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The Network
Founded in 2008, the network consists of four partner universities:
Ghent University University of Groningen University of Göttingen Uppsala University
Four comprehensive research universities with a similar profile, similar size, an excellent reputation, and a long tradition in scientific cooperation.
There is a joint website (www.u4network.eu), a logo and a quarterly newsletter.
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The Partners
Ghent Groningen Uppsala Göttingen
Total Number of Students 42.949 29.748 41.468 29.311
% International Students 12,4% 19,6% 6,3% 12,2%
Number of PhD Students 4.455 1.821 2.437 3.956
% International PhD Students 39,0% 53,1% 31,5% 28,5%
Staff (excl. Hospital) 8.929* 4.034 6.037 5.201
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Guidelines
MissionThe U4 network provides a platform for joint initiatives within the fields of education, research and institutional management, and offers a supportive sustainable framework for collaboration as preferential partners in international projects.
Vision
Enhancing the impact of the respective universities on the global scene.
Goals
Broadening the education offer and enhancing the students' international experience
Strengthening the research output through intensive cooperation and joint projects
Sharing knowledge and pooling resources in university management and governance
Organisation
Rectors Group
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Directors Group
ClusterInstitutional Managemen
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ClusterScience &
Technology
ClusterSocial
Sciences, Economics
& Law
Student Network
ClusterHumanities
ClusterMedicine & Pharmacy
Unique Governance Model
A good balance between top-down and bottom-up,
an interaction between the academic body, the university
leadership and the administration, fostering a
variety of joint projects,based on trustful collaborationand the equality of all partners.
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Humanities
Antiquity PhD Winter Schools (since 2009) – Field School Archaeology
Multilingualism [ML4U] Joint PhD, lecture series, research conferences
Family Ethics/Bio-Ethics [cross-cluster] Summer Schools, research exchange
Religion Studies Summer Schools, research exchange
Reverberations of Revolution Research Network, Symposia cycle
Taiwanese Study programmeTeaching fellowship (Ghent-Groningen-Göttingen)
Cultural Transfer and Transmission Research Network
Digital HumanitiesStaff exchange, Joint Ma supervision
Summer School ‘Religion, Conflict, & Peace’ 2017
Workshop Gender Studies 2017
DH4U4 @ #dhbenelux (Utrecht, 3-5 July 2017)
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Medicine and Pharmacy Ageing Brain
Joint PhDs, Summer Schools
Ageing Lung Joint PhDs, research network
Antimicrobial resistanceSummer Schools, Research network
‘Visual Perception’ Research Network
Labour Participation joint research Gent-Groningen
Medical Lawresearch workshops
Medical EducationCurriculum innovation, inter-professional learning
Innovative MedicineJoint Ma E+ (Groningen-Uppsala)
Ageing Brain Summer School 2017
Ageing Lung Workshop 2017
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Science and Technology
Biology Joint PhD Ecology (Gent-Groningen), Joint Ma Evolutionary Biology(Erasmus Mundus, Groningen-Uppsala)
Energy/BioMass/Sustainable Materials Summer School, PhD training
Biomedical Engineering Joint Ma (Erasmus Mundus, Groningen-Gent), Summer School
Chemistry Joint PhD (Ghent-Uppsala), PhD exchange ‘Polymer Chemistry’
Physics Summer School HASCO, Joint PhD Particle Physics (Uppsala-Göttingen)
Raw Materials Joint Ma SINReM Ghent-Uppsala (EIT)
U4 article ‘Science’ Vol 356, Issue 6338
SciTech Cluster Meeting 2017
HASCO Summer School 2017
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Social Sciences, Economics & Law SSEL cluster conference
‘Migration’ 2017, ‘Governance’ 2016, ‘Global Studies’ 2015
EurocultureJoint Ma (Erasmus Mundus, pre-U4), research network
AccomplishH2020 U4+ consortium
Respond H2020 U4+ consortium
Comparative Political Theory research network
Legal Research Network U4+ (pre-U4)
Environmental Law research network
Joint Ma/Double DegreesHumanitarian Action (Erasmus Mundus, Uppsala-Groningen), Internat.Economics (Gött-Gron), Finance & Accountancy (Ghent-Gött)
Gender Studies Summer Schools, visiting scholarships, research workshops
Environmental Law Workshop 2017
SSEL Cluster Conference 2017
Medical Law and Human Rights Workshop 2017
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Institutional Management
Mobility calls
Transversal programmes
Academic Leadership International Perspectives in Teaching and Learning Peer Review Cycle Career Services U4 Sustainabililty*
Staff mobilities
Projects (DAAD, Erasmus Mundus, Erasmus+)
Joint PhD framework – virtual graduate school*
U4SN – the U4 Student Network
Career Services Staff Training 2017
Peer Review Campus Facilities 2017
U4SN Meeting 2017
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