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
2 PhD fellowships in in-vitro digestion of novel plant-based ingredients Faculty of Science FOOD 15-03-2026
PhD Projects in Theoretical Quantum Optics and Quantum Information Faculty of Science Niels Bohr Institute 15-03-2026
PhD fellowships in Remote Sensing and Deep Learning for understanding woody ecosystem response to climate change Faculty of Science Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management 15-03-2026
PhD fellowship in Physics Faculty of Science Niels Bohr Institute 15-03-2026
Two PhD Scholarships at the Faculty of Theology Faculty of Theology Faculty of Theology 16-03-2026
PhD fellowship in Superconducting Quantum Engineering Faculty of Science The Niels Bohr Institute 19-03-2026
PhD fellowship in gravitational physics Faculty of Science Niels Bohr Institute 22-03-2026
PhD fellowship in Computational Biophysics of Disordered Proteins Faculty of Science Department of Biology 26-03-2026
PhD Fellowships in Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry for Targeted and Non-Target Analysis of Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CECs) Faculty of Science Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences 28-03-2026
PhD Fellowship in Microbial Ecology Faculty of Science PLEN 31-03-2026
PhD stipends in Mathematics Faculty of Science Department of Mathematical Sciences 01-04-2026
PhD stipends in Statistics and the mathematics of Insurance and Economics at the Department of Mathematical Sciences Faculty of Science Department of Mathematical Sciences 01-04-2026
PhD fellowship in computational and mathematical modelling of flow and fracture in ice sheets Faculty of Science Niels Bohr Institute 01-04-2026
PhD fellowships in experimental materials chemistry and electrocatalysis Faculty of Science Department of Chemistry 01-04-2026
PhD fellowship in causal inference Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Public Health 01-04-2026
Research assistant and PhD fellowship in forensic genetics - forensic omics and complex samples Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Forensic Medicine 01-04-2026
PhD fellowship in nuclear receptors and their structural disorder Faculty of Science Department of Biology 06-04-2026
2 PhD scholarships in Ethnology Faculty of Humanities The Saxo Institute 08-04-2026
PhD fellowship in transcriptional regulation Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine 10-04-2026
Research assistant and PhD fellowship in epigenetics and gene regulation Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research 10-04-2026
PhD fellowship in Molecular Cell Biology Faculty of Science Department of Biology 12-04-2026
Marie Curie PhD fellowship in Micronutrient intake and status in healthy young adults fed either a plant-based or a meat-based diet Faculty of Science Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports 12-04-2026
PhD Scholarship at the Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen (UCPH): Moralizing Politics: The Practice of Judging Others (MoPo) – The Dignity of Work: Social Value and Esteem Faculty of Social Sciences Department of Political Science 13-04-2026
PhD Scholarship at the Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen (UCPH): Moralizing Politics: The Practice of Judging Others (MoPo) – Cancel Culture: Human Equality and Respect Faculty of Social Sciences Department of Political Science 13-04-2026
PhD fellow positions at the Department of Food and Resource Economics Faculty of Science Department of Food and Resource Economics 19-04-2026
PhD fellowship in experimental hologenomics at the GLOBE Institute Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Globe Institute 01-05-2026