Research and education of the highest international quality are at the core of its mission, and strong partnerships with our society is at the heart of the University’s activities. Thanks to its size and reputation as a leading research-intensive university, Aarhus University has strong impact and influence across the entire spectrum of disciplines, locally, nationally and globally. Aarhus ranks among the top 100 universities in the world in several international rankings – out of over 17,000 universities worldwide. The engineering disciplines and specifically the Operations Management Unit carries out research and teaching in the fields of Biosystems Engineering as well as innovative technologies to be applied in industrial production and bio-production systems.