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Technical University of Denmark

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Technical University of Denmark
Danmarks Tekniske Universitet
Logo of the Technical University of Denmark
TypePublic university
Established1829
RectorGraduate Engineer Lars Pallesen
Students7,000 (2007 est.)[1]
Location
Lyngby, Copenhagen
,
Denmark
AffiliationsEUA, CDIO, TIME
Websitehttp://www.dtu.dk/

The Technical University of Denmark (Template:Lang-da, DTU) was founded in 1829 as the 'College of Advanced Technology' (Danish: Den Polytekniske Læreanstalt). The initiative was taken by the renowned physicist Hans Christian Ørsted (then a professor at the University of Copenhagen) who also served as its principal until his death in 1851.

From 1933 the institution was officially known as Danmarks Tekniske Højskole (DTH), which usually was translated as the 'Technical University of Denmark'. Finally on 1 April 1994, in connection with the joining of Danmarks Ingeniørakademi (DIA) and DTH, the Danish name was changed to Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, in order to include the word 'University', thus giving rise to the acronym DTU by which the university is commonly known today.

DTU is the subject of recent and ongoing controversy (2009) because the institute director of the Department of Chemistry[2] is a high-ranking member of Scientology[3]. In relation to this, the university is being accused of violating the principles of free speech by threatening to fire employees who voice their criticism of the institute director[4][5][6][7][8].

On 1 January 2007 the university was merged with the following Danish research centers: Forskningscenter Risø, Danmarks Fødevareforskning, Danmarks Fiskeriundersøgelser (from 1 January 2008: National Institute for Aquatic Resources; DTU Aqua), Danmarks Rumcenter, and Danmarks Transport-Forskning. In November 2007 the Times Higher Education Supplement put the university as number 130 in their ranking of the universities of the world.[9]

The student union at DTU is the 161-year old Polyteknisk Forening.

Campus

The university is located on a plain known as Lundtoftesletten in the northeastern end of the city of Lyngby. The area was previously home to the airfield Lundtofte Flyveplads.

The campus is roughly divided in half by the road Anker Engelunds Vej going in the east-west direction, and, perpendicular to that, by two lengthy, collinear road located on either side of a parking lot. The campus is thus divided into four parts, referred to as quadrants, numbered 1 through 4 in correspondence with the conventional numbering of quadrants in the Cartesian coordinate system with north upwards.

Departments

Notable alumni and professors

References

  1. ^ a b http://portalen.dtu.dk/Om_DTU/nyheder_AK.aspx?msg=bc63f250-1683-4fb1-b378-a871d5003a4b visited 2007-01-07
  2. ^ http://www.kemi.dtu.dk/English/Service/Phonebook.aspx?lg=showcommon&id=37010&type=person
  3. ^ http://www.information.dk/184273
  4. ^ http://www.information.dk/190815
  5. ^ http://www.information.dk/190705
  6. ^ http://www.information.dk/183747
  7. ^ http://www.information.dk/183387
  8. ^ http://www.information.dk/183379
  9. ^ Sara Rosendal. "DTU tager tigerspring på listen over verdens bedste universiteter" (in Danish). ing.dk. Retrieved 2007-11-15.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  10. ^ Brøndby IF, "Bag duggede ruder", Fodbold i Brøndby, nr. 3, 2004.

See also

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