Academic council

The Academic Council advises the President on the internal distribution of grants, and on research, education and plans for knowledge exchange.The Academic Council shall give their opinion to the President on proposals for the development contract and on the academic organisation, including the establishment and discontinuation of departments and which programmes to offer. The Academic Council also makes recommendations to assessment committees and confers PhDs, doctorates and prizes.​

Composition of the Academic Council

The Academic Council consists of 13 members: the President is a born member, 9 members are elected by and among faculty, including employed PhD students, 3 members are elected by and among the students. In addition, 2 observers are elected by and among the technical-administrative staff who participate in the meetings of the Council with the right to speak but without the right to vote.

In addition, the rest of the Senior Management participates in Council meetings.

The Academic Council elects a chair and a vice-chair from among its members.

Members elected by faculty (election period 2022-2024):

Kristian Miltersen (Chair), Anne Reff Pedersen (vicechair), Bent Meier Sørensen, Fane Naja Groes, Peter Skærbæk, Michael Mol, Torkil Clemmensen, Andreas Rasche, Florence Villeseche.

Members elected by students (election period 2022):

Tomas Vemola, Melissa Kälin, Duarte Prata de Vasconcelos Carrasco.

Members elected by students (election period 2023):

Duarte Prata de Vasconcelos Carrasco, Thi Kim Thanh Nguyen, Mohit Khatwani Nihalani.

Observers elected by technical-administrative staff (election period 2022-2024):

Henrik Hermansen, Joshua Krag Bruhn.