Student body

The page shows the number of full-time students ("the student body") at the University of Copenhagen from 2014 onwards in the form of two visualisations and two datasets available for download as Excel spreadsheets (see bottom of the page).

The two visualisations are the following:

The development of the total student body at the University of Copenhagen over time.
The development of the total student body at each faculty over time.

Background information about data

The population of full-time students is calculated as the number of students enrolled in either a bachelor's or master's programme on 1 October of the given year.

The ﬁgures show how many people are enrolled in each full-time study programme at any given time, but do not show anything about student activity.

Students count once for each study programme they are enrolled in.

Visiting students from other universities are not included in the student body, nor are part-time students.

Notes on data

As the codes and names of study programmes change over time, some study programmes will appear similar, thus creating a “shift” in the student body numbers.

In addition, the data consists exclusively of full-time students on regular study programmes.

Data update

Last updated: 07-10-2024.

Next update: October 2025.

UCPH's total student body over time

Student body by faculty

Retrieve data

Data can be downloaded as Excel spreadsheets in two formats - a long format and a wide format.

Retrieve data in wide format

Data on student body is available for download in a wide format here: Student body (wide format)

The dataset contains the following columns:

Column	Information
Faculty	Faculty, e.g. the Faculty of Humanities
Level of study	Level of study programme, either bachelor's or master's
Year	Year of the student body count

Retrieve data in long format

Data on student body is available for download in a long format here: Student body (long format)