University of Copenhagen
University of Copenhagen is a public university in Copenhagen, Denmark, founded in 1479.
- Type
- Public university
- Location
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Founded
- 1479
- Teaching language
- Danish, English
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The University of Copenhagen (Københavns Universitet) is a public research university in Copenhagen. Founded in 1479, it is the oldest university in Denmark and the second oldest in Scandinavia.
It is organised into six faculties: health and medical sciences, humanities, law, science, social sciences, and theology, spread across four campuses in the city (City, North, South and Frederiksberg). The Niels Bohr Institute, where Bohr developed his model of the atom, is part of the university, which counts several Nobel laureates among its staff and alumni.
Bachelor's programmes are mainly taught in Danish, while many master's programmes are taught in English. Education is free for EU/EEA and Swiss students; other international students pay tuition, with some government scholarships available.
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Courses at University of Copenhagen are taught in Danish, English.
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University of Copenhagen was founded in 1479.
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