- University of Aarhus
Infobox University
name=University of Aarhus
native_name=Aarhus Universitet
latin_name=Universitas Aarhusiensis
motto="Solidum petit in profundis" (Latin )
mottoeng=Seek a firm footing in the depths
established=1927
type=Public university
rector=Lauritz Broder Holm-Nielsen
students=35,427
doctoral= 740
staff=8,500 (2,800 teaching staff and researchers)
city=Århus
country=Denmark
affiliations=EUA
website= [http://www.au.dk/en www.au.dk]Aarhus Universitet or the University of Aarhus is the second largest
university inDenmark (after theUniversity of Copenhagen ), based inÅrhus [ [http://www.stcl.edu/study-abroad/Denmark.htm STCL - Study Abroad Program ] ] .Ranking
Ranking number 81 in the 2008 THE-QS World University Rankings and ranking 3 in nordic countries in the same list [http://www.topuniversities.com/university_rankings/results/2008/overall_rankings/fullrankings/] .
The university is ranked 93 in the 2008
Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities among 17,000 universities in the world [http://www.arwu.org/rank2008/EN2008.htm] , and 126 in the world by THES- World University Ranking 2007 [ [http://www.universityportal.net/2008/01/thes-world-university-ranking-2008.html universityportal.net - World University Ranking 2007] ] .History
It was founded in
1928 as "Universitetsundervisningen i Jylland" ("University Teaching in Jutland") in classrooms rented from the Technical College and a teaching corps consisting of one professor of philosophy and four Readers of Danish, English, German and French. Until then the University of Copenhagen was the only university in Denmark.The use of the name "Aarhus Universitet" began in
1933 . Even though the name of the city, Århus' has been spelled with "Å " since the reform of Danish orthography in 1948, the name of the university insists on the old spelling with "Aa". The official English translation of the name is "The University of Aarhus".The entire campus was designed by the late C.F. Møller, whose firm, C.F. Møller Architects, has been in charge of its further development up until its most recent addition: five new auditoria, which was completed in 2001.
The university is organised in eight faculties:
# The Faculty of Arts, recently renamed the Faculty of Humanities (in accordance with the Danish equivalent "Det Humanistiske Fakultet"), has offered courses right from the beginning in 1928.
#In 1933 the Faculty of Medicine began its courses in basic medical subjects. When the dental school was included in 1992 the name was changed to the Faculty of Health Sciences. In1997 professorJens Christian Skou received theNobel Prize forChemistry for his discovery of thesodium-potassium pump .
#The Faculty of Economics and Law was established in 1936. The name was changed to the Faculty of Social Sciences when Political Science and Psychology were added. From1938 –1940 Theodor Geiger was professor ofsociology at the university — Denmark's first.
#The Faculty of Theology was established in 1942. Courses in theology had been offered from 1932, being previously taught at the Faculty of Arts.
#The Faculty of Science was established in 1954 by moving Physics and Chemistry from the Faculty of Medicine and Geography from the Faculty of Arts. Mathematics was established as a new subject, followed by Biology and Geology.
#The Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, the former Danmarks JordbrugsForskning (DJF), was amalgamated with the university in 2007.
#Aarhus School of Business was founded in 1939 and amalgamated with the university in 2007.
#The National Environmental Research Institute (NERI) was amalgamated with the university in 2007.Enrollment
As of 2007, the number of students is c. 35,000. Each year more than 900 international exchange students come to the University of Aarhus to study for one or two semesters.
tudent unions
There are five student organizations at the University of Aarhus. The largests of the unions are the
Student Council ("Studenterrådet") and ("Studenterlauget") which are also non-partisan. ("Studenterrådet") is the organization for students from the old faculties at the University of Aarhus while ("Studenterlauget") is the student organization atAarhus School of Business . Partisan organizations are Social-Democratic Students ("Frit Forum"), Conservative Students ("Konservative Studenter"), andLiberal Students ("Liberale Studerende").All of the student organizations work to improve the university's environment and opportunities for its students.
The organizations represent the students in the various councils and committees. However, the Student Council is the only organization represented on the Board of the University. The Student Council arranges annual concerts and seminars and publishes the student magazine "Delfinen" (The Dolphin). Conservative students publish the student magazine "Critique". Liberal Students publish the leaflet Minerva.
Courses
It has both
undergraduate andpostgraduate programmes in the following subjects:* Aesthetic Subjects
* Archaeology
* Biology
* Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian
* Chemistry
* Chinese
* Classical Philology
* Comparative Religion
* Computer Science [http://www.daimi.au.dk Daimi]
* Czech
* Dentistry
* Economics
* Ethnography
* European Studies
* Geology
* Greek
* History
* History of Ideas
* Hungarian
* Information Studies
* Japanese
* Latin
* Law
* Linguistics
* Management
* Mathematical Economics
* Mathematics
* Media Studies
* Medicine
* Modern Languages
* Molecular Biology
* Nanotechnology
* Norse Language and Litterature
* Philosophy
* Physics and Astronomy
* Political Science
* Psychology
* Russian
* Scandinavian Studies
* Semitic Philology
* Sports Science
* Statistics
* TheologyPartner Universities
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University of Greifswald ,Germany
* member of theCoimbra Group ,
* member of theUtrecht Network .Campus
The campus master plan competition was won in
1931 by the collaborative scheme of famous Danish architects,Kay Fisker ,C.F. Møller , andPoul Stegmann with landscape architectC. Th. Sørensen . The design hosts a wide variety of buildings over a large space, but each building is composed of the same yellow brick and roofing tile, giving the whole campus a unified look. Construction commenced in1932 and has continued into the 21st century. It was one of the first Danish, functionalist, public buildings and has been included in the Ministry of Culture's canon of Danish architecture. C.F. Møller and his company continued alone on the campus after1942 .Notable Alumni and Staff
*
Queen Margrethe II ,Queen regnant of Denmark since1972 .
*Crown Prince Frederik ,Crown Prince of Denmark.
*Svend Auken , Danishpolitician .Chairman of the Danish Social Democrats 1987-1992.
*Jens-Peter Bonde , Danishjournalist ,author , politician andMember of the European Parliament 1979-2008.
*Lene Espersen , Danish politician,Secretary of state and chairman ofDet Konservative Folkeparti since 2008.
*John Frandsen , Danishcomposer ,organist andconductor .
*Aage Frandsen , Danish politician, Member of the Danish Parliament 1971-1975, 1987-1990 and 1994-2005.
*Søren Gade , Danish politician,Minister of Defence and Member of the Danish Parliament.
*David Gress , Danish-Americanhistorian .
*Lene Hau , Danishphysicist .
*Bertel Haarder , Danish politician, Minister and Member of the Danish Parliament.
*Dan Jørgensen , Danish politician. Member of the European Parliament since2004 .
*Naser Khader , Danish-Syrian politician and Member of the Danish Parliament. Chairman of the New Alliance since2007 .
*Johannes Lebech , Danish politician.
*Bjørn Lomborg , Danish author,academic , andenvironmentalist .
*Helmuth Nyborg , Danishprofessor ofdevelopmental psychology .
*Kjeld Philip , Danisheconomist and politician.
*Anders Fogh Rasmussen ,Prime Minister of Denmark since2001 .
*Tøger Seidenfaden , Danish journalist. Since1993 editor-in-chief atPolitiken .
*Jens Christian Skou , Danishchemist and Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry1997 .
*Johannes Sløk , Danishphilosopher andtheologian .
*Frederik Stjernfelt , Danish author. Member of theDanish Academy since 2001.
*Bjarne Stroustrup , Danishinventor , designer and original implementor of theC++ programming language.
*Torben M. Andersen, professor, former Chairman of the Welfare CommissionExternal links
* [http://www.au.dk/en University of Aarhus]
* [http://www.hih.au.dk/en Aarhus University, Institute of Business and Technology]
* [http://www.asb.dk/ Aarhus School of Business]References
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