University of Copenhagen is the largest public educational institution in Denmark, which also has a huge training and research center. The University was opened on 1 June 1479 by king Christian I. the University was established according to the type of German universities. The first faculty at the University of Copenhagen was theological, in 1736, opened the faculty of law, and in 1788 founded two faculties - philosophical and medical, in 1850 - math.

Total area of buildings belonging to the University, 630 thousand square meters. In Copenhagen the University enrolls over 37,000 students, of which seven hundred are students from 65 countries. The teaching staff represents approximately 8,000 employees. There is a system of international exchange of students, staff, research programs. For foreign students preparatory English courses..

Today the University has several faculties: social, humanitarian, religious, medical, scientific, legal. The degree structure at the University is divided into three levels. The first level - bachelor's degree, second level - master's degree, the third level - doctoral degree. The University has a 64 Department and 9 research centers, labs. Classes for students are conducted in classrooms, science centers, Botanical gardens.

The goal of the Copenhagen University is to prepare highly qualified specialists from all over the world in all industries. Nobel laureates are ten graduates of the University, including one of the famous physicists of the twentieth century, Niels Bohr.