Editing Odense University

{{short description|University in Odense, Denmark}}
{{Infobox university
|image_name= Rustenborg.jpg
|name=         Odense University
|native_name=  Odense Universitet
|latin_name=   Universitas Othiniensis<ref>{{Cite web |title=Search |url=https://archive.org/search?query=%22Universitas+Othiniensis%22&sin=TXT |website=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>
|motto=        Fructus Increscit Opera Novo In Agro 
|established=  {{start date|1966}}
|closed= {{end date|1998}}
|type=         Public
|administrative_staff=        
|students=     
|city=         [[Odense]]
|country=      Denmark
|campus=       Urban
|website=      
}}
'''Odense University''' was a [[university]] in [[Odense]], [[Denmark]]. It was established in 1966. In 1998, the university was merged with two other institutions to form the [[University of Southern Denmark]]. Its campus is now known as University of Southern Denmark Odense (''Syddansk Universitet Odense'', abbr. SDU Odense) and is the university's biggest campus.

==History==
The university was established in 1966. It had four faculties: Humanities, Social Sciences, Health Science and Natural Sciences.

In 1998, Odense University was merged with the Southern Denmark School of Business and Engineering and the South Jutland University Centre to form the University of Southern Denmark. The campus is now known as SDU Odense, and is considered the main campus of the University of Southern Denmark, both because of its relative size and because the central administration of the university is situated there.

==Campus==
Being an epitome of [[Danish Functionalism (architecture)|Danish functionalist architecture]], the campus has been [[nickname]]d ''Rustenborg'' (which roughly translates as ''The Rusty Castle'') by students and staff, because it is built from gray concrete slabs clad with [[weathering steel]], in an early architectural use of that material. Its architecture has also given rise to other nicknames and slang expressions among students and staff. For instance, the administrative block goes by the name of ''Førerbunkeren'' (''"[[Führerbunker]]"''), referring to the architectural similarities between the university building and a stereotypical military building. The University of Southern Denmark's students' magazine is simply called ''Rust''.

==Motto and logo==
When abbreviated, the university motto becomes ''FIONIA'', the [[Latin]] name for [[Funen]]. The motto was created by the university's first [[Rector (academia)|rector]], [[Mogens Brøndsted]] in 1966. Brøndsted also designed the university logo, featuring an apple tree.<ref>{{cite journal
 | author = Oddershede, Jens (rector)
 | date = June 2006
 | title = Mogens Brøndsted in memoriam
 | journal = Ny Viden. Syddansk Universitet
 | issue = 6
 | page = 21
 | url = http://www.sdu.dk/Adm/Nyheder/sdu-nyviden-06-2006.pdf
 | access-date = 2006-10-10
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061002011355/http://www.sdu.dk/Adm/Nyheder/sdu-nyviden-06-2006.pdf
 | archive-date = 2006-10-02
 | url-status = dead
 }}</ref>

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