Research facilities

DTU has a number of unique research facilities and contributes with instrumentation and data processing to several joint European facilities.

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DTU has a number of research facilities. For example, DTU Nanolab provides access to advanced development in micro- and nanotechnology. With its location on the Technical University of Denmark's Campus, DTU Nanolab plays a central role in the development of micro- and nanotechnology in Denmark and abroad.

DTU has a number of highly specialized laboratories, research equipment, databases, experimental halls and workshops, which the university's researchers use in their work to develop and maintain research at a high international level.

The facilities are available to the industry at commercially competitive prices, enabling companies to develop innovative solutions to technical challenges, increase production and improve business operations.

The list below shows a selection of the research facilities at DTU. Contact DTU's departments and centres for an overview of all facilities.

Anechoic room

The anechoic chamber allows the simulation of an environment without acoustic reflexes.

CASMaT

CASMaT, Villum Center for Advanced Structural and Material Testing is the key research infrastructure at DTU servicing experimental research in mechanics of materials and structures.

Clean room

A national centre for nanofabrication and characterization. Our 1,350 m2 clean room boasts high-tech production facilities with world-class equipment.

Computerome

‘Computerrome’ with 16,048 CPU cores is capable of storing up to 7.5 petabytes of data. The supercomputer is used for industrial biotechnology and pharmaceutical research and is located at DTU Risø Campus.

Electron microscopes

The strongest group of electron microscopes in the world can be found at DTU Nanolab.

E-MAT

The E-MAT facility provides a cross-disciplinary environment and platform for discovering and synthesizing new functional energy materials and is located at DTU, Lyngby in Greater Copenhagen.

European Spallation Source

ESS will not only become the world’s most powerful, but also the world’s most advanced neutron source. The experiments at the neutron source will take place at the facility in Lund, while data processing will take place in Copenhagen.

Marine research vessel

Dana is Denmark’s largest marine research vessel. Dana has equipment for hydrographic surveys and for collecting plankton and seabed fauna as well as fishing equipment.

NMR Spectroscopy

A facility for interdisciplinary studies of organic molecules from small synthetic, chemical compounds to large polysaccharides in cooperation with leading Danish and international research partners.

Pilot Plant

PILOT PLANT’s expertise is centred around chemical unit operations, reaction engineering, process management, process and plant design, instrumentation, construction materials, automation, and industrial measurement technique etc.

Poul La Cour wind tunnel

The national wind tunnel is used for measuring wind noise, and test the strength and flexibility of large-scale wind turbine rotor blades and wind impact at more than three times hurricane force.

PowerLabDK

PowerLabDK supports technological development, testing, and training which contribute to the development of reliable, cost-effective, and sustainable energy systems based on renewable energy sources.

Test Centre Østerild

A national test centre for wind turbines of up to 250 metres.

Varian TrueBeam accelerator

The Varian Truebeam is a state-of-the are medical linear accelerator. At Danish hospitals, similar accelerators are used for treatment of cancer patients (external beam radiotherapy). The Truebeam is mainly used for dosimetry research.

3D Imaging Centre (3DIM)

The 3D Imaging Centre, 3DIM, at DTU is a competence center for X-ray and neutron imaging and home to a new national facility, DANFIX.