For the fourth year, DIS is pleased to partner with KaroIinska Institute (KI) to offer the KI-DIS Fellowship. The co-funded, merit-based fellowship covers tuition fees for two semesters to any of KI’s ten Global Master’s Programs.
DIS launches the DIS Alumni Community to strengthen connections between alumni, DIS, and Scandinavia.
Toby Musgrave recently completed his training as a Submersible Pilot in the Caribbean. He is now ready for underwater adventures in Antarctica and the Arctic in between semesters.
‘I Am Queen Mary’ presents an allegorical portrait of Mary Thomas, a sugarcane plantation worker who led the largest labor revolt in Danish colonial history in 1878.
DIS European Humanities faculty, Tommy Heisz, has written a dramatic narration about the overlooked prelude to the First World War in his new book ‘Blood under the Crescent Moon – Europe’s Forgotten War’.
The merit-based scholarship, funded by the late James “Jim” Larson, aims to support students in exploration of Scandinavian and European culture through hands-on experiences.
Ellen Sayles, Associate Dean and Director of Education Abroad at University of Richmond joins the DIS Board of Directors.
DIS Copenhagen welcomed a cohort of Gilman scholars and alumni for a week-long seminar focused on climate change and environmental sustainability.
Students across DIS have been creative in finding ways to help support Ukraine. In total, they have raised more than USD 10,000.
The Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science has appointed Trine Højbjerg Sand to serve on the DIS Board of Directors for a four-year term from April 30, 2022, to April 30, 2026.
As a Fund for Education Abroad Access Partner, DIS is dedicated to help make international education more equitable and accessible through scholarships.
DIS is pleased to announce that Nikolaj Opstrup will start as the Director of Business Technology in May 2022, overseeing the IT Services as well as IT Development and Infrastructure areas at DIS.
Students, faculty, and external experts met for debates on the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine and its broader geopolitical, security, and economic context.
DIS strongly condemns the Russian invasion of Ukraine and we stand with the Ukrainian people. As an educational organization based in Europe, we have a responsibility to be informed and engaged global citizens and speak out…
Anders Engholm has won the television show ‘Danmark’s Næste Klassiker’ (‘Denmark’s Next Classic’), a furniture design competition where he competed against four other designers with the goal of creating Denmark’s next ‘classic’ design piece. Anders won with his sustainably designed stackable chair made from recycled plastic.
European Humanities faculty member, Anders Larsen launched new book at the Copenhagen Book Fair.
DIS faculty member, Alexander Hviid has published an article on Greenlandic foreign policy in Politicia, Denmark’s leading political science journal.
The Karolinska Institute-DIS Fellowship is a co-funded, merit-based fellowship covering tuition fees for two semesters to any of Karolinska Institute’s ten Global Master’s Programs. The fellowship is available annually to DIS alumni who studied in either Stockholm or Copenhagen.
Staff and faculty from all DIS offices participated in discussions and sessions focusing on diversity, inclusion, and equity at an organization-wide workshop.
The DIS Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Charlotte Mark, Managing Director at Microsoft Development Copenhagen, has been appointed Chair at the Board’s annual meeting on April 26, 2021. The Board also reappointed Ian Samuel Terkildsen as Vice Chair.
