- Student-faculty ratios: 6.6
- Male to female ratio: 30 : 70
- School nature: Public
- Website: http://www.dtu.dk/english
- Address: Anker Engelunds Vej 1,Kongens Lyngby, 2800,Denmark
- Phone: -
The Technical University of Denmark dates its history back to 1829, when it was founded by H.C. Ørsted, the father of electromagnetism, and its graduates played a major role in the rise of Danish engineering. It is now bills itself as one of the leading engineering universities in Europe, and teaches the subject at bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral levels. Research at the university focuses on the physical sciences – including chemistry, biotechnology and physics – as well as on certain industries such as agriculture, management, transport and construction. The university says it is particularly focused on “usefulness to society, relevance to business, and sustainability”. When it comes to studying, the “Scandinavian way” pervades how students are taught, the university says. Students are encouraged take responsibility for their projects, and there is also a “refreshing lack of hierarchy” and relatively informal relationships between academics and students. Professors are known by their first names, as in Denmark, respect is earned, rather than coming from wealth, job or car size. But don’t be late – even a delay of a few minutes is considered “quite rude”, according to the institution. The university’s main campus is at Lyngby, around 15 km north of Copenhagen. It was constructed in the 1960s and 1970s when it needed more space, and now boasts more than 100 buildings. The campus was designed by a famous Danish architect couple, Eva and Nils Koppel. There are also other university outposts in Ballerup, northwest of Copenhagen, and at Risø, which sits on one of Denmark’s fjords and specialises in finding sustainable energy solutions.
- Total number of students 9,116
- Number of international students 2,261
- Total number of academic staff 1,406
- Number of international staff 643
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded 1,419
- Number of master's degrees awarded 1,351
- Number of doctoral degrees awarded 395
- Number of research only staff 711
- Number of new undergraduate students 2,300
- Number of new master's students 1,862
- Number of new doctoral students 366
- Global score 65.3
- Global research reputation #168
- Regional research reputation #97
- Publications #212
- Books #427
- Conferences #79
- Normalized citation impact #156
- Total citations #169
- Number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #156
- Percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #88
- International collaboration #450
- Percentage of total publications with international collaboration #75
- Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #161
- Percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #191
*The above data comes from: Official website of U.S.News
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25%
Percentage of International Students
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30 : 70
Student Ratio of Females to Males
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9,265
Number of FTE Students
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6.6
No. of students per staff
*The above data comes from: Official website of TIMES
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World University Rankings
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2011
122
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2012
178
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2013
149
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2014
117
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2015
121
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2016
=167
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2017
176
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2018
=153
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2019
=163
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2020
=184
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Clinical, pre-clinical & health
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2018
126–150
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2019
151–175
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Engineering & technology
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2014
34
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2015
31
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2016
74
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2017
=53
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2018
58
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2019
66
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Life sciences
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2018
101–125
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2019
94
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Physical sciences
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2018
126–150
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2019
126–150
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Computer Science
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2018
151–175
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2019
126–150
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*The above data comes from: Official website of TIMES
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#70 Agricultural Sciences
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- Agricultural Sciences overall score 61.2
- Agricultural Sciences global research reputation #103
- Agricultural Sciences regional research reputation #42
- Agricultural Sciences publications #121
- Agricultural Sciences normalized citation impact #19
- Agricultural Sciences total citations #76
- Agricultural Sciences number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #76
- Agricultural Sciences percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #52
- Agricultural Sciences international collaboration #121
- Agricultural Sciences percentage of total publications with international collaboration #17
- Agricultural Sciences number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #62
- Agricultural Sciences percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #36
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#60 Biology and Biochemistry
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- Biology and Biochemistry overall score 57.3
- Biology and Biochemistry global research reputation #232
- Biology and Biochemistry regional research reputation #75
- Biology and Biochemistry publications #137
- Biology and Biochemistry normalized citation impact #23
- Biology and Biochemistry total citations #70
- Biology and Biochemistry number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #62
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #25
- Biology and Biochemistry international collaboration #246
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications with international collaboration #47
- Biology and Biochemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #55
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #42
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#81 Chemistry
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- Chemistry overall score 69.2
- Chemistry global research reputation #93
- Chemistry regional research reputation #36
- Chemistry publications #110
- Chemistry normalized citation impact #167
- Chemistry total citations #94
- Chemistry number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #87
- Chemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #187
- Chemistry international collaboration #539
- Chemistry percentage of total publications with international collaboration #91
- Chemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #106
- Chemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #190
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#529 Clinical Medicine
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- Clinical Medicine overall score 38.7
- Clinical Medicine global research reputation #667
- Clinical Medicine regional research reputation #243
- Clinical Medicine publications #757
- Clinical Medicine normalized citation impact #57
- Clinical Medicine total citations #516
- Clinical Medicine number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #523
- Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #98
- Clinical Medicine international collaboration #327
- Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications with international collaboration #122
- Clinical Medicine number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #423
- Clinical Medicine percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #85
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#168 Computer Science
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- Computer Science overall score 40.9
- Computer Science global research reputation #93
- Computer Science regional research reputation #52
- Computer Science publications #231
- Computer Science normalized citation impact #63
- Computer Science total citations #176
- Computer Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #215
- Computer Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #161
- Computer Science international collaboration #198
- Computer Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration #56
- Computer Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #129
- Computer Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #90
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#28 Engineering
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- Engineering overall score 80.6
- Engineering global research reputation #61
- Engineering regional research reputation #14
- Engineering publications #50
- Engineering normalized citation impact #88
- Engineering total citations #34
- Engineering number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #32
- Engineering percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #90
- Engineering international collaboration #460
- Engineering percentage of total publications with international collaboration #105
- Engineering number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #33
- Engineering percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #165
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#103 Environment/Ecology
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- Environment/Ecology overall score 62.3
- Environment/Ecology global research reputation #175
- Environment/Ecology regional research reputation #70
- Environment/Ecology publications #63
- Environment/Ecology normalized citation impact #196
- Environment/Ecology total citations #76
- Environment/Ecology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #65
- Environment/Ecology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #136
- Environment/Ecology international collaboration #303
- Environment/Ecology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #76
- Environment/Ecology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #156
- Environment/Ecology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #268
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#165 Geosciences
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- Geosciences overall score 51.3
- Geosciences global research reputation #250
- Geosciences regional research reputation #116
- Geosciences publications #173
- Geosciences normalized citation impact #109
- Geosciences total citations #147
- Geosciences number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #151
- Geosciences percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #130
- Geosciences international collaboration #246
- Geosciences percentage of total publications with international collaboration #65
- Geosciences number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #154
- Geosciences percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #145
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#78 Materials Science
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- Materials Science overall score 61.5
- Materials Science global research reputation #59
- Materials Science regional research reputation #31
- Materials Science publications #107
- Materials Science normalized citation impact #137
- Materials Science total citations #94
- Materials Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #93
- Materials Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #128
- Materials Science international collaboration #282
- Materials Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration #55
- Materials Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #94
- Materials Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #128
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#106 Microbiology
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- Microbiology overall score 44.6
- Microbiology global research reputation #127
- Microbiology regional research reputation #32
- Microbiology publications #97
- Microbiology normalized citation impact #70
- Microbiology total citations #78
- Microbiology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #84
- Microbiology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #103
- Microbiology international collaboration #160
- Microbiology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #51
- Microbiology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #57
- Microbiology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #70
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#156 Molecular Biology and Genetics
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- Molecular Biology and Genetics overall score 45.2
- Molecular Biology and Genetics global research reputation #163
- Molecular Biology and Genetics regional research reputation #68
- Molecular Biology and Genetics publications #395
- Molecular Biology and Genetics normalized citation impact #7
- Molecular Biology and Genetics total citations #205
- Molecular Biology and Genetics number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #244
- Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #15
- Molecular Biology and Genetics international collaboration #141
- Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of total publications with international collaboration #6
- Molecular Biology and Genetics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #145
- Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #8
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#210 Physics
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- Physics overall score 62.5
- Physics global research reputation #113
- Physics regional research reputation #95
- Physics publications #145
- Physics normalized citation impact #437
- Physics total citations #232
- Physics number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #165
- Physics percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #347
- Physics international collaboration #635
- Physics percentage of total publications with international collaboration #398
- Physics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #276
- Physics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #443
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#101 Plant and Animal Science
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- Plant and Animal Science overall score 65.4
- Plant and Animal Science global research reputation #310
- Plant and Animal Science regional research reputation #76
- Plant and Animal Science publications #109
- Plant and Animal Science normalized citation impact #120
- Plant and Animal Science total citations #77
- Plant and Animal Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #60
- Plant and Animal Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #20
- Plant and Animal Science international collaboration #282
- Plant and Animal Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration #63
- Plant and Animal Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #155
- Plant and Animal Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #243
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#320 Social Sciences and Public Health
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- Social Sciences and Public Health overall score 33.8
- Social Sciences and Public Health global research reputation #458
- Social Sciences and Public Health regional research reputation #205
- Social Sciences and Public Health publications #507
- Social Sciences and Public Health normalized citation impact #2
- Social Sciences and Public Health total citations #322
- Social Sciences and Public Health number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #323
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #9
- Social Sciences and Public Health international collaboration #85
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of total publications with international collaboration #27
- Social Sciences and Public Health number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #262
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #45
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#75 Space Science
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- Space Science overall score 57.5
- Space Science global research reputation #145
- Space Science regional research reputation #73
- Space Science publications #158
- Space Science normalized citation impact #7
- Space Science total citations #62
- Space Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #92
- Space Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #14
- Space Science international collaboration #110
- Space Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration #3
- Space Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #57
- Space Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #7