About SDU
Driven by an ambition to promote the talents
and research results that develop society.
The University of Southern Denmark welcomed the first students onto the campus in Odense in September 1966, and things have been developing by leaps and bounds ever since. We now have five faculties with more than 27,000 students, almost 20% of whom are from abroad, and more than 3,800 employees distributed across our main campus in Odense and regional campuses in Slagelse, Kolding, Esbjerg and Sønderborg. Several international studies document that we conduct world-class research and are one of the top fifty young universities in the world.
Over the years, the University of Southern Denmark has interwoven many lives. The roughly five years which a student invests in a university education will lay the groundwork for the rest of his or her life. And with around 115 different study programmes in the fields of the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, health sciences and engineering, graduates of the University of Southern Denmark are now members of virtually every profession in the international community.
The University of Southern Denmark is a world-class university with deep roots in the Region of Southern Denmark. The University is characterised by its multi-campus structure. With five strong faculties under one roof at the main campus in Odense, the University of Southern Denmark has an optimal framework for interdisciplinary collaboration. Excellent research at the highest international level is the definitive starting point for the University’s activities; world-class research is the starting point for the education programmes, development and value creation that the University of Southern Denmark offers the surrounding society.
The University of Southern Denmark is characterised by high quality, ambition and fortitude. The University’s engagement with the surrounding society is rooted in a productive balance between curiosity-driven basic research and more application-oriented research and innovation. The University undertakes to deliver research-based solutions for the benefit of society.
The University of Southern Denmark prides itself on a broad education portfolio, close contact between researchers and students and well-run programmes. With purpose, expertise and spirit, the University is experimenting with new formats and education programmes that will unlock the students’ potential and provide them with new insights and skills.
The University of Southern Denmark adheres to and upholds academic freedom as the foundation for the University’s research, education and collaboration with the surrounding society. Freedom of research and teaching as well as debate and expression are prerequisites for the University’s staff and students to create and disseminate new discoveries.
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