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
PhD fellowship in Biochemistry Faculty of Science Department of Biology 09-11-2025
PhD fellowship in Chemical Biology at Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology 10-11-2025
Ph.d.-stilling i translationel kræftforskning – Kombination af antistof-lægemiddel-konjugater og stråleterapi Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences BRIC 13-11-2025
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
Research Assistant followed by a PhD position in Airway Stem Cell Biology at the Department of Biomedical Sciences Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Biomedical Sciences 16-11-2025
PhD Project in Quantitative Modeling of Spatiotemporal Protein Regulation Faculty of Science Niels Bohr Institute 18-11-2025
PhD in using 13C for field phenotyping aimed at breeding for drought resilience Faculty of Science Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences 22-11-2025
PhD Scholarship (Medical Humanities) Faculty of Humanities Department of English, Germanic and Romance Studies 23-11-2025
PhD fellowship in Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage Faculty of Science Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management 23-11-2025
PhD fellowship in NanoGeoBiology at the Geobiology section Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Globe Institute 30-11-2025
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
PhD scholarship in the Sociology of Quantification in Africa – ERC Project “Modelling African Futures: A comparative technography of evidence-based welfare policy in Ghana, Senegal, Kenya and Botswana” Faculty of Theology The Faculty of Theology 15-12-2025
PhD fellowship in Membrane Filtration within a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Industrial Doctoral Network UP2MEM Faculty of Science Department of Food Science 15-12-2025
PhD fellowship in Physics, Biocomplexity Faculty of Science Niels Bohr Institue 01-01-2026
Morten Meldal PhD fellowships in Chemistry Faculty of Science Faculty of Science 01-02-2026