The Advisory Board at Aarhus University, Health Sciences, was established in 2012 and comprises external members with various areas of expertise and interests in the fields of health sciences research, teaching, talent development and knowledge transfer.
The Advisory Board counsels the Dean and the other members of the management team at the Faculty of Health Sciences on issues such as the strategy and development of the faculty. In this way, it contributes to ongoing quality assurance of the activities carried out at the faculty.
The Advisory Board meets once every two years.
| Navn | Institution |
| Andrew Bowie | Trinity College Dublin |
| Anne-Marie Engel | LEO Foundation |
| Kerstin Ebel | Roche |
| Dorte Arnbjerg | Lundbeck |
| Janet Metcalfe | VITAE |
| Julia Fox | Truvic |
| Katarina Mårtensson | Lund University |
| Mads Frederik Rasmussen | Novo Nordisk |
| Mike Curtis | King’s College London |
| Paul Stewart | University of Leeds |
| Robert Kronstrand | Linköping University |
| Ruth Müller | TUM |
| Timme Bisgaard Munk | Kommunikationsforum.dk |
The employer panels at Aarhus University, Health Sciences are made up of representatives from public and private sector companies, organisations and institutions. The members of the individual panels must have experience in and insight into the educational area and the areas of employment to which the respective study programmes provide access.
Appointments to the employer panels are made by the Rector on recommendation from the Dean. The individual members are appointed for two years at a time.
The employer panels meet with boards of studies and other representatives for the faculty 1-2 times a year. The role of the employer panels includes:
Degree programmes with employer panels at the Faculty of Health Sciences:
Mandate for employer panels at the Faculty of Health Sciences 2026-2029 (PDF - in Danish)
The employer panels at Health have been established in pursuance of Ministerial Order concerning Universities.
The Academic Council is to:
In addition, the Academic Council may make statements about all academic issues of significance to the activities of the university, and has a duty to discuss academic matters presented by the rector for their consideration.
The Academic Council comprises representatives of the academic staff, including employed PhD students and student representatives.
Members of the council are elected by and from the academic staff, the PhD students and the student body.
Read more about the Academic Council at the Faculty of Health Sciences
The industrial cooperation committee at Aarhus University, the Faculty of Health Sciences, will contribute to society’s value creation, innovation capacity and competitiveness by strengthening collaboration between the faculty, business and industry and the public sector.
The purpose of the Faculty of Health Sciences Research Forum is to promote initiatives across the Faculty of Health Sciences and contribute to achieving the Faculty's visions in research, talent development and recruitment.
The Education Forum is a central advisory body that supports the implementation of strategic educational decisions across the faculty. This is achieved through knowledge sharing and coordination among Heads of Studies, Vice Heads of Department, the Director of Education, and the Vice-Dean for Education.The Education Forum plays a key role in the faculty’s efforts to ensure quality assurance and the continuous development of its educational programmes and teaching activities..
The Research IT Security Committee (FISU) is an advisory forum that works with IT security across departments within the faculties. The primary focus of the committee is the registration and storage of research data.
The role of the committee is to identify problems with IT security at Health and to ensure that proposals for solutions are communicated to employees in the faculty.
The purpose of the committee is to ensure that:
FISU comprises representatives of the scientific and technical staff from the departments of the faculty, as well as representatives from AU Administration and from the Dean's Office at Health. The current members of the committee are:
The committee meets approximately four times a year.
Aarhus University has set up a central IT security committee as well as local committees at each of the five faculties. Find out more about AU's IT security.
It is the faculty’s ambition that everyone – both students and staff – experiences being part of an inclusive work and study environment. The Committee is dedicated to advancing this ambition.
Its purpose is to promote initiatives across the faculty and to ensure a sustained focus on diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunities.
Please find information about the PhD Committee's members and responsibilities at the Graduate School of Health.
The boards of studies are composed of equal numbers of representatives from the student body and the academic staff. The boards of studies prepare proposals for curricula, consider exemptions and are, generally speaking, fora for discussions of the content and form of the degree programmes.
The boards of studies are responsible for the following tasks:
Finally, it provides a forum for the directors of studies and the heads of department to remain mutually oriented and allows them to work together on development, including the physical surroundings, educational initiatives, etc.
Lists of members are presented under the separate boards of studies (in Danish)