IT and engineering programmes at AU admit more students, while language programmes see another decline

Next year, there will be a significant increase in the number of students in AU's STEM programmes, such as IT and engineering. This is shown in AU’s overview of how many applicants have been offered a place at the university.

At the Faculty of Natural Sciences, the new programmes in Computer Science, Data Science and IT Product Development are helping attract even more students to Nat, which sees an overall increase of seven percent compared to last year’s admissions. Computer Science received 787 applications and has offered 70 places. Data Science received 522 applications and has offered 40 places, while IT Product Development has offered 40 of the 426 applicants a place.

At Technical Sciences, several engineering programmes are also admitting more students compared to last year. For example, 100 of the 218 applicants for the health technology engineering programme have been offered a place. This represents an increase of 43 per cent compared to last year. According to AU, the university is offering a total of 87 more places for engineering students this year than last year.

Aarhus University has offered 7,441 applicants a place at the university this year. This is two per cent fewer than last year, when 7,612 were offered a place. Nationwide, 59,957 applicants have been offered a place in a higher education programme, and as at AU, the number is down by two percent compared to last year.

It’s also worth noting that, starting this summer, AU has been required to reduce admission to its Bachelor's degree programmes as a result of the government’s latest university reform. The so-called sector resizing particularly affects programmes at Aarhus BSS and Arts.  

More students on campus in Viborg

There is an increase in admissions to AU’s new degree programmes at the Viborg campus. The university has offered a total of 119 applicants a place on veterinary medicine, animal science, and plant and food science programmes. 77 were offered a place in these programmes last year. The biggest increase is seen in the veterinary medicine programme, which has offered places to 57 applicants. This is an increase of 78 per cent compared to last year.

However, the programmes have not seen an increase in the number of applications. The veterinary medicine programme has received almost 200 fewer applications compared to last year, while the plant and food science programme has received 18 applications compared to last year's 33. 

Language courses with fewer admissions 

More language programmes at AU are experiencing a decline again. Four applicants have been offered a place in French studies. That is 11 fewer than last year. Japan studies has offered 25 places compared to last year's 33, and Russian studies has offered nine places to applicants compared to last year's 13. English, on the other hand, has offered 79 applicants a place – 16 per cent more than last year.

Nationwide, admissions in language programmes have dropped by 19 percent. In a press release, Minister for Higher Education and Science Christina Egelund (Moderates) addresses precisely this issue. She is deeply concerned, she says.

"We cannot do without language competencies and knowledge of other cultures in a civilised society. Action is required, and I will look at what needs to be done to reverse this trend," Christina Egelund says.

This text is machine translated and post-edited by Cecillia Jensen