Welcome to the Department of Economics

Spring term 2015

Today’s programme

• General information• The Study Advisory• Head of study, Mette Gørtz• Use of KUnet and Absalon• How to find information• Examination• Facilities at the Department/Good to know• IMECO• Important dates• (Registration)

General Information

• Academic quarter• All classes and lectures begin quarter past, even though it

might say 8-10 it’s actually 8.15-10.00• Does NOT apply to exams and other events.

• Exams: be there at least 30 minutes before

• Finding your way around CSS• Room numbers – ex. 25.01.53

• Building 25, basement (01), room 53

• Map of CSS

The Student Advisors

• We are 4 students at the Advisory- Emma, Iben, Dagmar and Mathias

• We are located in building 5

• You can contact us by phone (+45 35323052), mail (study@econ.ku.dk) or by showing up at our office, room 5.1.44 (building 5, first floor, room 44)

• You can find our opening hours at www.econ.ku.dk/polit/english

The Student Advisors

We can help you with•Most academic questions – courses, exams etc.•Information on teachers •Exemptions etc.•Dates and deadlines

We cannot help you with•Housing•Residence permits etc.•Language courses etc.

Do not hesitate to contact us – if we cannot help, we know who can!

CSS

You are here

Our office is here

The Faculty Library - Vibeke

Download the handout here

Welcome to the international students at Department of Economics

Spring 2014

Mette GørtzHead of studies

Department of Economics

Students:•More than 2000 students enrolled in our program at BA and MA level•In 2013, 400 students started 1st year

Faculty and staff, approximately:•50 professors / associate professors / assistant professors•45 Ph.D. students•20 administrative personnell

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Ranking

• Studying economics at University of Copenhagen is a good choice

• Department of Economics ranks 1-2 in Scandinavia based on scientific publications in leading international journals

• (And No. 1 in Denmark!)• By European standards, we also do well: Among

20 best in Europe, top 50 in worldhttps://econtop.uvt.nl/rankinglist.php

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The New York Times

The New York Times, 2013, on joint research from Harvard University and our department:

Tax incentives for pension savings have little effect on total savings.

Every Kroner that the Danish government spent on tax breaks had a negligible effect on total savings.

In contrast, policies that automatically saved a portion of a worker’s income (e.g. forced pension savings and labor market pension schemes) substantially increased total savings.

Researchers: Raj Chetty and John N. Friedman, Harvard, and Søren Leth-Petersen, Torben Heien Nielsen and Tore Olsen, University of Copenhagen

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Master’s programme

• Our Master’s programme MA Econ (cand. polit.)• Specialization in finance (”F”-marked courses)• MA program offers a wealth of options• Summer schools• Economic seminars: Write a paper, present, discuss in class• Master thesis

Plagiarism

Please note rules for academic writing: •Mention all references in reference list•Sate clearly in text the references you build on•Remember to put in ”quotes” when citing•If not: Plagiarism!•Automatic control for papers you hand in•Consequences are severe: Rector may expel students who are caught cheating!

3 types of international students

1. International MSc. Students. Stay for 2 years and earn our MSc: 10 courses, 2 seminars and a thesis.

2. Erasmus (incl. Nordplus) students. When visiting us only: at least 22½ ECTS.When visiting more than one department at the Faculty: at least 30 ECTS in total. (60 ECTS= one year’s work load).

3. Exchange students: No formal requirements

Courses and exams

• Sign up for both courses and exams• Courses run until end December/May• Exams January/June• Regular exams: Plans and schedule available in the Course

Catalogue on the international student website. • Resit exams February/August• Sign up for resit exams: Contact the Study Administration• If not in Denmark at time of exams, apply for exemption.• Summer schools – if you stay on till July/August?

Fine with us (get approval from your home university).

Please give us your feedback!

• Evaluations of courses: Please participate• We would also like to publish reports from

students who have completed a stay with us Please send us half a page when you leave

• Information for future students – “is this a place for me?”

More information and help

Information on practical details: I-mentors Student Advisors (building 5) Study Administration - building 26 International coordinator, associate

professor Thomas Markussen On courses and academic curriculum:

Academic staff – building 26 and 35

Web and e-mail

Most information is electronic:• Your UCPH e-mail username@alumni.ku.dk• The department: www.econ.ku.dk/english/ • International students’ web:

www.econ.ku.dk/polit/english/ • I-mentors: www.altandetlige.dk/profil/imeco • E-learning - Absalon – more on this later today

Finally

• Please find also the time to enjoy the student life, enjoy coffee and meet Danish students in Cafelitten – the student café for economics students

• Enjoy Copenhagen and Denmark• Welcome once again - hope you will have

a wonderful stay!

KUnet

Absalon

How to find information

• Homepage

• Faculty

• International Office

• Your alumni-mail - @alumni.ku.dk

Examination

• Three types of examination – written, oral and take-home assignments

• All written exams takes place at Peter Bangs Vej 36

• Time and place for the oral exams will be published in Absalon

• Take-home assignments have to be uploaded at Absalon (format pdf)

Examination

Rules:

•Be aware of requirements for participation•3 attempts•Re-sits in August•Change of examination form – re-sits•Appeals

Rules for exams and papers

No plagiarism! Remember references and quotation marks, cheating is punished harshly

• Written exams – mostly closed bookNo aids of any kind, no calculators, phones, MP3’s etc. only linguistic dictionaries. Remember anonymity

• Papers and take-home examsIndividual = no collaboration! Groups = state contribution of each author. Remember formal requirements, anonymity and deadlines!

Facilities at the Department

Important to know:

• Library and study halls

• Computer lab

• Student ID

• Course evaluations

Facilities at the Department

Important social places and activities

• Cafélitten• Kommunen• Semester-start party• Student bar each Friday• Black tie party• Study trips

IMECO will know much more about these social events

Important dates - Academic

• 16th February – Last chance to change your courses

• 1st March – Last chance to seek an exemption for different examination date – ONLY EXCHANGE

• June (May) – Examinations

• August – Re-sit exams

Important dates - Events

• 6th February – Orientation meeting (International Office)

• 10th February – Get your paperwork done at UCPH Student Centre

• Stay updated at www.studies.ku.dk/welcome !

Questions?

Any questions?

Thank you for your time!