The college was founded under the name Det Tekniske Institut (The Technical Institute) at the initiative of the joiner Lasenius Kramp.
The school was situated in Læderstræde (No.
26) and run by the newly founded Technical Society (Danish: Det Tekniske Selskab).
It was supported by the Association of Craftsmen in Copenhagen, which Kramp had co-founded a few years prior, various foundations and individual guilds.

Disagreements over the education of craftsmen led to the foundation of the New Craftsmen's School (Danish: Ny Haandværkerskole)  in 1868.
Instigated by Industriforeningen, the rivalry of the between the two schools led to a reorganization of the Technical Society and a merger of the two schools under the name Det Tekniske Selskabs Skole (The Technical Society's School) in 1876.

A new school building designed by Ludvig Fenger on Ahlefeldsgade was inaugurated on 1 October 1881.
In 1924–25, the school had  4104, who received their education in the main school or one of the four large and two small branch schools.
The Technical Society's School absorbed several other schools over the years while Københavns Teknikum was spun off in 1963 and the School of Applied Arts in 1873.
The school revived its current name when the Technical Society was dissolved in 1878.
In 2004 the school merged with AMU-Center København.

On 1 January 2016, Copenhagen Technical College merged with Cph West.
The college was founded under the name Det Tekniske Institut (The Technical Institute) at the initiative of the joiner Lasenius Kramp. The school was situated in Læderstræde (No. 26) and run by the newly founded Technical Society (Danish: Det Tekniske Selskab). It was supported by the Association of Craftsmen in Copenhagen, which Kramp had co-founded a few years prior, various foundations and individual guilds.
Disagreements over the education of craftsmen led to the foundation of the New Craftsmen's School (Danish: Ny Haandværkerskole)  in 1868. Instigated by Industriforeningen, the rivalry of the between the two schools led to a reorganization of the Technical Society and a merger of the two schools under the name Det Tekniske Selskabs Skole (The Technical Society's School) in 1876. 
A new school building designed by Ludvig Fenger on Ahlefeldsgade was inaugurated on 1 October 1881. In 1924–25, the school had  4104, who received their education in the main school or one of the four large and two small branch schools. The Technical Society's School absorbed several other schools over the years while Københavns Teknikum was spun off in 1963 and the School of Applied Arts in 1873. The school revived its current name when the Technical Society was dissolved in 1878. In 2004 the school merged with AMU-Center København.
On 1 January 2016, Copenhagen Technical College merged with Cph West.
Copenhagen Technical College