| Number | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Reported inventions | 61 | 54 | 51 | 64 |
| Patent applications | 37 | 14 | 21 | 20 |
| Patents issued | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| Licence, sales and option agreements (including software) | 18 | 13 | 18 | 20 |
| Total licence portfolio (excluding software) | 50 | 47 | 53 | 70 |
| Spin-out companies established | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Technology transfer staff (FTEs) | 17 | 18 | 21 | 23 |
| Research agreements with businesses | 370 | 381 | 415 | 418 |
| Amounts in EUR 1,000 | ||||
| Commercialisation costs | 1,000 | 1,104 | 1,010 | 913 |
| Income from commercialisation | 437 | 440 | 505 | 649 |
| Number | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Participants in the Danish University Extension | 44,617 | 46,380 | 47,707 | 56,844 |
| Participants in the Public Natural Science Lectures | 18,245 | 19,551 | 22,018 | 18,104 |
| Activities offered by researchers at Aarhus University | 343 | 297 | 354 | 313 |
| Number | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Moesgaard Museum* | 124,580 | 75,148 | 151,361 | 547,844 |
| Museum of Natural History | 53,065 | 58,922 | 61,375 | (pending) |
| Science Museums** | - | - | 173,330 | 256,750 |
| Steno Museum | 40,926 | 42,339 | - | - |
| Orion Planetarium | 6,676 | 5,880 | 7,272 | 8,793 |
| Museum of Ancient Art | 4,527 | 5,863 | 7,584 | 5,900 |
* Moesgaard Museum was closed due to building works 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.
