Get up close to research at DTU

If you are curious to see how the concrete of the future, quantum chips, and energy materials are being developed, you now can get right up close to research at DTU.

DTU and Københavns Folkeuniversitet have just opened the autumn season in Lyngby. Here you can participate in guided tours of DTU’s materials laboratory, where researchers are testing the concrete of the future. You can also visit DTU Nanolab, Denmark’s national center for nanotechnology and micro- and nanofabrication, as well as E-MAT, which develops materials for, among other things, batteries, solar cells, and energy storage.

In addition, you can attend lecture series on sustainable energy systems and talks on everything from seaweed as the ocean’s green gold to the unfathomable universe.

The autumn season offers just over 60 classes. Among the speakers are 15 researchers from DTU.

“Today’s major political issues concerning climate, environment, and health are, to a large extent, natural science and technological issues. So if you want to be an informed citizen and take part in a democratic debate in 2026, you simply have to know something about what is going on at DTU. It has never been more important. It is fantastic that through laboratory visits, you can meet researchers in the very settings where tomorrow’s knowledge is created. It makes the research and the whole process more immediate and tangible. Our daily lives are to a great extent built on the knowledge created there,” says Carsten Fenger-Grøndahl, Rector of Københavns Folkeuniversitet.

All lectures are gathered in Building 303 on DTU’s Lyngby Campus.

There is a 50 percent discount for DTU staff, students, and alumni on all classes held at DTU. The discount code is still: FUKBH10RK

Read more about the lectures at Københavns Folkeuniversitet's website (in Danish only).