New internationals: From airport to auditorium

Carlsberg, Mærsk, Søren Kirkegaard and H.C. Andersen were some of the quintessentially Danish concepts presented to around 150 expectant and slightly nervous new international students from all over the world.

They had fought the cold and, in some cases, dragged enormous suitcases straight from the airport to the Faculty of Social Sciences so they could attend the International Office’s orientation meeting.

Social sciences score in rankings

The high quality of Political Sciences and Economics graduate courses at the University of Copenhagen are acknowledged in newly published European rankings, compiled by the German consulting group CHE Consult GmbH.

CHE Consult GmbH is a consulting company for higher education institutions, science institutes, ministries and foundations.

CHE conducts a yearly ’excellence ranking’ of Masters and Doctoral degree courses at European Universities. In its initial phase, the ranking included only the fields of biology, chemistry, mathematics, and physics.

Copenhagen not good for the disabled

The University of Copenhagen (U of C) is tough on students with a disability. This is according to a report by the National Union of Students in Denmark (DSF). The U of C is relatively tougher on disabled students than both the University of Southern Denmark in Odense and Aarhus University, the report shows.

The sociologists and political scientists at the Faculty of Social Sciences have some of the most beautiful surroundings at the U of C.

Student outrage over canteen monopoly

Is it fair that student-run cafés with cheap coffee have to close because the canteen at the same place claims to have a monopoly on coffee sales?

That is the issue at stake at the Center for Health and Society (CSS) where Simply Cooking, the company which owns the canteen, has complained over the students’ cafés.

1/3 of full degree students homeless on arrival

A whole 29 per cent, almost a third, of full degree students do not have a place to live upon arriving in Copenhagen.

This is according to a recent study that also shows that three out of every five full degree students must find their accommodation on their own and three out of five full degree students are forced to move during their stay.

Out the door in fifteen minutes

It probably looks like a pit stop in Grand Prix car racing.

Emma Bonde, a Danish third semester political science student, reckons that she spends fifteen minutes getting up out of bed and on to her bike in the morning.

The University Post selected her, from those respondents of the ‘Your Typical Day’ survey who had left contact details, who best represented a typical student in terms of time spent on different activities.

Eating, packing, rushing

Emma, our Ms Average, had few outliers. One of them is her 15 minute tornado of a morning routine.