Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences – University of Copenhagen

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCES

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News

Women's health

97 percent of women in Denmark experience symptoms during menopause

Menopause is a significant public health challenge for the majority of women in Denmark, according to new research from the University of Copenhagen.

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM

2025.10.24

Do you eat like it’s summer all year? It could confuse your internal clock

Food – in addition to sunlight – regulates our internal biological clock and its ability to adapt to the seasons, according to new research in mice.

FUNDING

Independent Research Fund Denmark funds 27 research projects at SUND

Independent Research Fund Denmark funds 27 research projects at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences under the call “DFF-Research Project 1”.

PROTEOMICS

New method enables researchers to investigate the cause of heart diseases

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have developed a groundbreaking method that allows for the analysis of thousands of proteins in heart tissue.

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Education

International student

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At University of Copenhagen you can find many possibilities of continuing education. We have got a range of research based programmes and courses in English.

Innovation and collaboration

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Postgraduate programme for the academic disciplines in the health and life sciences

The Pipeline

Discover our programmes and activities within innovation and entrepreneurship

Innovation, entrepreneurship, and 'the pipeline' innovation infrastructure at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at the University of Copenhagen.