Faculty and academic positions

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TITLE FACULTY LOCATION DEADLINE
Postdoc in Experimental cold atomic physics Faculty of Science The Niels Bohr Institute 30-12-2025
Postdoctoral fellowships in bioinformatics, single-cell omics, AI, and/or systems biology Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research 31-12-2025
NQCP Photonics Postdoc Faculty of Science Niels Bohr Institute 31-12-2025
PhD fellowship or postdoc in brain tumor bioinformatics at BRIC Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences BRIC 31-12-2025
Research Assistant in Frödin Group, BRIC, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences BRIC 31-12-2025
Postdoc in Cellular Models of Brain Barrier Transport at Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences University of Copenhagen Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Pharmacy 01-01-2026
Research Assistant in the field of experimental immunology Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences 02-01-2026
Postdoc in Spatial Evolutionary Microbiology at Globe Institute Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Globe Institute 02-01-2026
152464 Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery with special focus on clinical research within neurosurgery (Fixed-Term, 5 Years) Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Clinical Medicine 04-01-2026
153027 Clinical Professorship in Internal Medicine - Endocrinology wsfo Management of Obesity (Fixed-Term, 5 Years) Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Amager Hvidovre Hospital. 04-01-2026
153110 Professor of Protein Design in Health and Medicine Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology 04-01-2026
PhD fellowship in Didactics of Mathematics Faculty of Science Department of Science Education 04-01-2026
Postdoc of Molecular Cell Biology of DNA repair Faculty of Science Department of Biology 04-01-2026
153771 Associate Professor of Translational Ovarian Cancer Research (Fixed-Term, 2 Years) Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Biotech Research and Innovation Centre (BRIC) 04-01-2026
Associate Professor of social medicine Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Public Health 04-01-2026
Postdoc in Using 13C for field phenotyping aimed at breeding for drought resilience Faculty of Science PLEN 04-01-2026
Research Assistant in Condensate Formations and Oscillatory Protein Concentrations in Cell Regulation Faculty of Science Niels Bohr Institute 04-01-2026
154279 Associate Professor of Skin T-cell Immunology, Fixed-Term (until June 30, 2029) Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Immunology and Microbiology 04-01-2026
Research Assistant for the Schwartz Group Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research 04-01-2026
PhD fellowship in Circadian Neurobiology Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Neuroscience 04-01-2026
Postdoctoral positions in ancient environmental genomics within the Ancient Environmental Genomics Initiative for Sustainability (AEGIS) Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Globe Institute 04-01-2026
Postdoctoral Fellow in Ancient Metagenomics & Fermentation Microbiomes Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences GLOBE 04-01-2026
Postdoc in Nanospectroscopy at Department of Chemistry Faculty of Science Department of Chemistry 04-01-2026
165084 Clinical Professor of Internal medicine: Cardiology with special focus on Congenital Heart Disease (Fixed-Term, 5 Years) Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Rigshospitalet 04-01-2026
Researcher in Detection of Weak Magnetic Signals generated by Active Neurons at the Department of Neuroscience Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Neuroscience 05-01-2026
Theory-Postdoc in the Intersection of Quantum Scattering, Quantum Chemistry and Quantum Computing Faculty of Science Department of Chemistry 05-01-2026
A two-year postdoc position in the project Aesthetic Atmospheres. Investigations in Phenomenological Psychology, University of Copenhagen Faculty of Social Sciences Department of Psychology 05-01-2026
Stilling som postdoc med fokus på psykiske lidelser og somatiske sygdomme ved Det Humanistiske Fakultet, Københavns Universitet Faculty of Humanities Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics 05-01-2026
Research Assistant with opportunity for PhD-fellowship continuation at the Department of Biomedical Sciences Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Biomedical Sciences 05-01-2026
Two Postdoc Positions in Grundtvig Studies at the Faculty of Theology UCPH Faculty of Theology Faculty of Theology 05-01-2026
Postdoctoral position in Indo-European Studies at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen Faculty of Humanities Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics 06-01-2026
Postdoc in Genetics and Physiology at Department of Biology Faculty of Science University of Copenhagen Faculty of Science Department of Biology 06-01-2026
Postdoctoral fellowship in multi-omics, systems biology, and cardiometabolic diseases Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Public Health 10-01-2026
Postdoc in Artificial Intelligence and Algorithmic Fairness Faculty of Science Department of Public Health 11-01-2026
Postdocs at Center for Gene Expression in Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine 11-01-2026
PhD fellowship in Analytical Chemistry Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Pharmacy 11-01-2026
Postdoc to study roles of glutathione transferases in drought response in sorghum Faculty of Science PLEN 11-01-2026
Postdoc of starch and protein digestibility Faculty of Science FOOD 11-01-2026
HRM 165076 Clinical Professor (chair) of Internal Medicine: Respiratory Medicine (Fixed-Term, 10 Years) Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Clinical Medicine 11-01-2026
152795 Associate Professor Research Group Leader(s) at the Biotech Research and Innovation Centre (BRIC), University of Copenhagen (Fixed-term 6 years) Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences BRIC 12-01-2026
Postdoc in AI and Law Faculty of Science Department of Food and Resource Economics 12-01-2026
Postdoc in AI Ethics Faculty of Science The Department of Food and Resource Economics 12-01-2026
Professorship in Indo-European Studies at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen Faculty of Humanities The Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics 12-01-2026
152033 Associate Professor of Proteomics, Genomics, and Evolutionary Complexity (Fixed-Term, 7 years and 7 months) Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine 13-01-2026
Postdoctoral Position Faculty of Science Department of Biology 14-01-2026
Postdoctoral position integrative spatial analysis of microenvironmental drivers of pancreatic cancers Faculty of Science Department of Biology 14-01-2026
Postdoctoral position in spatial genomics and quantitative microenvironmental liver physiology Faculty of Science Department of Biology 14-01-2026
Postdoctoral position in Biochemistry Faculty of Science Department of Biology 14-01-2026
Postdoctorate Fellowships in Machine Learning or Quantum Computing Faculty of Science the Department of Computer Science 15-01-2026
Two-Year Postdoctoral Position in Volatile Organic Compound Biogeochemistry Faculty of Science Department of Biology 15-01-2026
Postdoc Position(s) in Epigenetics/Bioinformatics/Genomics at University of Copenhagen Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research 16-01-2026
Postdoctoral Position in School Choice Modeling and Simulation Faculty of Social Sciences SODAS 18-01-2026
154237 - Associate Professorship in Ruminant Herd Health Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences 18-01-2026
Research Assistant in Porcine Health Management Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences 18-01-2026
Postdoc of Porcine Health Management Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences 18-01-2026
Postdoctoral position in the Study of Religions and Esotericism at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen Faculty of Humanities Cross Cultural and Regional Studies 18-01-2026
Postdoctoral Researcher in Synthetic Biology and Biotechnology Faculty of Science PLEN 18-01-2026
164887 Reposting: Professor or Associate Professor and Research Group Leader with special focus on molecular mechanisms of type 1 diabetes to the Biotech Research and Innovation Centre (BRIC), University of Copenhagen Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Biotech Research and Innovation Centre (BRIC) 18-01-2026
Postdoc in protein formulation design at Department of Pharmacy Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Pharmacy 23-01-2026
152816 Clinical Professor (chair) of Clinical Oncology Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Clinical Medicine 25-01-2026
153026 Clinical Professor of Paediatric with special focus on Paediatric Endocrinology (Fixed-Term, 5 Years) Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Herlev Gentofte Hospital. 25-01-2026
PhD fellowship in Biophotonics for Drug Delivery and Predictive Modelling at Department of Pharmacy Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department og Pharmacy 25-01-2026
Postdoc in Young Adult Health and Complexity Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Public Health 25-01-2026
Up to 18 fully funded Marie S. Curie PhD positions at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH), the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and the Danish Cancer Institute (DCI) Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences University of Copenhagen and Technical University of Denmark 26-01-2026
Tenure-track assistant professorship in empirical communication research Faculty of Humanities Institut for Kommunikation 26-01-2026
153740 Professor of Digital Odontology and Oral Radiology Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Odontology 27-01-2026
PhD fellowship in Molecular Exercise Physiology Faculty of Science Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports (NEXS) 29-01-2026
Postdoc position in computational social science with a focus on Global North-South disparities in science Faculty of Social Sciences Department of Sociology 01-02-2026
Postdoc in Human-Computer Interaction with Explainable AI Faculty of Science Department of Computer Science 01-02-2026
PhD scholarship at the Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics, Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen (UCPH) Faculty of Humanities Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics 01-02-2026
PhD Project in Human-Computer Interaction for Behaviour Change in Extended Reality Faculty of Science Department of Computer Science 01-02-2026
PhD scholarship at the Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen (UCPH) Faculty of Social Sciences Department of Economics 01-02-2026
PhD scholarship at Center for Economic Behaviour and Inequality (CEBI) at the Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen Faculty of Social Sciences Department of Economics 01-02-2026
Junior Group Leader in Stem Cell Medicine Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Biomedical Sciences 01-02-2026
Postdoc in Plant Biochemistry Faculty of Science PLEN 01-02-2026
Postdocs in Statistical/Computational Genetics/Bioinformatics at Globe Institute, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Globe Institute 02-02-2026
14 postdoctoral fellowships to the BRIDGE – Translational Excellence Programme Faculty of Science Faculty of Science / Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences 16-02-2026
Postdoc in modeling of star-disk formation Faculty of Science Niels Bohr Institute 01-03-2026