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ANNUAL REPORT 2011 Graduate School of Health Sciences
Introduction In this report, we present selected study statistics for the Graduate School of Health Sciences in 2011 The Graduate School is currently undergoing considerable change. After a series of years with a significant growth in the number of PhD students, the focus in 2011 have been on increasing the quality of the PhD programme. To achieve this goal, the Graduate School’s management cooperate with the graduate programmes which are pivotal to the School’s ambition to provide education of a high academic standard. Among others, in 2011 we initiated cooperative efforts to increase the academic quality of the PhD programme through the introduction of new initiatives and approaches to supervision and evaluation. In order to focus and prioritise the efforts to increase the quality of the PhD programme, it is also important to know how PhD students evaluate the training provided. In 2011 a “final evaluation” was introduced. The evaluation covers a range of aspects relating to the PhD training experience, including supervision, academic and social environment, PhD courses, graduate programmes, etc. The evaluation reports are available for download here: http://healthsciences.ku.dk/phd/current/ schoolstructure/evaluation/ In late 2011, the University of Copenhagen decided to merge the Faculty of Health Sciences with the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the veterinary field at the Faculty of Life Sciences. The overall objective of the merger of the faculties is to provide a stronger platform for research in the field of health and to improve the professional environments into which research efforts are embedded. The objective is, among others, to forge a stronger link between basic research and strategic and more use-oriented or applied research in interaction with the surrounding society, including hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, the agricultural sector and the food industry. At the new Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, approximately 1,500 PhD students enjoy the services of the Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences. We look forward to the practical work to implement the above objectives, including the continued efforts to strengthen the quality of the PhD studies with a view to educating world-class researchers. Nils Billestrup Professor, Head of Graduate School April 2012
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PhD students enrolled and target figures for enrolment A total of 305 new PhD students were enrolled in the Graduate School in 2011. The illustration on the right shows the development in enrolment and target figures from 2008 to 2011. The target figures are a result of the University’s Performance Contract with the Danish University and Property Agency, which establishes targets for PhD enrolment and other similar areas.
TARGET FIGURES FOR ENROLMENT
ENROLMENTS
NEW PHD ENROLMENTS FROM 1 JANUARY TO 31 DECEMBER
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337 300
305 280
277
250
256
238
275
275
200
150
100
YEAR
50
0
TARGET FIGURES FOR ENROLMENT
ENROLMENTS
2008
2009
NEW PHD ENROLMENTS FROM 1 JANUARY TO 31 DECEMBER
2010
2011
350
337 AVER AGE AGE AT TIME OF ENROLMENT 300
277
100
50
0
275
QUALIFYING DEGREE
200
150
275
Qualifying degree and average age at the time of enrolment 238 256
Average age
Medicine 153 people Other 152 people
The average age at the time of enrolment was 30.9 years. Qualifying degree
As in preceding years, approximately half of the newly enrolled PhD students held a qualifying degree in a discipline other than medicine. In 2010, this was the case for 52.8%, whereas in 2011 49.8 % of the students enrolled with a 2008 degree other than 2009 medicine 2010 candidate
AVER AGE AGE AT TIME OF ENROLMENT
30.9 years
Gender distribution
The gender distribution of the 305 enrolled students in 2011 was as follows:
YEAR
250
30.9 years 305
280
2011
45.2% male
54.8% female
QUALIFYING DEGREE
Medicine 153 people Other 152 people 3
In 2010, females comprised 61% of new enrolments; thus, 2011 marked a slight increase in the share of male students at the Graduate School.
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Students enrolment
PhD degrees awarded
By the 31 December of 2011, a total of 1,044 PhD students were enrolled in the Graduate School of Health Sciences.
A total of 225 PhD degrees were awarded in 2011 by the Academic Council, an increase by 42% compared with 2008.
Note: The number includes students on leave
NUMBER OF STUDENTS 1.200
1.000
859
250
908 200
150
400
100
200
50
YEAR
600
0 2008
2009
2010
196
210
225
158
YEAR
800
997
PHD DEGREES
1044
0
2011
2008
2009
2010
2011
Duration of the PhD studies AVERAGE DURATION OF PHD STUDY AT SUND AVERAGE DURATION OF PHD STUDY AT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN
The average duration of a PhD study at the Graduate School of Health Sciences was 3.1 years in 2011.
DURATION/YEARS 3.5
Note: Calculated as the period from the enrolment date to the date of submission of the thesis. Numbers were adjusted for leave periods.
3.0
3.2
3.2
3.2
3.3
3.1 3.2
2.5
2.0
1.5
1.0
YEAR
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0.0 2009
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2011
Enrolments in 2011 by department ENROLMENTS IN CLINICAL DEPARTMENTS ENROLMENTS IN PRECLINICAL DEPARTMENTS
13.1 %
PU BL IC H E A LT H
51
40
31
10.2 %
BIOM E DIC A L SCI E NC E S
6.2 %
N EU ROSC I E NC E A N D PH A R M ACOL OG Y
N EU ROL OG Y, PS YCH I AT RY A N D SE NSORY SCI E NC E S
48 27
24 19
I N T E R N AT ION A L H E A LT H, I M M U NOL OG Y A N D M ICROBIOL OG Y
2.6 %
1%
ODON TOL OG Y
18 6
3
0.7 %
FOR E NSIC M E DICI N E
SU RG E RY A N D I N T E R N A L M E DIC I N E
8.9 %
ORT HOPA E DIC S A N D I N T E R N A L M E DICI N E
G Y N A ECOL OG Y, OB S T E T R IC S A N D PA E DI AT R IC S
2
5.9 %
DI AG NOS T IC SCI E NC E S
3.6 %
11
8
BIOT ECH R E SE A RCH A N D I N NOVAT ION
15.7 %
7.9 %
16
5.2 %
C E L LU L A R A N D MOL ECU L A R M E DIC I N E
2%
PROT E I N R E SE A RCH
0.3 % 1
5
16.7 %
E X PE R I M E N TA L M E DICI N E
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Enrolled PhD students by graduate programme Graduate programme
Head of programme
Students*
Cellular and Genetic Medicine
Professor Peter E. Nielsen
35
Molecular Mechanisms of Disease
Professor Anders H. Lund
88
Basic Metabolic Research
Professor Torben Hansen
66
Muscle Metabolism
Professor Michael Kjær
31
Cardiovascular Research
Associate professor Morten Schak Nielsen
117
Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Professor Mogens Holst Nissen
81
Oncology and Haematology
Professor Inge-Marie Svane
47
Medical and Molecular Imaging
Professor Andreas Kjær
31
Neuroscience
Professor Morten Møller
101
Psychiatry
Professor Merete Nordentoft
37
Global Health
Professor Lars Hviid
34
Public Health and Epidemiology
Professor Torben Jørgensen
158
Biostatistics
Professor Niels Keiding
6
Medical Science and Technology Studies
Professor Thomas Söderqvist
13
Clinical Research
Professor Vibeke Backer
165
Skeletal and Dental Science
Professor Peter Schwarz
8
Odontology
Associate professor Anne Marie Lynge Pedersen
10
Forensic Medicine and Anthropology
Professor Niels Morling
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Recruitment of pre-graduate research year students STUDENTS
In 2011, the Graduate School continued to have an increased focus on the research year programme. Under this programme, undergraduates are affiliated to a research group and gain knowledge, experience and a network that may help them jumpstart a research career. More information on the research year programme: http://healthsciences.ku.dk/ phd/studentresearch
150
124
120
90
74 60
56 30
40
41
2007
2008
YEAR
In 2011, the Graduate School enrolled 124 research year students. This is a 68% increase from the previous year and a tripling in the number of enrolments since 2007.
13 0 2006
2009
2010
2011
Scholarship funding FULLY FACULTY-FUNDED SCHOLARSHIPS CO-FUNDED SCHOLARSHIPS EXTERNAL FUNDING
FUNDING
The Graduate School strives to ensure a transparent and proactive scholarship strategy. The Faculty offers a number of PhD scholarships every year (advertised in two rounds: spring and autumn). However, as illustrated here, only a limited number of enrolments can be financed by Faculty scholarships. Applications are submitted in open competition and assessed by the Faculty Research Committee .
350
53 300
39
250
200
20 61
22 75
180 150
31 50
54 230
29 237
200
157
100
YEAR
50
0 2007
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2008
2009
2010
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Success rates for applicants for the Faculty’s ordinary scholarships Out of 214 applicants for the Faculty’s ordinary scholarships in 2011, a total of 42 were successful. This corresponds to an average success rate of 20% (marginally lower than the overall 2010 success rate of 23%).
APPLIED SPRING 2011 GRANTED SPRING 2011 0
5
PRECLINICAL SCHOLARSHIPS
10
15
20
25
30
35
28
4
CLINICAL SCHOLARSHIPS
35
6
CAREER SCHOLARSHIPS
14
7
27
CO-FINANCED SCHOLARSHIPS
5 3
PHD INTERNSHIP
0
APPLIED AUTUMN 2011 GRANTED AUTUMN 2011 0
5
PRECLINICAL SCHOLARSHIPS
15
20
25
5
CO-FINANCED SCHOLARSHIPS
2 PHD INTERNSHIP
0
35
37
7
CAREER SCHOLARSHIPS
30
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6
CLINICAL SCHOLARSHIPS
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10
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Councils and committees under the Graduate School of Health Sciences PhD Study Board
PhD Coordinator Committee
The responsibilities of the PhD Study Board are, in part, derived from the University Act of 22 June 2011. The PhD Study Board is elected and is made up of representatives from the scientific staff and PhD student representatives. In pursuance of the University Act, the Board has the following responsibilities: 1. To recommend members to the assessment committee for the assessment of PhD theses 2. To approve PhD courses 3. To prepare proposals for the internal guidelines of the Graduate School of Health Sciences, including guidelines for PhD supervision 4. To comment on evaluations of the PhD Programme and the PhD supervision efforts made, including international evaluations 5. To approve applications for merit and exemption 6. To comment on issues of relevance to graduate training and supervision. 7. To give recommendations concerning the enrolment of the PhD students
The object of the PhD Coordinator Committee is to act as a liaison body between the Graduate School’s management and the PhD coordinators, and to ensure exchange of experiences between the coordinators. All coordinators are represented on the Committee. The Graduate Programme Committee
The object of the Committee is to act as a liaison body between the management of the Graduate School and the heads of the Faculty’s Graduate Programmes. The Committee also serves as a forum for the exchange of experience and collaboration, and all programme heads are therefore represented on the Committee. A list of the current members of the PhD Study Board and the Committees is presented at www.healthsciences.ku.dk/ phd under ’About the Graduate School’.
Structure of the Graduate School Vice-Dean for Research Head of Graduate School PhD Study Board
Graduate School
Faculty Research Strategy Committee
Graduate Programmes
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