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Morten Meldal is awarded The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022

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Research with an impact

SPORTS POLITICS

Dictatorships use sporting events as a smokescreen for political repression

A new study shows a systematic connection between major sporting events in autocracies and the persecution of political opponents.

The first life in our solar system may have been on Mars

Mars is called the red planet. But once, it was actually blue and covered in water.

Creepy apps cause emotional stress

Researchers have measured how uncomfortable and ‘creeped out’ using apps can make us feel. Industry and policy initiatives are called for.

A world-class
research university

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.

Facts and figures

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