 Entrance of the main building, located at the University Park in Copenhagen, on the university's North Campus | |
| Type | Public |
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| Established | 1970[1] |
Parent institution | University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Science |
| Head of Department | Professor Jakob Grue Simonsen[2] |
| Location | , 55°42′08″N 12°33′41″E / 55.7022984°N 12.5613498°E |
| Website | di |
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The UCPH Department of Computer Science (Danish: Datalogisk Institut, DIKU) is a department in the Faculty of Science at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH). It is the longest established department of Computer Science in Denmark and was founded in 1970 by Turing Award winner Peter Naur. As of 2021, it employs 82 academic staff, 126 research staff and 38 support staff. It is consistently ranked the top Computer Science department in the Nordic countries, and in 2017 was placed 9th worldwide by the Academic Ranking of World Universities.[3]
- ^ "About the Department" (in Danish). University of Copenhagen, Department of Computer Science. 6 June 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- ^ Kristensen, Tina Virenfeldt (2021-03-08). "New head of the Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen". University of Copenhagen, Department of Computer Science. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ^ "Shanghai Ranking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2017 - Computer Science & Engineering". Shanghai Ranking. 2018-01-01. Retrieved 1 April 2021.