Communities

Ambition

Studying and working at DTU entail a personal development for the individual student and employee who acquire work-related, social, and personal competences. We develop in interaction with others, we reflect ourselves in each other, and measure ourselves against role models. Studying and working at DTU can contribute to identity creation, and the communities of which we form part can be of lifelong importance.

DTU has a social responsibility for creating an inclusiveness that supports this ambition both in the form of a wide range of academic and social offers and learning environments and by mutually caring about each other.

Objectives

2023: DTU has worked proactively with communities as a driving force for strengthened learning, development, and well-being.

DTU’s ambition is that students and staff experience a sense of belonging and community across DTU’s disciplines, locations, and groups of students and staff.

Baseline and goals

2025: DTU is a study and working environment known for strong academic, professional, and social communities. Goal no.

Academic, professional, and social communities

22 DTU students develop a solid common academic and professional engineering mindset that enables them to work with complex problems and engineering solutions in interdisciplinary environments.

2021: DTU's study programme model ensures that students meet each other across disciplines. Students are free to choose between different courses and many courses are designed to bring students together across study programs.For example the Innovation Pilot course on the BEng programme, the teaching of basic science subjects on the BSc programme, and the interdisciplinary innovation course on the MSc programme.

Strengthened community Implementation of the revised polytechnical basis in the MSc Eng programme in the academic year 2023/24 and a recently initiated revision of the BEng programme focusing on both academic competency and student wellbeing support the joint identity as an engineering student at DTU.

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23 DTU and Polyteknisk Forening (PF student association) work for an active club and association life with focus on academic and social development.

A PF report from 2021 shows that DTU has approx. 30 student/ alumni-run clubs, for example rocket construction, music, photography, motorcycle club, and SDG ambassadors.

DTU makes premises available to the greatest possible extent, and academic sparring is provided, where possible.

DTU as host

24 DTU hosts events that strengthen the community at the University.

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25 DTU’s followers on social media experience technology for people.

DTU hosts events such as DTU Commemoration Day, DTU Relay, DTU Family Day, and academic ceremonies.

2021: DTU Family Day could not be held due to COVID-19.

Followers in 2021: LinkedIn: 140,000 Twitter 15,445 Facebook 38,500 Instagram 13,700

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26 DTU reaches out to the outside world with activities that support the desire to learn about technology.

DTU has many official visits, campus tours, and communication activities such as DTU Summer Science, which are offers for schoolchildren.

More followers DTU wants to strengthen the dialogue with the outside world, including through an increased number of followers on social media.

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27 Being part of DTU’s alumni network is regarded as attractive.

Members of DTU’s alumni network

DTU Alumni 2021: 37,370

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Initiatives 2023 Communities

A Academic, professional, and social communities: Creating a sense of belonging and communities between Danish and international students, first and foremost through orientation weeks and courses. The initiatives are followed up on an ongoing basis during the study programme with continuous offers and activities that support well-being, integration, and diversity among students. In 2023, these initiatives will be strengthened through DTU Student Culture Hub.

B DTU as host: Making DTU’s campuses accessible to everyone. In 2023, work will continue with the development of a DTU app that makes it easy to use the possibilities and facilities available on DTU’s campuses.

At DTU’s annual Commeration Day, we pay tribute to the academic achievements and scientific breakthroughs of the year, and to the innovative engineers of the future and the employees who help shape them. This is a festive event celebrating DTU students, staff, alumni, and partners.

The picture from Commemoration Day 2022 shows the prize ceremony for the student startup of the year, Tempty Foods, which pushes the boundaries of plant-based food production.