Fully Funded Scholarship At University of Copenhagen

Brief Description: The University of Copenhagen (UCPH) (Danish: Københavns Universitet) is the oldest university and research institution in Denmark. Founded in 1479 as a studium generale, Fully Funded Scholarship At University of Copenhagen is the second oldest institution for higher education in Scandinavia after Uppsala University (1477). Fully Funded Scholarship At University of Copenhagen  has 23,473 undergraduate students, 17,398 postgraduate students, 2,968 doctoral students and over 9,000 employees. 

The university has four campuses located in and around Copenhagen, with the headquarters located in central Copenhagen. Most courses are taught in Danish; however, many courses are also offered in English and a few in German. The university has several thousands of foreign students, about half of whom come from Nordic countries.

The university is a member of the International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU), along with University of Cambridge, Yale University, The Australian National University, and UC Berkeley, amongst others, and of the League of European Research Universities (LERU). The 2016 Academic Ranking of World Universities ranks the University of Copenhagen as the best university in Scandinavia and 30th in the world, the 2016-2017 Times Higher Education World University Rankings as 120th in the world,and the 2016-2017 QS World University Rankings as 68th in the world. The university has had 38 Nobel laureates affiliated as alumni, faculty members and researchers, and has produced one Turing Award recipient.

Application Deadline: December 14, 2020

Country of Study: University of Copenhagen Denmark

Level of Study: To Pursue Postgraduates Course

Courses Available: All subjects in the course listing Including Law

Countries Eligible to Apply: International Students and Nationalities of  Denmark are Eligible to Apply

Benefits of the Scholarship: Any Students who are taken after the Study will be Employ by the Danish Government

Further Criteria to be Eligible:

• Applicants must have obtained a degree that corresponds to the Danish Master of Laws or equivalent qualifications. Please visit studyindenmark.dk for more information. Applicants must have obtained a minimum overall grade average of 8.2 or above at the Master’s level in accordance with the Danish grading scale (for Danish scale, see here )
• Applicants must document an aptitude for research through the meritorious assessment of their final thesis, publications or academic recommendations in order to show that they are capable of undertaking the demanding task of writing a PhD thesis.  
• Applicants must have excellent language skills in English and have excellent communications skills. Applicants must be able to teach at an academic level in Danish or English and to follow PhD courses in English.  
• Documentation of English level can for instance be documented by an excellent IELTS or TOEFL test. More information is available here

Successful PhD candidates are required to   

• Actively engage in the research environment at the University of Copenhagen; participate in international conferences, courses and meetings relevant to their research project.
• Comply with the formal requirements of the PhD programme     
• Contribute to teaching undergraduate and graduate level courses in Danish or English offered by the Faculty of Law.  
• Conduct independent and high quality research under the supervision of a senior member of academic staff at the Faculty.  

Application procedure  

Click ’Apply now’ below to be taken to the online application form.   

We advise you to have the following documents ready before you begin your online application

Interested Candidate Should Apply through the Scholarship link