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36,760 students
13,945 research publications
11.3 billion DKK in revenue
10,695 employees of whom 6,172 are researchers
5th best university in Europe
1,100,436 square metres floor area

  • Founded in 1479
  • Six faculties, 36 departments and more than 200 research centres
  • 10 Nobel Laureates
  • 37 Prime Ministers
  • 34 Olympic medals have been won by 21 alumni
  • Four campuses in Copenhagen and one in Taastrup
  • Eight museums and research gardens, such as the Natural History Museum of Denmark, the Medical Museion, and the Øresund Aquarium. 

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Updated with 2023-figures. Figures are updated in April/May with the figures from the most recent calendar year.


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