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 Plant Biochemistry Faculty of Science PLEN 09-09-2026
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
Teaching Assistant Professor of Veterinary Anatomy and Pathology Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences IVH 11-09-2026
Assistant Professor of Veterinary Anatomy and Pathology Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences IVH 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
Postdoc in Computational Palaeoproteomics Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Globe Institute 13-09-2026
Computational Postdoc in Ribosome Specialization at the Biotech Research and Innovation Centre Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences BRIC 13-09-2026
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Philosophy Faculty of Humanities Department of Communication 14-09-2026
164818 Clinical Professor of Cardiology with special focus on Intensive Care in critical Heart Disease (Fixed-Term, 5 Years) Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Clinical Medicine 14-09-2026
Lektorat i Etik og Religionsfilosofi Faculty of Theology Faculty of Theology 14-09-2026
Postdoc in Computational food data integration and predictive quality modelling Faculty of Science FOOD 14-09-2026
Assistant Professor in Plant Immunity Faculty of Science PLEN 14-09-2026
Full Professorship in Social Anthropology with a Focus on Business Anthropology and Life-Enhancing Design Faculty of Social Sciences Department of Anthropology 15-09-2026
Postdoctoral Position in Generative AI and Simulation-supervised Machine Learning for Biology Faculty of Science Department for Computer Science 15-09-2026
Postdoctoral Positions at iCourts, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen Faculty of Law iCourts, Faculty of Law 15-09-2026
Postdoctoral fellowship in medical humanities and post-conflict studies Faculty of Humanities Department of English, Germanic and Romance Studies 15-09-2026
Postdoc within Screening of De Novo Designed Proteins Faculty of Science Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences 15-09-2026
Postdoc in Experimental Atmospheric Physical Chemistry Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Chemistry 15-09-2026
Postdoc in Experimental Nanophotonics and Quantum Optics Faculty of Science Niels Bohr Institute 15-09-2026
Postdoc in Embryo Epigenetics Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine 15-09-2026
Assistant Professor in vascular inflammation and proteomics at Department of Biomedical Sciences Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Biomedical Sciences 15-09-2026
Postdoc in an EU project at Section for Health Services Research Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Public Health 16-09-2026
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Experimental Quantum Matter Faculty of Science Niels Bohr Institute 20-09-2026
Two Postdoc positions in Cardiometabolic (Electro-)Physiology at the Department of Biomedical Sciences Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Biomedical Sciences 20-09-2026
Postdoc of chemical biology Faculty of Science Department of Chemistry 20-09-2026
166978 Clinical Professor of Innovative Technologies for Acute Cardiovascular Disease (fixed-term 5 years) Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Clinical Medicine 23-09-2026
Assistant Professor in Companion Animal Surgery (DipECVS or DipACVS) Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences IKV 27-09-2026
Postdoc in Democratic Innovations and Moralizing Politics Faculty of Social Sciences Department of Political Science 27-09-2026
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
Postdoctoral Researcher in Mechanistic Understanding of AI Reasoning Faculty of Science Department for Computer Science 30-09-2026
Postdoc in registry based cognitive research at the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Copenhagen (UCPH) Faculty of Social Sciences Department of Psychology 30-09-2026
PhD scholarship in Grundtvig Studies at the Faculty of Theology Faculty of Theology The Faculty of Theology 01-10-2026
211-0750/26-2E Associate Professor of Theoretical Physics Faculty of Science Niels Bohr Institute 01-10-2026
Assistant Professor in Plant–Microbe and Weed Ecology Faculty of Science PLEN 04-10-2026
Postdoc in Modelling of Ecosystem Biogeochemistry of Wetlands Faculty of Science Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management 05-10-2026
Associate Professor of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (Fixed-Term, 4 Years) Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Biotech Research and Innovation Centre (BRIC) 06-10-2026
Postdoc in Computational Writing in the Context of Pharmaceutical Data Science Education Faculty of Science Department of Science Education 14-10-2026
168152 Clinical Professor of Paediatric Anaesthesia (Fixed-Term, 5 Years) Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Clinical Medicine 16-10-2026
Postdoctoral Fellow in Cardiac Fibrosis Genomics Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Biomedical Sciences 18-10-2026
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
Postdoctoral Researcher Position in Labour Immigration and Institutional Change Faculty of Social Sciences Department of Sociology 30-10-2026
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