. Aalborg University – facts
• Aalborg University has close to 18.000 undergraduate and graduate
students and 500 PhD students.
• 10 % are international students coming from 100 different countries
all over the world.
• The university employs approximately 1.900 faculty and 1.300
administrative and technical staff.
• The educational programmes are organized into the university’s
four faculties and 22 departments.
• Humanities, Social Sciences, Engineering and Science, Medicine.

4. The values of Aalborg University
The values that distinguish Aalborg University:
• Creativity
Aalborg University goes off the beaten track in research, teaching,
administration and in the exchange of knowledge with its
surroundings.
• Openness
Aalborg University is open to dialogue, new ideas and thoughts and
to positive criticism and difference of opinions.
• Co-operation
Aalborg University is characterized by many different types of co-
operations – conducted is an atmosphere of mutual trust and respect.

5. The Aalborg PBL Model
(Problem and project based learning)
Literature Lectures Internet
Problem Problem Report /
analysis solving Documentation
Tutorials Field studies Experiments
Model from The Aalborg PBL model - Progress, Diversity and Challenges
Anette Kolmos, Flemming K. Fink & Lone Krogh

6. AAU Innovation – cross faculties
• AAU Matchmaking.
• Supporting Entrepreneurship at Aalborg University (SEA).
• Commercialization, patenting and IPR.
• Contracts.
• Fundraising and project administration.
• Copenhagen Innovation Harbour (CIH).

7. Example: Copenhagen Innovation Harbour
Aalborg University Copenhagen campus

8. Diversity and proximity as a catalyst for
research and innovation

9. Diversity and proximity as a catalyst for
research and innovation

10. Value propositions for companies
when co-locating
• Business development performed where knowledge is created.
• Shortened development times using shared labs.
• Collaborating with students trained in problem based learning
solving the companies’ problems.
• International environment with access to knowledge world wide.
• A housing model that suits the companies’ needs and considers
the resources they put into CIH.

11. Mutual expectations and interaction
• Companies and organizations are embedded on market
conditions and with an agreement that suits the organization’s
individual affiliation to the integrated model.
• The aspiration for integration and collaboration are necessary
for companies and organizations embedded. All entities present
are resources for development and innovation.
• The governance model will secure development of the vision in
an open dialogue with all relevant stakeholders.