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Practical information - the Skou building

On this page you can find specific information about the Skou Building.

Further, you can find more guidelines for e.g. car and room booking, printing, DANDRITE mailinglists etc. via this link

How to contact Health Facility Management

If you need to report everything from a defective light to cleaning issues or need help with moving, you contact the Facility Mangemement Service via the Dalux HelpDesk App. When you report a task in the app, you receive a link so you can follow the status of your task. Find a guide to setting up the app here.

DANDRITE Administrative Support Office in the Skou building

Find your local DANDRITE Support Team in office 348, building 1116 (the Skou building).
Find more information about the Support Team here

At the Support Team office, you'll find the local DANDRITE infoboard with relevant notifications for staff and students at DANDRITE - please come by!

General info about the Skou building

 Link to the website with GENERAL information

Find information about e.g.:

  • The Glasware Cleaning Section and Procedure
  • Office girl
  • Remember to registrate your new location
  • Do not open the windows in the laboratories
  • Mail and Packages
  • Copy Machines and Printer Rooms
  • Stockroom and Shop, 5th floor in building 1116
  • Coffee Makers
  • Meeting Room
  • Monitors
  • Waste Sorting and Recycling in The Skou Building

Important laboratory info in the Skou building (and building 1182)

Link to document with IMPORTANT LABORATORY GUIDELINES (PDF) and Link to Danish version (PDF)

Find information about e.g.:

  • Waste
  • Scales room
  • Wash up facilities

Link to document with PRICE LIST for ANIMAL FACILITY at Biomedicine (PDF)
Link to latest NEWSLETTER from the ANIMAL FACILITY at Biomedicine (PDF)


In brief, the newsletter includes information on:

  • Change in ordering and receiving of laboratory animals, and need for project plans
  • Closing of the animal facility in building 1160 (Physiology) and 1234 (Anatomy)
  • General procedures and guidelines for working in the animal facility in Skou
  • Contact information 

Fire protection in the Skou building

Link to website with information on FIRE PROTECTION

Find information about e.g.:

  • Detectors and sprinkler system
  • Fire hoses and fire pressures
  • Inergen facilities

General information about Post & packages at Dept. Biomedicine

Delivery time and pricing

As a general rule, letters are sent as standard post (B-post) - delivery time is 3 to 5 days.

If it is absolutely necessary that your letter shall be delivered the next day (Monday to Saturday), you can send it as a ‘quick letter’ (Quickbrev). Write the letter ‘Q’ at the top centre of the front of the envelope. Please be aware that this is expensive: a quick letter weighing up to 100 grams costs 27 kroner. Payment is covered centrally from AU.

From this website:
DA: http://biomed.medarbejdere.au.dk/praktisk-info-og-faciliteter/
EN: https://medarbejdere.au.dk/en/administration/au-planning/intpost/

Internal mail at AU

Internal mail is colleced and delivered from the copyrooms at each floor once a day. 

Dangerous goods shipments

If you need to transport dangerous goods by road, ship and/or air, a knowledgeable person must be consulted. Persons who wrap, pack and label dangerous goods are required to take an approved course with a corresponding certificate.

See guidelines here

Emergency & accidents - who to contact?


See local information on the image below (click to download pdf file).

Find further information under "Doctor & Emercency"