Erhvervsakademi Aarhus
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Business Academy Aarhus
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| Type | University of Applied Sciences |
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| Established | 2009 |
| Rector | Anne Storm Rasmussen |
Academic staff | 325 |
Administrative staff | 75 |
| Students | 5,000 full-time 5,000 part-time |
| Location | , |
| Website | http://www.baaa.dk/ |
Business Academy Aarhus is a school of higher educationinAarhus, Denmark founded on 1 January 2009. The academy is an independent self-owning institution subordinated to the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Higher Education. Degree programmes offered are mainly applied degrees, especially in technology, IT and business. The academy grants undergraduate and academic degrees but not master's or doctoral degrees. In addition to full-time studies the academy offers supplemental education, part-time programmes at bachelor's level and short-term courses for people who need to strengthen their qualifications. The academy is one of the largest business academies in Denmark.[1]
The academy has 5,000 full-time students including 600 international students and 5,000 part-time students and about 400 employees.
An Academy Profession (AP) degree is an undergraduate academic degree. This comprehensive 2-2½ year programme is similar to the first two years of a bachelor's degree and awards 120 ECTS.[2]
Bachelor's programmes A full bachelor's degree programme lasts for 3½ years. Students earn 210 ECTS for a full programme.
Bachelor's top-up programmes On completion of an AP degree (or similar from abroad), it is possible to take another 1½ years of full-time studies and be awarded 90 ECTS. An AP degree programme combined with the Bachelor's top-up programme is equivalent to a full bachelor's degree.
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