With the initiative, industry and educational partners are joining forces to make the Biotech city of Kalundborg an internationally leading hub for education, research and innovation within biomanufacturing and biosolutions.
“In this initiative, we are not just building a new campus. We are establishing a new way of collaboration between educational programmes as well as between teachers, students and industry. Kalundborg is known for its strong Public Private Partnership as well as for having the world’s leading industrial symbiosis and a large biomanufacturing cluster. We will build upon the unique results already achieved by the many stakeholders, educational institutions and the Municipality of Kalundborg. The initiative will become a leaver for technological development and growth for the industrial activities in Kalundborg but also for industry in Denmark in general”, says Michael Hallgren, Senior Vice President, API Manufacturing, Novo Nordisk.
Central to the initiative is the establishment of a new 11,000-12,000m² campus building (preliminary estimate) that will include a pilot plant, laboratories and creation spaces, providing the facilities needed to conduct cutting-edge teaching, research and development.
The expanded physical campus settings will create a unique educational environment where students from a broad range of academic, vocational and professional programmes can collaborate across disciplines while gaining real-world experience through close interaction with industry professionals. The overall success criterion for the campus is to increase the local student population from approx. 500 students today to 1,500 by 2030.
The Campus Kalundborg initiative will be launched at an event 16/1 in Kalundborg, where the partners behind the initiative as well as the Danish Minister of Higher Education and Science Christina Egelund will be present.
”With this initiative, Kalundborg prepares a significant step on the impressive journey towards becoming a leader in biotech and life science. The broad collaboration and the strong local support are both inspiring and a good example of how both education and business can be strengthened locally by connecting them more closely. With the government's new life science strategy and by opening up to more international students, I believe that we can help create a good framework for this brilliant local initiative.”, says Minister of Higher Education and Science Christina Egelund.
The Novo Nordisk Foundation is an independent Danish enterprise foundation. Characterised as a non-profit organisation, the Foundation supports philanthropic purposes using funds deriving from its ownership of and investment in companies and other financial assets.
The Novo Nordisk Foundation supports a wide range of projects and initiatives that benefit people’s lives, society and the planet. have three focus areas. Its three focus areas are health, sustainability and life science ecosystems.