The Sino-Danish Center for Education and Research (SDC) is a joint project on education and research between the eight Danish universities, the Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, the Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (GUCAS) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).

The overall aim of SDC is to promote and strengthen collaboration between Danish and Chinese research and learning environments for the benefit of both countries.

Background

In 2008, the Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation published its Knowledge-based Strategy for Collaboration between Denmark and China in the fields of Research, Education and Knowledge . An important outcome of the strategy was the creation of a Sino-Danish University Center in China. The university center should be a platform for research collaboration within areas of high relevance to future development of both Chinese and Danish society. In May 2008, a Danish delegation visited several Chinese universities with the purpose of identifying a strong partner.

Based on a series of negotiations during 2008, the Danish Ministry of Science, Technology & Innovation and Danish Universities decided to develop a Sino-Danish Center for Education and Research (SDC) in partnership with the Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (GUCAS).

The Center will be located at GUCAS' future Yanqihu Campus. The Sino-Danish Center will be fully operational in March 2013. It will accommodate 100 researchers from both countries. Moreover, the Center will offer high quality master programmes to 300 master students as well as PhD training programmes to 75 PhD students.