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
PhD fellowship in synthesizing CO2-derived materials Faculty of Science The Department of Chemistry 14-02-2025
PhD fellowship Marie Curie in Evolutionary Hologenomics: understanding the role of gut microorganisms in evolutionary dietary shifts Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Globe Institute 14-02-2025
PhD student in Experimental diabetes research Faculty of Science Biologisk Institut 14-02-2025
PhD fellowships in Biostatistics and Causal inference at the SMARTbiomed Pioneer centre Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Public Health 15-02-2025
PhD scholarships at the Saxo Institute, University of Copenhagen Faculty of Humanities The Saxo Institute 16-02-2025
PhD scholarships at the Department of Communication, University of Copenhagen Faculty of Humanities Department of Communication 16-02-2025
PhD scholarships at the Department of English, Germanic and Romance Studies, University of Copenhagen Faculty of Humanities The Department of English, Germanic and Romance Studies 16-02-2025
PhD scholarships at the Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics, University of Copenhagen Faculty of Humanities Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics 16-02-2025
PhD scholarships at the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen Faculty of Humanities Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies 16-02-2025
PhD scholarships at the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, University of Copenhagen Faculty of Humanities Department of Arts and Cultural Studies 16-02-2025
PhD fellowship in Economics of Agri-Food System Transition Faculty of Science Department of Food and Resource Economics 16-02-2025
PhD fellowship in Organic Chemistry Faculty of Science The Department of Chemistry 17-02-2025
PhD scholarship in historical sociolinguistics at the new Center of Excellence “TRANSITION – Changing Urban and Rural lives”, University of Copenhagen and the National Museum of Denmark Faculty of Humanities Institut for Nordiske Studier og Sprogvidenskab 17-02-2025
PhD Scholarship in Health and intergenerational educational mobility at the Department of Public Health Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Public Health 19-02-2025
PhD fellowship in Companion Animal Soft Tissue Surgery at the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences 19-02-2025
Up to 22 fully funded Marie S. Curie PhD positions at University of Copenhagen and Technical University of Denmark Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences University of Copenhagen and Technical University of Denmark 20-02-2025
PhD fellowship in canine clinical immunethrombocytopenia at the Veterinary Clinical Pathology group Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences 20-02-2025
PhD fellowship in cutaneous T cell lymphoma research at the LEO Foundation Skin Immunology Research Center (SIC) Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Institut for Immunologi og Mikrobiologi 24-02-2025
PhD fellowship in Systems Neuroscience at the Department of Neuroscience at UCPH Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Institut for Neurovidenskab 24-02-2025
Ph. D fellowship in Forensic Odontology Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Forensic Medicine 25-02-2025
Ph.d.-stipendium i immunologi ved LEO Foundation Skin Immunology Research Center (SIC) Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Immunology and Microbiology 25-02-2025
PhD fellowship in sustainable diets and cardiometabolic diseases Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Institut for Folkesundhedsvidenskab 26-02-2025
PhD fellowship in "GLP-1 receptor agonists for the treatment of cannabis use disorder: establishing preclinical evidence and elucidating the neural mechanisms" at IFSV Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Public Health 27-02-2025
PhD fellowship in RNA Epitranscriptomics at the Biotech Research and Innovation Centre Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Biotech research and innovation centre 27-02-2025
PhD fellowship in Molecular Cell Biology Faculty of Science Department of Biology 28-02-2025
PhD fellowship Marie Curie in Molecular Metabolism Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research 28-02-2025
PhD fellowship in RNA Biology Faculty of Science Biologisk Institut 01-03-2025
PhD fellowship in Remote Sensing and Deep Learning Faculty of Science Institut for Geovidenskab og Naturforvaltning 01-03-2025
PhD fellowship: A life course approach to identifying predictors of loneliness and social isolation in early old age using machine learning and causal discovery methods Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Public Health 01-03-2025
PhD fellowship in Bioinformatics Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Immunology and Microbiology 01-03-2025
PhD scholarship at the Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen (UCPH) Faculty of Social Sciences Department of Sociology 02-03-2025
PhD fellowship in Sustainable Feeding Solutions for Greenland Sled Dogs Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences 02-03-2025
PhD position focusing on structure, function and engineering of glycoside hydrolases Faculty of Science Kemisk Institut 02-03-2025
PhD fellowship in bioengineering of cutaneous drug delivery systems a part of the ILnext project Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Pharmacy 05-03-2025
PhD fellowship in Bioinformatics Faculty of Science Department of Biology 06-03-2025
PhD fellowships at the Center for Gene Expression Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine 06-03-2025
PhD fellowship in Computational Aging Research Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Institut for Cellulær og Molekylær Medicin 09-03-2025
PhD Fellowship as part of the research project ‘AI and the University – Towards a sociolinguistics of literacy and voice in the age of generative AI’ (AI-UNI), University of Copenhagen Faculty of Humanities Centre for Internationalisation and Parallel Language Use (CIP) 11-03-2025
PhD fellowship in Medical Science and Technology Studies/Medical Anthropology at the Department of Public Health Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Public Health 11-03-2025
PhD fellowship in Social Science of Health Promotion and Public Health Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Public Health 12-03-2025
2 PhD fellowships in the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Innovative Training Network: Cilia-AI (European Training Programme for Deconvolution of Multi-scale Cilia Function in Health and Disease by Integrating Machine Learning-AI Approaches) Faculty of Science Department of Biology 15-03-2025
PhD fellowship(s) in probabilistic modelling for RNA modifications Faculty of Science Department of Biology 15-03-2025
3 PhD fellowships in Computational Quantum Physics (Theory & Simulations) Faculty of Science Niels Bohr Institutet 16-03-2025
PhD fellowship in Atomic Physics and Quantum Optics Faculty of Science Niels Bohr Institutet 16-03-2025
PhD fellowship in Evolutionary Biology at the Globe Institute Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Globe Institute 16-03-2025
PhD fellowship Marie Curie in Nuclear Metabolism Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Medicine, reNEW 17-03-2025
PhD fellowship at the Department of Food and Resource Economics Faculty of Science Department of Food and Resource Economics 28-03-2025
211-2056/25-2H PhD stipends in Mathematics Faculty of Science Department of Matematical Sciences 01-04-2025
211-2068/25-2H PhD stipends in Statistics and the mathematics of Insurance and Economics Faculty of Science Department of Matematical Sciences 01-04-2025
PhD Scholarships at the Faculty of Theology, including Centre of African Studies Faculty of Theology Det Teologiske Fakultet 01-04-2025
PhD Study Bursary at the Faculty of Theology, including Centre of African Studies Faculty of Theology Det Teologiske Fakultet 01-04-2025
PhD fellowship in Theoretical Quantum Optics and Quantum Information Faculty of Science Niels Bohr Institutet 01-04-2025
PhD fellowship in bowhead whale population genomics and demography Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Globe Institute 01-04-2025
PhD fellowship in Physics of Life Faculty of Science Niels Bohr institutet 06-04-2025