IT University of Copenhagen

The IT University of Copenhagen is a research university in Copenhagen, in the Capital Region of Denmark. It sits in a modern university and media district of the city, five minutes by metro from the city centre. The register describes the surroundings as a modern university and media district, and the campus buildings as providing workspace for group work and individual study after classes.

The university was founded in 1999. Its teaching crosses several fields: computer science, humanities and theology, data science and industrial design. The register notes that studies are interdisciplinary, within the sciences, the humanities, design and business. Students come from very different backgrounds, and many are international, which the register says brings new perspectives and approaches to the classroom.

The register lists four English-taught degree programmes, all at master's level. Alongside these, the university offers one international BSc programme, an extensive PhD programme and a professional master's degree in IT management. So the English-taught offer in the register is concentrated at postgraduate level, with the bachelor and PhD routes sitting outside that count.

For an international student, the practical steps are the usual Danish ones. Undergraduate applications go through optagelse.dk. Master's applications go directly to the institution. Students from outside the EU/EEA need a residence permit, applied for through SIRI. Study is free for EU/EEA and Swiss students, while others pay an institutional fee set by the university.

Because the English-taught master's programmes are few, it pays to read the entry requirements for each one carefully before you apply, and to check the application deadlines on the university's own pages. The mix of backgrounds in the classroom is part of the point here: you will likely sit with people who came to IT from different directions.