'We've created a single Study Centre Arts as a service to students, so they don't have to run around to different buildings to deal with different problems. Now everyone has a single destination for everything to do with their studies', explains Team Leader Jesper Sølund, who has led the process of establishing the centre.

All-round student guidance

When you visit the new Study Centre, a studies administration staff member greets you in the reception area. Additional student guidance staff have offices either in or close to the centre, so you are quickly referred to the right person to deal with your particular question. The guidance available in the Study Centre is related to issues which are relevant to students on all degree programmes and courses at the faculty: questions about registering for courses or exams, help to apply for an exemption or credit, plans to integrate study abroad into your degree programme. Student guidance counsellors will continue to help with issues which are related to specific study programmes. In Aarhus, these guidance counsellors will continue to have offices in the departments and centres, while they have moved into the Study Centre in Emdrup.

Overview of student guidance counsellors

Study Centre 2.0

In Aarhus, the Study Centre is temporarily located in Nobel Park. Space is limited here, which means that it has not been possible to realise all of the many visions for the centre.

'Nobel Park is just Study Centre 1.0, and when we move to the Tåsingegade building in six months or so, we will have enough room to give students optimal service. The whole idea with the Study Centre is to create a space which contributes to a good study environment. We will provide the framework; it will be up to the students to fill it. New learning will take place in the new facility, and the facilities must provide the best possible support for that', explains Marianne Ping Huang, vice-dean for education at Arts.

Room for new learning

The new study centres are furnished with cloth-covered room dividers which give the rooms good acoustics, and which create a sense of privacy, even though there are no doors and the space remains open.

'We are working to bring student guidance out into the open, away from the traditional closed office. It can definitely take place in an open environment where students can help each other, so that they also have an opportunity to learn together. Guidance doesn't always have to be an activity initiated by a guidance counsellor', explains Jesper Sølund. Architect Stine Bjerre has contributed to the design and organisation of the new centre.

In the Tåsingegade building, other facilities will be made available to students, including places to study and read, conference rooms, project rooms, and classrooms. There will be flat screen TVs you can plug into your computer and big whiteboards. In addition to furniture and equipment, student will also have access to new activities, for example on study techniques, the Master's thesis and academic writing.

The study centre in Aarhus will relocate in about six months. The study centre in Emdrup will remain in it current location.

Read more about Study Centre Arts, see opening hours in Aarhus and Emdrup and learn what the study centre can help you with.