Engineer, Christiani and Nielsen, Engineers, Hamburg, Germany, 1922-1923; Chief Engineer, Christiani and Nielsen, Engineers, London, UK, 12/1923-1933; Engineer, J.L. Kier and Company, London, UK, 1934-1938; Partner, Arup and [Arne] Arup, Limited, London, UK, Contractors and Engineers, 1938-1946; Member, Civil and Structural Engineering Consultant, London, UK, 1946-1949; Founding Partner, Arup and Partners, (formed with Ronald Jenkins, Geoffrey Wood and Andrew Young), London, UK, Founding Partner, Arup and Associates, (a comprehensive design and engineering firm whose name was later shortened to "Arup"), London, UK, 1963-1988;

Member, Executive Committee, MARS Group, London, UK, 1935; Member, Air Raid Precautions Organising Committee, London, UK, before 1939; Air Raid Shelter Advisor, Finsbury Council, London, UK;

IStructE Gold Medal; Royal Institute of British Architects, (RIBA) Gold Medal;

Soro Academy, Soro, Denmark c. 1910; graduate, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark, c. 1913-1917; graduate, Polyteknisk Læreanstalt, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1918-1922.

Arup was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK, in 1895; he attended the Soro Academy, Soro, Denmark c. 1910; he attended the Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark, c. 1913-1917; he moved to the engineering school, Polyteknisk Læreanstalt, in Copenhagen and lived there from 1918-1922.

Parents: Jens Simon Johannes Arup and Mathilde Bolette Nyquist, both born in Denmark.

Ove Arup married Ruth Sorenson, 08/03/1925; her nickname was "Li."