Cooperation partners
The following universities from Edmonton are Canadian cooperation partners:
The University of Alberta focuses on the following areas of research:
MacEwan University is Edmonton's downtown metropolitan university offering a transformative education in a collaborative and supportive learning environment. With more than 65 programs, creativity thrives through research and innovation that engages students, faculty and the community. The 19,000 students are divided into six faculties and schools: from Arts and Science to Fine Art and Communications, from Health and Community Studies to Continuing Education, from Nursing to Business. MacEwan University instructs at the undergraduate level, offering degrees, diplomas, and certificates.
Click here for the research profile of MacEwan University.
The Northern Alberta Institute of Technology is a college of technical and applied education. 28,000 students take part in undergraduate and applied degrees as well as trainings on 6 campuses. The NAIT offers the following areas: economics, science, technology and health sciences.
The NAIT focuses on the following areas of research:
The Concordia University of Edmonton offers mainly undergraduate and professional programs in arts, sciences and management. Master programs are available in the subjects of education and health sciences. The Concordia University of Edmonton impresses with an excellent music department.
Click here to view the research section of Concordia University of Edmonton.
On the German side, these universities belong to the cooperation partners:
The University of Applied Sciences Bielefeld (FH Bielefeld) is closely connected with the regional economy and industry in teaching and applied research. It is constantly expanding its international cooperation and currently maintains more than 100 international partnerships. Its 10,000 students are enrolled in 60 study programmes at three locations in Bielefeld, Gütersloh and Minden. In different study models, joint study courses are offered in cooperation with companies, among other things.
There are five departments: Design, Architecture and Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, Social Sciences, Business and Health.
The FH's research profile is geared to the global social challenges of the future and places particular emphasis on the fields of climate and energy, health, mobility and communication. The research profile is characterised by the following institutes and focal points:
Institutes (only in German)
- Institut für Bildungs- und Versorgungsforschung im Gesundheitsbereich (InBVG)
- Institut für Angewandte Systemdynamik und Mechatronik (ISyM)
- Bielefelder Institut für Angewandte Materialforschung (BIfAM)
- Institut für intelligente Gebäude(InfinteG)
Focus (only in German)
- Interdisziplinäre Forschung für dezentrale, nachhaltige und sichere Energiekonzepte (IFE)
- Institut für Technische Energie-Systeme (ITES)
- Erkenntnisformen der Fotografie
- Angewandte Mathematische Modellierung und Optimierung (AMMO)
Bielefeld University is a young research university with 24,000 students and more than 2,700 employees. With 115 subjects in the humanities, natural sciences, social sciences and technology, the University of Bielefeld lives the principle of interdisciplinary teaching and research according to the guiding principle 'Transcending boundaries'. The University offers 6 fully English Master's programmes and other international programmes, such as double diploma programmes. The Cluster of Excellence in Cognitive Interaction Technology (CITEC), the Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec), as well as the Bielefeld Graduate School in History and Sociology (BGHS) are further international and interdisciplinary offerings of the university.
Bielefeld University focuses on the following areas of research:
With 20,000 students and more than 2,300 employees, the University of Paderborn is the second largest educational institution in OWL. In the 5 faculties for cultural sciences, economics and natural sciences, as well as mechanical engineering and electrical engineering, computer science and mathematics, 62 study courses are offered. Among them are also several international master programs in e.g. computer science and electrical power engineering. Research fields include Digital Humanities and Intelligent Technical Systems. The interdisciplinary research institution works closely with companies in the private sector.
The research profile of Paderborn University focuses on the following areas:
Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences (TH OWL) is represented at 4 locations: In Lemgo, Detmold, Höxter and Warburg. Thus the complete potential of OWL and its companies, to which very good connections exist, is used. Around 7,000 students are enrolled at the Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences, which is divided into 9 departments. These include media production on mechanical engineering and mechatronics, life science technology, as well as landscape architecture and environmental planning.
The research profile of Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences focuses on the following areas:
- Intelligent Automation
- Food Technology
- Intelligent Energy Systems (only in German)
- Cultural Landscape
- Sustainable Water Management and Preventive Water Protection (only in German)
- ProErgo - Ergonomic design of production machines in the context of industry 4.0 (only in German)
- DiMan - Direct Digital Manufacturing in the Context of Industry 4.0
- ConstructionLab (only in German)
- Innovative Materials (only in German)
- Perception Lab
- urbanLab
