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Copenhagen

Copenhagen is the capital of Denmark. Nearly 1.3 million people live in the metropolitan area of Copenhagen, making it the most populous city in Scandinavia.

The Greater Copenhagen area is Scandinavia’s most knowledge-intensive research and business environment with 3.7 million inhabitants, 42,000 researchers, 190,000 students, 19 science parks and innovation incubators and 17 universities or colleges of higher education.

Greater Copenhagen has a fast growing business community and is internationally known as one of the leading medico and IT regions. The region has a dense collection of universities, hospitals and companies within Biotech, Medtech and Pharma with a focus on research and development. It is home to more than 60 percent of Scandinavia’s pharmaceutical industry and is currently Europe’s fastest growing biotech cluster.

Bicycle-friendly Copenhagen aims to become the world’s first CO2-neutral capital by 2025. The city is rapidly evolving in terms of housing, urban development and the expansion of infrastructure and public transportation. It has been labelled ‘the world’s most livable city’ several times.

Copenhagen has a lot to offer citizens of all ages. Art exhibitions, sports, culinary treats, music and cultural events. Copenhagen is a youthful city as almost half of the inhabitants are between 20 and 37 years old – with every fourth a student. Denmark ranks among the top-five most peaceful and least corrupt countries in the world.

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University of Copenhagen

Founded in 1479, the University of Copenhagen is Denmark’s oldest university, as well as one of the oldest in Northern Europe. Its location in the capital city makes the University’s development, key people and events part of the history of Denmark. Read more about the history of the University of Copenhagen

Driven by intellectual creativity and critical thinking since 1479, researchers and students at the University of Copenhagen have expanded horizons and contributed to moving the world forward. With its 5,000 researchers and 37,500 students, the University boasts an international research and study environment and is highly ranked on the leading ranking lists of the world’s best universities.

The University offers researchers and students the opportunity to develop their talent and launches ambitious interdisciplinary initiatives to support its strong academic communities. Through research-based teaching – and by involving them in research – students are equipped to address society’s challenges and needs.

The University of Copenhagen is working towards becoming one of the world’s greenest campus areas, leaving as little environmental and climate footprint as possible. The University facilitates cross-organisation collaboration, liaises with the business community and helps students find relevant programmes and projects in the field of sustainability.

The University also focuses on gender equality and sees diversity as a strength.

The GPEN conference in 2024 will be held at the University of Copenhagen campus, at the following venues: