In an historic perspective

1479: The University of Copenhagen is inaugurated

1875: Women are allowed to study all subjects at the university except theology

1885: Nielsine Nielsen completes medical studies and becomes Denmark's first female academic and doctor

1893: Anna Hude becomes a Dr.phil. in history and becomes both Denmark's first female historian and the first woman to write a thesis.

1903: Women gain access to public upper secondary education

1904: Women are allowed to take theological exams, but not to be ordained as priests.

1915: The same year that women gained the right to vote, there were 302 female students at the University of Copenhagen. This corresponded to approximately 11% of all students.

1916: Rigmor Larsen becomes the first woman to graduate in theology.

1921: Women gain access to the entire public labour market except for the church and the military 

1928: Aarhus University is inaugurated

1932: The first women's college, Kvinderegensen, is inaugurated in Copenhagen.

1938: The first higher education for women with a professional education is established at Aarhus University. The education is aimed at nurses and health visitors.

1941: Marselisborg Studentergaard is transformed into Aarhus' first women's hall of residence.

1943: A ruling is made that women cannot be dismissed from public positions due to marriage.

1945: A Specialist Course in Domestic Science at Aarhus University is established. The course is a short postgraduate course for home economics and domestic science teachers.

1946: Historian Astrid Friis is appointed Denmark's first female professor.

1948: The first three female priests are ordained

1985: 100 years after Nielsine Nielsen began studying medicine, Eva Steiness is appointed at Aarhus University as Denmark's first female professor of medicine.

2000: For the first time, there are more women than men studying at the university

2022: 25% of professors at Danish universities are women

2024: Women made up 54% of students at Danish universities