More than 10,300 applicants have selected Aarhus University as their first choice this year – the highest number ever. The total number of applicants has also increased and now stands at around 27,000. These are the preliminary key figures for Aarhus University applications.

The number of applications to Aarhus University has increased this year, and more than 10,300 people have named Aarhus University as their first choice. Engineering degree programmes are among those experiencing an increase in popularity, according to preliminary application figures.

AU Key Figures is a user-friendly reference which provides an overview of the most important key figures from 2017 and the preceding five years.

Professor Nanna Brix Finnerup from Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital has received a grant of almost DKK 3.5 million for research into innovative pain treatment. The grant is being awarded as part of a large European collaborative project.

For the next four years, Professor Robert Fenton will head a project that will study chronic renal disease. The project has just received a grant of DKK 15 million from the Novo Nordisk Foundation.

As required by the public procurement rules for the Danish public sector, Aarhus University will soon invite tenders for the university’s learning management system (LMS), currently Blackboard.