1. AARHUS
UNIVERSITY

2. AARHUS UNIVERSITY ”A FEW KEY POINTS”

3. AARHUS UNIVERSITY – STEADY GROWING
Founded in 1928
In 2009 co-operation agreement with:
Engineering College of Aarhus (integrating agreement)
VIA University College (framework agreement)
In 2007 merger with:
Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences
National Environmental Research Institute
Aarhus School of Business
Danish University of Education
In 2006 merger with:
Institute of Business and Technology in Herning

4. AARHUS UNIVERSITY – STEADY GROWTH
Founded in 1928
In 2009 co-operation agreement with:
Engineering College of Aarhus (integrating agreement)
VIA University College (framework agreement)
In 2007 merger with:
Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences
National Environmental Research Institute
Aarhus School of Business
Danish University of Education
In 2006 merger with:
Institute of Business and Technology in Herning

5. A COMPREHENSIVE GRADUATE UNIVERSITY
38,000 students 60 % at graduate level
1,700 PhD students with an objective to continuous growth
11,000 employees
80 bachelor programmes and 120 master programmes (50 % in English)

6. AARHUS UNIVERSITY – FINANCIALLY SOUND AND STRONG
Turnover: EUR 750 million
Liquidity: EUR 160 million
Grant funds: EUR 380 million
Equity: EUR 90 million
Aarhus University Research Foundation:
Equity: EUR 400 million
Grant budget 2010: EUR 10 million
Budget 2010 (million EUR)

7. CUTTING EDGE RESEARCH
15 Centres of Excellence supported by the Danish National Research Foundation
Centre of Functionally Integrative Neuroscience interdisciplinary brain research
Centre for Membrane Pumps in Cells and Disease (PUMPKIN) interdisciplinary research based on Nobel awarded research
Focus on interdisciplinary research
23 % of the total research funds given to the Danish universities
26 % of the total publications produced by the Danish universities

8. RESEARCH TALENT DEVELOPMENT
Research talent development as a core activity
Activities organised in PhD schools
Early recruitment of talent
International PhD House
Trains five times the number of PhDs we can employ ourselves at Aarhus University

9. INTERNATIONALISATION AT AARHUS UNIVERSITY
1,000 courses and 65 complete degree programs in English
100+ agreements with universities overseas
1,031 outgoing students
4000 International students (10% of the student body)
Staff of 70 different nationalities
Coordinated international presence
- The Sino-Danish Centre for Education and Research
- Building Stronger Universities in Developing Countries

10. ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

11. For the world’s top universities the real challenge is not funding but competing for the most advanced human capital…
Nobel Laureate Jens Christian Skou, Aarhus University
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1997

12. Nurturing early-stage researchers
Award potential and not always exclusively an extensive achievement record
Provide young staff freedom to conduct independent research
Assistance from research support office in applications for competitive funding
Allocate time for training and international collaboration
Nobel Laureate Dale T. Mortensen, NWU and Aarhus University,
The Nobel Prize in Economics, 2010

13. Use of financial incentives
Strategic use of the university research foundation
Grants for screening potential PhDs and post docs
Starting grants for young potential researchers
Support for the recruitment of highly accomplished scientists and foreign professors
Francis Fukuyama, Stanford and Aarhus University

14. Using all talent The majority of students are women
9 out of 10 professors are men
Continue to hire purely based on scientific merit
But when the best qualified is a woman the candidate receives an additional starting grant

15. AARHUS UNIVERSITY – THE PLATFORM
AU is a modern, international university that ensures that all of its activities and results are research-based and of the highest possible quality
AU is characterized by a culture based on generosity and openness towards students, staff and external partners
AU provides a framework for a positive interplay between basic research, strategic research and applied research
AU is a cohesive institution that exploits the opportunities opened up by the mergers in the best possible way
AU responds to society's demands by creating new knowledge, offering high-quality study programmes and increasing knowledge exchange with external partners

16. ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT PROCESS – PURPOSES
Cultivating the university’s strong research and teaching environments
Emphasizing the university’s role as a provider of the most advanced research-based knowledge to national and international public authorities and private businesses
Attracting the best researchers and lecturers, the most talented students and an increasing share of competitive funding, both nationally and internationally
Promoting the Aarhus campus centered on the University Park as one of Europe’s best university campus environments

17. THE BUTTERFLY PLAN AND THE AXIS OF KNOWLEDGE
Taken into account in relation to infrastructure since December 2000
Integrated part of the physical extension
Integrated part of the laboratories renewal
Aarhus University expanding:
Lille Barnow
Aarhus University Hospital
IT-city of Katrinebjerg

18. AARHUS UNIVERSITY – AMONG THE BEST IN THE WORLD
23 % of the total research funds given to the Danish universities
26 % of the total publications produced by the Danish universities
10,000 publications on research and knowledge dissemination (respectively 80/20 %)
More than 38,000 students (6,750 new in 2009)
Just under 1,700 PhD students
80 bachelor programmes and 120 master programmes
4,000 modules and courses
More than 10,000 employees
Aarhus University among the 100 best universities in the world:
Shanghai (2009): no. 97 in the world no. 31 in Europe
CWTS, Leiden Ranking List, Holland (2008): no. 90 in the world no. 33 in Europe
Times Higher Education QS (2008): no. 63 in the world no. 20 in Europe

19. AARHUS UNIVERSITY – FINANCIALLY SOUND AND STRONG
Turnover: EUR 750 million
Liquidity: EUR 160 million
Grant funds: EUR 380 million
Equity: EUR 90 million
Aarhus University Research Foundation:
Equity: EUR 400 million
Grant budget 2010: EUR 10 million
Board
Rector’s Office
Administration
Aarhus University Research Foundation
Board
Research Foundation
Administration
Research Foundation’s
Property Company Ltd.
Auriga Industries Ltd.
Østjysk Innovation Ltd.,
INCUBA Ltd., etc.
INCUBA Science Park Ltd.
Aarhus Faculty of Arts
Aarhus Faculty of
Science and Technology
Aarhus School of
Business and Social Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences

20. THE NEW POWER STRUCTURE – EXTERNAL FUNDING

21. INCREASED FOCUS ON THE UNIVERSITIES’ BUSINESS CO-OPERATION
The University Act
The development contracts
The Globalization Strategy
The performance-based distribution of basic funds
The Government’s Growth Forum: ”Denmark Growing”
The Government’s business aimed innovation strategy
Universities as a driving force for growth and innovation in relation to the business sector
The strategy from the Danish Council for Technology and Innovation
Strengthened commercialization of research results
Regional and municipal business strategies
The universities as an engine of growth in relation to the business sector in regions and municipalities

22. Aarhus University Consultancy and knowledge dissemination and exchange
Auriga Industries Ltd.
Aarhus University
Research Foundation
Research Foundation’s Property Company Ltd.
Innovation and development settings:
INCUBA Science Park Ltd.
Navitas Park (setting up)
Agro Business Park Ltd.
Alexandra Institute Ltd.
Innovatorium Herning Ltd.
Venture companies
Technology transfer:
Patents, licences, spin-outs
Technology networks
Commercialization
Aarhus University
Entrepreneurship and knowledge transfer:
Aarhus Entrepreneurship Centre
Business Liaison Office, AU OutReach
Student Growth House Aarhus
Career centre, project zone
Research-based public sector consultancy
Aarhus University Hospital
Museums, publishers, Danish University Extension

23. AARHUS UNIVERSITY – TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
85 inventions reported in 2008
13 patents and licences sold in 2008
More than 2,000 business co-operations in 2008
Collaborative projects worth more than EUR 40 million
Establishment of University Technology Network with Aalborg University and University of Southern Denmark
Development of new projects in relation to innovative clusters
New strategy for Technology Transfer Office at Aarhus University