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AU Herning is a department-like centre for research and higher education under Business and Social Sciences located in Herning, Denmark. AU Herning's focus is on education excellence and offers six undergraduate and two graduate study programmes as well as a number of part-time studies all within engineering, business economics, management and communication and multimedia.

AU Herning’s study programmes are based on interaction across professional boundaries as well as close interaction with students and the surrounding business community. However, AU Herning is developing distance- and e-learning to provide educational opportunities in evolving markets. Furthermore, all study programmes have an innovative and international perspective. For example approximately 40% of our students spend at least six months of their period of study at a foreign engineering college, university or company.

Furthermore, AU Herning is home to a number of externally funded knowledge and research centres, including one Nordic Centre of Excellence. Research is anchored with four professorships and includes innovation and business development, entrepreneurship, energy technologies, IT development, climate adaptation and the wind energy industry.

AU Herning has more than 2,000 students (about one half are full-time students and the other part-time students). Approximately 20% come from other countries than Denmark. Around 125 full time employees, including technical and administrative personnel. Additionally, AU Herning employs 100 part-time teachers.

AU Herning has an annual budget of DKK 100 mio. plus DKK 50 mio. in external funding. Unique in the Danish university system, AU Herning receives funding from five surrounding municipalities supporting entrepreneurial studies and business mentor programmes of its students.

AU Herning was originally founded in 1995 as a result of a merger between The Engineering College of Western Jutland and The Central Jutland Business School. The merger with Aarhus University in 2006 resulted in an even higher academic level and an increased focus on research and development.

AU Herning offers full-time courses leading to the following degrees:

In addition, AU Herning offers a full-time 1 year course leading to access to tertiary education and a number of bachelor-level part-time studies leading to diplomas in:

  • Business Administration - taught in Danish. Read description of the study programme in English.
  • Leadership

Besides offering degree courses, AU Herning is also home to a number of R&D centres and projects. Read more about the R&D centres.

General information on higher education in Denmark can be obtained from the following homepages:

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Mikkel Stegenborg Nørgaard

Revised 2012.05.03

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AU Herning
DK-Birk Centerpark 15
DK-7400 Herning

Email: auhe@au.dk
Tel.: +45 8716 4700
Fax: +45 8716 4701

CVR no: 31119103
P no: 1003403307
Budget code: 38111

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### UNIT NAME ### is part of Business and Social Sciences, which is accredited by EQUIS (European Quality Improvement System).

What does Business and Social Sciences comprise?

As part of the academic development process at Aarhus University, the Aarhus School of Business (ASB) and the Faculty of Social Sciences (SAM) merged to become the new main academic area called Business and Social Sciences.

You can still go to www.asb.dk/en (ASB) and samfundsvidenskab.au.dk/en (SAM), but these websites will be closing soon.

Here you can find Business and Social Sciences

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New times at au.dk/en

The university’s website is being redesigned. The design and content will therefore change, and you may experience for a while that old and new sections are mixed together, and that the content is not in its usual place.

We hope that the new website will make up for any inconvenience, and that you will enjoy greater coherence throughout and find the website simpler to use.

Why are we making a mess?

In the time ahead, you will notice a mixture of old and new designs in the pages on the website.

In spring 2011, Aarhus University’s nine main academic areas were reduced to four, and the fifty-five departments became twenty-six. This was to unify the organisation and to strengthen the university’s interdisciplinary approach. We are now following suit by restructuring the entire website to ensure more coherence in the content and design.

Such an exercise takes time – and we hope you will bear with us!

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Under the HOT KEY at the top right, you can find links to the most frequently used content on the website, as well as the two new universes for staff and students.

Where can I find it?

Use the new mega dropdowns to get an overview of the website’s content. They open when you run your mouse over the navigation at the top.

Aarhus University
Nordre Ringgade 1
DK-8000 Aarhus C

Email: au@au.dk
Tel: +45 8715 0000
Fax: +45 8715 0201

CVR no: 31119103

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