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The University of Copenhagen and its partners want to do world-class bio- and life science research.
The University of Copenhagen has an invaluable collection of ancient Indian manuscripts. But all the people who knew how to read them have been let go.
New curriculum for medical students has sustainability on it. Future doctors need to contribute to a greener future and learn to understand and manage the diseases and health problems that will result from climate change.
Students against the Occupation gatecrashed an employee’s Christmas party on South Campus with singing, candles and one famous Swedish climate activist.
The new rector has been selected from the University of Copenhagen’s own ranks. It will be the current Prorector for Research David Dreyer Lassen, who will take over the chain of office from 1 March 2025.
University of Copenhagen management no longer has any patience for pro-Palestinian students, and Christina Egelund understands why. The Minister for Higher Education and Science fully supports the rector's handling of the recent demonstrations.
Pro-Palestinian group Students Against The Occupation was removed by police Tuesday evening 3 December. The group has violated a number of UCPH code of conduct regulations, management says. The students disagree, and say that the handling of the issue is a violation of their freedom of speech.
Especially gender minorities and non-heterosexual students suffer from some kind of discrimination in their student lives. This is according to a new analysis from the trade union DM, which points to neurodivergent groups as particularly vulnerable
Students against the Occupation were removed from South Campus by police Tuesday evening. They failed what the Rector of the University of Copenhagen has called the 'sock test'. The students – who literally protested shoeless, and in their socks – don't understand why. We no longer have patience for Israel-Palestine demonstrations, the rector replies.
»The university is a cornerstone of democracy. At the core is academic freedom, which guarantees the university a value that money cannot buy,« the rector said at the University of Copenhagen's annual Commemoration Ceremony, which this year took place without protests.
