University of Copenhagen

Belarusian Nobel Prize winner receives the Sonning Prize

The 2021 Sonning Prize goes to the Belarusian author and dissident Svetlana Alexievich.

Knowledge that changes the world

Join a defense lawyer at work

Karoline Normann is one of Denmark's best criminal defense lawyers. Join her on a workday when she has to defend her client, who is accused of possession of eight kilos of cocaine.

Over two billion people thirst for drinking water

Jiwoong Lee turns sea water into drinking water. That usially requires large ammounts of energy, but in a new method the water is desalted by the use of CO2

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Researchers are introducing a new biological concept in the fight against diabetes

This may be the key to understanding the link between fatty liver and diabetes.

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Blonde Scandinavians or well-travelled Southern Europeans? New research busts myths about Vikings

Our notion of the Scandinavian Viking very likely stems from films rather than history.

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New knowledge about what causes thunderstorms and cloud bursts

Thunderstorms often provoke violent cloud bursts that can result in devastating flooding. But what actually spawns thunderstorms and cloud bursts? This question has spurred a new study by researchers at the University of Copenhagen — with surprising results.

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7th best university in Europe

290 start-ups are established every year

DKK 5 is what Denmark gets back for each krone invested in the University

7,831 were on 28 July 2020 offered a place on an undergraduate programme at the University

37,500 students are enrolled

5,000 graduate every year

DKK 28 billion is the University’s annual contribution to the Danish economy

70% is how much the University has reduced its CO2 emissions per employee/student since 2006