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The University Post’s guide to culture in Copenhagen on a student budget

Are Copenhagen’s prices making you break into a sweat as a student, to the point where you’ve given up on the city’s cultural scene? If so, keep reading. The University Post’s guide will show you the best cultural deals in Copenhagen at student-friendly prices.

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Academic life

Guide: Fab Study Spots in Copenhagen

Are you new to the city and not quite sure where to go to study? Or are you simply tired of your usual study spot and in need of some fresh inspiration? Uniavisen has been around the city testing study spots for you, so you can find a great place to settle down with your books every time.

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Academic life

See the photos from immatriculation 2026

It is now official: This year’s new students met each other, their tutors, and their well-dressed rector for the first time on Friday, August 21.

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Academic life

The Rector's welcome speech to the new students

With the symbolic handshake new students are welcomed to UCPH by The Rector as citizens of the academic republic.

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Academic life

No Danish PhD? No postdoc grant — Danish researchers punished for going abroad

UCPH graduate Andreas Nabil Younan is soon to complete his PhD at the University of Cambridge in the UK. But he is barred from applying for the most relevant postdoc grants in Denmark.

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Academic life

Management: The University of Copenhagen still excludes international voices

We asked Dean and diversity sponsor Bente Stallknecht about initiatives after a inclusion survey revealed that international students and staff face language and cultural barriers.

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Academic life

Starting at the University of Copenhagen? Here’s what I wish I’d known

I wish someone had told me that university is less structured, more confusing — and way more fun — than you'd think.

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Academic life

The power of numbers: Woman, know your stats

No, there is not gender equality in Denmark. On Instagram, the feminist Cathrine Berendt has built up a gender-equality platform where she posts the statistics that she feels more Danes should know about.

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Academic life

Young, brilliant, and tired of being underestimated

Physics student Chamilla Terp beat elite international researchers by slicing through an astrophysics mystery. She’d rather talk about her discovery than her gender — and she’s tired of backhanded compliments.

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Academic life

They let in the women — and nothing was ever the same

For nearly 400 years, the University of Copenhagen was a men’s club. Only in 1875 did it reluctantly admit the first women to its lecture halls. We pay tribute to the female pioneers who pursued an education — at their own expense and risk.

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