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Top research institutions in Denmark

University of Copenhagen ranks first in Denmark on research quality in 2022–2025 (#77 worldwide), followed by Aarhus University and Technical University of Denmark.

Ranked by research quality, 2022–2025

#InstitutionWorld rankTop-10% rateWorksAll time
1University of CopenhagenUniversity · Copenhagen #77 26.5% 13,802 #1
2Aarhus UniversityUniversity · Aarhus #120 23.1% 14,570 #3
3Technical University of DenmarkUniversity · Kongens Lyngby #181 20.0% 10,529 #2
4University of Southern DenmarkUniversity · Odense #517 24.3% 6,600 #5
5Aalborg UniversityUniversity · Aalborg #589 19.2% 10,580 #4
6Copenhagen University HospitalHospital / health system · Copenhagen #1,085 22.9% 2,926 #8
7Aarhus University HospitalHospital / health system · Aarhus #1,098 19.4% 3,339 #7
8RigshospitaletHospital / health system · Copenhagen #1,262 19.4% 2,928 #6
9Novo Nordisk FoundationResearch facility · Copenhagen #1,473 38.2% 696 #18
10Copenhagen Business SchoolUniversity · Copenhagen #2,019 22.2% 3,373 #16
11Odense University HospitalFunder · Odense #2,128 19.1% 1,772 #13
12Roskilde UniversityUniversity · Roskilde #2,378 22.8% 2,489 #15
13Gentofte HospitalHospital / health system · Copenhagen #2,473 21.0% 1,129 #17
14Novo Nordisk (Denmark)Company · Copenhagen #3,639 25.0% 511 #9
15Aalborg University HospitalHospital / health system · Aalborg #3,660 16.4% 1,251 #29
16Statens Serum InstitutResearch facility · Copenhagen #3,715 27.8% 426 #14
17Niels BrockUniversity · Copenhagen #4,162 40.5% 110 #39
18IT University of CopenhagenUniversity · Copenhagen #4,395 21.4% 1,084 #25
19Steno Diabetes CentersHospital / health system · Charlottenlund #4,586 26.8% 581 #32
20Geological Survey of Denmark and GreenlandResearch facility · Copenhagen #4,790 17.1% 298 #23
21Danish Meteorological InstituteResearch facility · Copenhagen #5,279 20.2% 98 #22
22Frederiksberg HospitalHospital / health system · Frederiksberg #5,586 19.7% 729 #38
23Herlev HospitalHospital / health system · Herlev #5,639 19.1% 465 #26
24Zealand University HospitalHospital / health system · Roskilde #5,917 19.3% 622 #54
25University College CopenhagenUniversity · Copenhagen #5,972 22.3% 378 #47
26Bispebjerg HospitalHospital / health system · Copenhagen #5,985 18.9% 437 #19
27Hvidovre HospitalHospital / health system · Hvidovre #6,247 22.3% 537 #24
28Danish Cancer SocietyNonprofit · Copenhagen #7,139 29.2% 255 #21
29Ørsted (Denmark)Company · Fredericia #7,530 20.5% 149 #12
30Glostrup HospitalHospital / health system · Glostrup Municipality #7,661 22.7% 286 #28
31Nordic Bioscience (Denmark)Company · Herlev #7,801 15.3% 204 #73
32Moesgaard MuseumArchive · Aarhus #8,006 24.1% 132 #53
33Maersk (Denmark)Company · Copenhagen #8,391 24.2% 304 #52
34World Health Organization Regional Office for EuropeGovernment institution · Copenhagen #8,433 28.9% 180 #60
35Mental Health ServicesHospital / health system · Copenhagen #8,504 25.9% 270 #74
36Capital Region of DenmarkGovernment institution · Hillerød #10,074 22.5% 249 #45
37Zealand University Hospital KøgeHospital / health system · Køge #10,261 21.3% 151 #91
38National Research Centre for the Working EnvironmentGovernment institution · Copenhagen #10,523 22.6% 251 #40
39National Museum of DenmarkArchive · Copenhagen #11,074 12.6% 431 #49
40Lillebaelt HospitalHospital / health system · Fredericia #11,116 18.4% 286 #82
41Region of Southern DenmarkInstitution · Vejle #11,178 23.1% 272 #83
42Lundbeck (Denmark)Company · Copenhagen #11,506 20.5% 136 #27
43Natural History Museum AarhusArchive · Aarhus #12,168 25.6% 239 #30
44Amager HospitalHospital / health system · Copenhagen #12,189 23.2% 154 #114
45Danish Institute for International StudiesResearch facility · Copenhagen #12,671 38.7% 199 #62
46Slagelse HospitalHospital / health system · Slagelse #12,914 19.7% 136 #97
47Vejle SygehusHospital / health system · Vejle #13,031 13.7% 200 #66
48Hospital South West JutlandHospital / health system · Esbjerg #13,185 16.0% 169 #71
49VIA University CollegeUniversity · Aarhus #13,621 13.3% 347 #106
50Central Denmark RegionGovernment institution · Viborg #13,844 22.2% 181 #110
51University College of Northern DenmarkUniversity · Aalborg #13,975 14.4% 197 #134
52Schools of Visual Arts, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine ArtsUniversity · Copenhagen #14,065 15.6% 252 #33
53Region ZealandGovernment institution · Roskilde #14,300 27.6% 148 #92
54VIVE - The Danish Center for Social Science ResearchGovernment institution · Copenhagen #14,779 27.8% 251 #136
55Danish Pain Research CenterResearch facility · Aarhus #15,232 9.5% 253 #67
56Aarhus School of ArchitectureUniversity · Aarhus #15,840 12.7% 207 #121
57Nordsjællands HospitalHospital / health system · Hillerød #16,028 19.1% 127 #112
58DHIInstitution · Hørsholm #16,381 15.2% 69 #44
59Statistics DenmarkGovernment institution · Copenhagen #16,585 27.4% 61 #93
60Center for Clinical Research and PreventionHospital / health system · Glostrup Municipality #16,676 21.8% 103 #168
61Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and SimulationUniversity · Copenhagen #16,810 22.6% 88 #144
62Danish Technological InstituteNonprofit · Taastrup #16,824 21.0% 127 #57
63Odense MunicipalityGovernment institution · Odense #16,880 8.0% 118 #58
64Chr. Hansen (Denmark)Company · Hørsholm #16,992 23.1% 143 #85
65Regionshospitalet SilkeborgHospital / health system · Silkeborg #17,257 16.7% 115 #104
66Royal Danish Academy – Architecture, Design, ConservationUniversity · Copenhagen #17,938 11.5% 209 #150
67North Denmark RegionGovernment institution · Aalborg #18,522 22.6% 95 #153
68Ramboll (Denmark)Company · Copenhagen #18,712 12.5% 61 #133
69Regionshospitalet HerningHospital / health system · Herning #19,160 21.2% 104 #103
70Regional Hospital RandersHospital / health system · Randers #19,524 19.1% 133 #95
71Royal Danish Defence CollegeUniversity · Copenhagen #19,617 29.7% 89 #43
72Sygehus SønderjyllandHospital / health system · Soenderborg #19,871 13.7% 103 #131
73Regional Hospital HorsensHospital / health system · Horsens #19,907 18.0% 145 #123
74Danish Nature AgencyGovernment institution · Vejle #20,216 2.8% 323 #78
75University College LillebaeltUniversity · Odense #20,392 23.0% 102 #135
76Regionshospitalet ViborgHospital / health system · Viborg #20,459 17.3% 109 #94
77Agro Business ParkInstitution · Tjele #20,495 16.6% 107 #128
78Holbæk SygehusHospital / health system · Holbæk #20,521 17.2% 89 #117
79Knowledge Centre for AgricultureCompany · Aarhus #20,902 13.9% 124 #138
80Svendborg SygehusHospital / health system · Svendborg #21,399 12.1% 103 #107
81Vestas (Denmark)Company · Aarhus #21,739 13.3% 73 #87
82Kolding HospitalHospital / health system · Kolding #21,945 11.8% 70 #119
83University College AbsalonUniversity · Næstved #21,946 17.6% 131 #183
84Design School KoldingUniversity · Kolding #22,119 13.7% 142 #186
85Danish Agriculture and Food CouncilGovernment institution · Copenhagen #22,478 5.8% 241 #77
86Arla Foods (Denmark)Company · Aarhus #22,585 24.1% 62 #161
87Ringsted SygehusHospital / health system · Ringsted #23,547 20.4% 66 #191
88Aarhus Business CollegeUniversity · Viby #23,839 14.5% 98 #50
89Psykiatrien i Region SyddanmarkHospital / health system · Middelfart #24,132 5.3% 98 #151
90Royal Danish LibraryArchive · Copenhagen #24,269 14.3% 103 #37
91Novozymes (Denmark)Company · Copenhagen #24,351 18.3% 61 #90
92Cowi (Denmark)Company · Kongens Lyngby #24,702 9.4% 102 #130
93Danish National Institute of Public HealthGovernment institution · Copenhagen #24,767 5.1% 72 #56
94Quality of Life Research CenterResearch facility · Copenhagen #24,808 12.6% 77 #59
95Danish School of Media and JournalismUniversity · Aarhus #24,970 11.9% 177 #172
96University College South DenmarkUniversity · Esbjerg #24,991 21.1% 67 #193
97Danish Gas Technology Centre (Denmark)Company · Hørsholm #24,992 6.2% 111 #124
98Natural History Museum of DenmarkArchive · Copenhagen #25,062 27.7% 60 #113
99Roskilde SygehusHospital / health system · Roskilde #25,468 8.6% 63 #70
100Rockwool FoundationNonprofit · Copenhagen #25,638 31.3% 64 #149
101Danmarks NationalbankInstitution · Copenhagen #25,644 18.1% 81 #166
102Danish National Centre for Social ResearchResearch facility · Copenhagen #26,024 21.3% 63 #88
103Wave Dragon (Denmark)Company · Copenhagen #26,067 2.8% 138 #198
104National Gallery of DenmarkArchive · Copenhagen #26,702 10.3% 73 #170
105Dansk Sygehus InstitutResearch facility · Copenhagen #27,302 11.2% 74 #158
106University College CapitalUniversity · Hillerød #27,361 2.3% 70 #164
107Metropolitan University CollegeUniversity · Copenhagen #27,562 6.9% 62 #177
108Danish Medical AssociationInstitution · Copenhagen #27,625 5.7% 95 #174

Institutions above the volume floor, ranked within Denmark on the quality composite for 2022–2025; research measures only, not teaching. The tick on each rate track is the world’s rate in this record, 16.5% — teal above it, red below; bars are scaled to the largest institution on this page.

Size against quality inside Denmark

The upper left is the interesting corner: institutions that publish less than the national giants and land more of it in the world top 10%.

0%20%40%mean 18.7444%fractional works (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Copenhagen: 14k, 26.5%Aarhus University: 15k, 23.1%Technical University of Denmark: 11k, 20.0%University of Southern Denmark: 6,600, 24.3%Aalborg University: 11k, 19.2%Copenhagen University Hospital: 2,926, 22.9%Aarhus University Hospital: 3,339, 19.4%Rigshospitalet: 2,928, 19.4%Novo Nordisk Foundation: 696, 38.2%Copenhagen Business School: 3,373, 22.2%Odense University Hospital: 1,772, 19.1%Roskilde University: 2,489, 22.8%Gentofte Hospital: 1,129, 21.0%Novo Nordisk (Denmark): 511, 25.0%Aalborg University Hospital: 1,251, 16.4%Statens Serum Institut: 426, 27.8%Niels Brock: 110, 40.5%IT University of Copenhagen: 1,084, 21.4%Steno Diabetes Centers: 581, 26.8%Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland: 298, 17.1%Danish Meteorological Institute: 98, 20.2%Frederiksberg Hospital: 729, 19.7%Herlev Hospital: 465, 19.1%Zealand University Hospital: 622, 19.3%University College Copenhagen: 378, 22.3%Bispebjerg Hospital: 437, 18.9%Hvidovre Hospital: 537, 22.3%Danish Cancer Society: 255, 29.2%Ørsted (Denmark): 149, 20.5%Glostrup Hospital: 286, 22.7%Nordic Bioscience (Denmark): 204, 15.3%Moesgaard Museum: 132, 24.1%Maersk (Denmark): 304, 24.2%World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe: 180, 28.9%Mental Health Services: 270, 25.9%Capital Region of Denmark: 249, 22.5%Zealand University Hospital Køge: 151, 21.3%National Research Centre for the Working Environment: 251, 22.6%National Museum of Denmark: 431, 12.6%Lillebaelt Hospital: 286, 18.4%Region of Southern Denmark: 272, 23.1%Lundbeck (Denmark): 136, 20.5%Natural History Museum Aarhus: 239, 25.6%Amager Hospital: 154, 23.2%Danish Institute for International Studies: 199, 38.7%Slagelse Hospital: 136, 19.7%Vejle Sygehus: 200, 13.7%Hospital South West Jutland: 169, 16.0%VIA University College: 347, 13.3%Central Denmark Region: 181, 22.2%University College of Northern Denmark: 197, 14.4%Schools of Visual Arts, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts: 252, 15.6%Region Zealand: 148, 27.6%VIVE - The Danish Center for Social Science Research: 251, 27.8%Danish Pain Research Center: 253, 9.5%Aarhus School of Architecture: 207, 12.7%Nordsjællands Hospital: 127, 19.1%DHI: 69, 15.2%Statistics Denmark: 61, 27.4%Center for Clinical Research and Prevention: 103, 21.8%Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation: 88, 22.6%Danish Technological Institute: 127, 21.0%Odense Municipality: 118, 8.0%Chr. Hansen (Denmark): 143, 23.1%Regionshospitalet Silkeborg: 115, 16.7%Royal Danish Academy – Architecture, Design, Conservation: 209, 11.5%North Denmark Region: 95, 22.6%Ramboll (Denmark): 61, 12.5%Regionshospitalet Herning: 104, 21.2%Regional Hospital Randers: 133, 19.1%Royal Danish Defence College: 89, 29.7%Sygehus Sønderjylland: 103, 13.7%Regional Hospital Horsens: 145, 18.0%Danish Nature Agency: 323, 2.8%University College Lillebaelt: 102, 23.0%Regionshospitalet Viborg: 109, 17.3%Agro Business Park: 107, 16.6%Holbæk Sygehus: 89, 17.2%Knowledge Centre for Agriculture: 124, 13.9%Svendborg Sygehus: 103, 12.1%Vestas (Denmark): 73, 13.3%Kolding Hospital: 70, 11.8%University College Absalon: 131, 17.6%Design School Kolding: 142, 13.7%Danish Agriculture and Food Council: 241, 5.8%Arla Foods (Denmark): 62, 24.1%Ringsted Sygehus: 66, 20.4%Aarhus Business College: 98, 14.5%Psykiatrien i Region Syddanmark: 98, 5.3%Royal Danish Library: 103, 14.3%Novozymes (Denmark): 61, 18.3%Cowi (Denmark): 102, 9.4%Danish National Institute of Public Health: 72, 5.1%Quality of Life Research Center: 77, 12.6%Danish School of Media and Journalism: 177, 11.9%University College South Denmark: 67, 21.1%Danish Gas Technology Centre (Denmark): 111, 6.2%Natural History Museum of Denmark: 60, 27.7%Roskilde Sygehus: 63, 8.6%Rockwool Foundation: 64, 31.3%Danmarks Nationalbank: 81, 18.1%Danish National Centre for Social Research: 63, 21.3%Wave Dragon (Denmark): 138, 2.8%National Gallery of Denmark: 73, 10.3%Dansk Sygehus Institut: 74, 11.2%University College Capital: 70, 2.3%Metropolitan University College: 62, 6.9%Danish Medical Association: 95, 5.7%University of Copenh…University of Southe…Aarhus UniversityTechnical University…
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