As of 1 January 2007 NERI has amalgamated with the Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Aarhus School of Business and Aarhus University. As of 1 June 2007 the Danish University of Education joined the university. The amalgamation is part of the Danish government's plan to integrate sectorial research institute into the Danish universities and to create fewer, but larger universities.

The amalgamation does not include plans to assemble the partners physically or to change the tasks of NERI. We will continue to solve the tasks we have done hitherto in cooperation with Danish and international partners.

Facts about the new Aarhus University

The new Aarhus University is an international, effective centre for education and knowledge, with a staff amounting to approximately 10.000, a turnover of DKK 4.5 billion, 34.000 student and a capacity for educating about 2,000 PhD students. The new University of Aarhus provides research of the highest international quality of a volume the equivalent of approximately 25% of the total public research carried out in Denmark.

The Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences has been given a position as a faculty at the new University of Aarhus, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences. Aarhus School of Business and the Danish University of Education (now the Danish School of Education)  has become professional schools at the same level as a faculty. NERI has been placed as a new independent unit.

Organisation chart  (au.dk)

Facts about the five organisations

Aarhus University makes a major research impact within a wide range of subject areas and is positioned among the best in international rankings. The university features a comprehensive PhD programme at a high academic level. Aarhus University is Denmark’s second-largest educational establishment, with approximately 22,000 students, about 3,700 members of staff (full-time equivalent) and a turnover of approximately DKK 2.5 billion.

The Aarhus School of Business features an internationally attractive research and education environment in the area of commerce, and has a highly reputable, extensive collaboration with the Danish business community. With its approximately 7,000 students, the Aarhus School of Business is currently in a strong position as the sixth-largest accredited business school in Europe. The school has about 560 members of staff (full-time equivalent) and a turnover of approximately DKK 350 million.

The Danish National Environmental Research Institute has an internationally recognised capacity for strategic research, monitoring and consultancy services, with a clear aim to provide support for the public authorities. NERI has about 420 members of staff (full-time equivalent) and a turnover of approximately DKK 250 million. NERI has departments at three locations in Denmark, with its headquarters in Roskilde.

The Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences has a well-established, recognised capacity – both in Denmark and abroad – for basic, strategic and application-oriented experimental research and innovation with a clear business-related target. The institute has about 900 members of staff (full-time equivalent) and a turnover of approximately DKK 580 million. The institute has departments at six locations in Denmark, with its headquarters in Foulum.

The  Danish University of Education (DPU) offers more than twenty advanced studies programmes in the field of education.

Research at DPU covers the entire area of education and includes subjects such as didactics, competence development in adult and continuing education, pedagogy in relation to target groups with special needs, the educational consequences of the use of the media and IT, international comparative education conditions, the education of teachers and social educators, and general educational theory development.