Email units and unit abbreviations
Staff members who are employed at departments and certain research centres will get the department's/centre's unit abbreviation as part of their email address.
It is the department head (regarding departments) and the deans (regarding centres) who decides whether or not the unit's staff members must use a unit abbreviation in their email address.
The decision applies to all staff members in the unit.
All staff members at the administrative units (all deputy director areas including staff members at the administrative centres) must always use @au.dk in their email address (decision by the senior management team, August 2011).
Below is a list of approved unit abbreviations as of 29th of May 2024:
Do you have any questions?
Questions regarding approval of email units can be addressed to Head of Web and Digital Platforms Steffen Longfors, AU Communication.
Unit abbreviations in personal email addresses
| Unit no. | Danish name | English name | Unit name |
| Departments | |||
| 1816 | Institut for Kultur og Samfund | Department of Culture and Society | @cas.au.dk |
| 1817 | Institut for Kommunikation og Kultur | Department of Communication and Culture | @cc.au.dk |
| 1818 | Institut for Uddannelse og Pædagogik (DPU) | Department of Education | @edu.au.dk |
| 1037 | Institut for Husdyr og Veterinærvidenskab | Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences | @anivet.au.dk |
| 5500 | Institut for Ecoscience | Department of Ecoscience | @ecos.au.dk |
| 1807 | Institut for Miljøvidenskab | Department of Environmental Science | @envs.au.dk |
| 5600 | Institut for Geoscience | Department of Geoscience | @geo.au.dk |
| 1247 | Institut for Ingeniørvidenskab | Department of Engineering | @eng.au.dk |
| 1036 | Institut for Agroøkologi | Department of Agroecology | @agro.au.dk |
| 1039 | Institut for Fødevarer | Department of Food Science | @food.au.dk |
| 5400 | Institut for Molekylær Biologi og Genetik | Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics | @mbg.au.dk |
| 5200 | Institut for Fysik og Astronomi | Department of Physics and Astronomy | @phys.au.dk |
| 5100 | Institut for Matematik | Department of Mathematics | @math.au.dk |
| 5300 | Institut for Kemi | Department of Chemistry | @chem.au.dk |
| 5150 | Institut for Datalogi | Department of Computer Science | @cs.au.dk |
| 1946 | Institut for Biomedicin | Department of Biomedicine | @biomed.au.dk |
| 2400 | Institut for Klinisk Medicin | Department of Clinical Medicine | @clin.au.dk |
| 2211 | Institut for Folkesundhed | Department of Public Health | @ph.au.dk |
| 2800 | Institut for Odontologi | Department of Dentistry | @odont.au.dk |
| 2320 | Institut for Retsmedicin | Department of Forensic Medicine | @forens.au.dk |
| 3200 | Juridisk Institut | Department of Law | @law.au.dk |
| 3400 | Institut for Statskundskab | Department of Political Science and Government | @ps.au.dk |
| 3500 | Psykologisk Institut | Department of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences | @psy.au.dk |
| 1071 | Institut for Virksomhedsledelse | Department of Management | @mgmt.au.dk |
| 3100 | Institut for Økonomi | Department of Economics and Business | @econ.au.dk |
| 3810 | Institut for Forretningsudvikling og Teknologi | Department of Business Development and Technology | @btech.au.dk |
| 2917 | Institut for Bio- og Kemiteknologi | Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering | @bce.au.dk |
| 2934 | Institut for Byggeri og Bygningsdesign | Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering | @cae.au.dk |
| 2939 | Institut for Elektro- og Computerteknologi | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | @ece.au.dk |
| 2960 | Institut for Mekanik og Produktion | Department of Mechanical and Production Engineering | @mpe.au.dk |
| 5500 | Institut for Ecoscience | Department of Ecoscience | @ecos.au.dk |
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Centres/Units similar to departments | |||
| 1819 | Center for Undervisningsudvikling og Digitale Medier | Centre for Teaching Development and Digital Media | @tdm.au.dk |
| 2473 | Onkologisk Afdeling | Department of Oncology | @oncology.au.dk |
| National centres | |||
| 1040 | DCE - Nationalt Center for Miljø og Energi | DCE - Danish Centre for Environment and Energy | @dce.au.dk |
| 1015 | DCA - Nationalt Center for Fødevarer og Jordbrug | DCA - Danish Centre for Food and Agriculture | @dca.au.dk |
| Research centres | |||
| 1591 | Center for kvantegeometri af Modulirum | Centre for Quantum Geometry of Moduli Spaces | @qgm.au.dk |
| 1600 | Science and Technology Learning Lab | Science and Technology Learning Lab | @stll.au.dk |
| 1646 | Center for Avanceret Visualisering og Interaktion | Centre for Advanced Visualisation and Interaction | @cavi.au.dk |
| 2483 | Center for Funktionelt Integrativ Neurovidenskab | Center for Functionally Integrative Neuroscience | @cfin.au.dk |
| 5114 | Center for Bioinformatik | Bioinformatics Research Centre | @birc.au.dk |
| 5213 | Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center | Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center | @inano.au.dk |
| 5700 | Center for Videnskabsstudier | Center for Science Studies | @css.au.dk |
1703 | Interdisciplinary Center for Organizational Architecture (ICOA) | Interdisciplinary Center for Organizational Architecture (ICOA) | @icoa.au.dk |
| 2371 | DANDRITE | DANDRITE | @dandrite.au.dk |
| 1038 | Center for Kvantitativ Genetik og Genomforskning | Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics | @qgg.au.dk |
| 3031 | The Novo Nordisk Foundation CO2 Research Center | The Novo Nordisk Foundation CO2 Research Center | @corc.au.dk |
| Special units | |||
| 1954 | Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies | Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies | @aias.au.dk |
| 2244 | Science Museerne | @sm.au.dk | |
| 2121 | Forskningsenheden for Almen Praksis | @ph.au.dk | |
| 2268 | Studenteridræt | @aus.au.dk | |
| 2965 | Adgangskursus og gymnasiale aktiviteter | @ak.au.dk | |
| Hosted email in Exchange | |||
| 1769 | Internationalt Center for Forskning i Økologisk Jordbrug og Fødevaresystemer | International Centre for Research in Organic Food Systems | @icrofs.org |
| 1464 | Sino-Danish Center for Education and Research | Sino-Danish Center for Education and Research | @sdc.university |
| 1985 | IT Forum Midtjylland | @digitallead.dk | |
| 1162 | IT Vest | @it-vest.dk | |
| 9930 | BSS Bookstore | @BSSbooks.dk | |
| 3044 | Biodiversitetsraadet | @biodiversitetsraadet.dk | |
| 1655 | Center for stokastisk geometri og avanceret bioimaging | Center for Stochastic Geometry and Advanced Bioimaging | @csgb.dk |
| Units that are self-administrated outside Exchange | |||
| Studenterrådet | @sr.au.dk | ||
Unit abbreviations - @(unit.)au.dk
In August 2011, the Senior Management Team has decided that only research related units can use an unit abbreviation in their email address. Staff at the administrative units (the vice deputy areas and the administration centres) will always get an email address which ends with @au.dk.
The choice of unit abbreviations is not an individual choice, but a decision made at each main academic area. All staff, who is primarily affiliated to the unit, needs to follow the decision.
If you find that your unit abbreviation is incorrect, you should contact your immediate supervisor or the person responsible for personal staff data in your department. They are responsible for your registration in AU's it systems.
If you have dual employment, you should know that the unit abbreviation will be generated on the basis of your primary affiliation which is shown on your personal website (the unit written first). Find your personal website on www.au.dk/en/findperson.