Campus 2.0 at Technical Sciences
With the acquisition of the former municipal hospital property (now called the University City), AU has been given a unique opportunity to consolidate and strengthen a number of educational and research activities on the university's central campus in Aarhus. Therefore, in 2018, the university board approved a master plan, referred to as Campus 2.0, for the physical development of the university over the years to come. Read more about the master plan at https://www.au.dk/om/profil/nycampus
For Nat and Tech, the Campus 2.0 plans are an opportunity to gather the faculties' Aarhus activities on campus and in Katrinebjerg, and thus uphold and strengthen the close collaboration between the natural sciences and technical-scientific fields.
Read on for an overall description of what Campus 2.0 will mean for Tech.
Mechanical and architectural engineering will move from Navitas to Katrinebjerg
The aim is to relocate activities away from Navitas and activities within civil/architectural and mechanical engineering will relocate to Katrinebjerg, where activities related to computer engineering and electrical engineering are already based. By gathering engineering activities in Katrinebjerg, AU aims to strengthen and further develop the area. The plans for the physical development of Katrinebjerg should support, and be seen in the context of, the university’s strategic engineering initiative and digital transformation strategy.
Biotechnology and chemical engineering will move to the Science Park
The engineering areas within biotechnology and chemical engineering will take over buildings currently used by the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics (MBG) in the Science Park on Gustav Wieds Vej. The new location provides for integration and synergy with iNANO, chemistry and other "wet" areas, and this will allow for the optimal utilisation of the research infrastructure and exercise labs for teaching.
Digital transformation activities consolidated in Katrinebjerg
Nat and Tech will concentrate a large part of the strategic engineering and digital transformation initiatives in Katrinebjerg and, together with the Faculty of Arts, will help create a strong research, education and development environment within computer science, digital transformation, digital design, information and communication science, and engineering activities within building and production, mechanical and electrical engineering, electrical power technology and IT.
A strong educational environment centrally located
Close to the engineering degree programmes at Kasernen and the "green" educational activities in the University Park, a strong educational environment will be established in Ny Munkegade, close to the canteens and other student facilities. More mixed learning environments will be established.
Activities at Kalø, Silkeborg and Foulum will relocate to the University Park
When the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics relocates from Biokæden to the Science Park in 2022, the premises the department leaves behind will be taken over by Tech's biological fields. The Department of Bioscience will move its activities from Kalø and Silkeborg to the University Park, and the Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics (QGG) will relocate to the University Park from Foulum. The Department of Agroecology, the Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences and the Department of Food Science will move their educational activities from Katrinebjerg to the University Park.
This will create a strong "green" research and education area between Agroecology, Bioscience, QGG, Biology and Geoscience. The central location in the University Park creates the basis for the best synergy between the different degree programmes, the use of joint wet and dry research and educational facilities, as well as the opportunity for synergy and collaboration across research areas.
