Børglum is a self-owning institution which can house up to 489 students, of any grade or gender, within cycling distance of Aarhus University.

[1] The original, and largest, part of Børglum Hall was built during the 1960s when the dormitory style of housing was hotly debated.

It was designed as a nontraditional ensemble of buildings, heavily inspired by the works of Finnish architect and artist Alvar Aalto.

The project called for an organic complex design with seven fan-shaped buildings connected to a low community center by hallways, like flowers on a stalk.

The community rooms in the individual blocks are situated centrally in order to minimize noise to nearby buildings.