News about the regionalisation

• 13.12.2023

  SDU strengthens the Triangle Region

  Tailwind for SDU’s ambitions to build the future’s research and education environment in IT and engineering in the Triangle Region.

• 11.09.2023

  Education vision set to strengthen the Triangle Region

  SDU’s vision of helping to build a future research and education environment in the fields of IT and engineering in the Triangle Region, one of the country’s key industrial regions, is alive and well.

• 29.04.2022

  Law degree programme to be created at SDU in Esbjerg

  From the autumn of 2023, SDU will offer a law degree programme in Esbjerg. This is clear after RUVU (the advisory committee for the evaluation of the offering of higher education programmes) has approved SDU’s application for the education. This was announced by Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen during a visit to SDU in Esbjerg on Thursday morning.

• 22.03.2022

  Political agreement on regionalisation

  On Tuesday 22 March, a political conciliation group reached an agreement based on the political initiative ‘More and better educational opportunities throughout Denmark’ of 25 June 2021.

• 12.01.2022

  SDU’s institutional plan has been submitted

  SDU has submitted a plan to the Ministry of Higher Education and Science describing how the University intends to comply with the political agreement on more and better educational opportunities throughout Denmark. The content is largely identical to the draft presented to the Board in December. SDU wants to strengthen the University’s regional position, but this should not happen by reducing SDU’s student places in Odense.

• 15.12.2021

  SDU and Vejle Municipality in close collaboration on campus

  More than 9,000 students are currently studying a degree programme in the Triangle Region. This number is set to increase with SDU and Vejle Municipality’s joint announcement of the establishment of SDU Vejle, a new campus offering IT, health and engineering programmes.

• 13.12.2021

  SDU’s institutional plan has been approved

  SDU is now almost ready to submit a plan to the Ministry of Higher Education and Science describing how the University complies with the political agreement on more and better educational opportunities throughout Denmark. While SDU wants to strengthen the University’s regional position, this should not accomplished by reducing the number of student places in Odense.

• 19.11.2021

  Comments on the draft of SDU’s institutional plan regarding regionalisation

  In the coming days and weeks, SDU will involve several of the University’s bodies in the regionalisation proposal which SDU has been asked to submit to the Ministry of Higher Education and Science at the turn of the year.

• 05.11.2021

  SDU set to strengthen its regional activities

  This summer’s political agreement on education in Denmark stipulates that the admission of students in the nation’s four largest cities must be reduced by 2030. SDU stands a good chance of meeting the requirement thanks to the University’s multiple regional campuses. Towards the turn of the year, SDU is working on preparing a plan to strengthen the University’s regional activities and reduce the number of student places in Odense.

• 01.09.2021

  Greetings from SDU's Executive Board

  It will be a busy autumn, where, among other things, clarity must be created about what the regionalization of educations will mean for SDU.

• 01.07.2021

  Summer greetings from SDU’s Executive Board

  With the advent of midsummer, many of us are about to enjoy the summer break.

• 27.05.2021

  SDU is already a strong regional university

  The government’s proposal for a new education reform contains a regionalisation agenda, which SDU has already been implementing for more than two decades with more than 20% of its BA programme admissions being located outside Odense.