LIFE - An international research environment

 

Approximately 30% of the PhD students at LIFE are international students. Here are some of the reasons why they chose us.

 

LIFE is the only place where I can obtain a higher personal development, get international recognition, and have the opportunity to develop my creativity in a friendship environment.

Paulo C.R. Aranha, PhD student from Portugal

  

UC-LIFE provides as qualified or even better education than their counterparts in Europe [...] so I am confident that I will make progress quickly and learn much more during the three-year's study.

Liang Wang, PhD student from China

  

I chose LIFE because of its modern academic facilities, highly qualified and experienced professionals and the efficient management of PhD programmes in a friendly working environment. I chose LIFE for a PhD education with life.

Samuel Nyalala, PhD student from Kenya

 

LIFE welcomes international PhD students

University of Copenhagen is ranked number 8 in Europe. We have modern laboratories and class rooms and world-class reseachers, making the university attractive for many PhD students from all over the world.

 

Together with international staff members, these students contribute to LIFE’s international focus - an essential part of being a major player in a globalized world.

 

Internationalisation

Most of our research groups have international staff members as well as close contacts to research groups at universities or companies outside of Denmark.

 

Positions are open to all nationalities – a few research topics do, however, occasionally require you to speak Danish in order to be able to communicate with children and farmers in participatory studies.

 

International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU)

The University of Copenhagen is a member of the IARU, which is an alliance of ten of the world’s leading research universities. The main objective of IARU is to give researchers and students the opportunity to engage in international research and research-based teaching. The universities share similar visions and are all globally orientated.

 

Partners in research

Research at LIFE can be basic as well as applied. Funding is obtained from governmental sources in Denmark (basic funding and research grants), from private funds, EU research programs, and industrial partners in Denmark and abroad.