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 trained immunity in zebrafish | Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences | Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences | 20-09-2026 |
| PhD fellowship in chemical methods for half-life extension of peptides | Faculty of Science | Department of Chemistry | 20-09-2026 |
| PhD fellowship causal inference at the SMARTbiomed Pioneer centre | Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences | Department of Public Health | 20-09-2026 |
| PhD fellowship in Computational Pharmacology and Data Science | Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences | Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology | 26-09-2026 |
| PhD fellowship in Biomolecular Native Mass Spectrometry | Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences | Department of Pharmacy | 27-09-2026 |
| Two PhD fellowships in forensic chemistry of peptides and proteins | Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences | The Department of Forensic Medicine | 28-09-2026 |
| PhD position for 3 years in stem cell-based disease modelling of schizophrenia | Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences | Center for Stem Cell Medicine (reNEW) | 28-09-2026 |
| PhD fellowship in circulating factor in unwanted weight loss at the Department of Biomedical Sciences | Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences | Department of Biomedical Sciences | 28-09-2026 |
| PhD in Causal Machine Learning for Real World Evidence data | Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences | Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research | 28-09-2026 |
| PhD position in Organometallic Chemistry | Faculty of Science | Department of Chemistry | 30-09-2026 |
| PhD scholarship in Grundtvig Studies at the Faculty of Theology | Faculty of Theology | The Faculty of Theology | 01-10-2026 |
| PhD fellowship in Infrastructures of Care for the Green Transition | Faculty of Science | Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management | 01-10-2026 |
| PhD fellowship in DNA Replication and Early Mammalian Development at the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine | Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences | Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine | 01-10-2026 |
| PhD Fellowship in Microbial Ecology and Community-Based Bioprotection of Plant Foods | Faculty of Science | FOOD | 01-10-2026 |
| PhD Scholarship Forgetting Secrecy? at the Department of Communication, Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen (UCPH) | Faculty of Humanities | Department of Communication | 05-10-2026 |
| Fully funded PhD fellowship in Resource Efficiency for Generative AI | Faculty of Science | Department of Computer Science | 10-10-2026 |
| PhD fellowship in Soil Fertility phosphorus | Faculty of Science | Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences | 15-10-2026 |
| PhD Scholarship in China Studies at the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen (UCPH) | Faculty of Humanities | Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies | 15-10-2026 |
| PhD position in Organometallic Chemistry | Faculty of Science | Department of Chemistry | 30-10-2026 |
| PhD stipends in Statistics and the mathematics of Insurance and Economics | Faculty of Science | Department of Mathematical Sciences | 01-11-2026 |
| PhD stipends in Mathematics | Faculty of Science | Department of Mathematical Sciences | 01-11-2026 |
| Fully funded PhD position in Korean Studies at the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies | Faculty of Humanities | Department for Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies | 01-11-2026 |
| PhD fellowship in Natural Language Processing | Faculty of Science | Department for Computer Science | 08-11-2026 |