Technical University of Denmark

DTU is a polytechnic university and school of engineering in Kongens Lyngby, about 12 km north of central Copenhagen. The main campus sits on a plain called Lundtoftesletten at the northeastern end of Lyngby, on the site of the former Lundtofte airfield. There is also a satellite campus at Risø, north of Roskilde.

The university was founded in 1829 as Denmark's first polytechnic, Den Polytekniske Læreanstalt, on the initiative of the physicist Hans Christian Østred, who became its first Principal and held the post until his death in 1851. He was inspired by the École Polytechnique in Paris. The institution took the name Danmarks tekniske Højskole in 1933, and the Danish name changed to Danmarks Tekniske Universitet in 1994. DTU is a member of the EuroTech Universities Alliance.

Teaching and research run across engineering disciplines, with collaboration between researchers, students, industry and government as a stated aim. The UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals are named as a platform for the university's activities. The international side is explicit: DTU has exchange agreements with more than 100 partner universities, and a share of its scientific staff and PhD students come from abroad. DTU Space and the Center for Electron Nanoscopy are among its institutes and centres.

The Study in Denmark register lists 34 English-taught degree programmes at DTU, all at master's level. The register records Agriculture, Fisheries and Aquaculture among the subjects taught.

For an international student, the practical route depends on the level. Undergraduate applications go through optagelse.dk, while master's applications are made 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; others pay an institutional fee set by DTU. The Campus Village on the Lyngby campus houses up to 224 international students in converted red containers, mostly for a semester or an academic year.