The Learned Society of Aarhus holds meetings to discuss scholarly issues and publishes a scholarly series, the Acta Jutlandica.
Members of the Society are ordinary, corresponding or honorary members. Each ordinary member is attached to one of the following five focus areas: humanities, medicine, social sciences, theology, or natural sciences.
Ordinary members are scholars employed at Aarhus University or with another connection to research in Aarhus.
The Society is managed by a committee consisting of a president and five other members:
The Society’s history from 1945 to 1995 has been told by Palle Lykke in "Det lærde selskab i Aarhus" (Aarhus University Press, 1995).
Palle Lykke also gives a brief history of the Society in “The Learned Society of Aarhus: A Brief History”.
The Society’s logo was designed by Mogens Zieler. 
