Faculty and academic positions

There are four main types of academic positions at UCPH: postdoc, assistant professor, associate professor, and professor. The three core tasks of academic staff at UCPH are research, teaching and, dissemination.

We offer academic challenges in a dynamic and internationally oriented environment and strive to provide researchers at all levels with the opportunity to expand and develop their talent in a professionally driven organisation.

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UCPH recruit on the basis of the criteria for recognising merit: Research, Teaching, Societal impact, Organisational contribution, External funding, and Management.

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TITLE FACULTY LOCATION DEADLINE
Postdoc in Deep Mutational Scanning at the Department of Biology Faculty of Science Department of Biology 08-10-2026
Postdoc in long-term changes in plant diversity Faculty of Science Department of Biology 09-10-2026
Assistant Professorship in Human-Centred Computing Faculty of Science Department of Computer Science 11-10-2026
Assistant Professor of Quantum Technology Didactics, Niels Bohr Institute - NQCP, Department of Science Education - USE Center. Faculty of Science Niels Bohr Institute 11-10-2026
166428 Clinical Professor of Rheumatology with special focus on the Influence of Obesity on Osteoarthritis (Fixed-Term, 5 Years) Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg Hospital (Parker Instituttet) 14-10-2026
Postdoc in Computational Writing in the Context of Pharmaceutical Data Science Education Faculty of Science Department of Science Education 14-10-2026
Postdoc in Neural Circuits of Sensorimotor Control Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Neuroscience 14-10-2026
Postdoc in mass spectrometry for quantitative proteomics at Center for Glycocalyx Research Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine 15-10-2026
Interdisciplinary post doc studying impacts of extreme heat Faculty of Social Sciences Department of Economics 15-10-2026
Postdoc in forensic genetics and complex samples Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Forensic Medicine 15-10-2026
Postdoc in Veterinary Microbiology Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences 15-10-2026
Postdoc of Computer Science: Stochastic models of morphology evolution Faculty of Science Department of Computer Science 15-10-2026
168152 Clinical Professor of Paediatric Anaesthesia (Fixed-Term, 5 Years) Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Clinical Medicine 16-10-2026
Postdoc of Biotechnology Faculty of Science Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences 16-10-2026
Postdoc position at the Center for Translational Neuromedicine Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Center for Translational Neuromedicine 16-10-2026
166979 Clinical professor of Colorectal Cancer Surgery (fixed-term 5 years) Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Clinical Medicine 18-10-2026
Postdoctoral Fellow in Cardiac Fibrosis Genomics Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Biomedical Sciences 18-10-2026
Professor of Translational molecular neuropathology (Part-time, fixed-term 5 Years) Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Clinical Medicine 18-10-2026
Postdoctoral position in ‘Citizen Competency in the Use of Public Service Chatbots’ as part of the National Center for AI in Society (CAISA) and based in Copenhagen Faculty of Social Sciences The National Center for AI in Society 19-10-2026
Two Postdoctoral positions in Ethnology at the Saxo Institute, Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen Faculty of Humanities The Saxo Institute 20-10-2026
Postdoc in skeletal muscle growth and metabolism (2 years), Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports Faculty of Science Department of Nutrition, Excercise and Sports 20-10-2026
Assistant Professor of DNA-stabilized Noble Metal Clusters-based emitters Faculty of Science Department of Chemistry 25-10-2026
Postdoc in Neuropharmacology at Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology 25-10-2026
Tenure Track assistant professor, associate professor or professor of Food Processing & Technology Faculty of Science Department of Food Science 27-10-2026
Tenure-track Assistant Professor or Associate Professor of Food and Ingredient Biochemical Processing Faculty of Science Department of Food Science 28-10-2026
Associate professor of Equine Sports Medicine Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences 29-10-2026
3 Postdoc positions within forest microbiome assisted afforestation Faculty of Science Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management 29-10-2026
Postdoctoral Researcher Position in Labour Immigration and Institutional Change Faculty of Social Sciences Department of Sociology 30-10-2026
Postdoc in Transition-Metal Catalysis & Organometallic Chemistry Faculty of Science Department of Chemistry 30-10-2026
Postdoc in System Dynamics Modelling and Adolescent Health Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Public Health 31-10-2026
Postdoctoral Position in Science Education Research Faculty of Science Section for Didactics 31-10-2026
211-0367/26-2K Professor within Microbial interactions in plant and environmental systems Faculty of Science Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences 01-11-2026
Postdoc in the Strep A Vaccine Research Group at the NIVI Research Center, Department of Immunology and Microbiology Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Immunology and Microbiology 01-11-2026
Postdoc in shrub expansion and ecosystem responses in Subarctic tundra Faculty of Science Department of Biology 01-11-2026
Tenure Track Assistant Professor or Associate Professor and Curator of Mammals Faculty of Science Natural History Museum Denmark 02-11-2026
Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Experimental Planetary Materials Science Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences GLOBE institute 04-11-2026
Postdoctoral positions and DAWN Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Cosmic Dawn Center Faculty of Science Niels Bohr Institute 06-11-2026
Post Doc in quantum optics and quantum information Faculty of Science Niels Bohr Institute 09-11-2026
Postdoctoral Positions in Statistics and the Mathematics of Insurance and Economics Faculty of Science Department of Mathematical Sciences 15-11-2026
Postdoctoral Positions in Mathematics Faculty of Science Department of Mathematical Sciences 15-11-2026
Professor or Associate Professor and Research Group Leader with special focus on molecular mechanisms of diabetes Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Biotech Research and Innovation Centre (BRIC) 15-11-2026
Postdoc in Cognitive Computational Neuroscience and Human Movement Perception Faculty of Social Sciences Department of Psychology 01-12-2026
14 postdoctoral fellowships to the BRIDGE – Translational Excellence Programme Faculty of Science University of Copenhagen 09-02-2027