News about The University

The Graduate School closes early 12 June 2024

The Graduate School closes early 12 June 2024. From 13:00 telephone calls and emails will not be answered. Your enquiry will be answered as soon as possible.

Groundbreaking risk assessment framework for the future

The Novo Nordisk Foundation has awarded a Challenge Programme grant of DKK 60 million to Professor Søren Sørensen for assessing the safety of bio-solutions.

Shorter opening hours on Friday the 14th of June

The library closes at 12 p.m. on Friday the 14th of June 2024, due to an event. It is possible to return books at our other libraries.

Gaja Kobal

Cand. scient. (immunology and inflammation), Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen

New research centre on complex health issues

Professor Naja Hulvej Rod will be heading a new research centre focussing on complex health issues. The Copenhagen Health Complexity Center has been made possible by a six-year grant of DKK 30 million from TrygFonden.

Employees at the University of Copenhagen have had unjustified access to confidential personal data

The University of Copenhagen regrets to announce that, for a period of time, groups of university staff have had too broad access to personal data about individuals associated with the University. The case is being…

New free English workshops in 2024

CIP offers a number of workshops in 2024. These workshops focus on English language usage and presentation techniques, and all UCPH employees are welcome to participate.

Is international student mobility still a distinctive strategy? A study of upper milieu students in Germany

Postdoc Gregor Schäfer has together with Professor Katharina Walgenbach from the FernUniversität in Hagen (Germany) published the new article "Is international student mobility still a distinctive strategy? A study of…

Saxo Professor awarded distinguished visiting Chair at Harvard

Professor Stuart Ward will visit Harvard University’s History Department as the Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser Chair of Australian Studies for the 2025-2026 academic year.

The Graduate School is closed 5 June 2024

The Graduate School is closed 5 June 2024 due to Constitution Day. Telephone calls and emails will not be answered. Your enquiry will be answered as soon as possible.

NQCP Team Up with NYU to Advance Quantum Material Research

We have embarked on a collaborative effort with New York University’s Center for Quantum Information Physics (CQIP), to develop superconductor and semiconductor materials.

Summer holiday 2024 at the Graduate School

The Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences is not fully staffed during July and August. Consequently, the following changes apply: Processing time Please expect extended processing times between 1 July and…

Elias Hammer ur Skuoy

M.Sc. (medicine), Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen

PhD Fellow Viktor Wreström awarded with scholarship

Last week, PhD Fellow at Centre for Privacy Studies Viktor Wretström was in Stockholm to participate in the yearly meeting of Föreningen Svenska Rominstitutets Vänner [The Association for Friends of the Swedish Institut…

The IT Career Day 2024 - another succesful event

The IT Career Day for Computer Science students and companies was held 3 May with big enthusiasm on both sides.

10th BBBB conference on Pharmaceutical Sciences in Tartu: deadline for final abstract submissions 31.5.2024!

We welcome you to the 10th BBBB Conference, “Today’s science, tomorrow’s healthcare” that takes place September 12th - 14th 2024 in Tartu, Estonia. The conference will offer opportunities to exchange scientific ideas an…

DALOSS welcomes Katie Mackinnon as new postdoc

Katie Mackinnon is a postdoc on the research project Data Loss: The Politics of Disappearance, Destruction and Dispossession in Digital Societies (DALOSS) (PI: Nanna Bonde Thylstrup). She researches web archives,…

DKK 36 million from DFF for Innovative Research Projects

Six SUND researchers receive funding from the Independent Research Fund Denmark for groundbreaking research projects within areas such as antibiotic resistance, heart diseases, and gut bacteria.

“I reflected on what I enjoy doing day-to-day and aligned that with the opportunities I came across”

Nicole Fadahunsi came to Denmark from the UK to do her PhD in neuroscience with the Clemmensen Group at CBMR. Last year, she joined Lundbeck as a scientist in the department of circuit biology.

New research initiative is to shed light on the role of intestinal bacteria in obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases

A new research initiative, the Microbiome Health Initiative, will investigate whether there is a causal relationship between intestinal bacteria and conditions such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. The Departmen…

A global collaboration to study animals and their microbiota

The Earth Hologenome Initiative is a global collaboration with more than 200 collaborators from around the world and open for more to join. The ambitious aim is to generate and analyse hologenomic data from wild animals…

Sofa cleaning

Friday 24 May we are going have our cleaned sofas cleaned. Initially, it concerns the brown sofas on the ground floor and the gray sofas on the first floor. It shouldn't be terribly noisy, but there will probably be som…

The University of Copenhagen has suspended its dialogue with the students who have set up camp at City campus

No one can threaten, harass or destroy their way to a special right at our University

Teaching prize

Post doc Sarah Nissen wins the famous teaching prize “Salys Horse” for best veterinary teacher.