Higher education

Knowledge in the frontline

The Øresund region as a whole is the largest hub for education and research in Scandinavia, counting 136,500 students and 10,000 researchers at 14 institutions of higher education.

Currently, 6,700 students are enrolled at IT-related programmes in universities located in the Øresund region. This is equivalent to approximately 5% of all students at the local universities.

High levels of expertise and competence within the IT education system have created a knowledge foundation that forms an ideal environment for the exploitation of new technologies and innovative business opportunities. This knowledge base has been consolidated by a longstanding tradition of collaboration with educational institutions all over the world. Local research and educational institutions are also used to working closely with the local and international business communities.

Øresund universities

	Institution		No of students*
		Copenhagen University (read more)	35,000
		Lund University (read more)	34,000
		Malmö University (read more)	20,000
		Copenhagen Business School (read more)	14,000
		Roskilde University (read more)	8,800
		Technological University of Denmark (read more)	6,600
		Kristianstad University (read more)	5,000
		Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University	3,500
		The Engineering College of Copenhagen (read more)	2,700
		Danish University of Education (read more)	2,600
		IT University of Copenhagen (read more)	1,400
		Royal Danish School of Pharmacy	1,300
		Royal School of Library and Inf. Science(read more)	1,000
		Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences	600
		Total	136,500

Source: Each individual institution, 2001-2002.
* Approximate figures.