Roskilde University

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The University of Roskilde (Danish: Roskilde Universitet, until 2008 Roskilde Universitetscenter, in short: RUC ) is a public, academic educational institution for natural sciences, social sciences and humanities in the east of Roskilde, Denmark. She is a member of the University of the Arctic.

High School Profile

The motto of the University is In tranquillo mors - in fluctu vita (Danish: stilheden I doden, i Strømmen livet, German: In the silence is death, in the flow / movement of life ).

The logo consists of a stylized coral. This is metaphorically alluded to a coral property to be able to thrive only in moving water, but then form large and beautiful colonies. Only these colonies formed by close association in turn have the necessary strength to be able to afford the raging waters sufficient resistance can.

Organization

At its inception in 1972, the University of barely 723 students, today there are over 9,000, each year about 1,200 new students come (as of 2006).

The Roskilde University offers bachelor's, master's and Ph. D., is divided into six institutes as well as 70 smaller units called houses, and consists of 50 buildings. All undergraduate programs and some master's programs are also be studied in English.

The RUC has its own printing plant, which is used both for project and research reports as well as the official fortnightly newspaper RUCnyt the university.

The building of the University Library (RUB ) was designed by architect Henning Larsen and extends on several levels over an area of ​​7,600 m².

Academic orientation

The Roskilde University was founded with the goal of operating academic teaching to a new, alternative way that deliberately in many ways to distinguish it from the traditional practice of knowledge transfer in the style of frontal teaching to esp. by the students in a strong measurements with high self-responsibility integrates into all activities.

The basic principles here are:

  • Interdisciplinary and problem-oriented
  • Project work
  • Group work
  • Close relationship between research and teaching

Institute

The RUC is divided into 6 Institute (Danish: institutter, English: departments ), which focus on different areas of research:

  • Department of Communication, Business and Information Technologies
  • Institute of Culture and Identity
  • Department of Environment, Society and spatial variation
  • Institute of Nature, Systems and Models
  • Department of Psychology and Education Research
  • Institute of Society and Globalisation

There is also a research center for women's rights:

  • Celi ( Center for Ligestillingsforskning )

Known faculty and students

  • Torben Dyrberg
  • Rasmus Jønsson
  • Claus Bryld ( emeritus)
  • Hartmut Haberland
  • Brian P. McGuire
  • Jesper Jespersen
  • Karen Risager
  • Jacob Torfing
  • Kirsten Weber
  • Wolf Wucherpfennig ( emeritus)
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