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Here are the most expensive areas to live in Copenhagen

In just three years, average rent has increased by 19 percent in Copenhagen. ”A large increase,” according to one consumer economist, with prices rarely under DKK 4,000 a month

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International

UCPH students win bronze medals at the Olympics

Four students from the University of Copenhagen are currently at the Olympic Games. Supported by the university and the national Danish team, they combine their studies with their lives as elite athletes. And two of them, rowers Anne Dsane Andersen and Lærke Berg Ramussen, have just won bronze medals.

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Education

Diary from a programme threatened with closure

Simon Poulsen is a master’s student in Indo-European studies. Read his report on a proud study programme’s dramatic nosedive at the Faculty of Humanities

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Education

Tutor of minister in scientific misconduct slams press, professors

The tutor of a former Minister of Higher Education and Science, who was recently cleared of scientific misconduct, criticises how fellow professors and the press handled the case. Suggests future cases like it be conducted out in the open. Here's our overview of the debate

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Education

More international BA students this year at UCPH

Number of undergraduate students from abroad has increased relative to last year. Most international BA-students come from the Nordic countries. We met up with one of the new international students

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Education

It is crazy week for the student counsellor

"Panic? No, there is no panic. But we are busy, very, very busy,” UCPH student counsellors are the receiving end of rejected applicants' calls in the busiest week of the year

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Campus

Killer of Jonas Sekyere convicted in Somalia

Copenhagen law student Jonas Thomsen Sekyere was stabbed to death in a Vesterbro night club nearly four years ago. Now his killer has been sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment in Somalia

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Education

Here are the oldest and youngest students

Large average age differences between study programmes at the University of Copenhagen

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Campus

Copenhagen needs 9,500 student homes

It has become harder for students to find a place to live in Copenhagen. According to a Danish Construction Association analysis, the city now has a 9,500 student housing shortfall, up by 1,000 over last year

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Campus

Welcome, new students and staff!

So you've arrived in a new, strange, and foreign land. Need a hand finding your bearings, exploring the city, and making new friends? The University Post is here to help

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