{{Infobox Université|
nom=Université Technique du Danemark (DTU)|
native_name=Danmarks Tekniske Universitet|
motto=|
fondation=1829|
type=université publique|
recteur=ingénieur diplomé Lars Pallesen|
étudiants=7,000 (2005 est.)|
personnel=2,336 (900 chercheur)|
ville=Lyngby, Copenhague|
pays=Danemark|
affiliations=EUA|
site internet =http://www.dtu.dk/|
imageblason=100px|
}}

L' '''Université technique du Danemark''' DTU (Danois: ''Danmarks Tekniske Universitet'', DTU) a été fondé en 1829 sous le nom d' 'Etablissement d'enseignement polytechnique' (Danish: ''Den Polytekniske Læreanstalt''). L'initiative a été prise par le renommé physicien Hans Christian Ørsted (ensuite professeur à l'Université de Copenhague) il a été aussi principal de cet établissement jusqu'à sa mort en 1851.

En 1933 l'institution était officiellement appelée ''Danmarks Tekniske Højskole (DTH)'', qu'on peut traduire comme 'Ecole supérieure technique du Danemark'. Finalement le 1er avril 1994, en lien  avec la jonction de ''Danmarks Ingeniørakademi'' (DIA) et la DTH, le nom danois a été changé en ''Danmarks Tekniske Universitet'', afin d'inclure le mot 'Université',  d'où l'acronyme DTU sous lequel l'université est connue aujourd'hui.

==Campus==
L'université est située sur une plaine connue sous le nom de Lyngby. Cet endroit était précédemment occupé par le terrain d'aviation Lundtofte Flyveplads.

Le campus est divisé en deux par la route Anker Engelunds Vej allant dans la direction est-ouest. Le campus est divisé en quatre parties numérotées de 1 à 4.

{{Infobox University
 | name = Technical University of Denmark
 | native_name=Danmarks Tekniske Universitet
 | motto=
 | established=1829
 | type=Public university
 | rector=Graduate Engineer Lars Pallesen
 | students=7,000 (2007 est.)<ref>http://portalen.dtu.dk/Om_DTU/nyheder_AK.aspx?msg=bc63f250-1683-4fb1-b378-a871d5003a4b visited 2007-01-07</ref>
 | staff=4,000 (2,000 researchers)<ref>http://portalen.dtu.dk/Om_DTU/nyheder_AK.aspx?msg=bc63f250-1683-4fb1-b378-a871d5003a4b visited 2007-01-07</ref>
 | city=Lyngby, Copenhagen
 | country=Denmark
 | affiliations=EUA, CDIO
 | website=http://www.dtu.dk/
 | image=100px|Logo of the Technical University of Denmark
}}

The '''Technical University of Denmark''' (Danish: ''Danmarks Tekniske Universitet'', DTU) was founded in 1829 as the 'College of Advanced Technology' (Danish: ''Den Polytekniske Læreanstalt''). The initiative was taken by the renowned principal until his death in 1851.

From 1933 the institution was officially known as ''Danmarks Tekniske Højskole (DTH)'', which usually was translated as the 'Technical University of Denmark'. Finally on 1 April 1994, in connection with the joining of ''Danmarks Ingeniørakademi'' (DIA) and DTH, the Danish name was changed to ''Danmarks Tekniske Universitet'', in order to include the word 'University', thus giving rise to the acronym DTU by which the university is commonly known today.

On January 1, 2007 the university was merged with the following Danish research centers: Forskningscenter Risø, Danmarks Fødevareforskning, Danmarks Fiskeriundersøgelser (from January 1, 2008: National Institute for Aquatic Resources; DTU Aqua), Danmarks Rumcenter, and Danmarks Transport-Forskning.
In November 2007 the ''Times Higher Education Supplement'' put the university as number 130 in their ranking of the universities of the world.<ref>{{Cite news
 | author = Sara Rosendal
 | title = DTU tager tigerspring på listen over verdens bedste universiteter
 | language = Danish
 | url = http://ing.dk/artikel/83167
 | publisher = ing.dk
 | accessdate = 2007-11-15
}}</ref> 

The student union at DTU is Polyteknisk Forening (www.pf.dk), a 161-year old organisation that represents most of the DTU students.

==Campus==
The university is located on a plain known as Lyngby. The area was previously home to the airfield Lundtofte Flyveplads.

The campus is roughly divided in half by the road Anker Engelunds Vej going in the east-west direction, and, perpendicular to that, by two lengthy, collinear parking lots located on either side of it. The campus is thus divided into four parts, referred to as quadrants, numbered 1 through 4 in correspondence with the conventional numbering of quadrants in the Cartesian coordinate system with north upwards.