The Aalborg PBL Centre is responsible for activities to develop PBL competences for all students at the Technical Faculty for IT and Design (TECH) and the Faculty for Engineering and Science (ENG), Aalborg University. 

The activities can be divided into four areas: 

1. A 5 ECTS COURSE ON PBL FOR ALL STUDENTS AT 1. SEMESTER BACHELOR FOR ENG AND TECH 

2. WORKSHOP TO STUDENTS ENTERING THE AAU PBL ENVIRONMENT AT MASTER LEVEL

3. TAILOR MADE WORKSHOPS TO SUPPORT STUDENTS’ PROGRESSION IN PBL COMPETENCES THROUGHOUT THE STUDY

4. A COMPETENCE PROFILE WORKSHOP TO MAKE PERSONAL PBL COMPETENCES EXPLICIT FOR EXTERNAL PARTNERS

 
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We offer tailor made workshops to support students’ progression in PBL competences throughout the study

The Aalborg Unesco PBL Centre offers a range of tailor-made courses and workshops in PBL all of which are offered on a request basis.

For example, we offer workshops within the following topics:

• Interdisciplinary teamwork / workshop i tværfagligt samarbejde.
• Interdisciplinary problem design / arbejde tværfagligt med problemdesign
• Individual and group motivation / arbejde med egen motivation.
• Professional communication as part of problem based project work / professionel kommunikation i det problembaserede projektarbejde.
• Digital methods for project work / digitale metoder i projektarbejdet.
• Team dynamics / gruppedynamikker

If you have other requests for topics or would like to book a workshop, please contact us here at: ucpbl@plan.aau.dk

You can take a master in PBL. Get more information HERE.

We welcome national and international students to the Aalborg PBL Centre and strive for developing good researchers in PBL in engineering and science education.

PLEASE CONTACT US FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE CONCERNING A PHD AT THE AALBORG PBL CENTRE

FINANCE

A PhD project can be shaped and financed in different ways.

Apply for one of the announced positions.
Industrial PhD in collaboration with a company.
Self-funded PhD.
For more information on the cost of a PhD at the Aalborg PBL Centre, please contact the centre here. 

MODE AND GRANTS

A PhD can either be in full, blended or online mode. Depending on the mode the grant oppertunities will be different. We are very open to inquieres so please do not hesitate to contact the centre with your inquires.

JOINING THE AALBORG PBL CENTRE

To become a PhD student you need to develop a PhD project within the Aalborg PBL research areas. The study will take three years (full time) and you will be supervised byone of the researchers at the centre and receive competent feedback from the other PhD students at the Centre.

When studying for a PhD degree you will become a part of The Department of Planning.

PHD TOPICS

Examples of projects undertaken at The Aalborg PBL Centre are:

• PBL epistemologies – research on fundamentals and the philosophy of PBL within any social context and cross socio-cultural contexts.
• Variation of PBL approaches – research on diverse approaches to PBL practices including curriculum, course design, implementation, assessment methods and evaluation of PBL outcomes.
• PBL competences – research on diversity of PBL related competences.
• PBL, digitalization and Networked Learning– research on PBL and PBL development in a digital world.
• PBL and interdisciplinarity – research on disciplinary and interdisciplinary aspects of PBL
  PBL and culture – research on diverse culture and intercultural issues related to teaching and learning in PBL.
• PBL implementation and organizational change – research on how PBL can be implemented in various social, organizational and cultural contexts.
• PBL and sustainability – research on how PBL support the sustainability of higher education
  PBL cross diverse educational levels and subjects (e.g. STEM).