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
Vacant PhD scholarship in Law of the Sea/Maritime Law and Human Mobility, the Faculty of Law Faculty of Law Det Juridiske Fakultet 26-05-2025
PhD fellowship in children's nutrition and risk of overweight Faculty of Science Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports 27-05-2025
PhD fellowship in Mucosal at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Initiative for Vaccines and Immunity, NIVI Research, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Institut for Immunologi og Mikrobiologi 27-05-2025
PhD fellowship in vascular effects of gut hormones at the Department of Biomedical Sciences Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences University of Copenhagen Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Biomedical Sciences 28-05-2025
PhD fellowship in precision oncology using preclinical cancer models at the Department of Biomedical Sciences Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Biomedical Sciences 28-05-2025
211-2144/25-2H PhD fellowship in Experimental Quantum Physics Faculty of Science Niels Bohr Institute 29-05-2025
PhD fellowship in Chemical Biology Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology 30-05-2025
PhD fellowship in Analytical Chemistry Faculty of Science PLEN 01-06-2025
PhD fellowship in Computational Chemistry Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Chemistry 02-06-2025
PhD fellowship in computational and mathematical modelling of flow and fracture in ice sheets Faculty of Science Niels Bohr Institute 03-06-2025
PhD fellowship in Computational Biology at the Globe Institute, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen Faculty of Social Sciences Globe Institute 04-06-2025
PhD scholarship at the Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen (UCPH) as part of the ERC-funded Lobbying (A)symmetry Project Faculty of Social Sciences Department of Political Science 05-06-2025
PhD fellowship in Physics Faculty of Science Niels Bohr Institute 05-06-2025
PhD fellowship(s) in Human-computer Interaction Faculty of Science Department of Computer Science 09-06-2025
PhD Projects in quantum computing for chemistry and life-science (Algorithms & Applications) Faculty of Science Niels Bohr Institute 09-06-2025
PhD fellowship in Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) Faculty of Science Universitetsparken 5, 2100 København Ø 10-06-2025
PhD Fellow for studying gain-of-function GABAA receptor variants in developmental and epileptic encephalopathies Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences The Department of Neuroscience 15-06-2025
PhD Fellowship in machine learning for protein function and foundation modeling in biology Faculty of Science Ole Maaløes Vej 5, 2200 København N 15-06-2025
211-2170/25-2H PhD fellowship in Organic chemistry Faculty of Science Department of Chemistry 22-06-2025
PhD fellowship in Computer Science, PhD Project in Privacy and Cybersecurity Faculty of Science Programming Languages and Theory of Computing 30-06-2025
PhD fellowship in Chemistry Faculty of Science Department of Chemistry 30-06-2025
PhD position in Organic Chemistry Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Chemistry 30-06-2025
PhD Project in High-Energy Heavy-ion physics (ALICE Experiment) Faculty of Science Niels Bohr Institute 30-06-2025
PhD scholarship in the ERC Consolidator Project INNER_LEAGUE at the Saxo Institute at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen Faculty of Humanities Saxo-Instituttet 15-08-2025