Due to its high concentration of students and educational institutions Aarhus is a very attractive university city. The high level of education in the city and the close collaboration between educational institutions and the business community ensures a high quality of potential employees, and contributes to the city serving as a rich and unique recruitment base for businesses in the area.
The unique recruitment opportunities are supported by a solid collaboration between the city’s various educational institutions, which yields strong, interdisciplinary candidates to the business community.
Facts about the labour market in Aarhus
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1.2 mio inhabitants within an hour’s drive from the center of Aarhus
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78 percent of the population speaks English
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Aarhus has more than 45,000 students, and thus the highest concentration of students in Denmark
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The number of students in Aarhus is expected to increase by 10,000 Danish and 5,000 international students over the next ten years
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Aarhus has twice as many inhabitants with a higher education than the national average
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Aarhus offers an attractive set-up for international employees, among others through the International Community
“We do not experience a lack of qualified labour. It is easy to recruit even very competent researchers from the University of Aarhus, whom we also share an excellent working relationship with,” says Jens K. Gundersen, executive, Unisense.
International employees
When an international employee chooses to work and take up residence in Aarhus, it is often in company of a spouse and children. Thus, it is not just the respective employee, but the entire family who must make an everyday life work. To attract and maintain skilled international labour for the benefit of the business community, the University of Aarhus, Aarhus municipality and the city’s business community have joined forces to establish the organisation International Community. The objective is to welcome international employees to Aarhus and to introduce them and their families to a safe and rich life in Aarhus, and thus help them create a good and viable affiliation with the city. Furthermore, Aarhus offers an international school and high school, even an international kindergarten is coming.