Outreach
The Department of Biology focuses on disseminating our research to interested students, primary and secondary school students and students, the Danish population and stakeholders.
We want to communicate our research results widely, both through the traditional media, websites and social media, but also through visitor schemes, the School Service and the Copenhagen Culture Night.
In other words, we want to create dialogue and show how much and decisively important scientific research has for our everyday lives.
The Department of Biology has a number of activities for high school students and teachers.
In November each year, we offer student internships for high school students. If you consider taking a science education, come and see the matter, try biological and biochemical techniques - and follow the teaching at the Department.
At the beginning of the year, the Faculty of Science will hold a day for high school teachers with lectures on the latest research and workshops. See the programme for the next High School Teachers Day.
On Wednesday in week 9 the Department of Biology invites to the annual Open House event for potential students. Come hear more about the structure of the programs and study life at our Department.
Every year, the Department of Biology opens its doors on Culture Night for an evening filled with biology, ecology, evolution, glowing corals, social insects, and the Øresund Aquarium’s touch tank, where you can feel fish and shellfish.
Together with the Department of Chemistry, the Department of Computer Science, the Department of Mathematical Sciences, the Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, and the Niels Bohr Institute, we usually fill the H.C. Ørsted Institute’s main hall and lecture theatres with activities and talks for children, young people, and adults alike.
Visitors can normally explore stands with hands-on activities, meet researchers and students, and experience everything from DNA extraction and climate research to chemistry shows with smoke and steam and physics shows full of noise and explosions.
Please note: In 2025, the Department of Biology will not be participating in Culture Night – but we look forward to returning in 2026 with plenty of experiences and scientific insights to share.
The Øresund Aquarium – located close to the Øresund in Helsingør – is a saltwater aquarium and an University of Copenhagen knowledge and educational center of the marine environment with experiences and inspiration for everyone!
A visit to the aquarium gives you an insight into the fantastic and often unknown world that unfolds on the bottom of the Danish seas and fjords.
Read more at the Aquarium home page.