Board of Governors

DTU’s Board of Governors is the highest authority for the University’s activities.

The Board of Governors approves the University’s strategy as well as budget and action plans; enters into Development Contracts with the Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation; appoints the President, and makes decisions on new building projects, etc.

The Board of Governors meets at least four times a year and comprises ten members: six external members, two students, and two staff representatives.

The President provides secretariat services to the Board of Governors.

The images of the board can be used freely for journalistic purposes - find the press images in high resolution here.

Members of DTU's Board of Governors as of January 2025

Chair of the Board

Prev. European Commissioner for Competition and Executive Vice President of the European Commission. World Leaders Fellow, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford.

Other members of the board of directors

Chairman and CEO, Area9 Lyceum.

Professional board member.

Senior Advisor at the Boston Consulting Group and professional board member.

Senior Executive Officer. Elected by and from among the technical-administrative staff at DTU.

Elected by and among students.

Elected by and among students.

ICREA professor at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia and professor at Chalmers University of Technology.

Chairman of the Board of Bornholms Erhvervsfond etc.

Professor, Villum Investigator. Elected by and from among the academic staff at DTU.