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Do you need inspiration for your next assignment? Via the university library's library system, you can now find published theses, master's theses, bachelor's projects and semester assignments from KU, RUC and AU.…

Welcome to new students

Welcome to Copenhagen University Library, South Campus which is library for Humanities, Law and the IT University of Copenhagen. Copenhagen University Library has several campus libraries and students are welcome to us…

Vetschool revisitation visit from EAEVE

On the 20th-22nd September, the Vet School will host a re-visitation team from EAEVE.

New associate professor to strengthen research into the social dynamics of innovation

In August, Ghita Dragsdahl Lauritzen was appointed associate professor at the Department of Sociology. She will work in the intersection between sociology and innovation in her research and teaching.

BRIDGE welcomes 15 new talented postdocs

We are excited to welcome 15 new fellows to the BRIDGE Translational Excellence Programme. The fellows started on 1 September 2022 and will over the two next year perform on their translational research projects with…

Researcher: Cultural aspects of quantum theory are missing in physics classes 

Quantum mechanics is interpreted in many different – often unscientific – ways. This opens up questions about the foundations of quantum theory and its relationship with culture that physics educators should not ignore,…

Stephan Sauer receives DKK 40 million NNF grant

Congratulations to professor Stephan P. A. Sauer for leading this exciting new quantum computer project supported by the Novo Nordisk Foundation with a grant of DKK 40 million.

Two CHEM professors receive Villum Experiment grants

Professors Henrik Kjærgaard and Morten Meldeal from the Department of Chemistry, UCPH are receiving the “Villum Experiment grants” – each receiving DKK 2 million.

DRA Summer School about research, career and diversity

The Drug Research Academy (DRA) summer school took place 25-26 August 2022. This year, 115 PhD students and supervisors participated in the event, enjoying the beautiful venue Bymose Hegn in Helsinge and the…

DRA Summer School about research, career and diversity

The Drug Research Academy (DRA) summer school took place 25-26 August 2022. This year, 115 PhD students and supervisors participated in the event, enjoying the beautiful venue Bymose Hegn in Helsinge and the…

SIC receives prestigious Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship

The new fellowship secures two years of intensive studies on the role of microRNAs in the regulation of generation and maintenance of allergy-induced skin resident memory T cells. Allergen-induced skin resident memory T…

Teacher of the Year: A living legend, whether in glitter or gladiator garb

He is a living legend in his department – known to occasionally sport a gladiator costume or sequin jacket and electric guitar. Not a speck of dust has settled on this epic lecturer after 38 years of teaching. To the…

Call for Papers: Crossing Borders and Fostering Collaborations

Call for Papers for the Fifth AIP Early-Career Conference for Historians of the Physical Sciences

Helge Kragh receives 2022 Svend Bergsøe Prize

The Svend Bergsøe Foundation has awarded the 2022 Svend Bergsøe Prize for Science Dissemination to Helge Kragh

reNEW meets Lund Stem Cell Center

Principal Investigators from the Lund Stem Cell Center and reNEW Copenhagen cam together in Malmö for a full day of scientific interaction and discussion.

Section of Media Studies was represented at this year’s DHL by Team Media Studies!

Section of Media Studies was represented at this year’s DHL by Team Media Studies!

Associate professor Slobodanka Dimova is guest editor on special issue of the journal Language Testing

The most recent special issue of the journal Language Testing is guest edited by Slobodanka Dimova, associate professor at CIP, and two colleagues. The special issue extends the discussion on local language testing…

New counter

When the new semester starts, we will get a new counter at KUB Frederiksberg. The counter will be set up on 2 September and we will again be ready at the counter from 5 September.

Study start: Everyone should thrive and feel safe at social sciences

When more than a thousand new students arrive at The Faculty of Social Sciences this autumn, both tutors and the dean's office will insist that life on campus is safe and inclusive.

Hologenomics viewed through a mathematical lens

A recent paper published by researchers from Center for Evolutionary Hologenomics (CEH) and collaborators on a strategic model of a host-microbe-microbe system not only reveals the importance of a joint host-microbe…

New gene technology can reveal how well medicine works. Behind it, you will find the new company BioPhenyx

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have started a new company which, on the basis of gene technology, shall make the development of medicine faster and more precise. According to the researchers behind the…

ICCE 2022

International journal to strengthen the dialogue between research and business

The international Journal of Business Anthropology relocates to the Department of Anthropology at UCPH.

Sociology is ready with a new shared ambition for inclusion and diversity

At the Department of Sociology, there is now agreement on what it should be like to work and study at the department in the future. The shared ambition is part of Project Dignity.