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Food

If we are to feed the growing population, we need to make food production more sustainable.
Metro on bridge in a green area near Ørestad, Copenhagen

Green transportation

The transportation sector is emitting more and more CO2 from cars, trucks, airplanes and shipping. To reverse this trend, more of the known solutions and technologies need to come into play.

Artificial intelligence

Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have never been faster. The technology seems to hold almost unlimited potential, and it is hard to imagine where it will all end.

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Satellites autonomously find each other in space – making missions “easier, cheaper, and far more flexible”

Using AI, advanced camera technology, and navigation developed by DTU Space, satellites can now all by themselves maneuver and maintain formation with extreme precision – without any assistance from Earth.

At DTU, impact and excellence go hand in hand

A new three-year programme will ensure that DTU researchers' contributions to the university's core areas are evaluated according to several qualitative criteria in the future. This is being done to maintain DTU's position as an international elite technical university.

Companies in DTU Nanolab: Racing to achieve quantum computing breakthrough

To make quantum chips that can lead to major global advances, you need access to particle-free air and sophisticated equipment. That is why Microsoft and Sparrow Quantum have found their way to DTU Nanolab.

President talk: “Congratulations. We are Europe’s best technical university!”

For the third year in a row DTU tops EngiRank.
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Current topics

Through a number of current topics, we focus on how DTU's research creates value for society and people and delivers technical solutions to the major societal challenges.
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19 December 2025

Happy Holiday – DTU has a new strategy

President Anders Bjarklev and Chair of the Board Margrethe Vestager are pleased that the Board of Governors has approved DTU's new strategy for 2026-2031. A strategy that has been created based on a lot of good input, including from you as an employee. They both wish you a Happy Holiday and a Happy New Year.
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University affairs

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18 December 2025

At DTU, impact and excellence go hand in hand

A new three-year programme will ensure that DTU researchers' contributions to the university's core areas are evaluated according to several qualitative criteria in the future. This is being done to maintain DTU's position as an international elite technical university.
Københavns Folkeuniversitet

05 December 2025

Season kick-off for a series of new lectures at DTU

DTU and Københavns Folkeuniversitet are about to launch the spring season. All lectures will take place in Auditorium Building 303 at DTU Lyngby Campus and will feature DTU lecturers such as astronaut Andreas Mogensen, Professor Lone Gram, and Professor Anne Ladegaard Skov.

04 December 2025

ASCEND Innovation Conference: We must act—and act now

Europe has the ideas—but we lack the customers. That was the message at the European innovation conference, Ascend, hosted by DTU in collaboration with the Ministry of Higher Education and Science on 25–26 November.
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Events

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Invitation to the DTU President’s New Year Reception 2026 for employees

05. jan 14:30 - 08. jan 2026 15:30 | Join your colleagues for a festive New Year's reception with The President's speech, champagne and traditional Danish kransekage.

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Invitation for information about construction tenders

07. jan 2026 13:00 - 14:00 | Orientation meeting about DTU's upcoming tender for Origo, DTU's new event hub and meeting place.

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PhD Defence Shohreh Sheiati

08. jan 2026 10:00 - 11:30

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Come to the doctoral defense

23. jan 2026 09:00 - 12:00 | Professor Andreas Hougaard Laustsen-Kiel defends his thesis, “Engineering Antivenom.” The event is open to everyone, but the doors will close when the venue is full.
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