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Can you live on DKK 50 a day in Copenhagen? A student experiment

According to a study, one in four students in Denmark live on less than DKK 1,500 a month after expenses. So now I will test this on my own body: Can I live on that for the month of February?

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Student life

First friends, first phrases: Soft landing at the University of Copenhagen

Before the semester starts, exchange students can take a course to get to know their new city — and have a go at the tricky Danish language.

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Working environment

Dean acknowledges fallout from mass layoffs at Faculty of Science

Both research and teaching will feel the aftershocks of the large-scale cuts at the Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, with entire research fields set to disappear. The dean announces tighter financial controls.

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Working environment

Lecturers in limbo: »There’s no job category for people like us«

When their contracts expire this summer, two popular literature lecturers at the University of Copenhagen stand to lose their jobs — or get stuck in positions without any allotted time for research. Their story is not just about them. It is about what research-based teaching should look like in the future.

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Science

Their bachelor's thesis made it into the top-tier journal 'The Lancet'

An internship in Australia set off a research project on functional disorders. Now, two Danish students have published their results in one of the world’s leading medical journals.

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Working environment

Layoffs shake trust in University of Copenhagen — researcher warns international colleagues

Sergey Rosbakh left the Faculty of Science in December 2025 and now says that the credibility of UCPH as an employer has been undermined. According to the dean at the faculty the risk of reputational damage is a »genuine concern«.

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Obituary

In Memoriam: Peter Marcus Kristensen (1983–2025)

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Culture

Nobel winner Morten Meldal honoured in new artwork

Chemistry professor and Nobel Prize winner Morten Meldal now appears alongside the giants of Danish history in the portrait gallery at Frederiksborg Castle. The University Post was there for the unveiling of John Kørner’s work.

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Education

UCPH braces for master's degree reform: »We can’t afford to get it wrong«

In the face of what they call »a colossal development task«, University of Copenhagen management has scaled back its criticism and is now hard at work trying to make the reform a success. The prorector for education explains what they are doing to create new programmes.

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Working environment

Study: AI hits young job seekers hardest

Highly educated young Americans are losing jobs to AI. Things are not yet that bad in Denmark. But in the long run AI could lead to mass unemployment, says UCPH sociologist.

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