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