{"id":89646,"date":"2019-07-11T10:00:15","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T08:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/top-og-bund-her-er-de-mest-og-mindst-soegte-studier-paa-koebenhavns-universitet\/"},"modified":"2019-07-11T10:35:43","modified_gmt":"2019-07-11T08:35:43","slug":"here-are-this-years-least-and-most-popular-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/here-are-this-years-least-and-most-popular-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"By the numbers: Here are this year\u2019s least and most popular programmes"},"content":{"rendered":"

University of Copenhagen has just released the number of applications the individual undergraduate programmes<\/a> at the university have received this year, and trends from previous years are still in effect.<\/p>\n

With 2,625 applicants, Medicine is this year once again the most popular programme at the university \u2013 both in terms of the overall number of applications as well the number of priority 1 applications. And just like last year, Law and Psychology are up there as well with 2,411 and 1,803 applications respectively.<\/p>\n

There is a wide gap between the most popular programmes and the group of programmes following them. Political Science (920) and Odontology (875) take fourth and fifth place respectively, while Economy (850) is out of the top five coming in at a sixth place.<\/p>\n

At the other end of the scale, American Indian Languages and Culture find themselves coming in last, as was the case in 2018, with only 19 applicants.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: <\/strong>University of Copenhagen sees an uptick in applicants across the board except in the humanities<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The two new programmes, Computer Science and Economy and Machine Learning and Data Science have received 330 and 297 applications respectively. That puts them at a 25th and 26th place on the overall list at University of Copenhagen.<\/p>\n

After a few years with declining numbers, the total number of applications received at the university is up by close to five percent. Once again, more women then men have applied to programmes at University of Copenhagen. 10,313 applicants are women, while 6,149 are men.<\/p>\n

The ten most popular programmes<\/h2>\n

1. Medicine \u2013 2.625 applications<\/p>\n

2. Law \u2013 2.411<\/p>\n

3. Psychology \u2013 1.803<\/p>\n

4. Political Science \u2013 902<\/p>\n

5. Odontology \u2013 875<\/p>\n

6. Economy \u2013 850<\/p>\n

7. Pharmacy \u2013 785<\/p>\n

8. Veterinary Medicine \u2013 760<\/p>\n

9. Anthropology \u2013 722<\/p>\n

10. Sociology \u2013 702<\/p>\n

The five least popular programmes<\/h2>\n

1. American Indian Languages and Culture \u2013 19 applications<\/p>\n

2. Greenalnd and Arctic Studies \u2013 24<\/p>\n

3. Modern India and Southasian Studies \u2013 25<\/p>\n

4. Portuguese and Brazilian Studies \u2013 27<\/p>\n

5. Ancient Greek \u2013 28<\/p>\n

5. Latin \u2013 28<\/p>\n

You can get an overview at University of Copenhagen\u2019s website<\/a>, where the numbers are categorized by priorities.
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That puts them at a 25th and 26th place on the overall list at University of Copenhagen.<\/p>\n<p>After a few years with declining numbers, the total number of applications received at the university is up by close to five percent. Once again, more women then men have applied to programmes at University of Copenhagen. 10,313 applicants are women, while 6,149 are men.<\/p>\n<h2>The ten most popular programmes<\/h2>\n<p>1. Medicine \u2013 2.625 applications<\/p>\n<p>2. Law \u2013 2.411<\/p>\n<p>3. Psychology \u2013 1.803<\/p>\n<p>4. Political Science \u2013 902<\/p>\n<p>5. Odontology \u2013 875<\/p>\n<p>6. Economy \u2013 850<\/p>\n<p>7. Pharmacy \u2013 785<\/p>\n<p>8. Veterinary Medicine \u2013 760<\/p>\n<p>9. Anthropology \u2013 722<\/p>\n<p>10. Sociology \u2013 702<\/p>\n<h2>The five least popular programmes<\/h2>\n<p>1. American Indian Languages and Culture \u2013 19 applications<\/p>\n<p>2. Greenalnd and Arctic Studies \u2013 24<\/p>\n<p>3. Modern India and Southasian Studies \u2013 25<\/p>\n<p>4. Portuguese and Brazilian Studies \u2013 27<\/p>\n<p>5. Ancient Greek \u2013 28<\/p>\n<p>5. Latin \u2013 28<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/studier.ku.dk\/bachelor\/ansoegning-og-optagelse\/optagelsesstatistik\/2019\/ansoegning-fordelt-paa-prio-og-fag\/\">You can get an overview at University of Copenhagen\u2019s website<\/a>, where the numbers are categorized by priorities.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"ArticleEnd"},{"acf_fc_layout":"ExternalPromo","style":"printed_paper","headline":"New student?","twitter_feed":null,"image":{"ID":88684,"id":88684,"title":"37232","filename":"37232-e1561706289599.png","filesize":75,"url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/37232-e1561706289599.png","link":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/studiestart\/attachment\/37232\/","alt":"","author":"71","description":"sort firkant","caption":"","name":"37232","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":87422,"date":"2019-06-28 07:17:44","modified":"2019-07-18 14:15:01","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":50,"height":25,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/37232-e1561706289599.png","thumbnail-width":50,"thumbnail-height":25,"medium":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/37232-e1561706289599.png","medium-width":50,"medium-height":25,"medium_large":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/37232-e1561706289599.png","medium_large-width":50,"medium_large-height":25,"large":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/37232-e1561706289599.png","large-width":50,"large-height":25,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/37232-e1561706289599.png","1536x1536-width":50,"1536x1536-height":25,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/37232-e1561706289599.png","2048x2048-width":50,"2048x2048-height":25,"featured-soft":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/37232-e1561706289599.png","featured-soft-width":50,"featured-soft-height":25,"featured-hard":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/37232-e1561706289599.png","featured-hard-width":50,"featured-hard-height":25,"narrow":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/37232-e1561706289599.png","narrow-width":50,"narrow-height":25,"extended":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/37232-e1561706289599.png","extended-width":50,"extended-height":25}},"external_link":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/new-student\/","cta":"Everything you need to know"},{"acf_fc_layout":"OtherStories","headline":"Read More","hand_picked_posts":true,"references":[{"reference":{"ID":89607,"post_author":"70","post_date":"2019-07-10 10:08:48","post_date_gmt":"2019-07-10 08:08:48","post_content":"If you\u2019re enrolling at University of Copenhagen this coming fall prepare to be greeted by a group of highly motivated tutors who are planning to give you the very best introduction to your new life as a student. Few people are aware of how much time and effort tutors put into arranging the best possible start for new students. But what exactly does the job as a tutor entail, and what can incoming freshmen expect from the intro week at the university?\r\n\r\nUniversity Post sat down with a handful of tutors from different faculties at University of Copenhagen who have agreed to shed some light on what it means to be a tutor and how the intro week events are planned.\n<!-- end of module 1 -->\n<h2>Political Science and Social Sciences<\/h2>\r\nThe Department of Political Science covers both Political Science as well as Social Sciences, and the new students in both programs will be spending their intro week together. And Political Science and Social Sciences takes the cake in terms of numbers: no less than <strong>120 tutors<\/strong> (!) will be welcoming approximately <strong>350 new students<\/strong> by the end of August.\r\n\r\nThe enormous staff of tutors held their first planning meeting in February and in March they spent a weekend in G\u00f8rl\u00f8se getting acquainted with each other. Part of the process of preparing involved each individual tutor reflecting on his or her own intro week as part of the \u2018tutor workshop\u2019 held by the student counselling office.\r\n<blockquote>It was kind of like a radio talk show. We sat down and discussed the various issues and dilemmas you encounter as a tutor.\r\n<p class=\"quotee\">Ida Holm S\u00f8rensen, tutor<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n\u00bbWe had to reflect on our own experiences, the good as well as the stressful ones, and how we as tutors can take that into consideration when trying to give the new students the best possible start. It was kind of like a radio talk show. We sat down and discussed the various issues and dilemmas you encounter as a tutor. We are well prepared to take on the role as tutors and do a great job,\u00ab says Ida Holm S\u00f8rensen who is gearing up for her second year as a tutor.\r\n\r\nIntro week and the tasks of the tutors differ from one department to another. At the Department of Political Science, a small group within the tutor body coordinate the intro week, and they already started planning in December 2018. They met with the head of the department to determine the structure of the intro week events.\r\n\r\n<em>What is the workload like?<\/em>\r\n\r\n\u00bbIncoming students are divided into eight core teams, and each core team is attached to a group of usually about 15 tutors. The tutors are responsible for decorating the classrooms where the students will have their base during intro week, and they also prepare a roster of fun activities for the new students,\u00ab says Ida Holm S\u00f8rensen who helps coordinate the intro week events.\n<!-- end of module 2 -->\nIn addition, every tutor is a part of <strong>two to three subcommittees<\/strong> that plan most of the events. There\u2019s a food committee that organizes lunch during the intro week, and there\u2019s a committee in charge of the traditional <strong>Political Game<\/strong> which the new students will be competing in during intro week.\r\n\r\nIda Holm S\u00f8rensen won\u2019t go into too much detail in terms of what incoming students will experience during intro week \u2013 many of the traditional events are kept secret so they are more fun for the students.\r\n\r\n\u00bbI can, however, reveal that we have songs that we love to sing, we have legendary stories about program alumni, as well as mysteries and secrets about Centre for Health and Society (CSS in Danish),\u00ab says Ida Holm S\u00f8rensen.\r\n\r\n<em>Why is the best thing about being a tutor?<\/em>\r\n\r\n\u00bbGetting to know other students from other core teams and other classes is awesome. And it\u2019s a really cool experience to be a part of getting this whole project off the ground. It\u2019s very time consuming and you have to put a lot of energy into it, but when everything works out and the intro week is an amazing experience for the new students, it\u2019s totally worth it.\u00ab\n<!-- end of module 3 -->\n<h2>Prehistoric Archaeology<\/h2>\r\nAmanda Blankensteiner just wrapped up the fourth semester of her bachelor\u2019s degree and this fall if you\u2019re enrolling in <strong>Linguistics<\/strong>, <strong>Prehistoric<\/strong> or <strong>Classical<\/strong> <strong>Archeology<\/strong> \u2013 the three programs organize a joint intro week and intro camp experience \u2013 you are guaranteed to meet her. Amanda will be working as a tutor for the second time and together with the rest of the team of tutors at Prehistoric Archeology, she has been working hard sin early May to plan the intro week events.\r\n\r\n<em>How do you prepare for the arrival of the new students?<\/em>\r\n\r\n\u00bbWe held a series of meetings in June, where we tried to plan as much as possible in advance. That way we can take the month of July off and then we\u2019re back at it in early August. We will be getting everything ready, stocking up on materials, and hashing out the details of the events as well as the intro camp. Finally, there are certain mandatory aspects like a <strong>first aid course<\/strong> and <strong>tutor training day<\/strong>,\u00ab says Amanda Blankensteiner.\r\n<blockquote>They will be getting dirt on their hands when we visit a real excavation site.\r\n<p class=\"quotee\">Amanda Blankensteiner, tutor<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\nAt Prehistoric Archeology the tutors are typically issued a set of practical tasks. For instance, Amanda Blankensteiner is responsible for scheduling a bus for the intro camp (someone has to do it, and the quicker the better!), reserving a cafeteria at Campus South as well as Caf\u00e9 M\u00f8destedet for the intro week events, as well as ordering alcoholic beverages for the intro camp.\r\n\r\n<em>Can you reveal what the new students can expect during the intro week?<\/em>\r\n\r\n\u00bbThey will be getting acquainted with some of [secrettext face=\"the most beautiful museums in Copenhagen\" text=\"Among them the National Museum of Denmark, Glyptoteket, and Thorvaldsens Museum.\"], they will be getting dirt on their hands when we visit a real <strong>excavation site<\/strong>, they will get a look behind the scenes at Ark\u00e6ologisk V\u00e6rksted, meet their professors and fellow students, and finally they will participate in a real adventure of an intro camp which we guarantee will be a historic experience.\u00ab\r\n<h2>History<\/h2>\r\nAnother program under the SAXO Institute and one of the major fields in the Faculty of Humanities is History. Here 16 tutors are ready to welcome the new students (three so-called SAXO tutors and 13 program tutors). This year one of them is [secretimage face=\"Maria Greibe\" imageid=\"89428\"].\r\n\r\n<em>Why did you decide to become a tutor?<\/em>\r\n\r\n\u00bbAs a tutor, you have an opportunity to make a difference and influence new students\u2019 desire and motivation to stay in their program \u2013 and I think tutors do a great job of handling that responsibility,\u00ab says Maria Greibe.\n<!-- end of module 4 -->\nFor the History tutors planning started in April: \u00bbSo many things have to come together. If we do our best to prepare well ahead of time, we can spend more time and energy on the new students when the semester kicks off which is our most important task.\u00ab\r\n\r\nAt History they have a very special tradition which new students will experience during the intro camp: <strong>Kildeskattejagten<\/strong> (in English \u201cthe treasure hunt for reliable sources\u201d), a light introduction to academic methodology in the field of history which students will be taking on their first semester.\r\n\r\n\u00bb<em>Kildeskattejagten<\/em> is an academic activity where tutors dress up in costumes an act as living witnesses to history. The new students then have to use these sources in order to solve academic riddles pertaining to the theme of the intro camp,\u00ab says Maria Greibe.\r\n<h2>Theatre and performance studies<\/h2>\r\nFrom history and archaeology to performance theory. At the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, the tutors from Theatre and Performance Studies are gearing up to welcoming the new students. Here the team of tutors consists of <strong>four head tutors<\/strong> who are in charge of all the practicalities \u2013 from administration to accounting \u2013 and <strong>seven supplementary tutors<\/strong> who help during the intro week and intro camp. One of them is first-time tutor [secretimage face=\"Amanda H\u00f8jbjerg Jacobsen\" imageid=\"89429\"] who is on her third semester of her bachelor\u2019s degree.\r\n\r\nJust like the other tutors at the Faculty of Humanities, the theatre tutors have been planning intro week since spring. In May they planned visits from professors and former students who will be addressing the new students during intro week.\n<!-- end of module 5 -->\n\u00bbWe have strived to get as many of the practical tasks as possible out of the way in May and June. That includes renting a lodge for the intro camp (\u2026) we\u2019ve also compiled a [secrettext face=\"<strong>freshmen folder<\/strong>\" text=\"Information about intro weeks events and other relevant material for incoming students\"] with important information for the new students which is available at kunet.ku.dk,\u00ab says Amanda H\u00f8jbjerg Jacobsen.\r\n\r\n<em>Are there any traditions in your program that you will be exposing the new students to?<\/em>\r\n\r\n\u00bbTraditionally the new students are in charge of planning the annual <strong>Christmas cabaret<\/strong> which consists of performances and parodies based on people in the program and certain situations that have arisen over the course of the semester. It\u2019s always a lot of fun because we\u2019re a small program and everyone knows everyone, so most people will get the jokes and references,\u00ab says Amanda H\u00f8jbjerg Jacobsen.\r\n\r\nHowever, there are also certain traditions at the Theatre and Performance Studies program that only students are privy to.\n<!-- end of module 6 -->\n<h2>Theology<\/h2>\r\nThe Faculty of Theology is home to one program which is \u2013 surprise! \u2013 Theology. If you\u2019re enrolling in Theology after the summer break you will be greeted by <strong>20 tutors<\/strong> who are ready to create a unique intro week for you. One of them is [secretimage face=\"Carina Meier\" imageid=\"89446\"]\u00a0who is a first-time tutor this year. She enrolled at the faculty last year herself, and she vividly recalls the experience of being a new student.\r\n\r\n\u00bbStarting as a new student can be a nerve-racking experience. Last year, I witnessed first hand how wonderful it is to be greeted by a group of nice people and a well-organized intro week plan to combat the nerves. My greatest wish is to ensure that the new students have a great intro week, just like the one I had,\u00ab says Carina Meier.\r\n\r\nJust like their South Campus neighbours from History, the tutors at Theology have been planning since April. Most of the work was completed before the summer break, and the finishing touches to the schedule will be made in the final weeks of the break, when all the tutors meet up for a <strong>tutor weekend<\/strong>.\r\n\r\nThis is a feature common to all tutor groups across the university faculties. They all gather for a weekend trip prior to the intro week, so they can get to know each other before they start their work.\r\n\r\n\u00bbIt\u2019s important to foster a <strong>sense of community<\/strong> within the tutor group, so we participate in various social activities during these preliminary meetings. It\u2019s also a great way to get to know your fellow students who are ahead or behind you in your studies,\u00ab says Carina Meier.\n<!-- end of module 7 -->\n<h2>Law<\/h2>\r\nAt the Faculty of Law, <strong>54 tutors and three coordinators<\/strong> are gearing up to greet the new students this year. As is the case with Political Science and Social Sciences, coordinators at Law have been planning since late last fall. At the Faculty of Law tutoring work is divided into a spring and a fall session. And apropos fostering a sense of community, the spring session typically involves subjecting the tutors to the same schedule of social activities that the incoming students are presented with in August.\r\n<blockquote>Our philosophy is that a strong sense of community is beneficial to academic competence, and it also provides the new students with motivation to work with law.\r\n<p class=\"quotee\">Louise Heidtmann, coordinator<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n\u00bbDuring the spring we host<strong> three evening courses<\/strong> where tutors are instructed in how to perform their duties. They also learn what it\u2019s like to be a new student at the university by building social relations in teams,\u00ab says Louise Heidtmann, who is coordinating this year\u2019s intro week at the faculty. She has served as a tutor twice in the past.\r\n\r\nThe month of August is typically a busy time for tutors when everything they have learned over the course of the spring is applied in reality when planning the intro week.\r\n\r\nAt Law, the tutors believe that social bonds strengthen academic competency among students, so the tutors are very invested in fostering a sense of community among the new students from the beginning. The friendships and bonds between the tutors themselves serve as inspiration for the new students.\r\n\r\n\u00bbThe best thing about being a tutor is providing new students with a good understanding of what it\u2019s like to be a student here and at the same time dispel with some of the preconceived notions about the faculty and law students. Our philosophy is that a strong sense of community is beneficial to academic competence, and it also provides the new students with motivation to work with law. It is our job to make sure that the new students are adequately prepared in this regard,\u00ab says Louise Heidtmann.\n<!-- end of module 8 -->\n<em>Are there any traditions that tutors make sure to honour when greeting the new students?<\/em>\r\n\r\n\u00bbTraditionally there\u2019s an intro song written by the tutors, but many of the traditions are revised and improvement upon following intro week,\u00ab says Louise Heidtmann.\r\n\r\nPicking out just one is hard task, but Louise Heidtmann is also quick to point out that the tutors at Law have a good relationship to various student body organizations. And all 54 tutors are excited to greet the incoming class.\r\n\r\n\u00bbWe can\u2019t wait till August!\u00ab\n<!-- end of module 9 -->\n","post_title":"Meet the tutors preparing to welcome new students","post_excerpt":"We met up with six tutors from across the university\u2019s faculties for a chat about how tutors prepare for the incoming class of students.","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"meet-the-tutors-preparing-to-welcome-new-students","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2019-07-10 12:38:08","post_modified_gmt":"2019-07-10 10:38:08","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/saadan-forbereder-tutorerne-sig-paa-at-moede-de-nye-studerende\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}},{"reference":{"ID":89580,"post_author":"67","post_date":"2019-07-08 15:40:14","post_date_gmt":"2019-07-08 13:40:14","post_content":"Over the course of the last two years, the dimensioning model and the new grade point average requirements has meant that University of Copenhagen has seen a decline in the number of applicants, but this year the trend has been reversed.\r\n\r\nThis much is clear in light of the 24,829 applications for quota 1 and 2 admissions the university has received. It is an increase of close to five percent compared to last year.\r\n\r\nCompared to the country\u2019s other seven universities, University of Copenhagen sets itself apart in a positive way: While all other universities except Copenhagen Business School has received fewer priority 1 applications this year, University of Copenhagen has been raking them in and has received [secrettext face=\"410 more\" text=\"from 10,865 to 11,275\"] applications than last year.\r\n\r\n\u00bbSeeing an increase is lovely, because we want as many qualified applicants as possible. But we obviously have to take into account that we don\u2019t know how many of the applicants meet the grade point average requirement of 6.0. We hope that the numbers indicate an actual increase,\u00ab says Head of Guidance & Admissions at University of Copenhagen, Pernille Kindtler.\r\n\r\nShe is careful not to speculate about the reason why University of Copenhagen is seeing an uptick in applicants compared to other universities, but she does highlight the university\u2019s recruitment campaign. This year\u2019s campaign focused on concrete solutions to the problems in the world today \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/we-asked-a-youth-researcher-to-predict-which-degree-programs-will-be-most-popular\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">which according to youth researcher Noemi Katznelson is very important to the coming generations of students<\/a>.\r\n\r\n\u00bbThe campaign may have caught the attention of some, but I fundamentally believe that we\u2019re seeing this increase because of the quality of our programs,\u00ab says Pernille Kindtler.\r\n<h2>Humanities sees a decrease<\/h2>\r\nAmong this year\u2019s applicants the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences and the Faculty of Social Sciences in particular are very popular. The former has seen an increase of 7.1 percent and the latter an increase of 8.5 percent.\r\n\r\nIn fact, all faculties at the university have received more applications this year. All except the Faculty of Humanities.\r\n<blockquote>It was a political decision to downsize Humanities, so I suppose it is a positive development that applicants are looking elsewhere.\r\n<p class=\"quotee\">Pernille Kindtler, Head of Guidance & Admissions<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\nCompared to numbers from recent years, Humanities has to some extent stopped hemorrhaging applicants \u2013 for instance the total number of applicants dropped 16.2 percent from 2016 to 2017 \u2013 but the Faculty is still down [secrettext face=\"173 applications compared to 2018\" text=\"From 5,885 applications in 2018 to 5,712 in 2019\"] which is a decrease of 2.9 percent.\r\n\r\nAssociate Dean Jens Erik Mogensen calls the continued decline in applications \u00bbtroubling\u00ab. In his view, the continued downturn may have something to do with an increased focus on wage levels and post-graduation unemployment among the applicants.\r\n\r\n\u00bbYoung people are constantly told that it\u2019s important to secure a well-paid job immediately upon graduation. Humanities graduates generally take longer finding a job, but they do succeed eventually. We don\u2019t have a specific, inherent problem at the faculty compared to the other fields,\u00ab he says.\r\n\r\n\u00bbOf course the humanities bashing we\u2019ve witnessed for years now has probably also affected the development.\u00ab\r\n<h2>Continued crisis in language studies<\/h2>\r\nThe Associate Dean hopes that the downturn is a sign that only the best students have applied, so \u00bbthe programs can focus on quality of education.\u00ab He also points out that humanities programs still have more applicants than they can accommodate.\r\n\r\nBut he is worried about the smaller language studies programs that have been widely ignored by this year\u2019s applicants. The preliminary numbers indicate that for instance French language and culture is down a quarter of their applicants (from 98 to 74), German language and culture is down close to a fifth of their applicants (from 79 to 65), and Spanish language and culture is down by a tenth (from 137 to 122). The preliminary numbers do not reveal the priority applicants have given the individual programs, but to Jens Erik Mogensen the news is alarming.\r\n\r\n\u00bbIt is a problem for Denmark that we won\u2019t have graduates with foreign language expertise other than English. But the problem arises in other parts of the educational system. It is difficult to recruit applicants in these fields, because very few students in Danish high schools take other languages besides Danish and English. It is a structural problem inherent to the educational system as a whole.\u00ab\r\n\r\n<em>Why is such a significant problem?<\/em>\r\n\r\n\u00bbBecause it will be a great loss to the country in an international perspective, if we are no longer able to read and understand languages like Spanish, Russian, or German and have to interpret everything from an English language perspective. The project of globalization will be too myopically focused on the Anglo-Saxon perspective. Ultimately, I think this is a democratic problem.\u00ab\n<!-- end of module 1 -->\nPernille Kindtler also notes that language studies are suffering, and like Jens Erik Mogensen she attributes the problem to the negative emphasis on employment opportunities post-graduation.\r\n\r\n\u00bbIt\u2019s a real shame. Some of the language studies program play an important part in the business community, and there small language studies programs that we really want to maintain.\u00ab\r\n<blockquote>It is a problem for Denmark that we won\u2019t have graduates with foreign language expertise other than English.\r\n<p class=\"quotee\">Jens Erik Mogensen, Associate Dean for Education, Faculty of Humanities<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<em>But isn\u2019t it a good thing that the applicants\u2019 priorities mirror a political desire and that more applicants seek out STEM-fields as opposed to the humanities?<\/em>\r\n\r\n\u00bbYes, you can. It was a political decision to downsize Humanities, so I suppose it is a positive development that applicants are looking elsewhere. That said we want qualified applicants in the Humanities, so we hope students with the right set of qualifications apply.\u00ab\r\n\r\nEarlier this year, the Faculty of Humanities downsized which resulted in 35 resignations, 11 of which were involuntary. Among other things this was due to the dimensioning model which has meant a decrease in students and thus a decrease in revenue for the faculty.\r\n\r\nThe exact number of applicants and admitted students at the Faculty of Humanities this year will be revealed on July 26, when all applicants receive a reply in the mail.\n<!-- end of module 2 -->\n","post_title":"University of Copenhagen sees an uptick in applicants across the board except in the humanities","post_excerpt":"This year University of Copenhagen has seen a five percent increase in applicants compared to last year. In fact, all faculties have seen an increase \u2013 except for the Faculty of Humanities. And the continued decline has the Associate Dean worried: \u00bbIt is a problem for Denmark.\u00ab","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"university-of-copenhagen-sees-an-uptick-in-applicants-across-the-board-except-in-the-humanities","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2019-07-09 12:27:12","post_modified_gmt":"2019-07-09 10:27:12","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/koebenhavns-universitet-har-faaet-flere-ansoegere-bare-ikke-paa-humaniora\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}},{"reference":{"ID":87689,"post_author":"12","post_date":"2019-07-11 09:00:20","post_date_gmt":"2019-07-11 07:00:20","post_content":"The Friday bar is a modern invention, but capping off a busy week of studies by getting hammered is by no means a new concept, according to associate professor of the history of science and universities at The Saxo Institute, Morten Fink-Jensen.\r\n\r\n\u00bbBack when the university was founded in 1479 and during the Reformation students were prohibited from drinking. Obviously, the administration admonished students for drinking, because experience had taught them that it was necessary,\u00ab he says.\r\n\r\nMorten Fink-Jensen has agreed to guide us through the sordid history of partying at the University of Copenhagen, and as it turns out drinking habits of Renaissance era academics was anything but well-mannered.\r\n<h2>The Saturday bar is open for business!<\/h2>\r\nThe University of Copenhagen was founded at a point in history when drunkenly staggering about in the streets of the city was not frowned upon.\r\n\r\n\u00bbUp until the 1700s, drinking was normal across the stratum of society,\u00ab says Morten Fink-Jensen. \u00bbBecause it was healthier to drink than the water, beer was the main constituent of the daily diet. Even the king and the nobility, who enjoyed an elevated position in society, would frequent taverns and were often seen drunk in public.\u00ab\r\n<blockquote>When students had an argument or a fight, they would take it outside in the street and duel armed with rapiers.\r\n<p class=\"quotee\">Morten Fink-Jensen<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\nThe same thing goes for students at the university. On Saturdays, when the last lecture of the week had concluded, students set off to the nearest watering hole in Copenhagen\u2019s Latin Quarter. There were plenty of taverns in the area around [secrettext face=\"Regensen\" text=\"A student residence hall built in the 1600s.\"]: Simons K\u00e6lder on Gammel Torv, Rosen on Gl. Strand, as well as Dyrk\u00f8b, a more distinguished establishment which left such a permanent mark on the city as the street that housed it would eventually be named after it. We know the names of these taverns, because they appear in official records of the time. Students would name them when being questioned by the police.\r\n\r\n\u00bbPolice records typically tell the same tale. A group of students have been drinking and fighting, and occasionally things really went awry. There are two examples of students getting in a fight over the outcome of a game of cards or dice and one student subsequently stabbing the other to death,\u00ab says Morten Fink-Jensen.\r\n\r\nIn the 1500s and 1600s most students carried knives with them. Things did not improve when students eventually switched out their knives for rapiers:\r\n\r\n\u00bbIt led to a lot of duelling. When students had an argument or a fight, they would take it outside in the street and duel armed with rapiers. This was strictly forbidden and the punishment was severe, but it did not deter people from the practice.\u00ab\r\n<h2>Roaming gangs of students<\/h2>\r\nFar from every student was a drinker (and a fighter), but even so the average University of Copenhagen student of the 1600s differed greatly from the notion of the highbrow academic we have today.\r\n\r\n\u00bbIn the 1600s, many students at the university were sons of farmers. They did not come from academic homes, they gambled and sang risqu\u00e9 songs in taverns. They roamed the streets in packs and picked fights with sailors, court servants and butcher\u2019s apprentices. They were kind of like gangs fighting over turf.\u00ab\r\n\r\nThe university administration, to some extent, turned a blind eye to student excesses. And attempt was made to combat the problem by prohibiting taverns from extending students credit. This was, however, to no avail:\r\n\r\n\u00bbThe proprietor of a tavern knew that if he refused to serve students, they would just go across the street to his competitor who was willing to extend them credit.\u00ab\r\n<h2>From heavy drinkers to hard-line teetotallers<\/h2>\r\nIt took a major change in society for students to tone down their alcohol consumption. In the early 1700s the European Pietism movement hit Denmark.\r\n\r\n\u00bbCertain types of social behaviour were now frowned upon. King Christian VI, who was himself a devout Pietist, banned theatres. The development had major ramifications for the students and the ideals of the professors.\u00ab\r\n<blockquote>They roamed the streets in packs and picked fights with sailors, court servants and butcher\u2019s apprentices.<\/blockquote>\r\nUp until this point, the university had its own dungeon where unruly and drunken students were sent to cool off.\r\n\r\n\u00bbThe dungeon was closed down due in part to a decrease in offences, but also because it was believed that a dungeon had no place in a university. The notion of the university as a bastion of learning became prevalent\u2014among the students as well as the administration. The students now considered themselves part of an academic society far removed from the masses.\u00ab\r\n<h2>Philosophers and poets of the tavern<\/h2>\r\nPietism fell out of favour after the 1750s and in the 1800s, students once again took to drinking in taverns. A new entertainment district sprung up in All\u00e9gade on Frederiksberg, where among others the famous Danish poet Oehlenschl\u00e4ger frequented H\u00e5bet which today houses the TV channel TV 2's regional outlet in Copenhagen, Lorry. But things had changed since the hay day of binge drinking in the 1600s. Most students now came from middle class homes and they brought a new sense of etiquette with them from the university into the taverns:\r\n\r\n\u00bbBinge drinking and risqu\u00e9 songs were dropped in favour of lofty philosophical debates. During the Danish Golden Age students drank wine and recited poetry,\u00ab says Mortin Fink-Jensen.\r\n\r\nStudent unions and fraternities were established, where students would discuss art and culture while smoking their pipes. The development continued well into the following century until a major demographical shift changed everything. The age of the masses\u2014and with them the Friday bar\u2014was rapidly approaching.\r\n<h2>Moderate drinking and the modern university<\/h2>\r\nThroughout the 1900s, the university of Copenhagen grew steadily. In the 1960s the university experience rapid growth:\r\n\r\n\u00bbMany new students did not come from academic homes, so they had no expectations or notion of the dominant culture at the university. They came from a social background where going out drinking on Fridays and Saturdays was more common than it was among their peers who had grown up in academic homes,\u00ab says Morten Fink-Jensen.\r\n\r\nAt the same time, the university went through a process of fragmentation. Faculties moved out of the inner city. Student social life no longer revolved around the centrally located student unions. The new generation of students were eager to form new social relations and a sense of community spirit at the individual faculties scattered around Copenhagen. Thus the Friday bar was invented.\r\n\r\nEver since, students have been drinking at Friday bar events without being expected to recite bombastic verses of poetry.\r\n<div class=\"dme-external-teaser dme-external-teaser-3\">\r\n<div class=\"image\">\r\n<div class=\"dme-image dme-image-center dme-image-preset-0\"><a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/universitetsavisen.dk\/campus\/den-store-guide-til-ku-s-fredagsbarer\"><img title=\"\" src=\"\/old_files\/julie_til_web_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"title\">\r\n<div><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"label\"><em><strong>Read more:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/the-great-ucph-friday-bar-guide\/\">The great University of Copenhagen Friday bar guide<\/a><\/em><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\u00bbIn some ways, students of today resemble their peers of the 1600s,\u00ab says Morten Fink-Jensen.\r\n\r\nHe does, however, stress that not all students party to cope with the travails of student life\u2014this has always been the case. And according to Morten Fink-Jensen the current generation of students appear to be more moderate in their alcohol consumption than previous generations:\r\n\r\n\u00bbThere\u2019s been a significant shift in perception over the course of the last decade\u2014within the university administration as well as among the student body. Alcohol and drinking games are not as important to students as they used to be. Today, there are other ways to connect and create a sense of community.\r\n\r\n<em>(This story was originally published in Danish on 25 August 2015).<\/em>\n<!-- end of module 1 -->\n","post_title":"A history of the University of Copenhagen Friday bar","post_excerpt":"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\u2019s Friday bar crowd compares to the rowdy revelers of yore.","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"genie-in-a-bottle-a-history-of-the-university-of-copenhagen-friday-bar","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-06-07 13:50:05","post_modified_gmt":"2021-06-07 11:50:05","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/aanden-i-flasken-fredagsbarens-historie\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}},{"reference":{"ID":89505,"post_author":"69","post_date":"2019-07-08 06:16:21","post_date_gmt":"2019-07-08 04:16:21","post_content":"<strong>I came here with my family ten months ago<\/strong>, when I accepted a position as professor at the Department of Sociology. At the time, we had no plans to leave England. Over the course of the last five to six years, England has been falling apart politically and economically. Inequality is on the rise, and the quality of education at the universities has declined. It is not a society that I wish to raise my children in.\r\n\r\n<strong>It has always been my dream<\/strong> to expose my children to a different kind of society than the English one but at the same time, we did not wish to just settle down anywhere. Danish society is a good society, and Copenhagen is a very civilized city. It\u2019s a great place to raise your children. Everything works here. Of course, you pay a price for that in the form of a high tax burden. But as I see it, it is all worth it.\r\n<div class=\"factbox\">\r\n<p class=\"factbox-header feature-color\">NEW PERSPECTIVES<\/p>\r\nAt the University of Copenhagen more than a third of all researchers and teachers come from abroad. Over the summer, the University Post will present you to some of them and you will hear their stories of arriving in Denmark and working at the university. How does Danish work culture differ compared to their home countries, what have the biggest surprises been, and how would they describe their Danish colleagues?\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<strong>At English universities faculty members are under much greater pressure than they are here.<\/strong> It is clear to me that the system here is much more well-funded. I feel that I have time to complete my tasks, more so than I did in England, and there\u2019s also time to spend with my family.\r\n\r\nMost researchers never cease working, no matter where they are in the world. But there\u2019s a difference in what is expected of us from the institutions and whether or not working late hours is driven by curiosity or a sense of duty. At the University of Copenhagen, you can work a 35-hour week, and you are not expected to stay at the office past 4 p.m.\r\n\r\n<strong>In Denmark people take their lunch breaks.<\/strong> That\u2019s something I have had to get used to, because that is far from the standard in England. Every day at noon, my colleagues leave their desks and head to the cafeteria. You can set your clock by it. It\u2019s very funny. At London College University, where I used to work, no one took lunch breaks. People would sit in front of their computers and eat their sandwiches there.\r\n<blockquote>At London College University, where I used to work, no one took lunch breaks. People would sit in front of their computers and eat their sandwiches there.<\/blockquote>\r\n<strong>I like that Danes invest themselves socially<\/strong> at their workplaces. It means a lot in terms of fostering a sense of community. Over the course of the winter we held two seminars at the Department of Sociology, one was a day long and the other took place over two days, and everyone participated. In England you could never expect employees at a university to take out two days of their schedules to spend time with their colleagues. It is unimaginable. Personal relations are simply not that important. But they are here, and I really like that. You get to know your colleagues as individuals and not simply people you happen to work with.\n<!-- end of module 1 -->\n<strong>Some of my Danish colleagues say that Danish students are very demanding<\/strong> in terms of how they are treated. Personally, I haven\u2019t experienced a great difference between Danish and English students. English students are also demanding but that is because their education is extremely costly. Danish students are so because there is a greater tradition of democracy in Denmark. Here students are used to being heard, and I think that is a good thing.\r\n<div class=\"factbox\">\r\n<p class=\"factbox-header feature-color\">Claire Maxwell<\/p>\r\n\/ 44 years old\r\n\r\n\/ Of Australian and German descent but has lived in England for most of her life.\r\n\r\n\/ Professor of sociology\r\n\r\n\/ Lives in Hellerup with her husband and two children ages 12 and 9\r\n\r\n\/ Previously employed as a professor at University College London\r\n\r\n\/ Moved to Denmark in August 2018 and has since then been a permanent faculty member at the Department of Sociology at the University of Copenhagen.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<strong>The first thing I noticed, after I moved to Denmark<\/strong>, was how easy it is to get around. It\u2019s a feeling of complete bliss when I jump on my bike and head to work every day. Danes are used to being able to get around everywhere on their bikes, but to me and my family it is a very special thing.\r\n\r\n<strong>Another thing where Denmark is very different from England<\/strong> is the level of trust here. I think it is amazing that I can leave my bike unlocked in front of my house or the store and not worry that it will get stolen, and it\u2019s nice that schools don\u2019t have to worry about things like risk evaluation and student safety. This is how a society should be.\r\n\r\n<strong>My children are safer and act more independently here.<\/strong> They can take the train or the bus on their own, and they bike to school. In Oxford, where we used to live, that was not the case. There is a greater level of social and economical inequality in Oxford compared to Copenhagen. It\u2019s not as safe to walk the streets alone there. It makes me happy that my children get to experience the freedom and safety they are afforded here.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>READ MORE: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/outside-perspective-danes-call-it-like-they-see-it\/\">Outside perspective: Danes call it like they see it<\/a><\/em>\n<!-- end of module 2 -->\n","post_title":"Outside perspective: \u00bbI like that Danes invest themselves socially at their workplaces\u00ab","post_excerpt":"Professor of sociology Claire Maxwell and her family moved from England to Denmark. The workplace culture at the University of Copenhagen is very different from anything she is used to. Among other things, the sanctity of the Danish lunchbreak came as a surprise her.","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"outside-perspective-i-like-that-danes-invest-themselves-socially-at-their-workplaces","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2019-10-04 11:53:47","post_modified_gmt":"2019-10-04 09:53:47","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/set-udefra-jeg-kan-godt-lide-at-danskere-investerer-tid-i-det-sociale\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}}],"category":false,"theme":false,"number_of_posts":"4","style":"default"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Newsletter","lang_select":"Dansk","identifier":"Newsletter","headline":"Receive a weekly newsletter in your inbox","button_text":"Tilmeld nu","class":""}]},"taxonomyData":{"category":[{"term_id":42,"name":"Education","slug":"education","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":42,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":661,"filter":"raw"}],"post_tag":[{"term_id":2083,"name":"indianske sprog og kulturer","slug":"indianske-sprog-og-kulturer-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":2083,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":262,"name":"jura","slug":"jura-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":262,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":6,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":323,"name":"K\u00f8benhavns Universitet","slug":"koebenhavns-universitet-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":323,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":26,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":585,"name":"medicin","slug":"medicin-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":585,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":5,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":2084,"name":"mest s\u00f8gte studier","slug":"mest-soegte-studier-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":2084,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":590,"name":"Odontologi","slug":"odontologi-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":590,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":2,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":420,"name":"optag","slug":"optag-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":420,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":2,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":1306,"name":"Psykologi","slug":"psykologi-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1306,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":4,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":127,"name":"Semester start","slug":"semester-start","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":127,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":25,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":434,"name":"Statskundskab","slug":"statskundskab-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":434,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":7,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":411,"name":"Studerende","slug":"studerende-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":411,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":9,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":296,"name":"studieliv","slug":"studieliv-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":296,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":21,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":823,"name":"\u00f8konomi","slug":"oekonomi-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":823,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":2,"filter":"raw"}],"post_format":[],"expression":[{"term_id":15,"name":"News Article","slug":"news_article","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":15,"taxonomy":"expression","description":"","parent":0,"count":11492,"filter":"raw"}],"translation_priority":[]},"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/rus3-1280x853.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89646"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89660,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89646\/revisions\/89660"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}