University of Copenhagen

University of Copenhagen
motto	Coelestem adspicit lucem
founding	1479
Sponsorship	state
place	Copenhagen , Denmark
Rector	Henrik C. Wegener
Students	38,615 (29,038 FTE ) (2016)
Employee	9,763 FTE (2016)
Annual budget	8.5 billion Danish kroner (2016)
Networks	4EU + , ELLS , IARU , IAU , LERU
Website	www.ku.dk

The University of Copenhagen ( Danish : Københavns Universitet , Latin : Universitas Hafniensis ) is the oldest and - in terms of the number of students - the second largest university in Denmark . The university buildings are now spread across the greater Copenhagen area , while the main and administrative buildings are still in the city center.

It was founded in 1479, making it the oldest university in Scandinavia after Uppsala University . Along with Aarhus University, founded in 1928 (the largest in Denmark), it is the most prestigious in the country.

The university is the University network International Alliance of Research Universities and the Euro League for Life Sciences at.

Faculties

University building in Copenhagen

There are six faculties :

Faculty of Theology (Danish: teologi / abbr.TEOL)

Legal Faculty (jurassic / abbr. JURA)

Faculty of Social Sciences (samfundsvidenskab / abbr.SAMF)

Faculty of Medicine (sundhedsvidenskab / abbr.SUND)

Humanistic Faculty (humaniora / abbr.HUM)

Faculty of Natural and Environmental Sciences (natur- og biovidenskab / abbr. SCIENCE)

The engineering sciences are not represented at the university.

History of the university

Copenhagen University building in the city center

Institute for Mathematics

University of Copenhagen, Amager Island campus, Faculty of Humanities

The university was founded by royal decree in 1479 under the name Universitas Hafniensis (from Hafnia , the old, Latinized name of Copenhagen). In addition to Roman Catholic theology , law, medicine and philosophy were initially taught. In 1537 the Lutheran Reformation reached the university, which was converted into a Protestant seminary. This date is now considered an alternative date of foundation and is also noted on the official seal of the university. Starting with the theological faculty in 1675, all faculties introduced examination exams until 1788, which from then on were a prerequisite for obtaining a degree.

Admiral Nelson bombed Copenhagen during the Napoleonic Wars in 1801, destroying almost all of the university buildings. Several new buildings - including today's main building - were inaugurated by 1836, and several new - especially technical - courses were introduced. The faculties were also fundamentally reformed by 1850, for example mathematics and natural sciences were split off from the philosophy faculty. In 1877 the KU accepted the first female student.

Between 1960 and 1980, the number of students jumped from 6,000 to over 25,000, which made it necessary to expand the equipment. As a result, a new campus was opened on the offshore island of Amager . In addition, important steps towards democratization and student participation were initiated from 1970 to 1973 , and the Bachelor's degree was introduced for almost all courses from 1990 to 1993 .

Two major restructurings followed in 2007 and 2012. On January 1, 2007, the Pharmaceutical University of Denmark and the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University became part of the University of Copenhagen as the Pharmaceutical Faculty (Det Farmaceutiske Faculty / FARMA) and Environmental Science Faculty (Det biovidenskabelige Facet / LIFE) . On January 1, 2012, the Faculty of Pharmacy and the veterinary science part of the Faculty of Environmental Sciences were integrated into the Faculty of Medicine. The other parts of the environmental science faculty were merged with the natural science faculty (Det naturvidenskablige faculty / NAT) to form the natural and environmental science faculty.

Well-known lecturers and students

Heinrich Louis d'Arrest (1822–1875), German astronomer
Christian Ingerslev Baastrup (1885–1950), Danish radiologist
Erasmus Bartholin (1625–1698), Danish scientist, taught mathematics in Copenhagen from 1656
Thomas Bartholin (1616–1680), Danish physician, anatomist, mathematician, theologian, philosopher and philologist
Niels Bohr (1885–1962), Danish physicist, Nobel Prize winner 1922
Tycho Brahe (1546–1601), Danish nobleman, astronomer
Johannes Bugenhagen (1485–1558), German theologian
Arthur Christensen (1875–1945), Danish orientalist
Magnús Eiríksson (1806–1881), Icelandic theologian and manuductor (see Manuduction ) at the University of Copenhagen from 1838 to 1847.
Niels Christian Frederiksen (1840–1905), Danish economist
Niels Ryberg Finsen (1860–1904), Danish doctor, Nobel Prize winner 1903
NFS Grundtvig (1783–1872), Danish poet and founder of the Danish folkehøjskole
Kenn Hansen (* 1980), Danish football referee
Christopher Hansteen (1784–1873), Norwegian astronomer
Martin Bille Hermann (* 1968), Danish diplomat
Georg Heuermann (1722 / 1723–1768), German-Danish surgeon and physiologist
Andreas Hojer (1690–1739), German-Danish historian and legal scholar
Ludvig Holberg (1684–1754), Danish-Norwegian poet
Björn Ibsen (1915–2007) Danish anesthetist and co-founder of intensive care medicine.
Otto Jespersen (1860–1943), Danish linguist
Wilhelm Johannsen (1857–1927), Danish botanist
Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855), Danish philosopher
Casper Klynge (* 1973), Danish diplomat
August Krogh (1874–1949), Danish doctor and zoologist, Nobel Prize winner; Student and professor at the University of Copenhagen
Peter Wilhelm Lund (1801–1880), Danish zoologist and paleontologist
Allan Roy Mackintosh (1936–1995), British physicist
Peter Naur (1928–2016), Danish computer scientist and Turing Prize winner, student and professor at the University of Copenhagen
Peter Vang Petersen (* 1952), Danish prehistorian, curator at the Danish National Museum
Holger Christian von Reedtz (1800–1857), Danish politician, diplomat, historian and astronomer
Ole Rømer (1644–1710), Danish astronomer, introduced the Gregorian calendar in Denmark
Henrich Steffens (1773–1845), natural philosopher and poet
Peter Ludwig Mejdell Sylow (1832–1918), Norwegian mathematician
Hans Tausen (around 1494–1561), Danish Hebrew teacher at the university
Thorvald Nicolai Thiele (1838–1910), Danish astronomer and actuary
Johann Clemens Tode (1736–1806), German-Danish medic and rector from 1800 to 1805
Hans Christian Ørsted (1777-1851), Danish physicist, chemist, namesake of the physical unit Oersted (Oe)

Web links

Commons : University of Copenhagen - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Homepage (Danish)

Individual evidence

↑ Om universitetet> Ledelse> Rector. Retrieved August 8, 2019 .
↑ Archived copy ( Memento of September 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
↑ Archived copy ( Memento from June 17, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
^ List of IAU Members. In: iau-aiu.net. International Association of Universities, accessed July 25, 2019 .

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[1] Om universitetet> Ledelse> Rector. Retrieved August 8, 2019 .

[2] Archived copy ( Memento of September 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (English)

[3] Archived copy ( Memento from June 17, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) (English)

[IAU-4] List of IAU Members. In: iau-aiu.net. International Association of Universities, accessed July 25, 2019 .