With over 37,000 students and more than 7,000 employees, the Københavns Universitet is the largest institution of research and education in Denmark. The purpose of the University – to quote the University Statute – is to ’conduct research and provide further education to the highest academic level’.
Approximately one hundred different institutes, departments, laboratories, centres, museums, etc., form the nucleus of the University, where professors, lecturers and other academic staff, as well as most of the technical and administrative personnel, carry out their daily work, and where teaching takes place.These activities take place in various environments ranging from the plant world of the Botanical Gardens, through high-technology laboratories and auditoriums, to the historic buildings and lecture rooms of Frue Plads and other locations.
Københavns Universitet was inaugurated on June 1st 1479, after King Christian I was granted approval for its establishment by Pope Sixtus IV. Based on a German model, the university consisted of four faculties: Theology, Law, Medicine and Philosophy.
Vision
The Københavns Universitet aims at developing and strengthening the position as one of the leading universities in Europe. It is the vision of the University of Copenhagen to: *maintain a high quality in research and education in order to consolidate and improve its position among the best universities in Europe.
Courses Offered
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Contact Details
Københavns Universitet
Nørregade 10, Postboks 2177
1017 København K
Tel. +45 35 32 26 26
Københavns Universitet Official Website: http://www.ku.dk/