University of Aberdeen

Professor Seth Kunin, Vice-Principal for Internationalisation

Energy Leadership and

Transnational education (TNE)

Key Facts

• A world leading research intensive University with a

strong tradition of excellence in teaching and research

• Founded in 1495: Scotland's third oldest university and

the fifth oldest university in the English-speaking world

• Ranked in World top 1% within the Top 150 universities

in the world

• 15,000 students: 12,000 undergraduate and 3,000

graduates

• 20% International Students from from 120 countries

• Over 600 degree programmes and more than 150 Masters

programmes

• Top 100 in the world for scientific performance by Leiden rankings with Five Nobel Laureates associated with us

• 89% of research activity is rated as ‘international quality’ and 11 research areas ranked among the top 25% in the UK.

• Top 10 in the UK for student experience (National Student Survey) and employment prospects (The Telegraph, 2012)

• 93% of our students enter directly into good jobs, research posts or further study within six months of graduating

• Libraries with over a million volumes, priceless historic material, and seven museum collections

• Sports Village (2009), Aquatics Centre (2014) and Cruickshank Botanic Garden

Key Facts

Our Campus

Challenges for a Global University

• Identifying strategic themes of engagement

• Four cross-university themes built on our

research excellence making a difference on the

local, national or international stage.

• Energy

• Environment and Food Security

• Pathways to a Healthy Life

• The North

Aberdeen Institute of Energy

Distinctive, Engaged, Delivering

A global centre of excellence

• Promote excellence in teaching and research

in the Oil Capital of Europe.

• Train globally to meet growing Energy

industry needs

• Address current and future energy

challenges.

Our Aim

Our Delivery

Industrial Psychology Research Centre

Oceanlab

Environmental & Occupational Medicine

Environmental Remediation

Carbon cycle modelling

Climate & Land use Modelling

Exploration

Characterisation of Oil & Gas Reservoirs

Subsea Engineering & technologies

Engineering Solutions for Oil & Gas Recovery

Carbon Capture & Storage

Decommissioning and Planning

Materials Research & SOMC

Complex Systems & Process Modelling

Transport

Renewable Energy Engineering

Petroleum, Energy Economics & Finance

Oil & Gas Law

Energy Politics and Law

Oil & Gas Computing/Informatics

Our breath of expertise

Offer 25 energy-related Masters programmes across business, law,

engineering, geosciences, natural sciences and computing.

Geology and Petroleum Geology

exploHUB training centre • Professional exploration environment

supported by Industrial and academic

tutors and mentors

• Leaning by doing

• Immersive team environment

• Industry standard hardware, software and

data

• Modularised 3 month block release

possible

• Local and international field trips

Oceanlab

A collaborative sub-sea research

facility involving engineers & marine

biologists

• The leader in deep sea landers,

photography and technology

reaching down to depths of >6000 m

• Testing;

• Equipment development;

• Environmental survey;

• Over 80 clients broadly from the oil

& gas and defence industries.

Partnerships and Delivering Overseas

The University has a number of links with higher education

institutions, government and industry not only within Europe

but also with North America, China, West Africa and South

and East Asia.

• Internationals partnerships

• Mobility: Staff and student exchanges

• Research networks

• Overseas Delivery Models and considerations

Transnational education (TNE)

• Market Intelligence

• Due Diligence

• Governance structures

• Human resources considerations

• Legal and financial considerations

• Research and knowledge exchange

• Business Planning

• Expected outcome

Welcome to Aberdeen

www.abdn.ac.uk