← Explore on the interactive map
University of Copenhagen
The University of Copenhagen, founded on 1 June 1479 under a 1475 papal bull, is Northern Europe's second-oldest university, later rebuilt in 1537 af…
Timeline
- 1475–1478Rome / Copenhagen · CopenhagenChristian I sent Queen Dorothea to Rome, and Sixtus IV issued a bull on 19 June 1475 authorizing the establishment of a university. On 4 October 1478 the king issued a charter establishing rules of autonomy and appointing a vice-chancellor to recruit faculty, preparing for the opening.
- 1479–1531Church of Our Lady, Copenhagen · CopenhagenThe opening ceremony was held at the Church of Our Lady on 1 June 1479, establishing the medieval traditional faculties of theology, law, medicine, and philosophy; it was Northern Europe's second university after Uppsala. Under the impact of the Reformation, the old scholastic teaching ceased around 1531.
- 1537Copenhagen · CopenhagenIn 1537 Christian III rebuilt the university on Lutheran principles, restoring degree conferral and serving the Protestant state church and the training of bureaucrats. Thereafter the site and faculties expanded repeatedly, and the institution has continued to evolve to the present day as Denmark's oldest comprehensive university.
Sources
- History – University of Copenhagen https://about.ku.dk/profile-history/history/
- University of Copenhagen https://www.britannica.com/topic/University-of-Copenhagen
- A History of the University in Europe, Vol. 1 — Hilde de Ridder-Symoens (1992)