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Starting at a Danish university can be a big change in your life. So we want to prepare you with five things that might surprise you.
For decades, the traditional Danish ‘rustur’ intro camp on the medicine programme has been shrouded in mystery and nervous excitement for thousands of new students. But the intro camp community is in transition throughout the country. The same goes for social etiquette and public debate. The University Post followed the intro camp tutors on the medicine programme to find out how an intro camp is organised, and how limits are defined on a study programme that, by definition, crosses people’s limits.
24 years ago the acclaimed Danish author was pressured by tutors to do things at intro camp that she has since been ashamed of.
Start brewing your own coffee, quit buying kebabs on your way home from a night out, and get creative with your gifts for friends and family. Here is the ultimate guide to living on a student budget in expensive Copenhagen.
It will drain your bank account when the bill for your textbooks runs up to several thousand kroner. However if you want to get the books on the cheap, help is at hand. The University Post offers you seven tips to balance your budget.
Go to re-examination, forget about your grades, and make demands. At the university, there are many new things to deal with, and one is easily overwhelmed. Here, an experienced student tells what she wishes she had known, when she was on the threshold of student life.
