The Nursing Master’s programme in Emdrup moves to Roskilde University
The Master’s degree programme in Nursing in Emdrup has been awaiting its final fate, since the faculty nominated it for closure in November 2021 as a consequence of the political agreement “More and better educational possibilities throughout Denmark”. Now, the staff and students have been informed of what the future will bring: On 1 February 2023, the programme will be transferred to Roskilde University.
The Master’s degree programme in Nursing at Emdrup campus will be transferred to Roskilde University (RUC) as of 1 February 2023. This has been underway for some time, and now the Minister for Higher Education and Science – at the absolute last minute before the announcement of the general election – has approved the agreement to transfer the Master’s programme in Nursing from AU to RUC without comments. The approval is conditional on RUC receiving positive institutional accreditation from the Ministry before 1 February 2023, but this is expected to be a formality.
The Minister’s signature on the agreement between AU and RUC means that Health will no longer be accepting students to the Master’s degree programme in Nursing in Emdrup under the auspices of AU, and that 16 employees from the Department of Public Health, as well as the current approximately 170 students in the programme, will be transferred from AU to RUC as of 1 February 2023. The employees and students affected were informed yesterday, Monday 10 October 2022.
At Roskilde University, they have carefully considered the best possible placement of the degree programme – including how the programme can best be made available to students looking for education and jobs in east Denmark. And it has now been decided that the programme will be located in Roskilde, close to the hospital and near train connections to both the capital Region of Denmark and Region Zealand.
Contact
Vice-Dean for Education Lise Wogensen Bach
Aarhus University, Health
Mobile: +45 2548 8522
E-mail: lwb@au.dk