University of Copenhagen is the largest public educational institution in Denmark, which also has extensive teaching and research center. The university was opened June 1, 1479 by King Christian I. The institution was created by the type of German universities. The first faculty of the University of Copenhagen was theological, in 1736 opened the School of Law, founded in 1788 two faculties - the philosophical and medical, in 1850 - Mathematics.

The total area of ​​the buildings belonging to the University, is 630 thousand square meters. The Copenhagen university has over 37,000 students, of whom seven hundred - are students from 65 countries. The teaching staff is about 8,000 employees. There is a system of international exchange students, staff, research programs. For foreign students have foundation courses in English ..

Today, there are several university faculties: social, humanitarian, theology, medicine, science, law. The structure of the university degree is divided into three levels. The first level - a bachelor's degree, the second level - master's degree, the third level - a doctoral degree. The university has 64 departments and 9 research centers, laboratories. Classes for students spend in the classroom, research centers, as in the botanical garden.

The purpose of the University of Copenhagen - to prepare highly qualified specialists from around the world in all industries. Nobel Prize winners are ten high school graduates, including one of the famous physicists of the twentieth century, Niels Bohr.