The University of Copenhagen has four campus areas located in Denmark’s capital city. The University is the largest educational institution in Denmark and consists of eight faculties that combined offer over 200 academic programmes for study in health sciences, humanities, law, life sciences, pharmaceutical sciences, science, social sciences, and theology. With over 40,000 students and more than 9,000 employees, the University of Copenhagen is one of the largest institutions of research and education in the Nordic countries. The Department of Arts and Cultural Studies encompasses international research and education from undergraduate to PhD-level within the subjects of Dance Studies, Art History, Comparative Literature, Modern Culture, Musicology, Theatre and Performance Studies and Visual Culture. the research at the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies is characterized by its combination of a continued development of knowledge pertaining to the artistic forms and cultural traditions in their entire historical depth with a focused research effort which encompasses the role and function of art and culture in a globalised knowledge economy.