Technical University of Denmark
| Danmarks Tekniske Universitet | |
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Former names
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Den Polytekniske Læreanstalt (1829–1933) Danmarks Tekniske Højskole (1933–1994) |
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| Type | Public, Technical |
| Established | 1829 |
| Chairman | Sten Scheibye |
| President | Anders Bjarklev |
| Provost | Henrik C. Wegener |
| Dean | Martin P. Bendsøe & Martin Vigild |
| Director | Claus Nielsen |
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Academic staff
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2,003 |
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Administrative staff
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1,540 |
| Students | 11,190 |
| Undergraduates | 6,803 |
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| Location | Kgs. Lyngby, Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Colors | Red and gray |
| Sports | Rugby union, Volleyball |
| Nickname | DTU |
| Affiliations | EUA, CDIO, TIME, CESAER and Eurotech |
| Website | www |
The Technical University of Denmark (Danish: Danmarks Tekniske Universitet), often simply referred to as DTU, is a university in Kongens Lyngby, just north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It was founded in 1829 at the initiative of Hans Christian Ørsted as Denmark's first polytechnic, and is today ranked among Europe's leading engineering institutions.
DTU, along with École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Eindhoven University of Technology and Technical University of Munich, is a member of EuroTech Universities Alliance.
DTU was founded in 1829 as the 'College of Advanced Technology' (Danish: Den Polytekniske Læreanstalt) with the physicist Hans Christian Ørsted, then a professor at the University of Copenhagen, as one of the driving forces. The inspiration was the École Polytechnique in Paris, France which Ørsted had visited as a young scientist. The new institution was inaugurated on 5 November 1829 with Ørsted as its principal, a position he held until his death in 1851.
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