University of Aarhus 
| Danish | Aarhus Universitet (Universitas Aarhusiensis in Latin.) | | Motto | Solidum petit in profundis | | Established | 1927 | | School type | Public university | | Rector | Assoc. Prof. Niels Chr. Sidenius | | Location | Århus, Denmark | | Students | 20,000 (740 doctoral students) undergraduate, professional and
doctoral students | | Staff | 5,000 (2,800 teaching staff or researchers) | | Member | EUA | | Homepage | www.au.dk (http://www.au.dk/en) |
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View of Aarhus from the harbor. ...
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View of Aarhus from the harbor. ...
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History
It was founded in 1928 as 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. Use of the name "The University of Aarhus" began in 1933. 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
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The university is organised in five faculties:
The Faculty of Arts, recently renamed the Faculty of Humanities, 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.
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.
From 1938 - 1940 Theodor Geiger was professor of sociology at the university -- Denmark's first ever professor of sociology. 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...
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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.
In 1997 professor Jens Christian Skou received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his discovery of the sodium-potassium pump. 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Reef. ...
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Enrollment In 1999 the number of students passed 20,000 students and is still growing. Each year more than 350 international exchange students come to the University of Aarhus to study for one or two semesters.
Courses It has both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in the following subjects: In some educational systems, an undergraduate is a post-secondary student pursuing a Bachelors degree. ...
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- Archaeology
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Chinese
- Classical Philology
- Comparative Religion
- Computer Science
- Dentistry
- Economics
- Ethnography
- Geology
- Greek
- History
- History of Ideas
- Indian Philology
- Information Science
- Japanese
- Latin
- Law
- Linguistics
- Management
- Mathematical Economics
- Mathematics
- Media Science
- Medicine
- Modern Languages
- Nanotechnology
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Scandinavian Studies
- Semitic Philology
- Sports Science
- Statistics
- The Study of Religion
- Theology
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External link - University of Aarhus (http://www.au.dk/en)
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