News about The University

Studieforløb i Kenya: Brug din faglighed i globalt udviklingsarbejde

Deltag i et internationalt lærings- og innovationsforløb om Danmarks udviklingsarbejde, FN’s Verdensmål og sundhedsudfordringer i Kibera, Kenya.

We need a better understanding of what drives us to eat

In this interview, Assistant Professor Nathalie Krauth talks about her scientific background and journey to publishing a recent paper in Nature Neuroscience.

Emma Giordana joins CMP

Emma joins the VLPVAC team

Eric Felix Lyimo

Ph.D., Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen

The USE Center seeks visionary leader to transform university science teaching

The USE Center is looking for an experienced discipline-based education researcher to lead the mission of strengthening science education.

New Prorector: UCPH will be even more innovative, value-creating and internationally leading

On 1 July, Professor Eva Hoffmann from the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine joins the University's senior management.

New TRiVAL Report for 2024-25

The TRiVAL project has uploaded a new report.

Green transition to be “the new normal” for future farmers

The FEAST research project has received DKK 4.75 million from Innovation Fund Denmark, AgriFoodTure and NextGenerationEU to anchor sustainability theory and practice in agricultural education institutions through…

Update May 2025

Summer is almost here and we are off to a great start in the society, so we thought it would be appropriate to take stock of what is going on.

Congratulations to Bodil Hvass Kjems for receiving a Silver Medal

Bodil Hvass Kjems, Phd fellow at the ERC-funded project Women in the Nordic Enlightenment (WHENCE) at the Section of Philosophy, Department of Communication, has been awarded a silver medal by the University of…

Congratulations to Bodil Hvass Kjems for receiving a SILVER MEDAL

Bodil Hvass Kjems, Phd fellow at WHENCE has been awarded a silver medal by the University her 2024 submission to the interdisciplinary prize paper category with her master thesis.

Anja Simonsen is a panelist at KU Festival

CGC researcher Anja Simonsen takes part in the panel “Decolonising Knowledge” at the KU Festival, organised by the School of Global Health. Moderated by Kavishya Umendri Kulatunga and Fernando Racimo, the panel explores…

Summer holiday 2025 at the PhD Administration

The PhD Administration is not fully staffed during July and August. Consequently, the following changes apply: Processing time Please expect extended processing times between 1 July and mid-August. Enrolment application…

A better structural understanding of the dopamine transporter

Professor Claus Juul Løland has been named Distinguished Investigator by the Novo Nordisk Foundation, receiving a grant of 11.4 mill DKK to further investigate the human dopamine transporter.

A Fond Farewell: Celebrating Pete Westbrook's 16 Years at CIP

As Pete Westbrook is retiring at the end of June 2025, we would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the invaluable contribution he has made to CIP.

reNEW CEO named Fellow of the Royal Society

reNEW CEO named Fellow of the Royal Society

Scientific breakthrough: We can now halve the price of costly cancer drug

The demand for the widely used cancer drug Taxol is increasing, but it’s difficult and expensive to produce because it hasn’t been possible to do it biosynthetically. Until now, that is. Researchers from the University…

Discrimination or a Competitive Climate?

Discrimination or a Competitive Climate? Why Women Cannot Translate Their Better High School Grades into University Grades Assistant Professor Diana-Roxana Galos has published a new article in Research in Higher…

Fairness Evaluations of Higher Education Graduates’ Earnings: The Role of Female Preference for Equality and Self-Interest

Assistant Professor Diana-Roxana Galos has published a new article in the British Journal of Sociology. The article examines fairness evaluations of economic returns across fields of study, focusing on how gender and…

Andrew Thompson joins CMP

Andrew joins the OF-CANCER team

The 2024 annual report is online

The 2024 annual report from The Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences is now online. The report presents you with statistics about how many PhD students were enrolled at SUND in 2024, where they are employed,…

PhD Supervision for Co-supervisors at SUND

The main purpose of this voluntary course is to make co-supervision a more efficient and enjoyable process and improve the overall quality of PhD supervision. At this course, you will learn tools to clearly define your…

The Common Thread is shortlisted for the EAA Book Prize

We are very happy to announce that The Common Thread: Collected Essays in Honour of Eva Andersson Strand has been shortlisted for the European Association of Archaeologists' annual awards - the EAA Book Prize.

New Postdoc position available

A new Postdoc position in the ERC project “Women in the Nordic Enlightenment (WHENCE)” is now advertised. The position is for 3 years and starts on 1 September 2025. The deadline for applications is 1 June 2025.