University of Copenhagen

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The University of Copenhagen (Danish: Københavns Universitet, Latin: Universitas Hafniensis ) is the oldest and - based on the number of students - the second largest university in Denmark, located in Copenhagen. The University of Copenhagen was founded in 1479 and is therefore according to Uppsala University is the second oldest university in Scandinavia and adjacent to the University of Aarhus, the most prestigious in the country. The university buildings are now distributed throughout the Greater Copenhagen area, while the main administrative building and still is in the city center.

The University of Copenhagen is part of the University Group International Alliance of Research Universities.

Faculties

After many changes in the more than 500 - year history, the University of Copenhagen is now divided into six faculties:

  • Faculty of Theology ( dän: teologi / abbr Teol )
  • Faculty of Law (jura / abbr JURA )
  • Faculty of Social Sciences ( samfundsvidenskab / abbr SAMF )
  • Faculty of Medicine ( sundhedsvidenskab / abbr SUND )
  • Faculty of Humanities ( humaniora / abbr HUM)
  • Natural and Environmental Sciences (natural -og biovidenskab / abbr Science)

The engineering sciences are not represented at the University of Copenhagen - there are but with the DTU an independent Technical University in Lyngby, just outside of Copenhagen.

History of the University

The University of Copenhagen was founded in 1479 to Royal Decree under the name Universitas Hafniensis (from Hafnia, the old Latinized name of Copenhagen ). In addition to Roman Catholic theology, first law, medicine and philosophy was being taught. 1537 reached the Lutheran Reformation, the university, which was converted into a Protestant seminary. This date is considered today as an alternative founding date, and is also noted on the official seal of the university. Beginning with the theological faculty in 1675 led to 1788 all faculties exam tests, which were henceforth to acquire a diploma requirement.

After Admiral Nelson had bombarded Copenhagen in 1801 during the Napoleonic Wars and nearly destroyed all of the high school building until 1836, several new buildings were inaugurated, including the present main building, as well as introduced several new courses, especially in the technology sector. By 1850 the faculties were fundamentally reformed, for example, mathematics and science were cleaved from the Faculty of Arts. In 1877, the KU took to the first student.

Between 1960 and 1980 the number of students increased dramatically from 6000 to over 25,000 on, which made it necessary extensions in the equipment. Then, 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 introduced from 1990 to 1993 for almost all courses of the bachelor's degree.

2007 and 2012 was followed by two major restructuring. As of 1 January 2007, the Pharmaceutical University of Denmark and the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University part of the University of Copenhagen Faculty were as Faculty of Pharmacy (Det Farmaceutiske Fakultet / FARMA ) and Environmental Sciences (Det biovidenskabelige Fakultet / LIFE). As of 1 January 2012, the Faculty of Pharmacy and veterinary scientific part of the environment in the Faculty of Medicine has been integrated. The other parts of Environmental Sciences were merged with the Faculty of Natural Sciences (Det naturvidenskablige Fakultet / NAT ) for Nature and Environmental Sciences.

Known faculty 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 from 1656 in Copenhagen
  • Thomas Bartholin (1616-1680), Danish physician, anatomist, mathematician, theologian, philosopher and philologist
  • Niels Bohr (1885-1962), Danish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate in 1922
  • Johannes Bugenhagen (1485-1558), German theologian
  • Magnús Eiriksson (1806-1881), Icelandic theologian and Manudukteur (see Manuduktion ) at the University of Copenhagen from 1838 to 1847.
  • Niels Christian Frederiksen (1840-1905), Danish economist
  • Niels Finsen (1860-1904), Danish physician, Nobel Prize laureate in 1903
  • NFS Grundtvig (1783-1872), Danish poet and founder of the Danish Folkehøjskole
  • Characteristic Hansen ( born 1980 ), Danish football referee
  • Christopher Hansteen (1784-1873), Norwegian astronomer
  • Ludvig Holberg (1684-1754), Danish- Norwegian poet
  • Otto Jespersen (1860-1943), Danish linguist
  • Wilhelm Johannsen (1857-1927), Danish botanist
  • Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855), Danish philosopher
  • Schack August Steenberg Krogh (1874-1949), Danish physician, and zoologist, Nobel Laureate; 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 ( born 1928 ), computer scientist and Turing award winner, a student and a professor at the University of Copenhagen
  • Peter Vang Petersen ( born 1952 ), Danish prehistory, curator at the Danish National Museum
  • Ole Rømer (1644-1710), Danish astronomer, introduced the Gregorian calendar in Denmark
  • Peter Ludwig Sylow Mejdell (1832-1918), Norwegian mathematician
  • Hans thousands (around 1494-1561 ), teacher of Hebrew at the University of
  • Thorvald Nicolai Thiele (1838-1910), Danish astronomer and actuary
  • Hans Christian Ørsted (1777-1851), Danish physicist, chemist, eponym of the physical unit Oersted (Oe )
2006 Protestant Reformation Niels Ryberg Finsen Hans Tausen Thorvald N. Thiele Copenhagen Business School
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