University of Copenhagen Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
| Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences | |
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| Det sundhedsvidenskabelige fakultet | |
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| Established | 2012 |
| Parent institution | University of Copenhagen |
| Academic affiliation | EUA, LAOTSE |
| Location | Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, and Taastrup, Denmark |
| Dean | Ulla Wewer |
| Academic staff | 1,800 |
| Students | 8,000 |
| Website | healthsciences |
The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences (Danish: Det Sundhedsvidenskabelige Fakultet) at the University of Copenhagen houses 13 departments, 24 centres, four schools, three hospitals, and three libraries.
The Faculty educates students in the areas of Human Health and Medical Sciences, Oral Health Sciences, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science.
The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences received its current name when the Faculty of Health Sciences, the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and the veterinary part of the Faculty of Life Sciences were merged in 2012. The Faculty houses four schools: the School of Medical Sciences, the School of Oral Health Sciences, the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and the School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science.
The School of Medical Sciences' history dates back to 1479, when the University of Copenhagen was founded. Between the closing of the Studium Generale in Lund in 1536 and the establishment of the University of Aarhus in the late 1920s, the University of Copenhagen was the only university in Denmark. In addition to having a faculty for the study of medicine, the University of Copenhagen also had faculties for the study of law, theology, and philosophy.
The university was closed by the Church in 1531 to stop the spread of Protestantism, and re-established in 1537 by King Christian III after the Lutheran Reformation. Between 1675 and 1788, the university introduced the concept of degree examinations. An examination for theology was added in 1675, followed by law in 1736. By 1788, all faculties required an examination before they would issue a degree.
The University of Oslo Faculty of Medicine was founded in 1814 as a de facto Norwegian (partial) continuation of the medical faculty in Copenhagen, as a result of the Napoleonic Wars and the breakup of Denmark-Norway by the foreign powers. The medical faculty in Oslo therefore shared many of its traditions with the Copenhagen faculty.
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