Technical university of Denmark

DTU has a unique role as a specialized, modern technical university, which attracts more than 700 international students every year. DTU offers 23 English tutored MSc programmes within a wide range of engineering subjects.

DTU aims to be among the leading universities within a number of profile areas that span all of DTU’s departments. At the Department of Informatics and Mathematical Modelling we find it important to ensure that both teaching and research is based on relevant, actual problems. One of the strengths of the department is the ability to cover the whole spectrum from basic research to industrial applications. Research projects at DTU Informatics are very often conducted in close collaboration with research-oriented industry, hospitals or other public institutions.

DTU sees the collaboration with businesses and other external parties as a very important task in connection with ensuring the transfer of technology and knowledge to society. This cooperation can be diverse and may extend from an informal working relationship between colleagues to actual contractual research.

Copenhagen

Copenhagen was founded in 1167 and has been Denmark’s capital since 1417. Denmark is the oldest kingdom in the world. The reigning monarch, Queen Margrethe II, who lives in Copenhagen, can trace her ancestry back - over 1,000 years - to the Viking age. Copenhagen is also the seat of Denmark’s government. Copenhagen is the European centre for design and finance. The region is also well-know as the centre for fostering new enterprises in design and high technology.

Denmark is renowned for the high standard of living the country offers for its inhabitants. In its latest survey of the standard of living in the world’s cities, the renowned consultancy firm William M. Mercer positioned Copenhagen as number four in its ‘Best Cities’ list. Wallpaper magazine went one better recently when it placed Copenhagen on the third place in its 50 best ‘World’s Top Places to Call Home’ list, citing the excellent transport, quality housing, superb shopping, and abundant culture among the reasons they’d like to live in Copenhagen. Tourism is an important source of foreign currency and employment. In 2003, the tourist sector in the Copenhagen Region alone employed around 157,300 people and had a turnover of DKK 11 billion.

Considering its latitude, Copenhagen’s climate is fairly mild, but the inhabitants know how to make the most of the sunshine. From early April to late September, most of the over 260 cafés and restaurants in the city move their tables outdoors, while the sunbathers hit the parks as soon as the temperature rises above 10ºC. Copenhageners cycle year-round, whatever the weather.

Denmark is situated in northern Europe and is one of the three Scandinavian countries. It consists of the mainland peninsula, Jutland, and 406 islands. The Danes number 5.3 million, seven per cent of whom are of foreign origins. Their mother tongue is Danish, of course, but English and German are spoken widely and to a high standard.

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