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Ilisimatusarfik Grønlands Universitet University of Greenland
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Ilisimatusarfik Grnlands Universitet University of Greenland - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Ilisimatusarfik Grnlands Universitet University of Greenland - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Ilisimatusarfik Grnlands Universitet University of Greenland www.uni.gl | mail@uni.gl | phone +299 38 56 00 1 The Kingdom of Denmark www.uni.gl | mail@uni.gl | phone +299 38 56 00 2 Presentation of the University of Greenland Network
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Presentation of the University of Greenland Network meeting, University of Andorra 02. March 2018.
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Institute, G , Gestur H Hovgaard
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Continous developing campus
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Greenland – a few basic points
- 2,7 million KM2
» Greenland ( (2,7 ,7 M
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. KM2) – 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
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Greenland – a few basic points
– Weak fisheries economy and heavily dependent
- n 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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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”.
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