The Strategic Campus Plan for Risø Campus

The photograph highlights the campus’s unique setting on Roskilde Fjord, with research buildings and the original Reactor 2 visible in the background. Photo: Sine Fiig

Why the Strategic Campus Plan?

DTU Risø Campus offers extensive space for research and testing facilities, and soon also for student facilities. The Strategic Campus Plan for DTU Risø Campus sets the direction for how DTU intends to develop the physical environment to ensure that the University can continue to deliver world-class research and sustainable innovation for the benefit of society. A key principle guiding the campus development is the preservation of the original master plan and the surrounding landscape.

DTU Risø Campus differs from DTU’s other campuses in that it is not owned by DTU. The Danish Building and Property Agency owns the Risø Peninsula and leases the site to DTU, Aarhus University and Danish Decommissioning. DTU is the largest tenant and serves as the key partner in relation to both the Danish Building and Property Agency and the other tenants.

Strategic and Physical Themes

The Strategic Campus Plan for DTU Risø Campus is based on DTU’s strategy and an overarching vision for DTU’s campuses, aimed at maintaining and enhancing a campus of the highest quality in every respect.

The plan is structured around four strategic themes: value creation, an excellent university environment, identity and campus environment, and four physical themes: landscape, architecture, mobility and utilities.

Read the Strategic Campus Plan

DTU Risø Campus Today and in the Future

“Our vision is for the Risø area to become an international hotspot for energy and biotechnology, where leading researchers, students and companies with ambitions to turn knowledge into solutions can come together to develop, test and validate the green technologies of the future.”

As part of this vision, DTU is now establishing the first of several new degree programmes, with the first students expected to enrol in September 2026.

In addition, Risø Gateway is being developed as an innovation and business park through a partnership between DTU, Roskilde Municipality and Andel in the area east of DTU Risø Campus. Risø Gateway will help bridge research, education and industry, strengthening Denmark’s position as a global hub for green technology and innovation.

Learn more about Risø Gateway  

DTEC Hybrid Power Plant combines solar panels, wind turbines and a battery storage system. The photograph shows DTU’s test wind turbines, which form part of a research facility developed to support research into future solutions for hybrid power systems. Photo: Laura Stamer