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Computer science at UCPH leaps up into global elite

The Department of Computer Science at UCPH has jumped to 11th place on the world's best computer science departments list. UCPH is the only European university on the list apart from ETH in Switzerland.

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Education

UCPH criticised for not telling students about data leak

A number of students’ CPR personal registration numbers were posted on the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences intranet by mistake. And the students were not subsequently informed. The faculty has now been reprimanded by the Danish Data Protection Agency.

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Education

The University of Copenhagen is still the 30th best in the world

On the new Shanghai ranking of the world's best universities, the University of Copenhagen (UCPH) remains ranked at number 30, the sixth best in Europe.

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Campus

Sober students more likely to drop out

Your alcohol consumption during the start of your study affects your well-being on your study programme. A survey from the Danish Evaluation Institute shows that students who either drink a lot, or who don’t drink at all during the start of their study programme have a greater risk of dropping out.

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Campus

"I feel like a chemist again"

In 2014, Mohannad Aloula fled, on his own, from Syria to Denmark to avoid the forces of Assad. Now he is doing an internship at the Department of Chemistry while studying at the adult education college VUC. In his homeland he studied chemistry, and he hopes to start biochemistry next summer.

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Campus

Three apps that help you concentrate

Several studies show that the overuse of smartphones makes you unfocussed and stressed. But don’t worry, we have found three apps that can help you refocus on your studies.

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Education

Students are spending more time studying

Students in Danish higher education have more hours in class and spend more time preparing than just a few years ago. The Minister for Higher Education is pleased with this development.

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Politics

Student grant SU reform back on the negotiating table

From 2019, Danish SU student grants will be 20 per cent lower and limited to five years. The government's 2025 plan maintains SU cuts.

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Education

9 evil University of Copenhagen exams

Complicated algorithms, microeconomics, the A-Z of film history or Arabic grammar. We have found nine examinations that really have University of Copenhagen students breaking out into a sweat.

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Education

Record number of Danes studying abroad

Since 2011, the number of Danish university students studying abroad has nearly doubled

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