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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.

Why do some degree programmes only attract women? And others men? Gender imbalances persist at the University of Copenhagen #UCPH :
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In the words of Taylor Swift, ‘It’s been a long time coming’ and with that, I’m beyond excited to be starting my Marie Curie fellowship on #marineshagreen and historic #elasmobranch exploitation and ecology at the Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen!

The European Research Council and Frontier Research in Denmark The University of Copenhagen and the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences cordially invite the scientific community to join the Scientific Council of the European Research Council in celebrating Fro...

📆8th of October! 🇩🇰
The University of Copenhagen @ucph.bsky.social will host a unique event with the ERC @erc.europa.eu
Spotlighting ERC-funded research and discussing future directions in frontier science.
Free onsite event, register by 1 September.
healthsciences.ku.dk/calender/cal...

Museums matter — now more than ever After 23 years as a conservator at the University of Copenhagen, Abdi Hedayat is now heading collections at Medical Museion — and he has a plan.

New head of collections at Medical Museion in Copenhagen:
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Europe must lead in science and tech, says University of Copenhagen’s new prorector Courage is needed in uncertain times, says Eva Hoffmann, who became prorector for research and innovation on 1 July. Her mission: to strengthen the University of Copenhagen’s innovation efforts and ke...

'We missed the tech wave in Europe. We cannot afford to do that with AI and other emerging technologies. This time, we need to be in the game — and we need to be bold,' says new #UCPH University of Copenhagen prorector Eva Hoffmann.
uniavisen.dk/en/europe-mu...

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.

Faculty at University of Copenhagen #UCPH bows to pressure and gives medical students their summer holiday back. They no longer have to resit their exam:
uniavisen.dk/en/victory-f...

Physicists create tunable system for enhanced quantum sensing Researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, have developed a tunable system that paves the way for more accurate sensing in a variety of technologies, including biomedical…

🔍 Read: Researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, have developed a tunable system that paves the way for more accurate sensing in a variety of technologies, including biomedical diagnostics.

phys.org/news/2025-07...

Mould shuts down parts of South Campus over the summer The University of Copenhagen cannot guarantee that all rooms will be ready by the start of the semester in September.

Workmen will remediate the mould problem in buildings 21, 22 and 27 at #UCPH University of Copenhagen during the holidays: uniavisen.dk/en/mould-shu...

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.

Is it just something medical students have to live with — that their exams get annulled now and then? No, says deputy dean. Our article on the University of Copenhagen #UCPH exam slip-up:
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University of Copenhagen cancels medical exam for 300 students The University of Copenhagen has annulled the results of a major medical examination taken by around 300 graduate students, after discovering that parts of the test had been mistakenly reused from an earlier exam. The decision, communicated in an email from the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences (Det Sundhedsvidenskabelige Fakultet), affects students who sat for the exam on 22 June 2025 in internal medicine, surgery, pathology, anaesthesiology and patient safety. According to Jørgen Kurtzhals, pro-dean at the faculty, the reuse of previous exam material was a "deeply regrettable error" and contravened internal guidelines designed to ensure academic quality and fairness.

University of Copenhagen cancels medical exam for 300 students after reused test, forcing retake during summer break.

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I’m thrilled to share that, starting today, I’ve officially rejoined the University of Copenhagen as an Assistant Professor.

I'm looking forward to new projects and collaborations, with a focus on expanding my research into computational social science. A new paper is coming very soon! 1/2

Four months in Copenhagen: An exchange student reflects The Canadian exchange student Landon Hildebrandt looks back on four months in Copenhagen. He shares three pieces of advice for future exchange students — and thinks UCPH could do more to help them get...

At his home university in Canada, semesters are packed with assignments and midterms. But at the University of Copenhagen #UCPH, Landon found that the real academic workload only kicked in towards the end of term:
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Caught in limbo: Students face US visa uncertainty After visa freeze, US resumes processing applications from international students — but they may not get their visas in time

After visa freeze, US resumes processing applications from international students — but they may not get their visas in time: uniavisen.dk/en/caught-in...

📸Are you a researcher in Denmark with a powerful photo that captures your science? For the eighth year in a row, the DNRF invites you to bring your research into focus through our annual photo competition. 👀Deadline Sept. 23, 2025. dg.dk/en/dnrf-phot...

Hired by University of Copenhagen, but can’t leave Jerusalem Clara Marie Westergaard holds a unique research position at Hebrew University — and is just waiting to return to Copenhagen.

Write-up by soon-to-be-University of Copenhagen #UCPH scholar Clara Marie Westergaard from Jerusalem:

This is my final week as Chair of the Department of Politics and International Studies at Bishop’s University, as I will be starting a sabbatical leave on 1 July.

During the Fall of 2025, I will be based at the Department of Political Science at the University of Copenhagen as a guest researcher.

Skin deep innovation: Psoriasis patients can soon ditch the cream If University of Copenhagen's 38,000 students are representative, 1,300 of them have the skin condition plaque psoriasis. A lot of people have it, but current treatments are impractical. Two UCPH rese...

Andrea Heinz and her PhD student Anna-Lena Gürtler have developed a medicated patch for psoriasis patients, so they may be able to quit the creams and improve their quality of life. uniavisen.dk/en/skin-deep...

New Danish research centre to make designed proteins with vast potential - Novo Nordisk Fonden

New €94M research centre for protein design will open at the University of Copenhagen and be led by Dek Woolfson

Funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation, the centre will operate across the Departments of Biology and & Drug Design and Pharmacology

novonordiskfonden.dk/en/news/new-...

1/ What happens when you give social data science students 821.6 GB of public vessel geolocation data (AIS) and just 9 hours to identify potentially suspicious behavior near the Danish coast?

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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 com...

Her scientific article was based on her bachelor’s project.‬ uniavisen.dk/en/young-bri... @cosmicdawncenter.bsky.social

Cancer in a dish: UCPH scientists turn tumours into thousands of experiments In body-temperature incubators at BRIC, a series of micro cancer tumours are growing — based on cells from real patients. The tumours can be used to test more than 1,000 alternative treatment options ...

Lab-grown cancer tumours are called organoids, and according to Krister Wennerberg and @wojtsen.bsky.social of @bric-ucph.bsky.social — they promise deeper insights:
uniavisen.dk/en/cancer-in...

Building of the Department of Food and Resource Economics (photo taken from the university website)

It's official: in September and early October I'll be visiting the Department of Food and Resource Economics at University Copenhagen🇩🇰. Looking forward to meeting lots of interesting people in and around Copenhagen.

Fun fact: it'll be 6 weeks of my shortest commute ever (~5 km).

Me walking our donkey friend, who we called Appa, to transport sediment bags downhill. I miss him already, such a sweet donkey!

Somehow, Sebastian, the documentary maker who joined us, managed to take a very nice photo of me looking happy. Or maybe it's just that excavating makes me this happy all the time?

For the last couple of weeks, I've had the honor to join an excavation in Uzbekistan with @malgorzatakot.bsky.social through her @inasia-erc.bsky.social project. Two weeks full of joy. So many wonderful adventures, friendships and memories for life gained!

Prayer room ban: Prorector says Danish government move is unnecessary UCPH management insists that the prayer rooms are neutral and open to everyone — and sees no reason to close them

University of Copenhageh #UCPH management: The so-called quiet rooms have a legitimate function for all students — and steps have already been taken to ensure the rooms’ neutrality:
uniavisen.dk/en/prayer-ro...

University of Copenhagen rector warns of military shift in research agenda David Dreyer Lassen sees a shift in the EU’s view on technology with both civilian and military uses — UCPH must decide where to draw the line.

Rector of University of Copenhagen #UCPH @daviddlassen.bsky.social on panel with Danish Minister for Higher Education and Science @christinaegelund.bsky.social.
Shift in EU’s view on dual-use technology with both civilian and military applications:
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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 ed...

150 years ago the first woman started at the University of Copenhagen #UCPH. In this, we pay tribute to the women pioneers: uniavisen.dk/en/they-let-...

So proud of my PhD student @ciarapugh.bsky.social for delivering a brilliant flash talk at the @isbuc.bsky.social #CSSB25 seminar today! She shared our latest work on our native nanodisc-forming copolymer MAASTY and absolutely nailed it.
Heading to #3DEMGRC next week? Don’t miss Ciara’s poster!

Here is a link to the authors' event 20 June: cip.ku.dk/english/even...

Non-native English speaker? Here is what gives you away If you ‘hold a party’ or ‘take a beer’ – then you’re probably a non-native English speaker who isn’t aware of the ‘collocation conundrum’, write two language experts. At their workshop you will learn ...

If you ‘hold a party’ or ‘take a beer’ – then you’re probably a Dane speaking English. Or some other non-native English speaker who isn’t aware of the ‘collocation conundrum’.
uniavisen.dk/en/non-nativ...

Event poster: Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, Large Language Models and the Returns of Critical Theory, June 19, 14-15.30. University of Copenhagen.

✨Looking so much forward to welcoming @whkchun.bsky.social at @ucph.bsky.social next week to discuss the politics of data loss w our @erc.europa.eu Data Loss project. Please feel more than welcome to join us for Chun's public lecture June 19, 14-15.30 co-organized w @mariaa.bsky.social @aicentre.dk.