IT University of Copenhagen

The IT University of Copenhagen (ITU) was established in 1999 and is Denmark’s leading university focusing on IT research and education. We deliver state-of-the-art teaching and research within computer science, business IT and digital design.

Our ambition is to create and share knowledge that is profound and leads to ground-breaking information technology and services for the benefit of humanity. The university collaborates closely with industry, the public sector and international researchers and is characterized by a strong entrepreneurial spirit among students as well as researchers. ITU’s modern campus in central Copenhagen is designed by the world-renowned Danish architect Henning Larsen.

The IT University consists of a board of directors, management with Vice Chancellor Mads Tofte, Pro-rector Jens Chr. Godskesen and the University Director Georg Dam Steffensen. There is a number of administrative departments and three departments. Here you can see the Articles of Association of the IT University of Copenhagen.

The mission of the IT University of Copenhagen is to deliver internationally leading teaching and research which enable Denmark to become exceptionally good at creating value with IT. Teaching and research in information technology include all academic activities which involve computers.

We create and share knowledge that is profound and leads to ground-breaking information technology and services for the benefit of humanity.

The IT University has 3 core values that serve as a guideline for the daily work at the university:

• Direction-finding
• Forthcoming
• Accountable

The IT University of Copenhagen was established in 1999 as a free faculty at Copenhagen Business School. The free faculty was called IT-højskolen and the main goal was to increase the number of research-based IT study programmes in Denmark.

In connection with the University Act of July 2003 IT-højskolen became an independent university and changed name to the IT University of Copenhagen. Together with universities in the west of Denmark the IT University of Copenhagen was commissioned to produce new graduate study programmes about IT. The study programmes was to be targeted students with bachelor degree in a field unrelated to IT. Furthermore there was to be created master and diploma study programmes at a high academic level as further education for professionals working with IT. Last but not least the universities were to do research in IT at an international level.