The Academic Council works to ensure DTU’s academic activities are conducted in a participatory and consultative manner, with input from the wider academic community at the University. The Council has responsibility for commenting on the internal allocation of funding, constituting committees that assess applicants for research positions and awarding PhD, doctor and honorary doctor degrees. The University’s President is the chairperson of the council.
The tasks and composition of the Academic Council are described in section 16 of DTU's statute.
Members of the Academic Council:
Chair
President Anders Bjarklev
VIPs
Professor Bo Friis Nielsen, DTU Compute
Professor Thomas Ostenfeld Larsen, DTU Bioengineering
Professor Marcel A. J. Somers, DTU Mechanical Engineering
Professor Tine Rask Licht, DTU Food
Professor Anders Kristensen, DTU Health Tech
Professor Karsten Wedel Jacobsen, DTU Physics
Professor Lisbeth M. Ottosen, DTU Civil Engineering
Associate professor Ole Ravn, DTU Electrical Engineering
Students
Stud.polyt. Søren Kuhberg
Stud.polyt. Andreas Ipsen
Stud.polyt. Magnus Hjerrild Andreasson
Observer
PhD student Albert Juan Fuglsang-Madsen
Other members
Senior Vice President, Dean of Graduate Studies and International Affairs professor Philip John Binning
Secretary
Academic OfficerDitte Kirstine Andersen
Office for Policy and Relations
Phone: +45 45 25 11 69
E-mail: AFR-Akademiskraad@dtu.dk