University · Kongens Lyngby, Denmark

Technical University of Denmark

University in the town Kongens Lyngby

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About

instance of	university of technology public university
inception	27 January 1829 · Den Polytekniske Læreanstalt
date of official opening	5 November 1829
founder	Hans Christian Ørsted
official name	Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (da)
native label	Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (da)
short name	DTU (da) · object of statement has role: abbreviation
motto text	Det bli'r til noget (da)
language used	Danish English

Location and contact

country	Denmark
headquarters location	Kongens Lyngby · country: Denmark · postal code: 2800 · street address: Anker Engelunds Vej 1, Building 101A (da) Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality
coordinate location	55.7862, 12.5234
official website	https://www.dtu.dk/ · language of work or name: Danish · language of work or name: English
phone number	+45-45-25-25-25

People and numbers

employees	5,800
rector	Anders Overgaard Bjarklev

Rankings and recognition

ranking	107 · QS World University Rankings · 2026 121 · Times Higher Education World University Rankings · 2026 Earlier figures (13) 109 · QS World University Rankings · 2025 121 · QS World University Rankings · 2024 104 · QS World University Rankings · 2023 99 · QS World University Rankings · 2022 103 · QS World University Rankings · 2021 112 · QS World University Rankings · 2020 112 · QS World University Rankings · 2019 116 · QS World University Rankings · 2018 109 · QS World University Rankings · 2017 112 · QS World University Rankings · 2016 123 · QS World University Rankings · 2015 134 · QS World University Rankings · 2014 132 · QS World University Rankings · 2012

ranking

107 · QS World University Rankings · 2026
121 · Times Higher Education World University Rankings · 2026

Earlier figures (13)

109 · QS World University Rankings · 2025
121 · QS World University Rankings · 2024
104 · QS World University Rankings · 2023
99 · QS World University Rankings · 2022
103 · QS World University Rankings · 2021
112 · QS World University Rankings · 2020
112 · QS World University Rankings · 2019
116 · QS World University Rankings · 2018
109 · QS World University Rankings · 2017
112 · QS World University Rankings · 2016
123 · QS World University Rankings · 2015
134 · QS World University Rankings · 2014
132 · QS World University Rankings · 2012

Structure and memberships

child organization or unit	Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark
has part(s)	DTU Compute Department of Systems Biology Institut for Byggeri og Anlæg Transport DTU DTU Aqua 6 more National Food Institute Department of Chemistry DTU Electrical Engineering DTU Space Risø DTU National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy DTU Library
affiliation	European University Association Top International Managers in Engineering CDIO Conference of European Schools for Advanced Engineering Education and Research Eurotech
member of	Top International Managers in Engineering ORCID, Inc. · October 2023 European University Association Universities Denmark EuroTeQ Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment

Other facts

board member	Eva Berneke Tobias Colding · since 1 January 2017 Susanne Juhl · since 1 January 2017 Hanne Søndergaard · since 1 January 2017 Per Falholt Henrik Clausen · 1 January 2019–31 December 2022
external auditor	EY Godkendt Revisionspartnerselskab
has goal	education research consulting innovation
participant in	The People's Meeting 2016
privacy policy URL	https://www.dtu.dk/om-dtu/brug-af-personoplysninger · language of work or name: Danish https://www.dtu.dk/english/about/use-of-personal-data · language of work or name: English

Images and media on Wikimedia Commons (2)

image	DTU 03-05-06 03.jpg
logo image	Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (logo).svg

Wikimedia and technical details (10)

Commons category	Danmarks Tekniske Universitet
topic's main category	Category:Technical University of Denmark
category for alumni of educational institution	Category:Technical University of Denmark alumni
category for employees of the organization	Category:Academic staff of the Technical University of Denmark
on focus list of Wikimedia project	Wikipedia:WikiProject 1000 important articles about Denmark
API endpoint URL	http://sts.ait.dtu.dk/adfs/services/trust · protocol: Shibboleth
Commons gallery	DTU
different from	DTU · criterion used: short name, acronym, initialism, or abbreviation not unique · applies to name of subject: DTU (da)
topic has template	Skabelon:DTU
social media followers	17,066 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 294010596 · 6 February 2023 Earlier figures (3) 15,493 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 294010596 · 21 February 2022 13,942 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 294010596 · 1 January 2021 12,793 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 294010596 · 25 April 2020

Identifiers in other databases (53)

Academia.edu institutional ID	dtu
ARWU university ID	Technical-University-of-Denmark
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID	125142210
BIBSYS ID	90931851
Canadiana Name Authority ID	ncf12149186
CVR number	30060946
Danish educational institution number	173405
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)	1lgEsX · subject named as: 丹麦工业大学 · last update: 20 November 2024
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)	124464 · subject named as: 丹麦工业大学
EU Knowledge Graph item ID	Q2529635
EU Participant Identification Code	999990655
EU Transparency Register ID	566008653066-89 · object named as: Danmarks Tekniske Universitet
EU VAT number	DK30060946
Facebook username	dtudk
FactGrid item ID	Q1510023
Freebase ID	/m/0127y_
Gateway to Research organization ID	C793ECAF-575B-43E2-90AF-6C199EF7943F
GND ID	5124184-5
Google Maps Customer ID	14917149974382364357
Google Scholar organization ID	4261340026648108062
GRID ID	grid.5170.3
IdRef ID	156086654
Instagram username	dtudk
ISIL	DK-841210
ISNI	0000000121818870
J9U entity ID	987011426928505171
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID	5124184-5
KISTI ID	K000198176
Legal Entity Identifier	5299009UK2KEMSFNWP60
Lex ID	Danmarks_Tekniske_Universitet · subject named as: Danmarks Tekniske Universitet · mapping relation type: exact match Danmarks_Tekniske_Højskole · subject named as: Danmarks Tekniske Højskole · mapping relation type: related match
Library of Congress Authorities ID	no95043358
LittleSis organization ID	249947 94592
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)	96673099
National Library of Iceland ID	000103857
National Library of Ireland ID	vtls000361237
NE.se ID	danmarks-tekniske-universitet
Open Funder Registry funder ID	501100005192
OpenCorporates organization ID	dk/30060946
QS World University ID	technical-university-denmark
Quora topic ID	Technical-University-of-Denmark
RERO ID (legacy)	A025312819
Ringgold ID	5205
ROR ID	04qtj9h94
SCImago Institutions Rankings ID	2182
SNARC ID	Q48660
Times Higher Education World University ID	technical-university-denmark
Trap Danmark ID	Danmarks_Tekniske_Universitet
U-Multirank university ID	technical-university-of-denmark
VIAF cluster ID	149223797
World Higher Education Database ID	IAU-003556
X (Twitter) username	DTUtweet · has characteristic: verified account or profile · number of subscribers: 12,793 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 294010596 · 25 April 2020
‎Scilit organization ID	203
‎Yale LUX ID	group/e6e7f6ce-b1e3-4466-bca6-09294c067233