Events for the students

- At UCN Technology and UCN Business

Being an international student or an international ERASMUS student, you can take part in various interesting events such as the UCN Technology and UCN Business Friday Bars or events planned by the Student Ambassadors for you and your fellow students.

 

The events may be open to all students on UCN Technology and UCN Business programmes or at times only for international students or exclusively for ERASMUS students.

 

Examples of events

Friday Bars:
Each UCN Technology and UCN Business campus has a Friday Bar that is open every Friday to create a great social atmosphere with music and cold drinks. This is a great way to celebrate the coming of the weekend. The Friday Bars are also present at the sport cups.

 

UCN Technology and UCN Business Sport Cup – winter and summer: Two of our most popular events are the joint sport cups that take place just after studies commence in summer and winter. In summer, students and staff compete with and against each other in outdoors football grounds.   They compete in football, beach volley, viking games and join in different fitness disciplines while loud speakers ensure a great musical atmosphere for onlookers and participants. In winter, the event takes place at the large Gigantium sports facility where participants can join in ice hockey games, handball, indoor football and volleyball, floorball, fitness activities and more.   Both summer and winter, participants and onlooking students can buy food and drinks at the event to eat together as an enjoyable part of the day out.

 

 

Sport activities – for all students and staff
Health is a high priority at UCN Technology and UCN Business, because the healthier you are the more you thrive in learning and developing as a person. That is why UCN Technology and UCN Business offers you a wealth of health-promoting activities.

 

Every week, you can take part in zumba classes, and the sport and running club T & B Outdoor arranges different events such as weekly runs, ice skating, ball games, cycling, football and hockey on the courts on the waterfront.

 

UCN Technology and UCN Business also offer you a discount on various sporting activities such as trips to the local pool and gyms and participation in the popular annual Harbour Relay Race.

 

UCN Technology and UCN Business also have an annual health week where the focus on different aspects of health is even greater.

 

If you become a so-called Health Agent you can get a lot of influence on all of these efforts. Agents help motivate others to take part in our health-promoting activities as well as initiate new activities and direct the existing ones. You can learn more about the many possibilities here.

 

Parties All year round, you can take part in different parties. As a festive final to our introduction days before studies commence in February and September, the International Office arranges a party for all new international students. For the sport cup both in summer and in winter we also round the day off with a nice big party. Furthermore, we have annual Christmas parties as described below.

 

International week
At UCN Technology and UCN Business we arrange “International Week” in October. During that week, you can taste delicious dishes from different countries and usually universities from abroad will visit UCN to give talks on certain subjects or to present their possibilities of continuing studies. These activities differ from one year to the next, but they all have international culture as their focal point.

 

Student Ambassador Events
The International Student Ambassadors also arrange activities during the year. You can join different sports, a drama club, sing in a choir or play in a band. You can also make your own suggestions for activities that will bring students together. Learn more about the International Student Ambassadors and the awesome work they perform.

 

Christmas event – International Christmas celebration with Danish traditions Each year, all international students are invited to a free, cozy Christmas event at each UCN Technology and UCN Business campus. At this event, the participants are instructed in the old Danish tradition of weaving Christmas paper heart ornaments. There are even prizes to be won for the prettiest ornaments. The students taste Danish Christmas foods and Santa Claus always comes around to say hello. Furthermore, students hear about Danish culture and Christmas traditions.

 

 

Christmas party
All students are invited to buy tickets to join an amazing Christmas party with music and a great festive atmosphere. Come and taste loads of Danish Christmas dishes warm and cold, and experience how Danes celebrate the arrival of Christmas.

 

Study programme events
In addition to that, the individual study programmes host different events, talks and parties during the academic year. You can see some examples under the descriptions of the study programmes’ study environments.

 

Examples of ERASMUS events

Bowling:
Aalborg has several bowling alleys and tradition has it that the ERASMUS students challenge each other to a game of bowling at one of these venues.

 

Mountain climbing:
The past couple of years, the ERASMUS students have had the pleasure of pushing their own limits by climbing one of Denmark’s highest climbing walls (20 metres) in the Nordkraft house of culture at the heart of Aalborg.

 

Boat trip:
A beautiful and exciting way to see Aalborg and Nørresundby is by going aboard the old navy ship which was previously used in WWII for laying mines along the shorelines of Denmark. Today, it is in service for taking tourists and others on sailing trips up and down Limfjorden along Aalborg and Nørresundby. This is also one of the annual events that the ERASMUS students are enjoying.