Aarhus BSS is a merger from 2007 and teaches programmes at Bachelor's, Master and PhD level along with the MBA (Master of Business Administration), EMBA (Executive MBA) programmes and Summer University and Winter school courses.

In 2010 Dale T. Mortensen, a Niels Bohr Visiting Professor at Aarhus University, received the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences together with his colleagues Peter Diamond and Christopher Pissarides.

The 2011 merger made Aarhus BSS one of the largest business schools in Europe.

[4] The School of Business and Social Sciences has its main campus around University Park, the Nobel Park, and campus Fuglesangs Allé, all located in the centre of Aarhus.

The campuses in Aarhus and Herning offer a number of facilities, including Aarhus University Sport (AUS)[5] which hosts more than 16 different sports activities and Denmark's biggest Sports Day and Friday Bar, libraries on all campus sites, student organisations like Studenterlauget and the Student Council, and cafeterias and cafes like Dale's café, Aarhus Student House and Klubben.

[10] Graduate School of Business and Social Sciences offers the following seven PhD programmes:[11] All programmes, except Social Science and Business (3-year scheme) are available as 3-year, 4-year, and 5-year schemes.

[14] Aarhus BSS holds the EFMD (European Foundation for Management Development) Equis accreditation,[15] the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)[16] and the Association of MBAs (AMBA).

Aarhus BSS is a member of PRME, the UN-funded network consisting of business schools and universities which are all committed to integrating a number of principles for sustainability and social responsibility into their research and educational activities.