News about The University

Interdisciplinary research team wins NNF award for their teaching

Professor Liza Rosenbaum Nielsen and Associate Professor Nathalia Brichet from the Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences have been awarded the Novo Nordisk Foundation’s Prize for Interdisciplinary Educators for…

Nanna Thylstrup visited the ERC headquarters

Associate Professor Nanna Thylstrup was part of an episode of ERC Talks that touched upon data loss with Monica Sonia at the European Research Council.

Phd Course August 2025

This years PhD course on Daisy will take place 25/08 - 29/08 at Copenhagen University. See the flyer here and register for the course through the PhD. course catalogue of Copenhagen University. If you have any…

Danish learners´ lunch club at South Campus - Join us for a free lunch

If you’re looking for ways to practice your Danish skills, the Danish learners´ lunch club at South Campus gives you the ideal opportunity.

New essay on the politics of digital erasure unfolding under the Trump administration

Postdoc Katie Mackinnon and Associate Professor Nanna Thylstrup have written a new essay "The Politics of Digital Erasure: Governance and Control in Government Information Infrastructures”.

Ebenezer A Ofori

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

Exhibition ”Ribbons”

The Centre for Textile Research (CTR) and Museum Amager present the exhibition ‘Ribbons / Bare Bånd’ as part of the Silk Ribbons project,…

“A key figure in rethinking pharmaceutical education” – Tommy Nørskov Johansen receives the Danish Pharmaceutical Society’s Gol

On Tuesday 18 March, Chairman of the Danish Pharmaceutical Society Christian Bernstein Rubek presented Head of Studies at Pharma School Tommy Nørskov Johansen with the award at an official society ceremony.

A key figure in rethinking pharmaceutical education” – Tommy Nørskov Johansen receives the Danish Pharmaceutical Society’s Gol

On Tuesday 18 March, Chairman of the Danish Pharmaceutical Society Christian Bernstein Rubek presented Head of Studies at Pharma School Tommy Nørskov Johansen with the award at an official society ceremony.

SAVE THE DATE and call for speakers: The annual Turku Biomaterials Days

The annual Turku Biomaterials Days event have been scheduled for October 23th-24th 2025. The topic of this year's event will focus on the exciting topic of "Bio-based materials in healthcare". Our goal for this event is…

Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship for Dr. Rita Alves

Rita Alves, postdoc in the Żylicz Group at reNEW Copenhagen has been awarded a Marie-Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship from the European Union.

BIO spinout joins coveted Venture Lab Program

The biotech company NanoGuard Crop Solutions, founded by Associate Professor Kenneth Veland Halberg and Postdoc Eva Maria Rebrova, gets a considerable boost by entering the BioInnovation Institute’s Venture Lab Program,…

Sound exhibition by Christine Jeanneret opens at Rosenborg Castle

On March 13th, the historic doors of Rosenborg Castle opened for the premiere of the new exhibition “The Sound of Rosenborg”, created by PRIVACY affiliated scholar Christine Jeanneret and composer and sound designer…

Fabio Santos is new Tenure-track Assistant Professor at AMIS

He is specialized in Histories of Migration. Read an interview.

Metabolism Day 2025 - Some numbers and many thank yous

As interest in the conference has grown across the University, and beyond, we've sold out the impressive Jerne Auditorium for two straight years! Executive Director Juleen Zierath welcoming participants to Metabolis…

New Rector at the University of Copenhagen

Henrik C. Wegener has passed the rector chain on to David Dreyer Lassen.

Researchers share new knowledge about 'toddlers' with parents and professionals

With support from Nordea-fonden, psychologists at the UCPH will strengthen the social and emotional development of 1-2 year-olds through the project 'Understanding your toddler'.

New insights in immune cells

PhD Fellow Mustafa Ghanizada work on immune cells has been published in Nature Immunology, where he is first shared author.

Reflections on the META-UN inaugural conference, 6-7 February 2025

On 6-7 February 2025, META-UN was launched with the inaugural conference “The United Nations: Looking Towards the Future. From history to the current and future challenges of global governance and law”, held at the…

50 million to revolutionize sustainable plant-based food production

Having secured a Novo Nordisk Foundation RECRUIT grant of DKK 50 mil. Professor Remko Boom is joining the Department of Food Science, where he will combine data- and food science to improve the sustainability of…

Advances in Pharmaceutical Development Symposium as a part of PhD training at UCPH Drug Research Academy

​The symposium comes as a part of University of Copenhagen's PhD training in the PhD program Drug Research Academy and will be held on the 22nd and 23rd of April 2025 at the Department of Pharmacy, University of…

Edward Chapman joins CMP

Edwin joins the EPITOPE team

"Well-being is something we create together"

The Well-being Commission has just presented their long-awaited report. Two members of the commission, Dean Vibeke Koushede and law student Khalil Abdeddaim, share their thoughts on how we can promote well-being among…

SAVE THE DATE for the 6th Nordic Conference on Pediatric and Orphan Medicines June 3-6, 2025

The Pediatric conferences have been organized since 2017, under the Nordic Trial Alliance (NTA) NordForsk umbrella. The goal has been to increase the attractiveness of Finland and the Nordic Region for conducting…