About University of Copenhagen
The University of Copenhagen (UCPH) is a public research university located in Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1479, it is the oldest university in Denmark and one of the oldest in Northern Europe. UCPH consists of eight faculties and operates across four campuses in the city, offering over 200 academic programs in various fields, including health sciences, humanities, law, life sciences, natural sciences, social sciences, and theology. The university serves approximately 37,500 students and employs around 10,000 staff members, including more than 5,000 researchers.UCPH is known for its strong emphasis on research and has been awarded ten Nobel Prizes. The university is committed to addressing global challenges through interdisciplinary initiatives and research-based teaching.
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Career Outcomes and Placement Information
The University of Copenhagen provides extensive career services to assist students in their professional development. These services include personalized career counseling, workshops on resume writing and interview preparation, as well as access to job fairs featuring top employers across various sectors. UCPH emphasizes experiential learning through internships that allow students to gain practical experience while studying. The Career Services office maintains partnerships with numerous organizations to facilitate internship placements aligned with students' career goals. Additionally, online resources are available that include job listings and career advice articles.
Faculties
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Dirk Lund Christensen is an Associate Professor in Global Health at the Global Health Section of the Department of Public Health at the University of Copenhagen. He holds an MSc in Human Physiology and a PhD in Clinical Epidemiology, both from the University of Copenhagen/Steno Diabetes Center. His research primarily focuses on cardio-metabolic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, cardiomyopathy, and obesity, examining various populations worldwide. Christensen has published extensively on these topics, utilizing objectively measured physical activity data from studies in Africa, India, and Mexico, often in collaboration with the MRC in Cambridge, UK. He is currently the principal investigator for studies in Tanzania and Mexico.
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Flemming Konradsen is a professor of international environmental health at the University of Copenhagen and the director of the Copenhagen School of Global Health. With over twenty years of experience in environmental and global health, his research focuses on critical areas such as water supply, sanitation, hygiene, acute pesticide poisoning, and vector-borne disease control across Asia, Africa, and Europe. His methodologies encompass epidemiology, qualitative studies, health promotion, and health systems analysis. Additionally, he plays a significant role in building research capacity in universities throughout Asia and Africa and has collaborated with various international organizations and NGOs.
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Gertrud Jørgensen, M.Arch. PhD, is a professor of urban planning at the University of Copenhagen's Section for Landscape Architecture and Planning. Her research encompasses a wide range of planning issues, including urban transformation, sustainable urban development, and strategic planning in both urban and rural contexts, particularly in response to climate change. She is particularly interested in the relationship between planning tools, processes, and outcomes concerning spatial quality, sustainability, and livable environments. Currently, she leads a Danish project focused on nature-based planning solutions to address sea level rise.
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Anna Birna Almarsdóttir is a Professor of Social and Clinical Pharmacy at the University of Copenhagen and serves as the Head of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in the Patient Perspective on Medicines Use. She obtained her pharmacy degree from the University of Iceland in 1988 and completed her Ph.D. in Health Policy and Administration at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1994.
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Arne Thorshøj Nielsen is an Associate Professor at the University of Copenhagen, specializing in the origins and formation of the universe, solar system, Earth, and life. He teaches a course titled Origins - Formation of the Universe, Solar System, Earth and Life, which explores the evolution of these fundamental concepts from the Big Bang to contemporary life forms.
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Bent Erik Kramer Lindow is a Curator at the University of Copenhagen, where he teaches the course Origins - Formation of the Universe, Solar System, Earth and Life. This course explores the evolution of the universe from the Big Bang through the formation of the solar system and the development of life on Earth.
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Birgitte Munk Kjærsgaard is an information specialist at the Copenhagen University Library, bringing over 20 years of experience in information science. Her expertise encompasses various subjects, including information seeking and retrieval, information architecture, system evaluation, and usability. As an information specialist, she is particularly focused on the interaction between people and information technology and has extensive experience teaching students at research libraries.
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Bishal Gyawali is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Section of Global Health within the Department of Public Health at the University of Copenhagen. He earned his MSc in Public Health from the University of Southern Denmark in 2014 and completed his PhD in Public Health at Aarhus University in 2019. His research primarily focuses on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as type 2 diabetes, hypertension, cervical cancer, and mental health issues, investigating contributing factors like obesity, physical inactivity, and substance use. Recently, he has dedicated his efforts to developing, implementing, and evaluating community-based interventions aimed at preventing and managing NCDs in low- and middle-income countries. Gyawali has conducted both qualitative and quantitative analyses and published extensively in peer-reviewed journals, earning recognition for his work. He received the 'Emerging Leaders Award' from the World Heart Federation in 2020 and the 'Global NCD Scholars Award' from Johns Hopkins University in 2018.
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Bo Fritzbøger, born in 1958, is an associate professor of history at the University of Copenhagen, specializing in environmental history. His work emphasizes the necessity for both analytical and action-oriented integration of social and material aspects, highlighting the fundamental importance of human ideas in understanding environmental issues.
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Catherine Jacqueson is a Law Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen, where she conducts research at the Centre for Legal Studies in Welfare and Market (WELMA). She holds a French law degree (DEA and DESE) and completed her PhD at the University of Copenhagen in 2003. From 2003 to 2007, she served as a post-doctoral Research Fellow at St John's College, University of Oxford. Jacqueson is the co-editor of the peer-reviewed European Journal of Social Security and one of Denmark's representatives in the EU network MoveS, focusing on free movement and social security. Her research intersects social security, labor law, and EU law, emphasizing individual rights protection, welfare state organization in both Danish and comparative contexts, and issues related to EU free movement and citizenship. Currently, she is involved in the WorkWel project, which aims to reshape work and welfare in the digital age, funded by the Danish Research Council.
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Christian Igel is a professor at the Department of Computer Science (DIKU) and serves as the director of the SCIENCE AI Centre at the University of Copenhagen. He studied Computer Science at the Technical University of Dortmund, Germany, earning his Doctoral degree from Bielefeld University in 2002 and his Habilitation from Ruhr-University Bochum in 2010. Before joining DIKU, he was a W1 professor for Optimization of Adaptive Systems at the Institut für Neuroinformatik, Ruhr-University Bochum, from 2003 to 2010. Appointed as a professor with special duties in machine learning at DIKU in 2010, he became a full professor in 2014. Igel is a fellow of the European Lab for Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELLIS) and serves as an editor for several journals, including the German Journal on Artificial Intelligence (KI) and the Evolutionary Computation Journal (ECJ). His research interests include deep neural networks, kernel-based methods, evolution strategies for optimization, reinforcement learning, and applying machine learning to achieve sustainable development goals.
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Danny Eibye Jacobsen is an Associate Professor and Curator at the University of Copenhagen, where he is involved in research related to the origins and evolution of life on Earth. He teaches a course titled "Origins - Formation of the Universe, Solar System, Earth and Life," which explores the development of the universe from the Big Bang to the emergence of life. His work focuses on significant evolutionary milestones, including the transition from microbial to macrobial life. Jacobsen is also associated with the Natural History Museum of Denmark, contributing to its extensive collections and research initiatives.
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Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen is a Professor at the University of Copenhagen's Department of Political Science, specializing in EU social policy and the free movement of persons and its implications for the welfare state. Her research examines EU policy-making dynamics, particularly the interactions between law and politics, as well as national compliance with EU policies. Martinsen has published extensively in reputable journals such as Comparative Political Studies, British Journal of Political Science, and Journal of Common Market Studies. Currently, she is the principal investigator on a research project investigating the role of European Administrative Networks in implementing and enforcing EU legislation. Additionally, she serves as co-editor for West European Politics.
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Arne Astrup is a prominent figure in nutrition and obesity research, serving as a professor at the University of Copenhagen. He has led several significant multi-center and pan-European studies focused on optimal diets for weight control and body weight regulation. From 2009 to 2013, he directed the Nordea Foundation OPUS Research Centre, where he was instrumental in developing and testing the New Nordic Diet. Recognized for his contributions, he was awarded Knight of the First Order of Dannebrog in 2012. With an impressive H-index of 62, he currently serves as an Associate Editor for the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. His primary research interests include the physiology and pathophysiology of energy and substrate metabolism, particularly concerning obesity's etiology and treatment.
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Dr. Ebrahim Afsah is an Associate Professor of Public International Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen. He has received education from prestigious institutions, including the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, Trinity College Dublin, the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and the Max Planck Institute of Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg. Before joining the faculty in Copenhagen, he spent a decade working as a legal expert for various international organizations, focusing on administrative reform, public and constitutional law, and state-building. His research interests encompass general international law, comparative constitutional law, international relations theory, administrative law, and Islamic law.
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The research aims to characterize the evolution of Earth's surficial environments throughout history and understand their influence on the emergence and evolution of life. By investigating high-temperature geochemical reactions between rocks and fluids, particularly in geothermal systems and ore-forming processes, insights can be gained into Earth's geological and biological evolution. This study emphasizes the interactions between the hydrosphere, which is essential for life, and other major Earth reservoirs—biosphere, atmosphere, lithosphere, and mantle—highlighting how geological processes may determine biological evolution and vice versa.
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Eva Novrup Redvall is an associate professor in film and media studies at the University of Copenhagen, specializing in Scandinavian television culture and the transnational aspects of Scandinavian cinema. She authored Writing and Producing Television Drama: From The Kingdom to The Killing (2013) and co-authored several notable works, including The Danish Directors 2: Dialogues on the New Danish Fiction Cinema (2010), A Small Region in a Global World: Patterns in Scandinavian Film and Media Culture (2011), and The Danish Directors 3: Dialogues on the New Danish Documentary Cinema (2013). Her research focuses on the cultural significance of Scandinavian film and television within both local and global contexts.
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Henning Haack has established himself as a leading authority in planetary science and meteorite research at the University of Copenhagen and Natural History Museum. After earning his Ph.D. in Geophysics from the University of Copenhagen in 1991, he completed postdoctoral work at various universities in the US and Denmark before becoming curator of the Danish Meteorite collection in 1998. His research focuses on the origin and early evolution of the Solar System, with significant contributions to understanding asteroid fragmentation, core crystallization, and meteorite composition. His work has been widely cited, particularly his research on catastrophic fragmentation of asteroids and early planetesimal melting. As head of teaching at the Natural History Museum and instructor for the course "Origins - Formation of the Universe, Solar System, Earth and Life," he combines his curatorial expertise with education. His publications, including influential papers in Nature and Science Advances, have shaped our understanding of planetary formation and meteorite classification.
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Gitte Petersen has established herself as a leading researcher in plant systematics and molecular evolution, currently serving as a senior lecturer at Stockholm University's Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences (DEEP). After a long career at the University of Copenhagen from 1990 to 2018, where she worked at both the Department of Botany and the Natural History Museum of Denmark, she joined DEEP in 2018. Her research focuses on plant molecular systematics, particularly parasitic plants like mistletoe, investigating their mitochondrial genome evolution and gene losses. She has made significant contributions to education through developing courses in phylogeny and molecular plant systematics, and was instrumental in establishing the Nordic Master's Program in Biodiversity and Systematics (NABiS). In the Coursera course "Origins - Formation of the Universe, Solar System, Earth and Life," she teaches about the origin and diversification of flowering plants, demonstrating her expertise in plant evolution and diversity. Her teaching excellence spans multiple levels, from undergraduate to graduate courses, including distance learning programs
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The research primarily focuses on the evolution of sharks, particularly the origin and early diversification of neoselachian sharks and the adaptations of hybodont sharks to freshwater habitats. Additionally, it encompasses the study of various mesozoic vertebrate microremains, utilizing both morphological and histological methods to analyze shark teeth. The microstructure of enameloid is especially valuable for understanding the phylogenetic relationships and dietary habits of ancient sharks.