Welcome to

the Department of Business Development and Technology (BTECH)

The department's focus is on research and educational excellence, and BTECH offers four undergraduate and two graduate study programmes, a PhD programme as well as two part-time studies all within business engineering, business economics and management. Furthermore, Faculty of Technical Sciences offers one degree programme as well as the pre-admission course for engineering programmes at Aarhus University in Herning. 

The study programmes offered by BTECH are based on interaction across professional boundaries as well as close interaction with students and the surrounding business community. All study programmes have an innovative and international perspective.

The department was originally founded in 1995 as a result of a merger between the Engineering College of Western Jutland and the Central Jutland Business School. The merger with Aarhus University in 2006 resulted in an even higher academic level and an increased focus on research and development.

BTECH has approximately 1,350 students (about 750 are full-time students). Approximately 15 % of the full-time students come from other countries than Denmark. The department has around 55 full-time faculty members, 30 PhD students and 14 administrative staff members and employs app. 25 part-time teachers.


The Department of Business Development and Technology (BTECH) is part of Aarhus BSS, one of the five faculties at Aarhus University. Aarhus BSS holds the distinguished accreditations AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS for its business-related activities.  


BTECH has an annual budget close to DKK 120 mio. and approx. DKK 23 mio. in external funding. Unique in the Danish university system, BTECH receives funding from seven surrounding municipalities supporting entrepreneurial studies and business mentor programmes of its students.