The universities in Denmark

Map of Denmark

Location of the Eight Universities

Aalborg University

Is located in Aalborg in the northern part of Jutland.

Aarhus University

Is located in Aarhus in the middel east part og Jutland.

University of Southern Denmark

Is located in Odense on the island of Fyn which lies between Jutland and Sealand.

Technical University of Denmark

Is located in Lyngby which is north west of Copenhagen.

University of Copenhagen

Is located in Copenhagen

IT-University of Copenhagen

Is located in Copenhagen

Copenhagen Business School

Is located in Copenhagen

University of Roskilde

Is located in Roskilde which is west of Copenhagen

Aalborg University

Aalborg University was inaugurated in 1974 under the name Aalborg University Center (AUC) and changed the name to Aalborg University in 1994. Today the Aalborg University also consists of Esbjerg Institute of Technology (EIT) and Copenhagen Institute of Technology (CIT).

Aarhus University

In 1928 “University studies in Jutland” started with courses in the humanities and was during the following years expanded with different faculties. The name Aarhus University was first used in 1933 and Aarhus University functioned as a private institution until 1970 when it became a state-run institution under the first University Act.

Copenhagen Business School

Copenhagen Business School was founded in 1917 by the Danish Society for the Advancement of Business Education (now known as FUHU) as a private institution, designed to comply with the business community's requirements for highly qualified people. In 1965 the business school gradually integrated into the Danish education system as an institution of higher education.

Technical University of Denmark

When the College of Advanced Technology was founded in 1829, Denmark had its first MSc programme in Engineering at a high academic level. The college changed its name to Danish Technical College in 1933 and finally became the Technical University of Denmark in 1994.

IT University of Copenhagen

The IT high school in Copenhagen opened in 1999 with approximately 150 graduate students as an independent faculty functioning autonomously under Copenhagen Business School. In 2003 the IT high school in Copenhagen became an independent university, with the change of name to IT University of Copenhagen and by the summer of 2003 more than 300 students had graduated.

University of Copenhagen

With its more than 525 years, the University of Copenhagen is one of the oldest universities in Northern Europe. The University of Copenhagen was a part of the universal Roman Catholic Church and was an academic republic with its own laws, courts and prison systems until 1771 when the university lost its own jurisdiction. Until 2004 University of Copenhagen was lead by a headmaster and a university senate which was replaced by a board of directors.

Roskilde University

Roskilde University was established in 1972. Many new thoughts about educational politics and pedagogies were formulated at the time and many were implemented at Roskilde University.

University of Southern Denmark

University of Southern Denmark comprises, since 1998, the University of Odense, Engineering College South, Southern Denmark Business School and Southern Denmark University Centre. The University of Odense is the oldest of the institutions merged in University of Southern Denmark and was the first out of three universities created between 1966 and 1974, in order to ease the pressure put on University of Copenhagen with an increasing number of applicants.