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.

Read more about the job structure.

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
211-0363/26-2K Professor of Science engagement Faculty of Science Department of Science Education 07-08-2026
162739 Professor of Cell Division (Fixed-Term, 10 years) Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine 09-08-2026
Postdoc in Impact Evaluation of Social Welfare Policies on Child Health Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Public Health 09-08-2026
Postdoc position in environmental DNA and citizen science mapping of mosquitoes in Denmark Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Institut for Veterinær- og Husdyrvidenskab 09-08-2026
Postdoc in Therapeutic Potential of Urocortin II to Protect Muscle Mass and Function Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research 10-08-2026
Postdoc in Translational Metabolic Research and Digital Biomarkers of Glucose Homeostasis Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research 10-08-2026
Postdoc in Deciphering the Oral–Liver Axis: Integrative Cross-Organ Multi-Omics Analysis Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research 10-08-2026
Postdoc in Molecular and Metabolic Modulators of AMPK Signaling Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research 10-08-2026
Postdoc in Functional Proteomics Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research 10-08-2026
Postdoc in Computational Peptide Design for Metabolic GPCRs Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research 10-08-2026
Postdoc in Computational Genomics Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research 10-08-2026
Postdoc in Metabolic Pharmacology Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research 10-08-2026
Postdoc in Central Control of Energy Homeostasis Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research 10-08-2026
Postdoctoral position in AI for Civil Society, part of the National Center for AI in Society (CAISA) and based in Copenhagen Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences 10-08-2026
Lektorat i Etik og Religionsfilosofi Faculty of Theology Centre for Science and Faith 10-08-2026
Tenure Track Ass. prof, Associate Prof and Professor of High Performance Computational Genomics Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences GLOBE institute 12-08-2026
The Faculty of Law at the University of Copenhagen announces a number of fully funded PhD positions to commence in February 2027 Faculty of Law The Faculty of Law 13-08-2026
Molecular Biologist for the development of cancer diagnostics (Research Assistant) Faculty of Science Department of Biology 13-08-2026
Postdoc in Marine Bioluminescence - re-advertisement Faculty of Science Department of Biology 16-08-2026
Assistant Professors of Molecular Imaging Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Biomedical Sciences 16-08-2026
PhD position in Organic Chemistry Faculty of Science Department of Chemistry 16-08-2026
Research Assistant in Synaptic Neurobiology at the Department of Neuroscience Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Neuroscience 20-08-2026
PhD scholarship in the project ‘A Danish model for individual Cognitive Stimulation Therapy for people with dementia’ at the Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen (UCPH) Faculty of Social Sciences Department of Psychology 21-08-2026
164616 Clinical Professor (chair) of Neurology (Fixed-Term, 10 Years) Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Clinical Medicine 26-08-2026
164151 Professor of Dermatovenerology with special focus on experimental photobiology and keratinocyte cancer (Part-time, fixed-term 5 Years ) Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Clinical Medicine 30-08-2026
164610 Open Position: Tenure‑track Assistant Professor or Associate Professor of Translational Cardiometabolic Research Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Biomedical Sciences 30-08-2026
Postdoc in Cosmochemistry at StarPlan, Globe Institute, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Globe Institute 30-08-2026
Two Postdoc positions in Green Transitions and Democratic Engagement Faculty of Social Sciences Department of Anthropology 30-08-2026
Postdoc of Organic and physical organic chemistry Faculty of Science Department of Chemistry 30-08-2026
Postdoc in protein O-glycosylation during pancreatic inflammation at the Department of Biomedical Science Faculty of Science Department of Biomedical Sciences 30-08-2026
Postdoc of Processing and Structuring of Plant-Dairy Hybrid Foods Faculty of Science FOOD 31-08-2026
Postdoc of Bioinformatics and Computational Proteomics Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences GLOBE 31-08-2026
Postdoc in BioPhysics Faculty of Science Niels Bohr Institute 31-08-2026
PhD Fellowship in BioPhysics Faculty of Science Niels Bohr Institute 31-08-2026
Assistant professorship (non-tenure-track) in Assyriology at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen (UCPH) Faculty of Humanities Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies 06-09-2026
Postdoctoral position in digital media and communication at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen Faculty of Humanities The Department of Communication 11-09-2026
Postdoctoral Position in Statistics Education Faculty of Science Department of Science Education 13-09-2026
Postdoctoral Researcher Position at the Center for Volatile Interactions Faculty of Science Department of Biology 13-09-2026
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Philosophy Faculty of Humanities Department of Communication 14-09-2026
Postdoctoral Position in Generative AI and Simulation-supervised Machine Learning for Biology Faculty of Science Department for Computer Science 15-09-2026
Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) or Associate Professor (Open Rank) in New Testament Studies, Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen Faculty of Theology Faculty of Theology 30-09-2026
PhD scholarship in Grundtvig Studies at the Faculty of Theology Faculty of Theology The Faculty of Theology 01-10-2026