University Life

Universities are typically publicly acknowledged for providing two kinds of services – education and research. But universities do much more - and with a long shelf life too.

The top researcher Corinna Cortes, born in Denmark, spends most of her days on Google’s floor of executive suites in New York City. At Google she is responsible for Google Research. But on 27 September she will return t…

University College Capital and Metropolitan University College are joining the University of Copenhagen in a collaboration intended to promote practice-oriented research and improve study programmes.

Starting in 2015, students will be able to start calling the former barracks on Copenhagen's Sølvgade street their new home.

The University of Copenhagen is now putting even greater effort onto encouraging student innovation and entrepreneurship. The University has opened one of several “innovation hubs” that will support and advise students…

Some 550 students, employees and their guests participated in this year’s Copenhagen Pride. The group was the largest ever to represent the University in the annual event, as well as the largest contingent participating…

As part of a time-honoured tradition, Rector Ralf Hemmingsen will today welcome new University of Copenhagen students. This year, some 350 fewer students will be taking part in the outdoor Matriculation Ceremony than di…

This year, the University of Copenhagen has granted acceptance to 7,616 applicants for undergraduate studies. The University has reduced the number of study slots available, thereby admitting 111 fewer students than…

Today HRH Crown Princess Mary gave out The Crown Princess Mary Scholarship to two Australian exchange students studying at the University of Copenhagen.

The University of Copenhagen has met its first climate goal of reducing carbon-dioxide emissions 25%. The next sustainability targets are in sight.

The largest cultural award in Denmark, the Sonning Prize, will go to the Austrian film director Michael Haneke.

Professor Jacob Graff Nielsen has been appointed Dean of the Faculty of Law starting 1 April 2014.

The new study programme in Security Risk Management at the University of Copenhagen will provide the students with the tools to analyze and act in a globalized reality with many threats from a number of things from…

The University of Copenhagen offers a new MSc study programme in Global Development.