News about The University

Katherine Richardson receives Planet Earth Award

Katherine Richardson receives the AWS Planet Earth Award for her contributions in science and science-policy interfaces.

Nanna Skeltved

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

Gaming and Performance Metrics in Higher Education

Professor Margaretha Järvinen has together with professor Nanna Mik-Meyer, published a new article in the journal Sociology.

Hanzhi Wang awarded for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation

Hanzhi Wang awarded the 2024 China Computer Federation (CCF) Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award

The Graduate School is closed between 12:00-13:00 19 February 2025

The Graduate School is closed between 12:00-13:00 19 February 2025. Telephone calls and emails will not be answered. Your enquiry will be answered as soon as possible.

More Danish for international employees at UCPH

CIP is going to offer a free Danish workshop every semester for international employees. We have just held the workshop "Danish for meetings" to help them participate more actively in meetings in Danish.

Professor Carl Winsløw steps down as president of ERME

Professor Carl Winsløw has stepped down as president of ERME. PhD student Derya Diana Cosan becomes a new board member of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education.

Congratulations to Kirstine Huong Nielsen

with her masters degree in pharmacology in Eva Hoffmanns Lab.

HUM:Global Seed Money

All staff and students at the Faculties of Humanities, University of Copenhagen are invited to submit applications for HUM:Global Seed Money. Submission deadline: 23:59, Monday 28 April 2025.

University of Copenhagen awarded major grant to strengthen health professions education and reduce inequality in health

The Department of Public Health and the Centre for Online and Blended Learning have been awarded a DKK 52.9 million grant by the Novo Nordisk Foundation to develop health capacity in India and Kenya.

Marvin Schwoon joins CMP

Marvin joins the EPITOPE team

OBS: NEW DATES for the Annual meeting - with updated dates AUGUST 20-22, 2025

ANNUAL MEETING 2025 - SPECIAL ATTENTION TO BE PAID, NEW DATES! Due to organizational changes, the next - and the closing one - Nordic POP annual meeting will be held in Copenhagen on 20-22 August 2025, (which means NOT…

Sissel Iversen joins CMP

Sissel joins the DRUGS team

Ghosia Ahmed joins CMP

Ghosia joins the GLURP team

Sophia Lund joins CMP

Sophia joins the BIOENGINEERING team

Ancient pollen may be a key to protecting nature in the future

The Villum Foundation funds a SUND project investigating the impact of climate change on a vital natural phenomenon known as mass flowering.

Ancient pollen may be a key to protecting nature in the future

The Villum Foundation funds a SUND project investigating the impact of climate change on a vital natural phenomenon known as mass flowering.

Welcome to the new tenure-track assistant professor, Fabio Heupel Santos

Fabio Heupel Santos is AMIS's new tenure-track assistant professor in Histories of Migration. Fabio holds a BA in European Ethnology as well as in Cultural History and Theory from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, an M…

SUND researcher receives major prize for his innovative cancer research and use of AI

Professor and Senior Consultant Ismail Gögenur receives the 2025 Marie and August Krogh Prize for his innovative approach and enormous contribution to cancer research.

Million support from Villum for research talents at BIO

The Villum Foundation has just awarded more than DKK 150 million to 19 young, talented researchers who have the potential to make a significant independent contribution to technical and natural science research. Six of…

AI, schizophrenia and Parkinson’s: Brain research at SUND receives major grants

Two neuroscience research projects at SUND receive grants from the Lundbeck Foundation. A total of nine researchers are a part of four supported projects.

Dr Janko Kajtez awarded a Lundbeck Foundation grant

Dr Janko Kajtez, postdoc in the Kirkeby Group, has received a Lundbeck Foundation Experiment grant worth DKK 2 million.

Eske Willerslev found the past in two grams of soil. His finding gives us a window into the future

As a student, Professor Eske Willerslev had an idea: He wanted to extract DNA directly from the soil. This has led to major scientific breakthroughs and an entire new research field, eDNA, for which he now receives one…

Eske Willerslev found the past in two grams of soil. His finding gives us a window into the future

As a student, Professor Eske Willerslev had an idea: He wanted to extract DNA directly from the soil. This has led to major scientific breakthroughs and an entire new research field, eDNA, for which he now receives one…