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How to read a book at university

It's easy to feel discouraged when faced with dense scientific tomes loaded with complicated information that few people understand. We asked two professors and authors for study tips. Here are 10.

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Education

University of Copenhagen admits 450 more students than last year

All faculties have received more applications than last year, but there are still more available spots left in individual programmes than was the case last year. Psychology remains the degree programme with the highest grade point average.

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Education

Top 10: Here are the highest required grade point averages at the University of Copenhagen

Psychology exceeds its own grade point average from last year and tops the list. Insurance Mathematics takes a second place, while Medicine is down from last year – this may, however, be due to an increase in admittance.

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Campus

Welcome to University of Copenhagen: 5 important dates to remember

Here are five important dates to remember to ensure that your new life as a university student is off to a good start.

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Campus

Crazy parsley sauce paninis and weak coffee at Hav a Java

South Campus has three cafés run by Hav a Java: Mødestedet at KUA 2, Hav a Java at KUA 1, and Hav a Java at KUA 3. We had lunch twice in one day and tested out meat, vegetarian, and vegan options at the cafés.

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Education

Acceptance, rejection, standby: What to do when you receive a reply on your application

In July, thousands of hopeful young Danes get an answer to their university application. We spoke with the head of a centre that offers special study guidance about how to deal with all the possible application scenarios. His number one piece of advice? »Don’t panic.«

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Campus

A psychedelic landscape in pristine condition: Photos from Karen Blixens Plads

The new square on South Campus is best described as a perfect, trash and graffiti free love child between Teletubbie Land and a computer-generated architect’s model.

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Campus

8 things you should know about your Danish co-workers

At University of Copenhagen more than a third of all researchers and faculty members come from abroad. University Post spoke to a handful of them to find out what they see as their Danish co-workers’ defining features.

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Education

By the numbers: Here are this year’s least and most popular programmes

Medicine is once again at the top of the list, Odontology and Political Science are steadily climbing, and the trend of more women than men applying continues.

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Culture

A history of the University of Copenhagen Friday bar

Ever since the University of Copenhagen was founded, higher learning and heavy drinking have gone hand in hand. Take a trip down memory lane to a time when drunken, knife-wielding students wreaked havoc in the streets of Copenhagen and find out how today’s Friday bar crowd compares to the rowdy revelers of yore.

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