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36,897 students
13,389 research publications
9.4 billion DKK in revenue
9,982 employees of whom 5,311 are researchers
6th best university in Europe
938,093 square metres floor area

  • Founded in 1479
  • Six faculties, 36 departments and more than 200 research centres
  • 10 Nobel Laureates
  • 37 Prime Ministers
  • 33 Olympic medals have been won by 20 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 2021-figures. Figures are updated in April with the figures from the most recent calendar year.


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