Talk:University of Copenhagen
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I've created links to subpages in a more formalised way, [KU:Topic], to differentiate with other universities, faculties and institutes. C64lives 14:19, 20 Sep 2003 (UTC)
Sounds like a good convention :). I suggest we use it in those cases where the names are generel, like "KU:Faculty of Natural Sciences", and not fx "DIKU". (though we may still create a shortcut at KU:DIKU)
Thue 19:54, 20 Sep 2003 (UTC)
On second though I like University of Copenhagen prefix that Angela added better.
Thue 08:03, 21 Sep 2003 (UTC)
- I think I moved all these [KU:...] pages a while ago, but if there were any others, they might not be accessible anymore due to this bug. Angela. 23:39, 31 May 2004 (UTC)
The following have been turned into redirects to University of Copenhagen since they have no useful content. As and when content for each faculty arrives, the listing for that faculty on the University page should be pointed back to it, but I don't think it's a good idea to link to the redirects since clicking will just go around a circle and confuse the user. Onebyone 04:26, 8 Dec 2003 (UTC)
- Faculty of Theology
- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- Faculty of Health Sciences
- Faculty of Humanities
- good idea Thue 23:25, 8 Dec 2003 (UTC)
Turning them into redirect discourages the creation of their articles since it is linked from nowhere. I will delete them and create links in this article if no one objects. --Jiang 14:39, 3 Jan 2004 (UTC)
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[edit] Private school
User:PZFUN wrote that the University of Copenhagen is a private school. But I was under the impression that it was funded by the government (at least I don't pay tuition fees), which contradics that, no? looking at Public school the term seems not to be well defined for international usage, but State school seems appropriate. Thue | talk 11:57, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Yes, I agree with you. I will change it to state school. Páll 15:52, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Infobox
I made an infobox for Danish universities (Template:Infobox Danish University). It is simply copied from the Swedish one, but adapted to the info I could find on the Copenhagen University website. I couldn't find any numbers on how to break up the student body into undergraduate and doctoral students, nor on how large a part of the staff is actually teaching staff. Look at the Swedish box at Uppsala University for comparison. If these things can be found, the template can be adjusted accordingly. "Athletics" is important at American universities and doesn't really need to be in the infobox for European universities any more than a lot of other student activities or societies. / up◦land 23:04, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Improvements
I have updated the list of notable faculty and alumni and added a paragraph about KUs reputation and university ranking.--Mecil 18:39, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
- As this list can no doubt grow much longer, I think you should consider just mentioning a handful of the most well-known names in a paragraph here, and branching the long list off to a separate List of University of Copenhagen people, but it really needs some structure and biographical annotation. Take a look at List of Uppsala University people (which I have made), for an example of one way to do this. up◦land 08:40, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
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- That is a very nicely made list for Uppsala University. Hopefully we will over time create a similar one for the University of Copenhagen. As of now the list is just structured alphabetically by surname. The list was there before and I made some additions of Nobel laureates and Danish Prime Ministers. I believe people from both categories must included in any list of notables. --Mecil 13:13, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Coat of arms
The section about the seal / coat of arms could be improved by adding a bit about the former symbol used during the union with Norway. This seal showed symbols of both countries. Examples are depicted in both Herlev Church and Ganløse Church. Erling Svane's "I Skjoldet springe Løver" (p. 138), confirms the person depicted as King Christian III. Valentinian (talk) / (contribs) 11:07, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Denmark's first University?
The University of Copenhagen was founded in 1479 as the first university in Denmark.
I have often seen it stated that the Studium Generale in Lund (at that time a Danish town), founded in 1425 and started in 1438 was the first university of Denmark (and Scandinavia). (The University of Lund has made requests to count their age from the founding of the Studio Generale, but that has been denied. The Studio Generale was closed at the time of the protestant reformation, and the University of Lund opened some time after that.) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 85.224.153.255 (talk) 11:51, 16 January 2007 (UTC).
- Logged in to add the forgotten signature above - guess I was beaten to it ;) /Dcastor 11:59, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
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- I have done some more reading and seen no objections, so I change in accordance with the refered statement above. /Dcastor 13:30, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] List of notable alumni
Am I the only one who thinks the list is a bit too long. I understand having people like Niels Bohr and Grundtvig on the list, but Per Stig Møller and Thor Petersen are not notable enough in my opinion. Most of the names will only make sense to a Dane, and are not notable on a global scale. Snailwalker | talk 18:53, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
