Ilisimatusarfik Grønlands Universitet University of Greenland www.uni.gl | mail@uni.gl | phone +299 38 56 00 1
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Presentation of the University of Greenland Network meeting, University of Andorra 02. March 2018. Head o of In Institute, G , Gestur H Hovgaard www.uni.gl | mail@uni.gl | phone +299 38 56 00 3
Continous developing campus www.uni.gl | mail@uni.gl | phone +299 38 56 00 4
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Greenland – a few basic points -2,7 million KM 2 » Greenland ( (2,7 ,7 M Mill. K . KM 2 ) – A Danish colony since 1723. – A danish Amt (county) since 1953 (de- colonization) – Home Rule 1979, Self-Rule 2009. – 56.000 inhabitants on the worlds largest island – Relatively good, but demanding infrastructure www.uni.gl | mail@uni.gl | phone +299 38 56 00 9
Greenland – a few basic points – Weak fisheries economy and heavily dependent on Danish transfers. – Large public/welfare sector, good standards but great challenges. – A substantial lack of Human Capital (heavily dependent upon foreign (danish) human capital – Prospects in Mining, Oil&Gas and tourism. 10 www.uni.gl | mail@uni.gl | phone +299 38 56 00 10
Ilisimatusarfik’s history » Established as a University 1. september 1989. » New statute with a Board in 2008. » New Campus in 2008. » Read more: » English: http://uk.uni.gl/about-us/history.aspx » Grønlandsk: http://www.uni.gl/uagutsinnut- tunngasut/oqaluttuarisaanera.aspx » Dansk: http://da.uni.gl/om-os/historie.aspx www.uni.gl | mail@uni.gl | phone +299 38 56 00 11
Ilisimatusarfik – by the numbers What How many / much Employees App. 100 Active fulltime students App. 800 Yearly intake of a class 50-60% Institutes 4 Departments 10 Ph.d. students 15 (2015) National budget DKK 93,6 mio. (2016) External funds App. DKK 8 mio. www.uni.gl | mail@uni.gl | phone +299 38 56 00 12
The 4 Institutes at Ilisimatursafik » Institute of Social Science, Economics and Journalism. » Institute of Culture, Language and Media » Institute of Nursing and Health Science » Institute of Learning www.uni.gl | mail@uni.gl | phone +299 38 56 00 13
Programmes » Social Work (bachelor) » Economics (bachelor) » Social Science (bachelor & master) » Law (BA; starts up in 2018) » Cultural history (bachelor & master) » Translation » Teaching » Nursing » Theology » PhD School www.uni.gl | mail@uni.gl | phone +299 38 56 00 14
Challenges & opportunities » Drop outs and the general standard of the school system. – Working on improving learning methods. – To build up research on social recilience and social innovation. » To maintain and develop stable work force – Research and teaching is a “mix” of permanent and affiliated employees. – The Ph.d. School important here. » Great interest from all over the world to do research and cooperation - The Arctic is “hot”. www.uni.gl | mail@uni.gl | phone +299 38 56 00 15
Qujanaq Thank You www.uni.gl | mail@uni.gl | phone +299 38 56 00 16
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