Odense University, now Syddansk Universitet Odense or SDU Odense in abbreviated form, is part of the University of Southern Denmark since 1998. The University of Southern Denmark was formed in 1998 by the merger between Odense University, Southern Denmark School of Business and Engineering and South Jutland University Centre. ...

Build in 1966, it has four faculties; Humanities, Social-Science, Health-Science and Nature-Science. Approximately 800 researchers and 12.000 students (counting both undergraduates and postgraduates) are enrolled at SDU Odense. The Humanities faculty has by far the most students, mostly due to its varied selection of dapartments and degrees. In some educational systems, an undergraduate is a post-secondary student pursuing a Bachelors degree. ... Quaternary education or postgraduate education is the fourth-stage educational level which follows the completion of an undergraduate degree at a college or university. ...

Being an epitome of Danish functionalist architecture, SDU Odense has been nicknames Rustenborg (which roughly translates into The Rusty Castle) by students and staff, because it is built from gray concrete slabs covered with oxidized metal plates. Its architecture has also given rise to other nicknames and slangy expressions among students and staff.. For instance, the administrative block goes by the name of Førebunkeren(which roughly translates into The Command Bunker) referring to the architectural similarities between the university building and a stereotypical military building. The stdents' magazine is simply called Rust. A nickname is a short, clever, cute, derogatory, or otherwise substitute name for a person or things real name (for example, Nick is short for Nicholas). ...

SDU ODense is considere the main campus of the University of Southern Denmark, mainly because the central administration of the university is situated there. However each of the other campi has its own local subadministration. It is also the biggest campus of the university - both in terms of the physical size and the number of students, staff, and departments and degrees. The University of Southern Denmark was formed in 1998 by the merger between Odense University, Southern Denmark School of Business and Engineering and South Jutland University Centre. ...

It is situated in Denmark, on the island of Funen, in the city of Odense. Funen (Danish: Fyn) is the third largest island of Denmark. ... Odense is the third largest city in Denmark with 145. ...