University of Copenhagen
The University of Copenhagen was founded in 1479. It is the oldest university and research institution in Denmark.[1] it is the second oldest institution for higher education in Scandinavia after Uppsala University (1477).[2] The university has 23,473 undergraduate students, 17,398 postgraduate students, 2,968 doctoral students and more than 9,000 employees. It has four campuses located in and around Copenhagen. The headquarters are located in central Copenhagen. Most courses are taught in Danish. However, many courses are also offered in English. A few are taught in German. The university has several thousands of foreign students. About half come from Nordic countries.
The university is a member of the International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU). The Academic Ranking of World Universities, compiled by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, ranked the University of Copenhagen as the leading university in Scandinavia. It is ranked 39th best university in the world in 2014. It is ranked 45th in the 2014 QS World University Rankings.[3]
University Of Copenhagen Media
The Round Tower (Rundetårn), used as an observatory by astronomer Ole Rømer
Interior of the old university library at Fiolstræde around 1920
The Geological Museum, now part of the Natural History Museum of Denmark
Københavns Universitet Amager (University of Copenhagen Amager)
Tietgenkollegiet
The oldest surviving lecture plan from the university is from 1537.
- Tycho Brahe
Portrait of the Danish astonomer Ole Rømer
Sketch of Søren Kierkegaard. Based on a sketch by Niels Christian Kierkegaard (1806-1882).
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References
- ↑ Green Education: An A-to-Z Guide, ed. Julie Newman (Los Angeles: Sage, 2011), p. 392
- ↑ National, Nordic Or European?: Nineteenth-Century University Jubilees and Nordic Cooperation, ed. Pieter Dhondt (Leiden: Brill; Biggleswade: Extenza Turpin, 2011), p. 145
- ↑ "QS World University Rankings® 2014/15". QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
