Roskilde University

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Roskilde University
Roskilde Universitetscenter
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Motto:	In tranquillo mors - in flucto vita
Established:	1972
Type:	Public university
Rector:	Poul Holm
Staff:	730 (500 teaching staff) (1999 est.)
Students:	9186 (2005)
Location:	Roskilde, Denmark
Affiliations:	EUA
Website:	www.ruc.dk

Roskilde University (Danish: Roskilde Universitetscenter, RUC) is a Danish state university founded in 1972 in Roskilde. This modern university awards bachelor and master's degrees as well as Ph.D. degrees.

[edit] Departments

Roskilde University has 6 departments (institutes) specializing in very different areas from Mathematics to International Development:

Communication, Business and Information Technologies (CBIT)
Culture and Identity (CUID)
Environmental, Social and Spatial Change (ENSPAC)
Psychology and Educational Studies (PAES)
Science, Systems and Models (NSM)
Society and Globalisation (SOGL)

In addition to this three basic studies programmes:

Basic Studies in the Humanities
Basic Studies in the Social Sciences
Basic Studies in the Natural Sciences

[edit] History

In the 1970s the university was known for its very liberal education as opposed to the usual lectures provided by the more traditional universities of Copenhagen and Århus.

Today the university is not as liberal as in the 1970s; however, it is still one of the most modern universities giving the students more influence on the planning of the teaching than most other Danish universities.

Some notable alumni and professors from RUC include: