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 position in generative AI and Learning at the Virtual Learning Lab, Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen | Faculty of Social Sciences | Department of Psychology | 10-06-2026 |
| PhD scholarship at the Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen (UCPH) | Faculty of Law | Faculty of Law | 15-06-2026 |
| PhD fellowship in Breaking Antimicrobial Resistance by Targeting Potentiators | Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences | Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences | 16-06-2026 |
| PhD fellowship in Particle Astrophysics | Faculty of Science | Niels Bohr Institute | 18-06-2026 |
| PhD scholarship in Grundtvig Studies at the Faculty of Theology | Faculty of Theology | The Faculty of Theology | 22-06-2026 |
| PhD position in cognitive computational neuroscience | Faculty of Social Sciences | Department of Psychology | 01-07-2026 |
| PhD fellowship in computational evolutionary hologenomics | Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences | Globe Institute | 02-07-2026 |
| PhD fellowship in Linguistics, Department of English, Germanic and Romance Studies | Faculty of Humanities | Department of English, Germanic and Romance Studies | 08-07-2026 |
| PhD fellowship in Linguistics, Department of English, Germanic and Romance Studies | Faculty of Humanities | Department of English, Germanic and Romance Studies | 08-07-2026 |
| 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 fellowship in greenhouse gases, forest soils and biogeochemistry | Faculty of Science | Institut for Geovidenskab og Naturforvaltning | 16-08-2026 |