 The University of Southern Denmark ( Syddansk Universitet ) was established in 1998 as a merger of Odense University , the Southern Denmark Business School ( Handelshøjskole Syd ) , the Southern Engineering School ( Ingeniørhøjskole Syd ) and the South Jutland University Centre ( Sydjysk Universitetscenter ) . The main campus is in Odense but there are also departments in Copenhagen , Esbjerg , Kolding , Slagelse and Sønderborg . With some 26 @,@ 000 students ( 2012 ) , the establishment is Denmark 's third largest university . The Faculty of Engineering ( Det Tekniske Fakultet ) combines several institutions : Odense Maskinteknikum ( a mechanical engineering college which was established in 1905 and in 1962 became the Southern Engineering School ) , the Mads Clausen Institute and the Mærsk Mc @-@ Kinney Møller Institute . 
