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".

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TITLE FACULTY LOCATION DEADLINE
211-2492/26-2H PhD fellowship in fault tolerant quantum algorithm Faculty of Science Niels Bohr Institute 12-07-2026
PhD fellowship in Wood Science Faculty of Science Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management 15-07-2026
PhD fellowship at Department of Neuroscience Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Neuroscience 23-07-2026
PhD fellowship in Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry at the Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology 24-07-2026
PhD Fellow in Plant Protein Nanofibrils Faculty of Science FOOD 28-07-2026
PhD fellowships in Computational Quantum Physics (Theory & Simulations) Faculty of Science Niels Bohr Institute 01-08-2026
PhD fellowship in Gut Microbiome and Cardiometabolic Health Faculty of Science Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports 02-08-2026
PhD fellowship in solid state Pharmacy at the Department of Pharmacy Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Pharmacy 07-08-2026
PhD fellowship in Metabolic Control of Glucose Utilization and Homeostasis Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research 10-08-2026
Research Assistent and PhD in Precision Medicine from Graph-Based Medical Digital Twins Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research 10-08-2026
Research Assistant and PhD fellow in the Genetic architecture of skeletal muscle Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research 10-08-2026
Research Assistant and PhD fellow in Energy Metabolism Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research 10-08-2026
Research Assistant and PhD fellow in Molecular Nutrition and Cardiometabolic Diseases Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research 10-08-2026
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
PhD position in Time-Resolved Crystallography of Enzymes (STRIDE project) — synchrotron-based studies of esterases at MicroMAX Faculty of Science Department of Chemistry 15-08-2026
PhD fellowship in greenhouse gases, forest soils and biogeochemistry Faculty of Science Institut for Geovidenskab og Naturforvaltning 16-08-2026
PhD fellowship in geochronology and mineralogy Faculty of Science Institut for Geovidenskab og Naturforvaltning 16-08-2026
PhD fellowship in molecular nanomaterials Faculty of Science Department of Chemistry 16-08-2026
PhD fellowship in pharmaceutical physical chemistry Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Pharmacy 16-08-2026
PhD fellowship in Research Integrity Faculty of Science Department of Food and Resource Economics 16-08-2026
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
PhD fellowship in collection-based Natural History Research Faculty of Science Natural History Museum Denmark 30-08-2026
PhD fellowships in Cardiac (patho-)Physiology at the Department of Biomedical Sciences Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Biomedical Sciences 30-08-2026
PhD fellowship in virus-host interactions at the Department of Immunology and Microbiology Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Immunology and Microbiology 31-08-2026
PhD scholarship in Grundtvig Studies at the Faculty of Theology Faculty of Theology The Faculty of Theology 01-10-2026