Scholarship announcements at the Faculty of Humanities

A PhD scholarship is usually announced through a call for applications. There are various types of scholarships, some of which are open calls, others have a specified topic and objective.  

Successful applicants will be enrolled in the PhD School in the Humanities on a 3-year PhD programme. At the same time, they will be employed either by the relevant department in the Faculty of Humanities, or by an external, private, or public research institution.

All current calls for applications for PhD positions at the University of Copenhagen are announced at the UCPH Job portal.

Open PhD scholarships by the departments

The six departments at the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Copenhagen is inviting applications for 23 three-year PhD scholarships starting on 1 September 2025. The deadline for applications is 16 February 2025 at 23:59 CET.

Please follow the links below to read the calls and see the guidelines for applications etc.

Free scholarships and Carlsberg scholarships at the Faculty of Humanities:

Department of Arts and Cultural Studies (3 scholarships)  

Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies (6 scholarships)

Department of English, Germanic and Romance Studies (3 scholarships)  

Department of Communication (4 scholarships)  

Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics (4 scholarships)  

Saxo Institute (3 scholarships)  

PhD scholarships with specific topics and objectives

Calls for applications for PhD scholarships within a specific research area or with a specified topic are often part of a larger, collective research project or research group. They are announced throughout the year.

See current PhD scholarship advertisements at the UCPH Job portal.

Collaborative PhD scholarships within specific research areas

The PhD School in the Humanities collaborates with external partners on PhD educations. Calls for applications for scholarships are announced throughout the year by external private or public funding bodies.

Please find a (non-exhaustive) list of foundations with PhD scholarships in the Humanities:

• Independent Research Fund Denmark (PhD scholarships for PhD students employed outside of the university)
• PhD Council for Educational Research
  • PhD Council scholarships (in Danish)
• Novo Nordisk Foundation: Mads Øvlisen PhD Scholarships within Art History and Practice-Based Artistic Research
• Innovation Fund Denmark (Industrial PhD scholarships)
• New Carlsberg Foundation (Art research – museums and exhibitions)