PhD

As a PhD student at the University of Copenhagen you have the opportunity to advance your international career as part of a world class research team. Every year, UCPH enrols more than 700 new PhD students. The University of Copenhagen offers cutting edge research in an international atmosphere. In 2013 Monocle Magazine heralded Copenhagen as "the most liveable city in the world".

Read about the job structure and the recruitment process for faculty and academic staff.

TITLE FACULTY LOCATION DEADLINE
PhD scholarship in the project Detecting and predicting post-stroke cognitive impairments Faculty of Social Sciences Department of Psychology 19-10-2025
PhD scholarship in financial influence at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen (UCPH) Faculty of Humanities Institut for Kommunikation 19-10-2025
PhD Positions in Intrinsically Disordered Proteins Faculty of Science Department of Biology 19-10-2025
PhD fellowship in Soil Fertility Faculty of Science PLEN 19-10-2025
PhD fellowship in Plant Nutrition and Nitrogen Fixation Faculty of Science PLEN 19-10-2025
PhD fellowship in Advanced Analytical Chemistry Faculty of Science Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences 19-10-2025
PhD fellowship in Sustainability Transitions Faculty of Science Department of Food and Resource Economics 20-10-2025
PhD Project in Ion Optics and Trapping Faculty of Science Niels Bohr Institute 21-10-2025
PhD fellowship in Organic Synthesis and Supramolecular Chemistry Faculty of Science Department of Chemistry 23-10-2025
PhD position focusing on quantitative analyses of early childhood mental health (0-5 years) Faculty of Social Sciences Institut for Psykologi 26-10-2025
PhD Fellowship on Conceptions of Nature in Kalaallit Narrative Traditions at the Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics, Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen (UCPH) Faculty of Humanities Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics 26-10-2025
211-2288/25-2H Double degree PhD fellowship in Chemistry Faculty of Science Department of Chemistry 26-10-2025
PhD fellowship in Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics Faculty of Science Niels Bohr Institute 30-10-2025
PhD fellowship in Explainable Natural Language Understanding Department of Computer Science Faculty of SCIENCE University of Copenhagen Faculty of Science Datalogisk Institut 31-10-2025
PhD Project in Philosophy of Science: Philosophical Perspectives on Animal Models in Translational Neuroscience Faculty of Science Department of Science Education 31-10-2025
PhD fellowship in Trustworthy Natural Language Processing Faculty of Science Department of Computer Science 31-10-2025
PhD fellowship in Biophotonics for Drug Delivery and Predictive Modelling at Department of Pharmacy Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Institut for Farmaci 01-11-2025
PhD Fellowship in University Statistics Education Faculty of Science Institut for Naturfagenes Didaktik 02-11-2025
PhD position in History and Philosophy of Science Faculty of Science Department of Science Education 07-11-2025
PhD stipends in Mathematics at the Department of Mathematical Sciences Faculty of Science Department of Mathematical Sciences 15-11-2025
PhD stipends in Statistics and the mathematics of Insurance and Economics at the Department of Mathematical Sciences Faculty of Science Department of Mathematical Sciences 15-11-2025
PhD fellowship in Inorganic Chemistry Faculty of Science Department of Chemistry 15-11-2025
PhD fellowship in microbial Volatile Organic Compound exchange in Arctic glacier ecosystems Faculty of Science Biologisk Institut 15-11-2025
PhD fellowship in Chemical communication between non-vascular plants and associated cyanobacteria Faculty of Science Biologisk Institut 15-11-2025
PhD fellowship in Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage Faculty of Science Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management 23-11-2025
PhD fellowships in ENERPOL MSCA Doctoral Network Faculty of Science Department of Mathematical Sciences 30-11-2025
PhD fellowship at the Copenhagen Center for Glycocalyx Research at the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine 30-11-2025