News about The University

Professor Klaus Høyer awarded prestigious ERC Advanced Grant

The European Research Council (ECR) has awarded Professor Klaus Høyer and his group a 2.5 million euro grant.

ROCS postdocs in podcast eposide about transdisciplinary collaborations

How do scientific collaborations really work? ROCS postdocs discuss issues and opportunities of transdisciplinary collaborations in recent podcast episode Researchers at ROCS truly embrace the interdisciplinary nature…

Young talents to strengthen research into antibiotic resistance and bone pain

Two SUND projects receive attractive MSCA Doctoral Networks grants for projects that shall help train PhD students in highly desirable areas of research.

A new MSc in Biosolutions programme to open in Kalundborg next year

The University of Copenhagen will open a new two-year MSc in Biosolutions programme in Kalundborg in 2024. The goal is to train graduates with a solid knowledge of sustainable solutions and technologies for the bio-base…

Astrid ferments plant-based cheese

Cheese is the most exciting food there is – especially if it is made from plants! So thinks Astrid Bonke, who has a bachelor’s degree in Food and Nutrition and has since studied Food Science with a specialisation in…

CEBI receives funding for four more years

A new grant of DKK 39.8 million from the Danish National Research Foundation ensures that researchers at CEBI can continue their research on economic behaviour and inequality.

Dr Magnussen has been awarded a Marie-Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship

Postdoc Michael James Magnussen from the Aragona Group has been awarded a Marie-Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship from the European Union to develop a better disease model of the physiological condition of the bladder.

New collaboration Partner: Professor Michael K Seery

We have successfully started a new collaboration with Professor Michael Seery. Michael Seery is Head of Digital Learning at Cardiff Metropolitan University, with a particular interest in the connections between…

The library will be closed during Easter

At Easter we will be closed as we need to have the floors oiled. This means that you will not be able to enter the library from Maundy Thursday up to and including 2nd Easter day (Monday). You will not be able to enter,…

New department head at Geosciences and Natural Resource Management

Senior researcher and head of section, PhD Vivian Kvist Johannsen will take up the position as head of department at the University of Copenhagen’s Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management beginning 1…

Anthropological image wins best scientific photo of the year award

The Danish National Research Foundation's award for best scientific photo in 2023 tells the story of a diabetes epidemic that has gone global.

Fieldwork reflections: Studying the social life of ‘global’ ID policy

Amanda Wendel Malm, one of CERTIZENS’ PhD researchers, shares some of her fieldwork reflections on the discrepancies in prioritisation of and resource allocation to different spheres of citizen registration

Medical Museion wins communication award for 'The World is in You'

Medical Museion wins the communication award “Formidlingsprisen 2022” for the exhibition project 'The World is in You'. The exhibition explored how our bodies are connected to the world in and around us.

Universal connectivity by 2030, will Africa ever get there?

Read one of CERTIZENS’ MPhil researchers, Gifty Cobbinah reflections on an online report- ‘Digital 2023: Global Overview Report’

Career Portal at the Global Development Network

Do you want to find your next Student Assistant Job, or maybe your future Internship?

New Bachelor Student at UCPH

NEW STAFF Joppe Schutte started as Bachelor Student in Associate Prof. Mette Nicolaisen's group. Read about his project here

reNEW's first global UniStem Day

reNEW Copenhagen hosted about 450 curious high school students at the University of Copenhagen during UniStem Day 2023 to tell them more about stem cell medicine.

Asier Senosiain

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

New structure and broadened entry requirements for courses in German and French

Registration for the August 2023 courses German and French for students going abroad is now open. The entry requirements have been broadened, and the courses in January will be structured as shorter workshops to account…

Henriette Elisabeth Autzen is appointed associate professor at Department of Biomedical Sciences

As of 1 May, Henriette Elisabeth Autzen is appointed associate professor at Department of Biomedical Sciences. Henriette is moving from the Department of Biology where she has been an associate professor since February…

New Head of Department: “The pharmaceutical area has always been very close to my heart”

On 1 April, Professor Dan Stærk becomes Head of the Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology. One of his ambitions is to “set the department’s committed and talented staff free”.

The deadline for the submission to European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences VSI: Nordic POP has been extended until May 31

Good news for those that are planning to submit to European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences VSI: Nordic POP and are running a bit late!. The submission deadline has been moved to May 31, 2023. Hope for a rush of…

Elia Morella Roig

M.Sc. (Pharmaceutical design and engineering), Technical University of Denmark

New Master Student at UCPH (PLEN)

NEW STAFF Hilde Boe Andersson started as Master Student in Associate Prof. Mette Nicolaisen's group. Read about her project here