The ambition is to expand cooperation to entirely new areas when DTU takes over the chairmanship of Nordic Five Tech.
From June 2017, DTU will chair an alliance of the best technical universities in the Nordic region for a one-year period. Nordic Five Tech alliance (N5T) is an exclusive strategic alliance between the five leading technical universities in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. The alliance collaborates on research, education, and innovation.
The ambition is to expand cooperation to entirely new areas, and one of the new initiatives to be implemented in the coming years is supplementary training.
“In all Nordic countries, there is a focus on technological competency development of the workforce and lifelong learning, and as technical universities, we must be ready to meet future needs. It is therefore important that we cooperate and exchange good ideas,” says Helle Rønne Warburg.
Under DTU’s presidency, the five Nordic universities will also extend cooperation to other areas. For example, agreement has been reached on specific initiatives to promote exchange at both BSc and PhD level. A further aim is to strengthen collaboration on research within specially selected areas.
One of the new initiatives focuses on transforming the Nordic region into the largest and best global hub for student-driven start-ups. Called ‘extended entrepreneurship campus’, the initiative gives the students the opportunity to exploit hub facilities, knowledge, and networks for student innovation and entrepreneurship across universities.
According to DTU President Anders Bjarklev, the ambition is for Nordic Five Tech collaboration to be in an even stronger position when DTU hands over chairmanship to Aalto University in Finland in June next year:
“Part of DTU’s strategy is to develop our international alliances with other elite technical universities and expand collaboration to new areas where this creates added value. We are committed to putting theory into practice.”