Welcome to Aalborg University, Denmark

At Aalborg University (AAU), we dare to be different!

A characteristic feature of AAU is the courage to follow new paths within research as well as education. As a result, AAU is one of Denmark’s leading universities in terms of uncovering innovative ways of cooperating with the surrounding world at a local as well as national and international level. 

Finn Kjærsdam - Recto

Organisation of Management

Aalborg University is a self-governing institution within the public administration and under the supervision of the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation.

The research and education at Aalborg University is organised in faculties, departments and boards of studies. Furthermore, the Rector of the University can establish interdisciplinary centers to carry out temporary activities. A central administration, managed by a University Director as well as a Pro-rector and a number of Rector’s Committees, supports the Rector. The University’s collective library and documentation service is maintained by a University library, which is managed by a Chief Librarian.

Boards of Studies (Studienævn)

Each study programme or a cluster of study programmes has a Board of Studies as their closest managerial body. The function of the Board of Studies is to ensure the organisation, implementation and long-term development of the educational programmes.

The Board of Studies expresses its opinion on all matters pertaining to its educational areas and discusses educational matters submitted by Rector or persons authorised by Rector. In collaboration with the Director of Studies and the Head of Department, the Board of Studies is responsible for the drawing up of a curriculum or proposals for changes to the curriculum to be submitted to the Dean for approval.

The Board of Studies is furthermore responsible for ensuring and developing the quality of the educational programmes and for the follow up on evaluations of these programmes. It is also the duties of the Board of Studies to consider applications from the students for the transfer of credits and exemptions.

The Board of Studies is comprised of up to 10 members, of which half are student representatives and the other half are representatives of the academic staff. The academic staff is elected for a three-year term and the students for a one-year term. The Board of Studies elects a Chairman among one of its tenured directors of studies.

Faculties

Aalborg University encompasses three faculties, under which all research and educational activities take place. Each faculty is organised into a number of departments, centres and schools, which work with specific scientific areas within the faculty’s main areas. Likewise, the boards of studies - which are responsible for the various study programmes - are also organised under each faculty. The three faculties are each headed by a dean.

As of January 1, 2007 the Danish Building Research Institute (SBi) is also a part of Aalborg University.

The Faculties of Engineering, Science and Medicine

Departments
Architecture and Design
Biotechnology, Chemistry and Environmental Engineering 
Civil Engineering
Computer Science
Copenhagen Institute of Technology
Development and Planning
Education, Learning and Philosophy (cross-faculty department)
Electronic Systems
Energy Technology
Health Science and Technology
Mathematical Sciences
Mechanical Engineering
Physics and Nanotechonology
Production

Research Centres, Groups etc.
Aalborg University Space Center 
ACABS Research Group (Applied Chemometrics, Analytical Chemistry, Sampling, Applied Biotechnology and Bioenergy Production)
Centre for AgroTechnology (CJT)
Centre for Educational Development in University Science (DCN)
Centre for Embedded Software Systems (CISS)
Center for Health Statistics (CSS)
Centre for Human Appliances and Technology (CHAT)
Center for Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy (IB2)
Center for Industrial Production (CIP)
Centre for Innovative Fisheries Management
Centre for Intelligent Transport Systems (CITS)
Centre for Mathematical Physics and Stochastics (MaPhysSto)
Center for Model-Based Medical Decision Support (MMDS)
Centre for Polymers and Engineering Materials (PoEM)
Center for Sensory-Motor Interaction (SMI)
Center for TeleInFrastructure (CTIF)
Centre for University Teaching and Learning (cross-faculty centre)
Centre for 3D GeoInformation (3DGI)
Chemical Fluid Flow Processes (CHEFF) Research Group
Colloid and Interface Chemistry (CIC) Research Group
Communication Technology
Computational Mechanics
Daisy - Center for Data-intensive Systems
Danish Academy of Wind Energy (DAWE)
Danish Centre for Philosophy and Science Studies
Danish GPS Center (DGC)
Didactics and Organisational Learning (DOL) (Under construction)
ELITE - Centre for Enhanced Learning and Innovation in Technology and Engineering
ExCITe - Center for Experience Economy, Creative Industries and Technologies(cross-faculty centre)
HEALTHnTECH Research Center 
Hybrid Ventilation Centre
Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Academy (HyFC)
Innovative Didactics and Organisational Learning (IDOL) (Under construction)
Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO)
Knowledge Centre for Country Side Planning
Microkinetic Modelling and Catalysis Research Group (MKMC)
Nanotechnology
Offshore Center Denmark
Science and Mathematics Education Research Group
Software and Media Techonology
Sound Quality Research Unit (SQRU)
Theory of Knowledge, Engineering Education and Organisational Learning Research Group (TEO)
UICEE Centre for Problem-Based Learning (UCPBL)
Utzon Center
Virtual Centre for Health Informatics
Virtual Center for Technologies for the Aging and Handicapped (V-CenTAH)
VR Media Lab
Wind Energy Systems and Technologies (WEST)