The University of Copenhagen

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The University of Copenhagen, or Københavns Universitet as the Danes call it, was founded in 1479 by the Danish King Christian I, making it the oldest and, with 38,324 students, the second largest university in Denmark.
Faculties and profile of the university

The university consists of six faculties:
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Theology
Faculty of Medicine
Faculty of Social Sciences
Faculty of Humanities
Faculty of Natural and Environmental Sciences

The faculties listed are spread throughout the city. In the north of Copenhagen are the Faculties of Medicine and Natural Sciences, in the centre are the Social Sciences and University Administration, and in the south of the city are the Faculties of Humanities and Theology.
The staff of the university and its students work to make the university and its campus an environmentally friendly and diverse institution. For example, the university collaborates with various businesses and helps to connect students to projects that promote sustainability.
The university also places great emphasis on equal opportunities. Therefore, there are many programs that address discrimination and advocate for equality in research and work.
Worth seeing

The Latin Quarter or, as the Danes say, Latinerkvarteret is the former quarter where students and professors lived before most of the institutes were relocated. There are no longer any faculties here, but the quarter is full of cafés, pubs, second-hand shops, restaurants and antique shops.
The botanical garden of the university is also worth a visit. It is located a little north of the main building and is maintained by a gardener and a professor. Plants from near and far grow there. So you can admire the fabulous plants of Denmark, but also many plants from tropical regions.