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Aarhus University
Aarhus University is a public university in Aarhus, Denmark, founded in 1928, with about 33,000 students.
- Type
- Public university
- Location
- Aarhus, Denmark
- Founded
- 1928
- Students
- 33,020
- Teaching language
- Danish, English
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Aarhus University (Aarhus Universitet) is a public research university in Aarhus, Denmark, founded in 1928. It is the country's second-largest university.
Its main campus is known for its yellow-brick buildings set in a landscaped park. The university has five faculties: Arts, Natural Sciences, Technical Sciences, Health, and Aarhus BSS (business and social sciences, including law and economics). It also operates sites in Herning, Emdrup (Copenhagen) and research stations across Denmark, and Nobel laureate Jens Christian Skou worked there.
Many master's programmes and some bachelor's programmes are taught in English. Education is free for EU/EEA and Swiss students, while other international students pay tuition.
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Courses at Aarhus University are taught in Danish, English.
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Aarhus University was founded in 1928.
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