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Student protesters blockade central University of Copenhagen buildings

The organisation Students Against the Occupation blocked the central administration quarter of the university Wednesday morning. Six people have been arrested, Copenhagen police said.

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Education

University of Copenhagen to cut student admissions by 450 places starting next year

UCPH is to reduce new student numbers already from 2025 following the Danish master's degree reform.

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Science

Avocados get the blame when meat-eaters defend their eating habits

Consumers resort to excuses when they want to avoid cutting back on meat in their diets. The avocado, in particular, seems to be suitable.

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Science

They thought it was extinct: Bee seen for the first time since 1973

Bee experts from the University of Copenhagen have rediscovered an endangered bee at a military exercise site in the north of the Danish island of Zealand.

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Culture

A welcome to the 546th year of new University of Copenhagen students

On Friday 23 August the UCPH managers welcomed the 2024 cohort of new students. The students loved the combination of bling, self-deprecating humour, and sense of community.

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Student life

Rector to new students: »Let the community suffocate the loneliness«

Rector Henrik C. Wegener welcomed new students at the Matriculation Ceremony Friday. Here is the full text of his speech

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People

Six million kroner for research into plant buds

»I'm very proud of this grant because I came to Denmark 15 years ago with an inferiority complex,« says molecular plant biologist Laura Arribas-Hernandez, a new research director.

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Science

The University of Copenhagen gets its first female philosophy professor

Sabrina Ebbersmeyer is the first female philosophy professor in the University of Copenhagen's 545-year history. She looks at the skewed gender balance in the field with both seriousness and humour.

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Education

Full list: This is what you can expect to earn as a University of Copenhagen graduate

What can you expect to earn after studying at the University of Copenhagen? Here is an overview over starting salaries for new graduates, and for graduates after ten years on the labour market.

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Opinion

Cut the 'AI' bullshit, UCPH

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