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Studying with AI at the University of Copenhagen — what’s allowed?

Artificial intelligence is increasingly shaping how students learn, take exams and navigate university life at the University of Copenhagen. This brings new opportunities — but also dilemmas that call for technical precision and academic reflection. Read on to learn when you're allowed to use AI — and when it counts as cheating.

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Education

Award-winning UCPH lecturer »welcomes insecurities and mistakes«

Associate professor Nenia Zenana has taught musicology students to be kind to themselves — and open-hearted with others — for nearly a whole lifetime. The University Post met the Teacher of the Year on South Campus — a workplace she adores for both its aesthetics and its people.

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Education

Why some degrees only attract women — and others only men

150 years after the first female students at the University of Copenhagen, women are now clearly in the majority — but the genders are still divided across degree programmes.

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Education

Victory for medical students as exam ruling reversed

After a week of intense clashes between students and management, the latter appears to have changed its mind.

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Education

Third time in five years: Medical students handed recycled exam at University of Copenhagen

Is having your exam annulled just part of being a medical student? Associate dean regrets »completely absurd mistake« and welcomes protests.

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Education

Danish millions to strengthen academic ties with Africa

African student exchanges and strategic partnerships at the heart of new Danish funding push.

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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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Education

University of Copenhagen eyes broader intake as applicants opt for quota 2 process

Vice-provost Rie Snekkerup welcomes higher applicant numbers on the quota 2 system, as they often bring experience and contribute to a more diverse student population.

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Education

Overdiagnosis harms patients — professor calls for Danish medical education overhaul

The Danish healthcare system is contributing to a massive waste of resources. And in some cases it is directly harming patients, says Professor John Brandt Brodersen. He calls for a paradigm shift and an end to »patchwork solutions« on medical and health education programmes.

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Education

Admissions cuts at the University of Copenhagen: Which programmes are shrinking the most?

With the mandated reduction in bachelor admissions, politicians are »cutting to the bone«, says Prorector for Education Kristian C. Lauta. At UCPH, 474 fewer students will be admitted compared to 2024.

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