If you want to get access to The Laboratory Animal Core Facility in Skou, you must participate in a mandatory, guided introduction tour through the facility.

Also, you can download a check list containing the main points that will be presented on the guided introduction. This document has to be signed upon completion of the introduction tour in order to get access.

Before getting access, you must also be able to present a course certificate from a passed laboratory animal science course. This can be a basic course (EU category AD) allowing you to carry out procedures on animals under another person's license, or it can be an advanced course (EU category ABD) allowing you to hold a personal license to design, plan and carry out animal experiments. If you want to know more about the different categories of courses or want to see which courses are offered at Department of Biomedicine, please see the page Courses in laboratory animal science.

The course certificate along with your AUID should be sent to the person with whom you attended the mandatory introduction tour. Once you have participated in the introduction tour and signed the checklist, you will be granted access on your personal AU identification card.

If you have a course certificate from another country than Denmark, it is possible to seek dispensation from the educational requirements of the Danish legislation. Please refer to the Animal Experiments Inspectorate's webpage for description of how to apply for dispensation.

The identification card and access to the animal facility is strictly personal and only grants you access to the designated areas in the facility. You are not allowed to lend your card to a fellow researcher or student who do not meet the requirements for getting access to The Animal Facility. Guests or visitors are welcome, but are NOT allowed to enter unless this is specifically arranged and agreed on with the management team in The Animal Facility.