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24 August 2026 Article

If you’ve come to study at AU from abroad, in addition to getting used to the climate, the food and biking up and down all those hills, you also need to learn the lingo you need to survive and thrive as a student here. What are academic regulations? What’s a Friday bar? And is an AU VIP some kind of celebrity? Hint: no... Or well, it depends on the ego of the VIP you ask...

19 August 2026 Opinion

OPINION: AU wants international talent – but is closing the door on them at Cognitive Science

Students and alumni at Cognitive Science urge the Senior Management Team to reopen the decision to convert the Bachelor’s programme in Cognitive Science to Danish. Why should Arts be left without an English-taught Bachelor's programme while new ones have just opened elsewhere at the university, they ask.

18 August 2026 Article

AU rector passes the baton to SDU rector

After 4 years, AU's rector Brian Bech Nielsen is stepping down as chair of Universities Denmark. SDU rector Jens Ringsmose will take over the position.

17 August 2026 Opinion

OPINION: Have we been teaching backwards for years?

Perhaps our most important task should not, first and foremost, be to communicate the latest knowledge. Perhaps it should be teaching people to understand how knowledge is created in the first place, writes Professor Morten Storm Overgaard in his column.

12 August 2026 Article

What AU spent on Denmark's Political Festival, Folkemødet

Aarhus University had a strong presence this year at Denmark’s political festival, Folkemødet on Bornholm. The total costs are approaching DKK 2 million, but there are significant differences in how much the individual faculties have spent.

10 August 2026 Article

WISEflow CEO regrets: "We’ve missed the mark"

The provider admits that the latest version of WISEflow’s assessment tool has failed to meet expectations and promises urgent improvements to the exam system’s user interface ahead of the winter exams.

06 August 2026 Article

Teaching prize gets a new name

The Aarhus University Teaching Prize is changing its name and will be known as the Vibeke Borchsenius Prize from now on. It will be presented alongside several other awards at Aarhus University’s annual celebration on 11 September.