40.UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN
(Copenhagen,Denmark)
Founded in 1479, the University of Copenhagen is the oldest and the second-largest University in Denmark.
The university has over 38,000 students and 9,000 employees. It is a member of the international Alliance of Research Universities and has produced eight Nobel Laureates.
The school is divided into six departments, namely medicine, law, humanities, theology, social science, and science. It runs over 100 research centers that cover topics as diverse as real-time language change, international courts, military studies, dark-matter cosmology, aging, and Søren Kierkegaard.
University of Copenhagen has produced many noteworthy historical figures, such as the great astronomers Tycho Brahe and Ole Rømer. In more recent years, numerous Scandinavian, and especially Danish, Prime Ministers have graduated from the university.
The school continues to add to its rich history of intellectual and artistic achievement. For instance, the Copenhagen Orchestra—only founded in 2007—has already established an impressive reputation as one of Europe’s top symphony orchestras.
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