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You have never seen the University of Copenhagen like this

Twice this April, the historic UCPH main building on Frue Plads will be transformed from classicist architecture to futuristic installation art.

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Education

Jesper Kallestrup to be the new dean at the Faculty of Humanities

1st August and Kallestrup will take over control of a faculty that has been troubled in recent years.

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Campus

The Maersk Tower is one of the world's most sustainable laboratory buildings

The laboratories take up most of the space in the 15-storey Maersk Tower and turn it into a real energy drain. Yet through the course of its eight-year-long construction, it has succeeded in implementing many initiatives that save energy and resources

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Opinion

Can I be worthless, yet still happy?

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Science

"Here is the business model of a modern university"

It is not the cash that determines the research at the University of Copenhagen, says Thomas Bjørnholm in a send-off interview with the University Post. He also has a message to young researchers and researching students: You need to be prepared to… leave.

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Education

10 tips to judiciously spend your time when locked out of Uni

In light of the public sector crisis University Post has prepared a list of 10 tips to get through the lockout from April 10th in the most constructive way.

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Campus

Guideline change requires rector approval for VIP visits

A guideline adopted two days after the visit of Catalonian leader Carles Puigdemont instructs event organisers to inform the rector if they invite a VIP

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Culture

Escape from concrete: Three students had enough of Copenhagen

Copenhagen is not for everyone, and not for all students. We met three UCPH students who have left their urban lives to make a home near the fields and forests.

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Politics

Next month’s impending industrial action is so big it could even hurt the dead

A general strike threatened for next month would affect all aspects of university life, from maintenance to ground-breaking research. Staff can be allowed to work if it’s a matter of life or death, but not if it’s a matter of death only: medical-school cadavers could wind up decomposing before they can be dissected

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Campus

5 fun courses that you did not even know existed

Foam, raffle games and beer tasting, all in the name of science. Your fellow students are doing courses you probably didn't even know existed. Here is a handful of niche subjects to inspire you in your choice of elective subjects.

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