Aarhus University (AU) was founded in 1928. It has five faculties - Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Natural Science, Faculty of Technical Science, Faculty of Health Sciences and School of Business & Social Sciences. The five faculties cover the entire research spectrum – basic research, applied research, strategic research and research based advice to the authorities. AU has 39,000 students; about 1,800 PhD students and close to 900 postdoctoral scholars together with 11,500 employees. As such, internationalization is a key part of AU’s mission and it continuously works to strengthen the international profile of the University through a series of initiatives, which will increase international research partnerships and the number of international students. AU has been establishing itself as a university for cutting-edge research, and has been moving up the most important university ranking lists.

Linked ChETEC facility

• Nordic Optical Telescope (NOT)

Web page

• https://phys.au.dk/en/

ChETEC contact person

• Hans Kjeldsen (hansphys.au.dk)