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• Seminars, courses, etc. in English;
• Career Centre Staff.
The International Accommodation Office is a unit of the International
Office at Aalborg University. The Accommodation Office assists
administrative personnel at Aalborg University with finding accommodation
for international students (incl. PhD students), teachers, lecturers and
researchers who are going to study or work at Aalborg University for a
period of time. The International Accommodation Office furthermore
assists Aalborg University affiliated persons who are going abroad for a
period and are interested in subletting their accommodation.
Aalborg University has a central Information Office, one for each
faculty, and a press unit on SBi (Danish Building Research Institute).
The Information Office has a number of extroverted functions. This
includes office functions as the interface between the university
and the press. Information Office is also behind several of Aalborg
University’s internal and external communication activities.
D) Aalborg University recognises the value of giving its students
an opportunity to cooperate with the business community, industry,
organisations and institutions as an integrated part of their studies.
As a result, graduate students at Aalborg University have the
opportunity to spend one semester as a trainee at a national or
international company, organisation or institution. The University
has a traineeship service, which e.g. includes databases that
facilitate the contact between interested students enrolled at
Aalborg University and businesses, organisations etc.
Learning Lab Aalborg University is a resource and development center
for employees and students at Aalborg University. Learning Lab Aalborg
University will contribute to elucidation, development and qualification
of the pedagogical quality of teaching and help to foster a debate on
university teaching and learning.
Aalborg University participates in a great number of private and
public, local, national and international collaborations, networks,
associations, partnerships etc. at different levels. Aalborg
University offers an alternative to the traditional PhD programme
- an Industrial PhD where one is employed at a company in which
the research will have its origin, and the working hours are divided
between the company and the university.
Type of support to enterprise foundation and development of entrepreneurship:
• NOVI Management A/S acts as management company for the
innovation environment NOVI Innovation A/S and NOVI Science
Park;
• NOVI Science Park accommodates more than 75 companies –
mainly high-tech companies – in a dynamic environment where
the companies benefit greatly from each other and from the
competences that they each encompass. NOVI is connected to
Aalborg University and it is one of Denmark’s largest science parks;