The Danish system of Research and Technology Organisations ("GTS institutes") are non-profit institutions that are operated as private companies with the aim of building and communicating technological competences to the Danish business community.
There are seven GTS institutes in Denmark. The GTS institutes are private non-profit institutions whose purpose is to generate technological competencies and services and make these available to the Danish business community on commercial terms. The institutes are officially approved as providers of Approved Technological Service ("Godkendt Teknologisk Service" in Danish, abbreviated "GTS") by the Minister of Higher Education and Science.
The Ministry of Higher Education and Science conclude performance contracts with the GTS institutes through the Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science. The performance contracts co-finance specific research and development activities at the GTS institutes with a view to knowledge building and the development of technological competencies and services for Danish companies. The services include:
In 2023 the GTS institutes had a revenue of more than 4 billion DKK and served 25.134 unique private Danish customers of which 89 percent were small and medium-sized companies (SMEs). 335 million DKK was allocated for GTS activities on the Danish Finance Act. On average, the GTS institutes performance contracts amount to approximately 8 percent of GTS institutes' total revenue.
Find more information on the Danish RTO system and the individual GTS institutes here:
