Five reasons to choose the University of Southern Denmark

• World class research

  By its nature, research inherently transcends boundaries, and the University of Southern Denmark boasts strong research collaborations both nationally and internationally. SDU's excellent research is conducted, disseminated and evaluated within international networks.

  We aim to be world leaders in selected research areas, and we achieve this by recruiting and retaining top-level international talent, as well as by challenging ourselves and being challenged to raise the quality and breadth of our research.

  At SDU, you will collaborate across disciplines and borders to take your knowledge and research to new heights.

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• Work-life balance

  Denmark is known for a healthy work-life balance that allows you time to spend with your family and pursue your personal interests in a safe and robust welfare society.

  At the University of Southern Denmark, we take pride in our work culture, and we prioritise shared decision-making and involvement among both students and staff to ensure a safe and supportive working environment across the University. For instance, lunch is most often a social event, and it is not unusual to participate in leisure activities with your colleagues after work.

  In Denmark, the organisational structure is less hierarchical than in many other countries, and you will encounter a flat management culture, and a culture of inclusion where collaboration is highly valued.

  Good leadership is a high priority at every level of the organisation, offering you influence and flexibility in planning your tasks and working hours. At SDU, a career in academia can be successfully combined with a fulfilling family life.

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• Close business collaborations

  The University of Southern Denmark engages in collaborations in a wide range of sectors and has close ties with both national and international companies. These connections enable you as a researcher and lecturer to engage in projects that are directly relevant for the surrounding society and which benefit companies, research and students alike.

  This ensures that research projects are socially relevant, classroom cases are realistic, results are applicable and data are current and realistic.

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• Support for career development and funding

  The University of Southern Denmark offers comprehensive opportunities for career development and support in achieving your career ambitions and creating the academic career you strive for.

  Funding is central to research and securing it can be time-consuming, but help and guidance are available to you throughout the entire process. The SDU Research Support Hub provides funding tools, call overviews, grant overviews, funding process guides, help with commercialising your research and innovative ideas and many other tools.

  SDU offers modern facilities and lab infrastructure in bright and welcoming buildings, where you will conduct your research.

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• Interconnected university

  The University of Southern Denmark has a strong tradition of interdisciplinary collaboration, which means that you as a researcher or lecturer have easy access to working with experts in different disciplines and from all five faculties. This is a catalyst for new ideas and strengthens your research and teaching.

  The research environments at SDU are robust and collaborative in working for their common purpose and for SDU's vision of creating value for and with society.

  Although academic positions are research intensive, all researchers at SDU teach on relevant study programmes to maintain the close connection between research and education.

  Freedom of research, freedom of teaching and freedom of debate and expression are core values at SDU.

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