At the Danish School of Education in Emdrup, a counter-clockwise man sits in a tower philosophizing about clockwise coiled creatures. About the…

The international students at this year’s study fair have passed their verdict. According to Omnibus’ annual unscientific survey, the Danes still get…

Same procedure as last year...? No, because unlike Miss Sophie in Dinner for One, AU doesn’t turn 90 every year. Omnibus is celebrating the…

While DTU (the Technical University of Denmark) offers alcohol-free freshers’ trips, there’s no alcohol-free alternative at AU. Even when the medical…

For the fourth year in a row, the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) is offering an alcohol-free freshers’ week trip. All 50 tickets are sold out,…

A carrion beetle in a jar, two pairs of tall rubber boots and a bullet hole-riddled poster are just a few of the knickknacks you’l find in the office…

First there was one. Then two. And now there are three rector’s chains of office. And although wearing three heavy gold chains at once would probably…

There’s a Danish saying that good advice is expensive. But now just-off-the-boat internationals in Denmark can get good advice for free: a new free…

She’s not the type who says ‘no’. Viktorija Kulikovskaja would rather say ‘yes’ – most recently to the job of chair of the Aarhus University PhD…

The new medical students are charged for the entire orientation week programme, including a weekend trip, even though they may only want to join a few…

Two and a half months have passed since a selection committee settled on a candidate for the job of head of the Department of Computer Science. But a…

There are some deadlines you just don't want to miss. And there are events you’re really going to regret missing out on. There are also days where you…

Inspired by an American example, students have taken the initiative to establish an anonymous helpline. The goal of the helpline is to improve…

In March, the Danish government and the Danish People's Party adopted a law to introduce a DKK 10,000 tuition fee for the Danish study programme for…

Dorthe Hagen Nielsen took a leave of absence from her job as research group coordinator at AU, strapped on a backpack and travelled around Southeast…

Last Thursday, VIVE – The Danish Centre for Social Science Research sent an email questionnaire to every researcher at AU. The questionnaire is the…

PhD students at AU are intensely critical of the new norms for permanent academic hires, which they fear will make it even more difficult to get a…

For students at American universities, university logo clothing is virtually a uniform – and even local residents of many university towns wear…

Tine Haslam Nielsen has been studying biology at AU for five and a half years. She’s also travelled for a total of 14 months and visited 17 countries…

They met in Saint Petersburg, where she was building nuclear submarine components, nuclear power plants and space rockets and he was working on his…

IT student Christoffer Hauthorn has just won the Guldæg 2018 entrepreneurship prize along with the rest of the company Emplate he co-founded alongside…

When the university informs an AU employee that they are in line for dismissal, the union representative must be informed either at the same time or…

Over one-third of the experienced thesis supervisors at Aarhus BSS agree in a new survey.

After the summer holiday, students will be able to get free, impartial help in connection with problems like complaints against a decision of the…

AU hasn’t done a good enough job of making sure that students know who to contact if they experience bullying, harassment or abuse, admits Pro-rector…

The royal couple Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary attended the opening of The Crown Prince Frederik Center for Public Leadership, a new…

AURUS, the IT system employees use to settle their travel expenses, will be replaced by a new system at the end of August.

Emeritus Professor Jens Christian Skou passed away on Monday 28 May 2018 at the age of 99. Skou received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1997.

Christina Munk, mechanical engineer and associate professor at the Aarhus University School of Engineering, limits herself to the strictly necessary…

Peter and the Wolf is a hot topic in the Danish media right now. The wolf, because wolves have returned to the Danish countryside. Peter Sunde, senior…

The two founders of the group Studerende and Sorg (Student and grief) have dealt with grief themselves during their studies, and now organise grief…

There were 15 applicants to the position of head of the Department of Computer Science.

Volunteer work is rooted deeply in Danish society. Thirty-five per cent of the Danes do volunteer work. But what drives people to spend time and…

Denmark has a long history of volunteer work dating back to the 1860s, Gert Tinggaard Svendsen explains. He is a professor of political science who…

For over six months, workmen have been banging away on an interior renovation of Residence Hall 1, which was stripped down to the bare walls. Now the…

On 2 May, the senior management team revealed its plans for the expansion of AU’s central campus over the next ten years into a full-blown ‘University…

Helle Colding Seiersen checked her phone in the middle of the night for updates on the progress of the OK18 collective agreement negotiations. As…

Emeritus Professor Roy Edwin Weber’s story is not just about half a century of internationally recognised achievement within the field of…

Last May, Anders S. Barfod, an associate professor of botany at AU, requested permission to create a meadow outside the classrooms where he teaches…

The strike and lockout have been called off. At least until further notice – because as you’ll have heard if you’ve been keeping up with the news, the…

Making the roads in the University Park more bike-friendly doesn’t go far enough, according to SF’s members on the Aarhus City Council, who have…

The controversial renovation of Residence Hall 1, AU’s oldest residence hall, is now complete. Almost all 59 rooms have been rented out, but none of…

AU has allocated DKK 650,000 to research aimed at ensuring a more equal gender balance among the university’s academic staff.

Aarhus University Sport has just made an agreement with fitness.dk which will allow AU students to work out in all of the chain’s centers in Aarhus at…

A scientist taped to a steel shelf, a corduroy shirt draped over a chair and a Madonna in muted colours with a crude wooden spike sticking out of her…

Not surprisingly, the rector is the highest-paid employee at AU, with an annual salary of DKK 1.7 million, followed by the pro-rector and the…

If you want to get really good at a new language, conversation is key. That’s the philosophy behind the network Swap Language, which two AU students…

The March for Science honouring the role of science in society will be held again this year in Aarhus and in Copenhagen.

Even though your teachers would be the target of a lockout, it would also affect you and other students.

On 1 April, Lotte Thue Pedersen took over the post of joint union representative for technical/administrative staff (TAPs) at Aarhus University,…

It’s a myth that science programmes are more demanding than humanities programmes. But according to experts from both Arts and ST, Arts needs to do a…

Steffen Krogh, associate professor of Germanic linguistics, reads a lot of his books backwards – from right to left – and is a frequent guest in…

Lockout? As in locked out? No, the rector isn’t going to lock the doors to all the departments, the administration, the libraries, the labs and all…

What in the world is going on with all this talk about labour disputes, lockouts, failed negotiations and collective agreements?

In a number of cases, the lockout – if it happens – will not apply to PhD students who are studying abroad.

The unions involved in the OK18 collective agreement negotiations received an official lockout notice from the Agency for the Modernisation of Public…

The Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (AC) club at AU, whose members are the AC union representatives, is hosting information meetings…

Will I be compensated for the time I lose as a consequence of the lockout? Will I be called home from research abroad? And what about my students’…

Under a new law which comes into force on 1 July 2018, international students at employees at AU will have to pay up to 12,000 kr. for Danish courses…

For universities to continue to educate critical, competent and creative graduates, students must have greater access to researcher-based – not just…

Dorte Hagen Jensen is a teaching associate professor of musicology at the Department of Dramaturgy and Musicology, and her desk is covered in classic…

Within a month, Aarhus University will establish a new independent body to handle abuse and harassment complaints from students.

One December evening, Sophie was sexually harassed by a teacher. Help was not easy to find.

The dust has finally settled after a three-year, 11 million kroner renovation of the Royal Danish Library in Aarhus.

Generally speaking, AU’s PhD students are satisfied with their degree programmes, and they are strongly committed to their research projects. But the…

Not all attempts to influence on researchers come from political interests. Sometimes the pressure comes from within the university: researchers…

Dorte Laustsen has a been a labware cleaning assistant at AU for over 20 years. She makes sure that the glass beakers and flasks used in the labs in…

Guide to seven unique (and affordable) travel destinations handpicked for students based in Aarhus where cheap flights are hard to find.

Michelle Briganza is a history buff. Last year, she brought a good friend to Aarhus University to show her the buildings which were bombed during…

You will still be able to drive your car in the University Park. But drivers will have to give cyclists first priority: the speed limit will be…

Researchers who feel that their academic integrity or freedom of research are under threat should not expect much sympathy from Søren Pind, Danish…

Anna Louise Dolan Plaskett is leader of the Faculty of Arts graduate school administration team and a member of AU’s board. She’s also hardcore fan of…

Simple, yet impressive – Aarhus University holds not only the status as one of the top universities in Europe but is also famous for its unique…

Is dumpster-diving a great way to stretch your food budget – or is it just really gross? Maris Pedaja, an international student at AU originally from…

A threat to Malmö University on Monday 8 January shut down the university. Aarhus University has received three threats in the past five years. In…

Aarhus BSS is introducing anonymous exams to ensure that students aren’t assessed on the basis of their gender or ethnicity. Arts is still considering…

Preben Clausen watches birds and does research into the optimal management of wetlands.

Politicians in the Danish Parliament have really been on their toes this year. Perhaps a little too much. Everyone is talking about fake news, which…

A lot can be said about the the second half of 2017 at AU. However, 'boring' or 'dull' is not a suitable description.

The traditional Christmas Eve at AU was hanging by a thread until last Tuesday. Studenterhus Aarhus, who hold the event, could not get permission to…

In his office he has a whiteboard where he draws timelines, a filing cabinet where he keeps all his papers, and a large mirror in front of which he…

The newly established AU Junior Researcher Association at Aarhus University will work to improve working conditions for junior researchers. One of the…

Frustrated professors, the resignation of a department head and a temporary management set-up. This is the provisional result of long-term…

If you are going to survive the 200 rainy days in Denmark, you need the right gear. International students on their first encounter with the weird…

Need a break from swotting for exams? Then you’re in luck, as there is plenty of Christmas spirit to be found at AU, whether you want to buy Christmas…

A career as a laboratory mouse or rat is short and ends abruptly in a yellow bucket labelled 'hazardous waste'. But before they get to that point, the…

When Tobias Sandfeld graduated from AU as a biologist in the summer, he already had a signed contract to become a PhD student in a research group at…

In future, all prospective students must have a minimum average mark of 7 to be admitted directly through quota 1 to a natural sciences degree…

Who would guess that the hyped Danish concept of hygge would be elegantly expressed in the office of an associate professor who spends most of his…

Researchers from the Department of Bioscience have won a contract for the monitoring of wolves in Denmark which the Danish Environmental Agency sent…

You’ve probably noticed that something has happened at AU after the autumn holidays: Most of the corridors and cafeterias have been decorated – or…

November offers traditional Christmas beer on tap, skiing without snow, culture meetings between Bollywood Big Band and jazz, political debate about…

Aarhus University's research vessel Aurora has helped the police in Copenhagen make a breakthrough in the case in which submariner Peter Madsen has…

You might think that the prospect of having your own bathroom would be a source of happiness among students in the halls of residence who have shared…

Her nearest neighbour is the Sirius Patrol, the Summer temperature is below zero and a rifle is a permanent companion when associate professor at the…

Aarhus Municipality will give cyclists priority in the University Park. AU finds the decision positive, but encourages the municipality to improve…

After three days’ work, five AU students have today completed the assembly of the Delphini-1 satellite, which will be launched into space next year.…

During October you can see young researchers compete in three-minute lectures, get into your running gear for a good cause and take part in the Beat…