University Post

25/09/2023

Is your choice of study written in the stars? If you study at the University of Copenhagen, you might want to see what our in-house astrologists say about your choice of programme..

No need to waste more time wondering about whether your study programme is a good choice. Well at least astrologically speaking, that is. Here is the guide.

18/09/2023

If you put a little work into it, you can get access to a lot of good discounts as a student in Copenhagen. It requires a bit of preparation, but it pays off.

It can be hard to afford a frappé or a new pair of jeans on a student income in Copenhagen — never mind a root canal treatment at the dentist or a tasty menu. But it is not impossible. Here is a guide to good student discounts.

11/09/2023

'Study abroad' is not what it used to be. From 2024 Danish students may be able to go on exchange digitally, without leaving the country:

Can you study at a foreign university without a valid passport? Yes, according to the Danish government, which has just tabled a bill on virtual exchange programmes for Danish students. The University of Copenhagen supports the measure.

01/09/2023

For new students — Five ‘terrifying’ truths that apply to Danish universities:

Starting at a Danish university can be a big change in your life. So we want to prepare you with five things that might surprise you.

16/08/2023

Where, and when, are you most likely to encounter rain while commuting in Copenhagen? Graphs from some 'for-fun' research by Ole Fryd and Roland Löwe (University of Copenhagen and the Technical University of Denmark). Link to press release:
https://via.ritzau.dk/pressemeddelelse/her-er-der-storst-chance-for-at-cykle-i-torvejr?publisherId=13561218&releaseId=13710358&lang=da

02/08/2023

Who EXACTLY has been responsible for the years of discontent on the dentistry degree programme at the University of Copenhagen? Hard to say, according to the current managers:

Discrimination on the dentistry study programme goes beyond individual cases. And they will have a particular focus on improving the study environment, says the management at the Department of Odontology. It is difficult, however, to pinpoint who exactly has been responsible for the many years of di...

01/08/2023

It describes virtually everything we know:

The Earth we are standing on, the water in the sea, and the stars shining on us from the heavens at night.

The Schrödinger equation is one of the fundamental equations of quantum mechanics. And University of Copenhagen mathematics professor Søren Fournais has got DKK 15 million from the European Research Council to solve it.

It's in his head constantly. When he sleeps, when he goes for a walk, or when he leads a conversation. Maths professor Søren Fournais has got DKK 15 million to solve Schrödinger's equation riddle.

19/06/2023

Air pollution finds its way down into our lungs, no matter what we do. But when you get up off the saddle and exert yourself, because you are in a hurry to get to your lecture, you breathe faster. The air pollution from the moped, diesel car and asphalt is now absorbed more easily and goes faster into the airways.

Fine-grained particles are penetrating your airways when you take a deep breath on the bike path. You can’t see them, but any medical student will have seen how coal dust is accumulated in the lung tissue of people who live in the city. This leads to diseases and pressure on the healthcare system....

09/06/2023

Denmark is ranked a middling 32nd out of 179 countries in terms of academic freedom, according to a just released index. But its academic freedom has been declining in recent years, and the country should, in fact, should have an even lower ranking, according to two researchers:

Denmark is ranked high in an international study of academic freedom. But two researchers are sceptical about the criteria that the study is based on. And they recommend that academic freedom is enshrined in the Danish constitution.

19/05/2023

Omniscient and always available. Sound like a good mentor? Mark Friis Hau has incorporated ChatGPT actively in his teaching at the University of Copenhagen:

On a course on the Sociology programme at the University of Copenhagen, students have been using ChatGPT to understand and interact with theory in new ways. It has lifted the students' academic level, according to the instructor.

15/05/2023

A 'politically motivated' attack, says Conservative Students'
Marlene Budolph after vandals smashed posters, poured coffee over everything, and chucked furniture at their University of Copenhagen campus premises:

The chairman of Conservative Students discovered Friday morning 12 May that their offices had been vandalized. A politically motivated attack, according to the student organisation. Management has come out in support of them.

04/05/2023

The University of Copenhagen 'KU Book Club' is fishing for new members! The members of the book club are so far mostly bachelor’s, master’s, with both Danish and international students. But staff at UCPH are also welcome. Our report:

The KU Book Club meets up every other Sunday in the old library on Fiolstræde street in central Copenhagen to exchange views on the 100 pages of literature they have read since their last meeting. Staff, international, and Danish students are welcome.

28/04/2023

The University of Copenhagen language policy is alienating and threatening for international employees and job candidates. And it is damaging for the international reputation of the university, argues Yevgeny Seldin:

For most subjects at the university, the language of research is English. If the university is true to its research-based education ambitions, it makes no sense to have a university-wide language policy that expects internationals to teach in Danish.

27/04/2023

We got three University of Copenhagen rectors, past and present, together! Linda Nielsen, Ralf Hemmingsen and Henrik C. Wegener on the tumultuous last 20 years of Danish university history:

How has a 20-year storm of Danish university reform affected the University of Copenhagen? The rectors of the period, Linda Nielsen, Ralf Hemmingsen and Henrik C. Wegener, give us the inside story.

21/04/2023

New researchers in Copenhagen are required to learn Danish so that they can teach in the language after three to six years of employment. But this is not a good policy, argues Sif Høg, a master’s student at the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies:

Dropping the Danish-language teaching requirement for international researchers should be an open-and-shut case. As this is not happening, you may realize that this is all about gesture politics.

18/04/2023

They want to do archaeology underwater, and their expertise will be needed for Denmark's offshore construction projects, they say. Four students have got together to salvage something:

An old fellowship has arisen. After a break of more than 20 years, four students have salvaged KUMAG, the University of Copenhagen's Marine Archaeological Group, so they can get together around their niche interest.

17/04/2023

International researchers have to teach in Danish after three to six years at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH). But the Danish students then give them poor evaluations when they then speak Danish as a second language. On teaching in Danish in 'one of the world’s most intolerant language communities':

International researchers have to teach in Danish after three to six years at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH). But the Danish students give them poor evaluations because they speak Danish as a second language. Alberte Ritchie Green has investigated what it feels like to go from being an academic...

04/04/2023

Henrik C. Wegener never dreamt of top management positions when he started his career. But »we are all suckers for flattery,« he says. The University Post sought to find out who it is that is weighed down by the gold chain of being University of Copenhagen rector:

The University Post followed the 259th person to be made Rector of the University of Copenhagen. We wanted to find out who it is that is weighed down by the gold chain and ceremonial robes of rector. What is his vision?