| Number | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
| Reported inventions | 62 | 61 | 54 | 51 |
| Patent applications | 33 | 37 | 14 | 21 |
| Patent issued | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 |
| Licences, sales and option agreements (including software) | 8 | 18 | 13 | 18 |
| Total licence portfolio (excluding software) | 21 | 50 | 47 | 53 |
| Spin-out companies established | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Technology transfer staff (FTEs) | 16 | 17 | 18 | 21 |
| Research agreements | 336 | 370 | 381 | 415 |
| Amount in EUR '000 | ||||
| Expenses for rights protection etc. | 971.8 | 1,002.3 | 1,106.4 | 1,012.6 |
| Income from commercialisation | 363.7 | 438.1 | 441.1 | 506.1 |
| Number | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
| Participants in the Danish University Extension | 48,338 | 62,862 | 65,931 | 69,725 |
| Activities offered by AU researchers | 322 | 343 | 297 | 354 |
| Number | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
| Moesgaard Museum * | 149,020 | 124,580 | 75,148 | 151,361 |
| Museum of Natural History | 50,233 | 53,065 | 58,922 | 61,375 |
| Science Museums** | - | - | - | 173,330 |
| Steno Museum | 36,210 | 40,926 | 42,339 | - |
| Orion Planetarium | 7,847 | 6,676 | 5,880 | 7,272 |
| Museum of Ancient Art | 5,557 | 4,527 | 5,863 | 7,584 |
* Moesgaard Museum underwent renovation in 2013.
** The Science Museums comprise the Steno Museum, and the Herbarium in the University Park, the Greenhouses in the Botanical Gardens and the Ole Rømer Observatory in Højbjerg. The Greenhouses in the Botanical Gardens reopened in 2014.
