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University of Southern Denmark (SDU) shuts door on non-EU applicants

Danish regional university SDU rejects non-EU applicants, while Roskilde University (RUC) closes a programme following the Bangladesh case. The University of Copenhagen sticks to its current policy however.

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Education

Lottery to decide who goes abroad from University of Copenhagen — not everyone’s happy

Random selection has been introduced for exchange placements to promote equality and diversity — but the move has stirred up opposition

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Education

Wide disparities at University of Copenhagen law exams revealed

A former law student has mapped out the grades from more than 700 examiners at the Faculty of Law. The results show differences of up to five grade points between examiners on the same exam — enough to mean the difference between failing and getting a top grade.

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Education

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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