Aarhus University
Aarhus University (Danish: Aarhus Universitet, abbreviated AU) is a public research university with its main campus located in Aarhus, Denmark. It is the second largest and second oldest university in Denmark. The university is part of the Coimbra Group, the Guild, and Utrecht Network of European universities and is a member of the European University Association.
Aarhus Universitet | |
Seal of Aarhus University | |
| Latin: Universitas Arhusiensis | |
| Motto | Solidum petit in profundis (Latin) |
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Motto in English | Seek a firm footing in the depths |
| Type | Public research university |
| Established | 1928 |
Academic affiliation | Coimbra Group EUA Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities |
| Budget | DKK 7 Billion (EUR 933 Million) (2021) |
| Rector | Brian Bech Nielsen |
Administrative staff | 8,300 (FTEs) |
| Students | 38,000 (2021) |
| Location | , 56°10′14″N 10°12′04″E |
| Colours | AU-Blue |
| Website | international.au.dk |
The university was founded in Aarhus, Denmark, in 1928 and comprises five faculties in Arts, Natural Sciences, Technical Sciences, Health, and Business and Social Sciences and has a total of twenty-seven departments. It is home to over thirty internationally recognised research centres, including fifteen centres of excellence funded by the Danish National Research Foundation.
The university's alumni include Bjarne Stroustrup, the inventor of programming language C++; Queen Margrethe II of Denmark; King Frederik X of Denmark; and Anders Fogh Rasmussen, former prime minister of Denmark and a secretary general of NATO.
Nobel Laureate Jens Christian Skou (Chemistry, 1997) conducted his groundbreaking work on the Na/K-ATPase in Aarhus and remained employed at the university until his retirement. Two other nobel laureates, namely Trygve Haavelmo (Economics, 1989) and Dale T. Mortensen (Economics, 2010), were affiliated with the university.