I don't know that much about Denmark.
It's a flat country with beer-drinking people.
Good football players.
Lots of meat in the food.
I've never been in a place where people are
so out-going and easy to meet.
And with happy smiles on their faces.
Studying geology at the University of Copenhagen
is one of the best choices I've ever made.
My research interest is in groundwater analysis,
and the group I work with here is amongst
the best in this field.
Here we are visiting one of the many limestone
quarries south of Copenhagen. This is Faxe
quarry, 60 kilometers from the department.
At this particular place we have master's
projects studying the cool-water carbonates
and coral reefs.
There are good possibilities to design and
structure your own education - take part in
different courses, get hands-on experience
with different lab techniques, and also participate
in different master's projects.
Denmark has a long tradition for geological
research in Greenland and other arctic regions,
so many of our master's projects are carried
out in these areas, often together with people
from the Geological Survey of Denmark and
Greenland, and the industry.
We offer master-level courses in the fields
of hydrogeology, geophysics, geochemistry,
and basin geology, including paleontology.
It's a very warm and comfortable atmosphere,
and we have a very good social interaction
with each other. I can approach my professor
anytime and discuss any issue that I have.
Our students get involved with top class researchers
in an open and creative environment, and since
we are located in the same building as the
Geological Survey we have an international
environment with researchers and students
from all over the world.
Copenhagen is a very lively place. In the
summer it's very nice, so you can go to the
beaches and lie in the sand and do nothing.
People are very helpful, very cooperative.
They are very kind. I also managed to make
a couple of friends.
I feel I made the right choice by coming to
Copenhagen, because the learning environment
here can help me in my future career.
