News about Student life

The graduate school closes early 12 April

The Graduate School closes early Wednesday 12 April. From 14:00 telephone calls and emails will not be answered. Your enquiry will be answered as soon as possible.

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,…

Do you know next year’s elite researchers and exceptionally talented PhD students?

Once again, it is time to nominate researchers and PhD students for the Ministry of Higher Education and Science’s prestigious recognition: the Elite Research Prizes and Travel Grants. The internal deadline for…

Conference on Personalized Medicine 14-16 June 2023

The Finnish Society of Clinical Pharmacology invites you to attend the second Nordic Conference on Personalized Medicine (NORPM2023) in Turku, Finland, 14-16 June 2023. This three-day conference will bring together…

The Young Academy calls nominations for the Research Environment of the Year Award

Junior researchers can now nominate their research environment for the Young Academy's Research Environment of the Year award and win DKK 10,000 for an academic or social event. The Young Academy launched the award las…

Opening Hours: Christmas and New Year

During Christmas and New Year 2022 the library has the following opening hours. December 23 9 - 17 December 24 - 26 Closed December 27 - 30 9 - 17 December 31 - January 1 Closed We wish you all a Merry…

Exhibition - When Bovine Tuberculosis came to Denmark

An exhibition at KUB Frederiksberg In the library’s latest exhibition, we use our cultural heritage to facilitate a small glimpse into the significance of Bovine Tuberculosis on agriculture and general health in Denmark…

On Monday 12 December heating and hot water will be shut off

On Monday 12 December from 8 am to 3 pm, the heating and hot water will be shut off. Furthermore, the counter will be unmanned that day and you will therefore only be able to enter with a KU-Card. So if you intend to…

Opening hours during Christmas and New Year

Friday 23 December: 8am-3pm Saturday 24 December: Closed Sunday 25 December: Closed Monday 26 December: Closed Tuesday 27 December: 8am-8pm Wednesday 28 December: 8am-8pm Thursday 29 December: 8am-8pm Friday 30…

UCPH elections 2022

Only in a few committees at SUND and SCIENCE, seats are contested when academic staff and PhD students are to elect new representatives for the PhD Committees. ​UCPH elections are held in the days of 21-25 November,…

Are you using PhD Planner outside the wired UCPH network?

From 17 November 2022 you need to use multi-factor login (MFA) to login to PhD Planner - if you are not using VPN or wired network As part of getting UCPH one of the safest universities regarding IT- security in the…

Make your influence count! - UCPH elections 2022 : Sign up as a candidate for the PhD Study Board

Elections have been called at UCPH, and you can sign up as a candidate for the PhD Study Board at SUND. Meet Janne Graarup-Hansen Lyngby - one of the PhD student representatives on the PhD Study Board. In this short…

PhD competition "Paasisavut" - THE RESEARCH DISSEMINATION COMPETETION

Are you passionate about communicating the research in your PhD project to a wide audience? Do you also have a great competitive gene? And the courage to present your research in just 5 minutes in front of a panel of…

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…

It’s all about engaging

To Tom Yagel, an Israeli full-degree student at UCPH, coming to Denmark has been a life-long dream. UCPH has lived up to his expectations, but for Tom engaging in extracurricular activities on campus and in Danish…

Participating in student politics

Henry Lankes, an international student from Germany studying Nature Management (MSc) at UCPH, was recently elected as a student representative on the Geosciences Study Board. What motivated him to run for election? Do…

Student engagement

This issue of our newsletter has a student view. In an earlier issue we focused on student well-being inside and outside the classroom with articles on the challenges faced by international students in the classroom and…

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…

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.

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.

Remembering former CAS student, Gavin David Shepherd

CAS has been greatly saddened by news of the recent tragic loss of our former MA graduate, Gavin ‘Gavster’ David Shepherd. Gavin suffered a fatal cardiac arrest on 19 July while hillwalking in Scotland with his sister…

CAS students collaborate with GlobalNyt on course-based articles

Globalnyt has published a two-part article series with two CAS students, supported by the Center for African Studies, University of Copenhagen.

Introduction to the PhD Study Board

Watch the video and learn more about the PhD Study Board at SUND.