Business and Social Sciences

As part of the academic development process at Aarhus University, the Faculty of Social Sciences and Aarhus School of Business merged on 1 January 2011 to form Business and Social Sciences.

The dean of the new Business and Social Sciences will be Svend Hylleberg, former dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at Aarhus University.

Business and Social Sciences is one of four new faculties at Aarhus University and will become the largest university unit of business studies and social sciences in Denmark, with a wide academic scope and several strong research communities.

The new Business and Social Sciences is a business school in the broad sense, deeply rooted in the academic environment and with the capacity to become a considerable player both in terms of size and results:

Selected key figures for Business and Social Sciences

·        Students: 16,110

·        Members of academic staff: 666

·        Research publications: 1,555 (of which 699 are peer-reviewed)

·        Bibliometic research indicator: 1,027

An Overview of the History of the Faculty of Social Sciences

1936: The Faculty of Economics and Law is established, offering teaching in economics and law.

1959: The Department of Political Science is established at the University of Aarhus

1968: The Department of Psychology is established at the University of Aarhus

1969: The Faculty of Economics and Law is renamed to the Faculty of Social Sciences

1993: The Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research is established as a centre at the Faculty of Social Sciences

2000: The National Centre for Register-based Research is established as a centre at the Faculty of Social Sciences; the centre is funded by a five-year grant from the Danish National Research Foundation

2003: The Centre for Learning and Education is established as an educational research and development unit at the Faculty of Social Sciences

2004: The Department of Psychology moves from the Psychiatric Hospital in Risskov to the Nobel Park at the University of Aarhus

2004: The Danish Centre for Studies in Research and Research Policy is created as a centre at the Faculty of Social Sciences; the centre continues the activities initiated by the Danish Institute for Studies in Research and Research Policy, which was set up as a government research institution under the Danish Ministry of Research in 1996

2004: The Faculty Council of the Social Sciences is replaced by The Academic Council of the Faculty of Social Sciences in June 2004

2005: The National Centre for Register-based Research forms part of the Faculty of Social Sciences

2006: Professor Svend Hylleberg is appointed dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences. He is the first appointed - not elected - dean under the new Danish University Act, which took effect in 2003.

2006: The Institute of Business and Technology in Herning is merged into the University of Aarhus and becomes a centre at the Faculty of Social Sciences.

2011: As part of the academic development process at Aarhus University, the Faculty of Social Sciences and Aarhus School of Business merged on 1 January 2011 to form Business and Social Sciences.