UNI-SET UNIVERSITIES SURVEY
PART 3: QUESTIONS ON RESEARCH TOPICS AND DOCTORATE SCHEMES
Note: This file contains the questions of Part 3 of the UNI-SET Universities Survey conducted by the European
University Association (EUA). It is meant to be used as a supporting document, for example to facilitate the data
collection process within individual universities.
You can access the complete survey under http://universities.uni-set.eu. Please note that only submissions
through the online tool can be accepted. The deadline to submit your response is 30 June 2015. For any
questions regarding the survey or the project, please do not hesitate to contact the project team at uniset@eua.be.
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STRUCTURE OF RESEARCH TOPICS
Please provide the name of the research topics in which you develop
your research activities related to energy. For each topic, we would like
to know the number of staff involved and the research output.
Please enter first the name of the research topic as it is known at your
institution. You can add as many topics as you wish but, please,
consider doing so only for research teams of more than 3 Full Time
Equivalent research staff. (Please avoid double counting of staff).
Please identify the ‘research topics’ based on the level of
aggregation that you regard as most appropriate (e.g. topic of
specific research projects, clusters, research groups, laboratories,
departments, faculties, etc.).
Research topic title / name
Text input
Contact: Website (if applicable)
URL
Contact: Name and title of a contact person
Text input
Contact: Email address of a contact person
Text input
Professors, faculty, Post-Docs, researchers (Full Time Equivalent)
Number input
Doctoral candidates (Full Time Equivalent)
Number input
Administrative, technical, other staff (Full Time Equivalent)
Number input
Research output
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What has been the total number of research outputs, according to the
categories below? Please, consider only the last 3 years, that is,
between 2011 and 2014:
Peer-reviewed publications1
1
Number input
This may include peer-reviewed conference papers.
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Other publications2
Number input
Pilot tests3
Number input
Patents & licenses
Number input
Which broad fields of knowledge are covered by the activities of the
research topic?
Choose as appropriate
(max. 3)
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Comment
STEM (Science,
technology,
engineering,
mathematics)
ESSH (Economics,
Social sciences and
Humanities)
LSMH (Life science,
medicine, health
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Are there any aspects that you wish to highlight or clarify or is there
additional information that you deem important? What are the most
innovative or unique aspects of your research? To what extent is it
interdisciplinary? Please leave your comment here.
COOPERATION & PARTNERSHIPS
Are any of the aforementioned research activities carried out in
collaboration with external partners? If so, please indicate the number
of partners belonging to each category of partners per research topic
and the form of cooperation with these external partners (☑ = yes).4
Please, consider to indicate only sustained (i.e. not ad hoc) research
cooperation between your institution and another institution or
organisation. For the purpose of this study, consider only collaborations
that have lasted at least 2 years. We aim to identify particularly
collaborations which may have been concluded through formal
agreements between the partners.
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3
Approximate number of partners per category: 5 Academic partners
Number input
Approximate number of partners per category: Industry partners
Number input
E.g. book chapters, books, working papers, policy briefs
E.g. prototypes, living labs, testing services, testing facilities
4
For example, take a research project on a specific energy-related field performed by a consortium of three
universities, ten companies/consultancies and two research institutes. You would report '2' academic partners,
'10' industry partners and '2' other partners. Since the project consists of a series of work packages including
research activities performed by all the partners, you would tick the 'research' box in the three columns
academia, industry, other. In case that you also have doctorate candidates working on the project, and you are
able to use research facilities at the industry partners' facilities, you would also select 'hosting Doctorate
candidates' in the industry partner column.
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Academic partners: Universities, universities of applied sciences etc.
Industry partners: Companies, company research laboratories, consultancies, etc
Research and Technology Organisations: Public or private research and technology organisations
Other partners: Government bodies or agencies (e.g. ministries, agencies on the municipal, regional, national
or European level), other partners (e.g. NGOs), etc.
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Approximate number of partners per category: Research and
Technology Organisations (RTOs)
Number input
Approximate number of partners per category: Other partners
Number input
Cooperation with academic partners: Research6
Choose one: Yes / No
7
Cooperation with academic partners: Access to research infrastructure
Choose one: Yes / No
Cooperation with academic partners: Hosting Doctorate candidates8
Choose one: Yes / No
Cooperation with industry partners: Research
Choose one: Yes / No
Cooperation with industry partners: Access to research infrastructure
Choose one: Yes / No
Cooperation with industry partners: Hosting Doctorate candidates
Choose one: Yes / No
Cooperation with Research and Technology Organisations (RTOs):
Research
Choose one: Yes / No
Cooperation with Research and Technology Organisations: Access to
research infrastructure
Choose one: Yes / No
Cooperation with Research and Technology Organisations: Hosting
Doctorate candidates
Choose one: Yes / No
Cooperation with other institutions: Research
Choose one: Yes / No
Cooperation with other institutions: Access to research infrastructure
Choose one: Yes / No
Cooperation with other institutions: Hosting Doctorate candidates
Choose one: Yes / No
Comment
Text input
Are there any aspects that you wish to highlight or clarify or is there
additional information that you deem important? Please leave your
comment here:
FIELDS OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Please choose up to eight fields of science and technology that can be
considered the primary focus of each existing research topic.
Choose (max.) eight “4digit fields” of the
UNESCO Nomenclature
for Fields of Science and
Technology.
[See Technical
Instructions, pp 11-16].
Rank them by their order
of importance, i.e. by
placing the main field(s)
first.
Comment
Text input
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Research: Please select “yes” if the project/topic involves partners that conduct research as a part of a
project/topic.
7
Access to Research Infrastructure: Please select “yes” if a partners is offering access to research
facilities/infrastructure for research staff of your institution and/or your institution offering access to research
infrastructure for partners.
8
Hosting Doctorate candidates: Please select “yes” if a partner is offering (temporary or permanent) positions
for Doctorate candidates to conduct research or write a dissertation in its institution.
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Are there any aspects that you wish to highlight or clarify or is there
additional information that you deem important? Please leave your
comment here:
SET-PLAN AREAS
Please select up to five thematic areas of the SET-Plan in which the
outcomes of your research can find an application and in which the
researchers or Doctorate candidates involved could find employment.
Please, consider both research and non-research positions and in both
public and private sectors.
Choose (max.) five
“specific areas” of the
SET-Plan thematic areas.
[See Technical
Instructions, pp 9-10]
Rank them by their order
of importance, i.e. by
placing the main field(s)
first.
Comment
Text input
Are there any aspects that you wish to highlight or clarify or is there
additional information that you deem important? Please leave your
comment here:
POTENTIAL UPGRADES
If you plan to upgrade you existing research topics, please select up to
two additional fields of science and technology.
In other words, which other fields of science would enrich the current
research activities at your institution, especially considering potential
involvement or collaboration with other researchers, research groups
or industry partners within the framework of your existing research
topics?
Choose (max.) two “4digit fields” of the
UNESCO Nomenclature
for Fields of Science and
Technology.
[See Technical
Instructions, pp 11-16].
Please, think of potential cooperation with partners active in a specific
field of science, additional staff with particular expertise that is relevant
to your research or other potential indicators.
Rank them by their order
of importance, i.e. by
placing the main field(s)
first.
Please also indicate up to two additional SET-Plan areas (not currently
covered) you wish to address within the framework of your ongoing
research topics, or in which the new research outcomes could find an
application and in which the researchers or Doctorate candidates
involved could potentially find employment both, in research and nonresearch positions and in both, public and private sectors.
Choose (max.) two
“specific areas” of the
SET-Plan thematic areas.
Comment
Text input
[See Technical
Instructions, pp 9-10]
Rank them by their order
of importance, i.e. by
placing the main field(s)
first.
Are there any aspects that you wish to highlight or clarify or is there
additional information that you deem important? Please leave your
comment here
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS – ONLY FOR RESEARCH TOPICS WITH
DOCTORAL SCHEMES
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If your institution offers doctoral education in relation to energy
research activities at your institution, please provide detailed
information with regards to these doctoral schemes.
Name (if applicable)
Text input
Website (if applicable)
URL
Student intake (Academic year 2013-2014)
Number input
International student ratio in % (academic year 2013-2014)
Number (percentage)
Gender ratio (percentage of women) in % (academic year 2013-14)
Number (percentage)
Does your institution use the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS)
for the listed doctoral degrees?
Choose one:
o
o
o
How is the doctoral scheme organised?
Yes, it is (partly)
applied
No
Don’t know
Choose as appropriate
(max. 3)
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Graduate or Doctoral
school9
Structured
programme10
Individual
supervision11
What is the usage of English (%) throughout the programme?
Choose one:
(Only for course-based schemes)
o
o
o
o
o
What is the share of self-funded doctoral candidates?
Choose one:
Please give an approximate percentage (%).
o
o
o
o
o
Comment
Text input
0-25%
26-50%
51-75%
76-100%
Don’t know
0-25%
26-50%
51-75%
76-100%
Don’t know
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Graduate/doctoral schools: Organisational structures that include Doctoral and sometimes Master students,
organised around a particular discipline, research theme or a cross-disciplinary research area and possibly
focused on creating a research group/network. It may provide administrative, development and transferable
skills development support, organises admission, courses and seminars, and takes responsibility for quality
assurance
10
A doctoral scheme with (often partly) predefined curricula with contents/courses that students need to fulfil
in order to graduate. It is not integrated in a specific organisational structure responsible for the programme.
11
No specific doctoral programmes offered, but individual supervision by Doctorate research scientific
supervisors.
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Are there any aspects that you wish to highlight or clarify or is there
additional information that you deem important? Please leave your
comment here:
END OF PART 3
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