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The University offers more than 30 international summer courses in 2023 at both bachelor and master level – all of them open for domestic and international students.

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The war is the logical consequence of Putin's ideological struggle with the West

If you have followed what Vladimir Putin has said and written about the West and Russia the past few years, the invasion of Ukraine should not come as a surprise.
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The Ukrainian refugee crisis led to mass mobilisation of volunteers on Facebook

Within days and weeks, the Russian invasion of Ukraine resulted in a surge in Facebook support groups in response to the war and following humanitarian crisis.

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Ulf Gøttrup Pedersen is chief medical officer in the intensive care unit at Zealand University Hospital in Køge and has been on the front line in the treatment of the critically ill corona patients.

The Science of Ice Cream

Cathrine Østerberg is the owner of Østerberg Ice Cream. She has studied food science, and her education provides the framework for the knowledge she uses every day when trying to make the perfect ice cream.

VR game improves motor skills in cerebral palsy

Psychologists train parents in helping their children with anxiety

At the University of Copenhagen, psychologists have developed a programme to help parents of children with anxiety. The programme aims to help parents help their children before the anxiety reaches a stage where it requires treatment.

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WORKING LIFE

Family growth depends on wages

Inequality stemming from fertility can be long-lasting – and income changes affect men and women's desire for family growth differently.
ASTROPHYSICS

The perfect explosion in space

When neutron stars collide they produce an explosion that, contrary to what was believed until recently, is shaped like a perfect sphere. The discovery may provide a new key to measuring the age of the Universe.
Plant chemistry

Contraception is the future of rat control

Researchers have gotten yeast cells to brew triptolide, a substance typically extracted from a Chinese plant; making it possible to control rats with the substance on a large scale.

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Driven by intellectual creativity and critical thinking since 1479, researchers and students at the University of Copenhagen have expanded horizons and contributed to moving the world forward. With its 5,000 researchers and 37,500 students, the University boasts an international research and study environment and is highly ranked among the world's best universities.

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6th best university in Europe
10 UCPH scientists have received a Nobel Prize
DKK 5 is what Denmark gets back for each krone invested in the University
DKK 28 billion is the University’s annual contribution to the Danish economy
18,195 applied for the undergraduate programmes at UCPH in July 2022
7,161 were on 28 July 2022 offered a place on an undergraduate programme at the University
36,897 students are enrolled
5,867 graduated in 2021 from the University
650 were awarded the PhD degree in 2021
290 start-ups are established every year from the University
13,000 scientific articles are published each year
100 times a day, the University’s researchers are quoted in the media
37 UCPH alumni have become Prime Minister of Denmark
33 Olympic medals have been won by 20 UCPH alumni
70% is how much the University has reduced its CO2 emissions per employee/student since 2006

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