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The most important task of Roskilde University is to contribute to experimental,
innovative forms of learning and knowledge creation.
The university is
research-driven and provides education for future generations of managers,
teachers and experts based on advanced knowledge.
RU is characterised
by:
- merging knowledge through interdisciplinary research and teaching
-
pushing boundaries for knowledge through a problem-oriented approach
-
focusing research and education on fields where the university has international
or national status
- bringing university and society together.
Educational Principles
The basic educational principles at the university
are problem-oriented project work, participant direction and joint
responsibility. From enrolment to graduation, students are trained to assess the
importance of academic problems and the relevance of selected theories and
methods on a scientific basis. Project work is participant-directed and builds
on the importance of student commitment and own and joint
responsibility.
The phased choice of specialisation is based on the
students experience with the problem areas of the individual subjects and the
scientific approaches. Students gain their first experience at the basic
studies, which point them in the direction of advanced-level courses, where many
different specialised course studies may be combined within and across
disciplines and main subject areas, both during the bachelor studies and the
master s studies.
At RU, students are responsible for and control their
education themselves. Based on their own critical sense and active
participation, students are guided through their study programmes at RU which
offers an international, interdisciplinary and educationally challenging
environment providing the perfect framework for their studies.
RU s
Seal: The Coral
RU s seal shows a coral with the following text in
Latin:
In tranquillo mors - in fluctu vita.
In stillness death, in
movement life.
In this quote, reference is made to the following
characteristics of life and death of the coral: Corals can only live in very
pure and salty water in constant movement. Therefore, corals on the lee-side of
reefs die, whereas corals on the windward side where waves and currents are
strongest grow and develop into large, beautiful colonies. It is, however, the
older parts of the reef that provide the strength and power to resist the
beating of the waves throughout centuries. |
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