What is a research evaluation?

A research evaluation (in Danish Forskningsevaluering) is an external assessment of the research and of the PhD education of DTU’s departments.

The purpose of the research evaluation is twofold:

1. Assessment of the current quality of research and researcher education at the department compared to international state-of-the-art.
2. Future recommendations; what can the department do to become or remain leaders within their field, and what can the department do  to contribute to the DTU goal of being amongst the top-5 European technical universities.

Who will evaluate the department?

A panel consisting of 4-6 international top researchers.

Your department will be asked to nominate candidates for a research evaluation panel. The candidates should supplement each other in such a way that they cover all your research areas.

What does the evaluation panel base the report upon?

1. Your department will make a self-evaluation which the panel will get as background material. The self-evaluation will consist of a written part, which your department is responsible for, and a datasheet of which most of the data will be provided by the central administration, i.e. AIS, AØR, AFR, AHR and AUS.
2. The panel will visit you for 3 days during which they must meet all research groups, see infrastructure, talk to all PhDs and more.