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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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ClusterScience &

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ClusterSocial

Sciences, Economics

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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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