Organisational structure

The Centre for Internationalisation and Parallel Language Use (CIP) was established in April 2008 following a decision by the Board of the University of Copenhagen (UCPH).

The Centre has a close connection to the Department of English, Germanic and Romance Studies (Engerom) and the Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics (NORS) with regards to education and research but in the everyday work, CIP collaborates with all faculties, departments and administrative units across UCPH.

The centre is organisationally located at the Faculty of Humanities (South Campus), with a direct reference to the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities. 

The CIP reference group

In 2026, CIP established a reference group with a broad representation from management, faculty staff and learning units across the university. The role of the reference group is to advise the centre’s management on how CIP can best fulfil its role as UCPH’s resource centre for internationalisation and parallel language use.

Funding

Since January 2013, CIP has been funded through a permanent rectoral concession, which covers costs for basic research and central administration. Costs for other activities at the centre are covered by revenues from language courses, project funding etc. 

Management

The day-to-day management of the Centre is headed by Centre Director, professor Janus Mortensen who is supported by vice-director, professor Slobodanka Dimova and Centre Administrator Helen Sværke. 

Employees

The centre employs around 20 people, including researchers, teachers and administrative employees. 

The permanent research team consists of two professors and one associate professor. In addition to this, CIP hosts a range of externally funded projects with researchers and PhD students employed on temporary contracts. 

The tailormade teaching activities for staff and students at the university are primarily carried out by the Centre’s permanent academic language consultants. All of CIP’s teachers have considerable experience with teaching English and/or Danish as a second language. The academic language consultants also contribute to research activities like collection of data from ongoing teaching and participation in conferences.

CIP’s general office is taking care of the administration of tailormade courses as well as tasks connected to research activities and conferences. 

You can read more about the individual employees by visiting the ‘Employees’ page.