Campus News

SDU empowering research in quantum mathematics

Professor Jørgen Ellegaard Andersen, who last year received a 10-million-euro grant from the European Research Council, is to head new centre.

Students develop sustainable drone

The drone team SDU Eagles has developed a drone to transport goods that is 30 % more energy efficient. The drone has brought the team to the University Startup World Cup finals.

New Center of Excellence: Deep-sea exploration

SDU will be home to a new Center of Excellence with the aim of exploring the deepest parts of the oceans.

Inauguration of a beacon for energy-efficient technology

The Centre for Industrial Electronics at SDU in Sønderborg has now been officially inaugurated. It is the home of research, innovation and three new engineering programmes.

Students have chosen the University of Southern Denmark as Denmark's best university

Times Higher Education has once again this year compiled an international ranking list with a student-oriented focus to determine the best universities for teaching throughout Europe.

New Dean for the Faculty of Business and Social Sciences

With Jens Ringsmose as new Dean at the Faculty of Business and Social Sciences, SDU gets a leader who is passionate about university leadership.

New Dean for the Faculty of Science

Marianne Holmer takes up the post as Dean of the Faculty of Science on 1 May.

DKK 100 million for robotics research at the University of Southern Denmark from the A.P. Møller Foundation

SDU’s successful efforts in robotic systems were further supported by a donation of DKK 100 million, which will be used to construct a new building for students and researchers.

The SDU project is to raise gender equality within European universities.

The University of Southern Denmark's Gender Equality Team has received a grant of DKK 22 million from the EU for a project to implement equality action plans at SDU and eight other European universities over the next four years.

SDU Wins the Unofficial World Championship in Robotics

Team SDU Robotics from The University of Southern Denmark wins the unofficial championship in industry robots, World Robot Challenge, in Japan.

Nobel laureate talks at SDU

Friday 12 October, you can experience the Finnish economics professor and Nobel Laureate Bengt Robert Holmström at SDU Odense.

From engineering student to DR host

Camilla Adam was studying engineering at the University of Southern Denmark when her teacher posted a position to the study programme's Facebook group. Now, she is a new NØRD host and will help broadcast DR's initiative to the nation: Teach children about coding and technology.

Hygge, Hans Christian Andersen and difficult pronunciation

Over recent weeks, 44 exchange students from 17 different countries have been immersing themselves in Danish language and culture at SDU and in Odense.

SDU’s leaders of tomorrow meet Barack Obama

University of Southern Denmark emphasizes its international focus further, when students and other guests meet former President of the United States Barack Obama, who is to visit SDU Kolding on 28 September.

Funen-based robotics company sold for 1.7 billion DKK – sends thanks to SDU

Denmark's fastest growing robotics company, Mobile Industrial Robots, has been sold. The company has been bought by American Teradyne who is paying close to 1.7 billion DKK. Five years ago, SDU RoboLab was the birthplace of the company.

Kids do quantum physics

Forbes: Engineers from SDU among the greatest young talents in Europe

Forbes Magazine has proclaimed engineers from SDU and founders of Particle3D as being among the most promising talents in Europe. Their company 3D prints bones in a material nearly identical to natural bones.

Obama visited SDU

As expected, Barack Obama’s visit to the university on the last Friday of September was very well attended.