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We forge the researchers and developers of the future. Our PhD students have high academic ambitions and deliver high-quality results for both the private and the public sectors. Our primary focus is on applied research, and we have strong collaboration with industry, because we listen to the core questions from industry regarding civil and architectural engineering, and we develop solutions.

On this page, you can meet some of our PhD student and read about their projects.

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A team of researchers from Aarhus University have, for the first time ever, linked 40 years of productivity data from the construction industry with the actual work done. The results show that productivity in the construction industry has been declining since the 1970s. The results also explain the decline and how to achieve far more efficient construction in North America and Europe.

"The building management team have the greatest influence on efficiency, and thereby on how much money is earned. And the way you increase efficiency is by using the methods, tools and knowledge that already exist," says Hasse Neve who, together with Professor Søren Wandahl and others, is behind the new research that shows how to change productivity development in the construction industry.

Digital Twins for Hybrid Testing of Wind Turbine Components

In the pursuit of renewable energy, hybrid testing potentially holds the key to extending the lifetime of offshore wind turbines, ensuring we maintain our momentum. As the offshore wind energy sector surpasses 30 years, wind turbine farms are reaching the end of their certification periods, with potential yet to be fully explored.

Current methods for predicting the remaining lifetime, involving the analysis of operational data and practical inspections, often fall short. Instead, hybrid testing a set of critical components, extracted from existing wind turbines, offers a more reliable prediction. Here, a physical component interacts with a numerical model, simulating the dynamic behavior of the remaining wind turbine. The key challenge of this method lies in the clash between physical and numerical realms, replicated by a testbench, as it is subject to instability.

This project aims to develop a robust framework for hybrid testing of wind turbine components and implement it in a real case study, specifically focusing on testing pitch bearings.

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Project title:  Digital Twins for Hybrid Testing of Wind Turbine Components

PhD student:  Frederik Nordtorp Kristiansen

Project start:   01-08-2023

Main supervisor:  Giuseppe Abbiati

Co-supervisor(s): Cláudio Ângelo Gonçalves Gomes

Research Section: Structural engineering

Algorithms for digital twins of offshore wind parks

With a growing global interest in larger wind turbines, along with floating features for deep water applications, the industry faces costlier and more challenging maintenance tasks of wind turbines. A valuable tool to assess this challenge could be a Digital Twin which monitors the wind turbines in real time and estimates when maintenance is needed.

A Digital Twin combines a physical system, e.g., a wind turbine, and its computer simulation model(s) with data exchange in between. The physical system is equipped with sensors, which, combined with the simulation models, enable the estimation of unobserved or unmeasured quantities. Such estimated quantities could be the fatigue in the steel and/or the changing soil stiffness at the foundation due to the fluctuating load pattern a wind turbine is subject to.

The project aims to develop an algorithmic framework that is suitable for crafting digital twins of offshore wind turbines (WTs).

Project title:  Algorithms for digital twins of offshore wind parks

PhD student:  Anders Malund Dammark Jensen

Project start:   01-11-2023

Exploring and developing architecture design approaches for natural wind ventilation of rousing stocks in Denmark

In countries with cold winters, such as Denmark, there is increasing evidence of summer overheating in residential building stocks. Climate change, winter heat retention as the main focus of the thermal design, and high insulation levels due to renovation are the main causes. Hence, buildings are becoming increasingly uncomfortable for their occupants during hot summers, leading to a rise in hospital admissions due to heat related respiratory diseases and higher mortality rates. The Danish Ministry of Environment, therefore, predicts an increase in air conditioning installation. Aiming to waive this energy-intensive measure, which contradicts the current EU target to reduce the energy consumption of the building stock, passive strategies, such as natural ventilation, could alleviate this problem. From this background, this research project aims to explore and provide a practical solution that uses passive strategies to improve summer thermal comfort in renovated Danish residential buildings. In this way, the solution counteracts the predicted increase in cooling energy due to installing air conditioning and further provides resilience against climate change. The PhD project has the following objectives:

• Identify the overheating potential of the Danish building stock
• Identify passive architectural approaches commonly researched and applied in Denmark
• Develop, apply, and quantify the potential of the selected natural ventilation strategy
• Investigate the indoor environmental quality of the selected natural ventilation strategy under varying boundary conditions by computational fluid dynamics using a validated model

This research was funded by Independent Research Fund Denmark, grant number “0217-00018B”.

Project title:  Exploring and developing architecture design approaches for natural wind ventilation of rousing stocks in Denmark

PhD student:  Laura Annabelle Bugenings

Project start:   July 2021

Main supervisor:  Aliakbar Kamari

Co-supervisor:  Li Rong

Social and socio-environmental sustainability value assessment and creation in the design of building renovation projects

The issue of sustainability is becoming more and more the central key to a better future. This focus has also taken hold in the Danish construction industry through, among other things, the sustainability certification of buildings, and the Danish building regulations’ requirement for life cycle assessments for newly constructed buildings. A commonly used depiction of sustainability divides the concept into environmental, economic, and social sustainability. Both environmental and economic sustainability are reasonably well-defined, with clear targets and assessment methods. Social sustainability, on the other hand, is usually more vaguely defined, focusing on concepts such as well-being, health, safety, and equality at both the level of society and individual. To fully address the task ahead, building designers to address sustainability, they need to be introduced and equipped with adequate methods and decision-support tools to facilitate the integration, assessment, and evaluation of social values while also being informed of the environmental and economic consequences of the choice. In the light of this, the main objectives of this PhD project are:

• To create an inventory of the social intents that are commonly considered by the building design team in Danish construction and renovation projects,
• To evaluate the relationship between social intentions, activities to promote these intentions, and the perceived social value of the finished building, and
• To develop an evidence-based decision support tool to support decision-making regarding the inclusion of social intents in building design.  

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research project, PROBONO, under grant agreement no. 101037075.

Project title:  Social and socio-environmental sustainability value assessment and creation in the design of building renovation projects

PhD student:  Anna Elisabeth Kristoffersen

Project start:   February 2023

Co-supervisor:  Carl Peter Leslie Schultz

Computer-vision techniques for detection, qualification, and quantification of ice and snow accretion and falling on bridge cable systems

Cable icing is a critical issue for bridges based on cable systems for two main reasons: (1) the aerodynamic behavior can be altered inducing large vibrations, and (2) the ice can detach from cable surfaces due to mechanical or thermodynamic reasons creating large risk for the traffic flowing on the deck. Nowadays, several solutions were proposed for protecting cable systems in bridges from the icing hazard, but they are still far from being mature systems providing full protection.

One of the critical issues of these systems is the reliable detection and quantification of the ice accretion on the cable system. Accurate detection and measurement of the ice became critical to manufacturers and operators of cable systems, in order to minimize, predict or quantify these issues. Ice detection systems exist, but none of them is reliable enough to perform under such extreme conditions. An ice detection system can provide early warning ice alarms, ice accumulation rate information, and accurate visual information of ice profiles to the operator.

Computer vision techniques offer promising non-contact solutions to civil infrastructure condition assessment. This research project aims at exploring the opportunities of computer-vision techniques for the detection, qualification, and quantification of ice and snow accretion and falling on bridge cable systems. It is envisioned that these methods can reliably identify the ice accretion and thus provide an early warning indication to bridge operators. Subsequently, the key challenges that persist toward the goal of automated vision-based ice control on bridge cables and industrial applications should also be explored in this research project.

Project title:  Computer-vision techniques for detection, qualification, and quantification of ice and snow accretion and falling on bridge cable systems

PhD student:  Dexu Cai       

Project start: March 2023

Main supervisor:  Christos T. Georgakis

Co-supervisor:  Cristoforo Demartino

Information Modelling for Leveraging Digital Twins at a Building Level.

The AECO sector is facing an ever-growing demand for critical innovations in terms of digital transformation and technologies such as ICT, Industry 4.0, artificial intelligence (AI), big data, blockchain technologies, building information modeling (BIM), etc. The digital construction industry can provide an evidence-based understanding of the built environment. If properly implemented, benefits can be realized by creating, managing, and maintaining information throughout a building's lifecycle, from concept design to the eventual disposal of the building. It enables all stakeholders involved in a building project to take advantage of access to real-time federated data sources linked to the physical built environment, commonly referred to as the Internet of Things (IoT) or a Digital Twin (DT).

Digital Twin allows the digital transformation of physical buildings by integrating their digital models and analytical simulation engines with their real-world data, maximizing the value of data, and creating beneficial synergies across their entire life cycles. The soul of a Digital Twin lies in its data. To create a digital replica that mimics the behavior of a building, heterogeneous data must be extracted from multiple sources on the building in question. Existing limitations create a lack of complete and reliable information on buildings, which leads to data modification and limits the scope of benefits that can be achieved through subsequent modeling. For those buildings for which a building information model is available, reliable data can be extracted and integrated with data from multiple sources to create a Digital Twin for a specific purpose (e.g., Improved building design, enhanced energy efficiency, predictive maintenance, etc.) of the building under consideration. In this framework, this PhD project aims to achieve the following objectives:

• To explore BIM and linked data standardization formats and their associated information flow for the development of Digital Twin.
• To select and identify the level of information for a specific purpose and extract the required data for the development of Digital Twin, while linking real-time data to the information model.
• To propose and evaluate a system architecture to reduce the complexity of creating a Digital Twin for the specific purpose at a building level.

This project has received funding from the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan

Project title:  Information Modelling for Leveraging Digital Twins at a Building Level

PhD student:  Muhammad Farhan Jahangir

Project start:   February 2023 

Main supervisor:  Aliakbar Kamari 

Co-supervisor:  Carl Peter Leslie Schultz 

Rethinking Modular Timber Structures via Digital Fabrication, Combinatorial Design, and Optimal Material Use

With the aim of implementing the concept of sustainability, numerous measures are emerging today that address the increasing challenges of our society, which include climate change and resource scarcity. The building construction sector is one of the largest contributors to the emission of greenhouse gasses, and one of the largest producers of waste. Building with timber, which is a renewable resource, can reduce the environmental impact of buildings. In addition to that, it is important to extend the service life of construction materials, including that of timber, as much as possible. This objective can be achieved by reusing, upcycling and recycling construction elements, and by developing modular, reconfigurable and reusable construction elements and systems.

Therefore, this research sets out to investigate construction solutions that allow timber building systems to be more reusable, and that allow for a wide range of design configurations. At the same time, for timber-based structural systems, factors such as the mechanical properties of engineered timber products and the corresponding prefabrication or digital fabrication methods are essential.

Moreover, this doctoral research aims to investigate new modular wooden components based on reclaimed and discarded material. It will investigate digital fabrication and construction processes, including digitally fabricated joints of these components. Finally, it will propose a construction system and explore and validate its design space by means of a combinatorial design, and by proposing construction components that combine virgin and reclaimed material in an optimal way, depending on the structural needs.

Project title:  Rethinking Modular Timber Structures via Digital Fabrication, Combinatorial Design, and Optimal Material Use

PhD student:   Jiayi Li

Contact:   [email protected]  

Project start:   October 2022

Main supervisor:  Lars Vabbersgaard Andersen

Co-supervisor:   Markus Matthias Hudert

Cyber-physical empirical methods for lattices of marine structures

Wind, solar, wave, and tidal energy play a central role in achieving the decarbonization of our energy system. As a consequence, a large portion of future power grids will be installed offshore in the form of floating structures interconnected by a shared mooring system in a scalable and cost-optimal way.

Optimizing such systems requires accurate prediction of hydrodynamic loading exerted on floating structures. Despite the tremendous development of computational modeling tools, hydrodynamic loading models still require extensive experimental validation to provide accurate predictions. Such experiments are time-consuming and, therefore, limited in duration and number.

This project aims at developing and implementing machine learning algorithms for the design of optimal hydrodynamic experiments. The goal of the algorithms is to provide information about a floating model such that the cost of calibration of hydrodynamic loading models is minimized, and uncertainty on responses of interest can be quantified.

Project title:  Cyber-physical empirical methods for lattices of marine structures

PhD student:   David Stamenov

Contact:  [email protected]

Project start:   March 2022

Co-supervisor:  Giuseppe Abbiati and Thomas Sauder

Innovative ventilation design with better thermal environment and air quality for dairy cattle barn in cold climate

An improper thermal environment may result in a negative spiral of development for animals, especially domestic animals raised in a relatively closed environment. Some regions of high latitude, i.e. Northeast China, are main areas for dairy production. However, the climate there in winter is especially cold and the average temperature can be as low as minus 20 degrees. Additionally, high-humidity air and high concentration of harmful gases, i.e. Carbon dioxide, methane, ammonia, and nitrous oxide, appeared in dairy cattle barns contribute to a passive impact on the production and reproduction of cows. Hence, it is always a challenge to achieve a balance between the construction economy and good indoor climate towards dairy cattle barns in these regions.

The aims of the project are: 1) to introduce an innovative ventilation design for optimizing the thermal and airflow conditions in these different types of cattle barns; 2) to set up a dynamic predictive model to provide a precision environment control strategy at individual animal or defined zone level; 3) to improve animal welfare and to reduce environmental impact in cold region; 4) to generate a design standard for ventilation and construction of cattle barn with considerations of energy saving and animal welfare.

Project title:  Innovative ventilation design with better thermal environment and air quality for dairy cattle barn in cold climate 

PhD student:   Zhe Cao 

Contact:   [email protected]

Project start: December 2019

Main supervisor:  Guoqiang Zhang 

Co-supervisor:  Rong Li 

Soil-pile interaction for bored cast-in-place piles in stiff clays and soft rocks

According to the Danish National Annex to Eurocode 7, part I, the shaft resistance for a bored cast-in-place pile should not be assumed to be greater than 30 per cent of the shaft resistance of the corresponding driven pile, and the toe resistance is maximised to 1000 kPa. Since 1977 this principle has been enforced (code requirement) in Denmark, allegedly due to execution problems encountered in one or two un-documented case histories.

Hence, it is widely recognised that this reduction in bearing capacity is believed to be overly conservative. If the bored cast-in-place pile is established correct, the reduction of the shaft resistance is still applicable due to limited understanding of the governing mechanism and limited knowledge of the complex soil-pile interaction.

A consequence of this lack of understanding is that bored cast-in-place piles are often designed too conservative, and the bored cast-in-place piles are built more expensive than what is required.

This Industrial PhD project will investigate the shaft and toe resistance of bored cast-in-place piles based on full-scale field tests, model field tests, geotechnical and structural monitoring, and develop a first order analytical method for determination of the shaft (and toe) resistance for bored cast-in-place piles.

Project title: Soil-pile interaction for bored cast-in-place piles in stiff clays and soft rocks

PhD student: Jannie Knudsen

Contact: [email protected]

Project start: June 2018

Main supervisor: Kenny Kataoka Sørensen

Co-supervisors: Jørgen S. Steenfelt (COWI A/S) and Helle Trankjær (COWI A/S) 

Social commissioning: a relational approach to social value creation in the built environment

In my PhD project I work with social value creation in the built environment from a relational approach. Inspired by design anthropology, architectural anthropology, and posthuman practice theory, I explore buildings as relational performances, rather than static objects, and view design and use as part of the same continuous process of emergence. Understanding the relationship between people and environments as dynamic and relational, enacted through the performance of sociometrical practices, it is not the buildings as physical objects that interest me, nor value or performance in any absolute sense. Rather, I explore how value is co-created or co-performed between buildings and inhabitants, how we can understand these relationships and how we might work to support them. The central question is not what buildings are (buildings-as-entities), but what they make possible (buildings-as-relational-performances).

Through a multi-sited ethnographic approach, I explore how values get formulated, how they are negotiated and designed into buildings, and how they “live on”, after the buildings are taken into use. In the second part of the project, I present the concept of social commissioning as a particular approach to supporting social value creation, based on a relational approach to design, in the intersection between building-as-project and building-as-lived-space.

Project title:  Social commissioning: a relational approach to social value creation in the built environment

PhD student:  Mia Kruse Rasmussen

Contact:   [email protected]

Project start: March 2021

Main supervisor: Steffen Petersen

Co-supervisors: Johanne Mose Entwistle (AART) and Marie Stender (AAU)

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PhD programmes at the University of Southern Denmark

The PhD programmes at the University of Southern Denmark are research training programmes at the highest international level. This means that as a PhD student you will be at the forefront of international research.

With a PhD degree from the University of Southern Denmark, you will be well groomed for a future international research career. As a PhD graduate, you will also be able to find employment in the public sector or in private business where there is an increasing demand for employees with a research background.

Throughout your PhD project you will take part in active research environments both in Denmark and abroad, and in doing so will achieve research results that are eligible for publication in recognised international scientific journals. You will also acquire teaching and knowledge dissemination skills and establish a broad academic basis by attending specialised PhD courses.

As a PhD student at the University of Southern Denmark, you will get:

• A PhD programme at the highest international level
• Broad contact interface with national and international research environments
• Opportunities for overseas study visits or courses at recognised universities
• A good research environment with close links to experienced researchers
• Flexible working conditions

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Aalborg University (AAU) has five Doctoral Schools which are specialised within the disciplines offered by the faculties. The Doctoral Schools educate PhD fellows of a high international standard.

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All PhD positions at Aalborg University require that candidates have acquired a Danish five-year Master’s degree or have completed another similar programme.

Apply for a PhD position at AAU

All PhD positions at Aalborg University are advertised on AAU's website for vacant positions, under PhD vacancies. You will find all current scholarships for all Doctoral Schools here. Each job advertisement will contain all relevant information about the position, including information on salary, period of employment etc.

In order to apply for a PhD position at Aalborg University, you must fill in the online form on AAU’s website for vacant positions. Only online applications sent through this portal will be accepted.

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Other PhD opportunities at AAU

At Aalborg University (AAU), you can apply to become a PhD student without being employed at the University. Before applying, you must make sure that your application meets the requirements specified on the websites of the AAU Doctoral Schools.

The following other opportunities for PhD studies are available at AAU:

Self-financed PhD studies

You can apply for enrolment as a self-financed PhD student, which means that you will pay all costs connected to your studies. These costs will depend on the individual Doctoral School and PhD programme.

Industrial PhD studies

You can apply for enrolment as an industrial PhD student in cooperation with the company where you are employed and the relevant doctoral school. Your company will be responsible for applying to the Ministry of Higher Education and Science for financial support for the project. It is a requirement that you are employed in a Danish company or a Danish department of an international company.

Co-financed PhD studies

If your employer or another party is willing to finance all or part of your PhD studies, it is possible to collaborate with AAU on a PhD project, provided that the project is strategically and academically relevant for the doctoral school.

PhD assessment without programme enrolment

You can also submit material for assessment in order to obtain a PhD degree without having been enrolled in a PhD programme. This particular approach requires that your material was prepared under supervision of a qualified supervisor, and that you meet the current requirements for PhD students and additional requirements. Further information on this particular option can be required by contacting AAU PhD

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For further information on PhD studies at AAU, please contact AAU PhD .

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All PhD students at AAU have access to a variety of services that can develope themselves and their future career

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AAU PhD handles the PhD administration at Aalborg University for the 4 PhD schools.

This includes the following tasks:

• Daily operations related to PhD students
• Advertising scholarships and processing applications
• Enrollment of PhD students
• Administration of course activities
• Awarding PhD degrees
• Managing doctoral dissertations
• Statistical reports to Statistics Denmark
• Resource management
• Secretariat for the PhD committees at the 5 PhD schools

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What is a PhD programme?

A PhD is usually a 3-year (180 ECTS) academic research degree. The components of the programme are:

• Independent research under supervision
• Courses for PhD students (approximately 30 ECTS credits)
• Participation in research networks, including placements at other, primarily foreign, research institutions
• Teaching or another form of knowledge dissemination, which is related to the PhD topic when possible.
• The completion of a PhD thesis. The thesis can be a 200-page article or a collection of shorter research articles. The thesis is defended orally.

PhD programmes and courses are offered at Danish universities , which all offer excellent research, library and laboratory facilities for researchers and PhD students in addition to joint partnerships with industry.

PhD students are often encouraged to participate in research networks, including placements at overseas research institutions. A range of funding opportunities are available: Please visit the Researchers Mobility Portal for more information.

Who can apply?

As each institution in Denmark is responsible for its own admissions, requirements will vary. However, you will usually be required to have a recognised Masters degree in a relevant subject in order to be enrolled as a PhD student. Also, the applicants should also have good command of the English language.

For the students, who know that they want to pursue the researcher-path early on, the faculties have the option of starting a research degree directly after a bachelor’s. If this is the path you want to take, you can start a so-called 3+5 programme, which means starting your PhD and master's at the same time. Some faculties have a 4+4 programme where you can start your PhD after a year of master’s studies. The Faculty of Science at the University of Copenhagen offers these two programmes, for example. Each individual universitiy lays down its own rules regarding this type of hybrid PhD. An example of this is Aarhus University’s 4- and 5-year PhD scholarships .

What should I include in my application?

In Denmark you must apply for PhD programmes in writing via advertised projects and scholarships . Usually, you either apply for an opportunity with a pre-defined research topic, or you propose your own research ideas.

You also have to include a transcript of your grades for your bachelor’s and master’s degrees with documentation of your grades, and a CV.

How can I finance my PhD?

For students from the EU/EEA/Switzerland higher education in Denmark is free

You may be eligible for free tuition as an international student, provided you meet one of the following conditions:

• You hold a permanent residence permit
• You hold a temporary residence permit that can be upgraded to a permanent one
• You hold a residence permit as the accompanying child of a non-EU/EEA holding a residence permit based on employment

All other students pay tuition fees. The fee is 50,000 DKK per year, i.e. 150,000 DKK for three years and is not postponed during any absence from the three-year PhD programme such as maternity/paternity leave, other leaves of absence or long-term illness.

The first rate is paid at enrolment, the second rate is paid in the first quarter of the calendar year following enrolment and the third rate is paid in the first quarter of the second calendar year following enrolment.

The grant provider must guarantee for the payment of the tuition fee for all three years when applying for enrolment.

The tuition fee covers

• PhD courses included in the Graduate School’s course catalogue
• PhD courses at other Danish universities and to some extent courses from other providers in Denmark or abroad
• Expenses regarding stays at other research environments in Denmark or abroad
• Activities in the graduate programmes
• Assessments and defense of your PhD thesis

Therefore, you have to be able to finance both your degree and your living costs. You can do this in several different ways:

Industrial PhD

If you aim to conduct a research project with commercial perspectives, you can apply for an industrial PhD. You will be employed by a private sector company and at the same time enrolled as a PhD student at the Graduate School at a university.

As an industrial PhD student you will carry out research where results are applied in an enterprise setting. The cooperation between university and industry gives you access to new knowledge and innovation provided by the private sector company.

Application process for the industrial PhD

• Start by finding a private sector company and a university supervisor for your PhD project.
• The private sector company must send an application to Innovation Fund Denmark to apply for the industrial PhD grant on your behalf.
• If successful, you can apply for enrolment at the Graduate School.

Visit the website of Innovation Fund Denmark to learn about application deadlines, requirements and how to proceed with your application.

How much can you expect to be paid as a PhD student?

If you are funded by a faculty  or a department, your salary is regulated by the Agreement between the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations and the Ministry of Finance (in Danish) (AC agreement). The average monthly salary for a PhD fellow at the University of Copenhagen is 32,567 DKK. After earning their doctorate , researchers go on to a postdoc which, in Denmark , can last up to four years at the same university.

PhD students employed at a hospital:

If you are employed at a hospital your salary follows the collective agreements in place at the Danish regions. In this agreement your employment depends on the degree you hold. Medical doctors are employed according to the collective agreement of the Danish Medical Association while other candidates are employed following the AC agreement. Contact your employer for more information.

Industrial PhD students employed by a private sector company

If you are employed as an industrial PhD student, your salary follows the collective agreement in place at your company. Contact your employer for more information.

Who gets accepted?

The head of the relevant PhD school decides which applicants will be accepted and enrolled into the programme – but of course it is not entirely at his/her own discretion. The applicants are selected based on a recommendation from the academic staff members on the faculty’s PhD committee.

When can I apply?

Job banks at universities are full of postings. You can also search for a PhD course here :

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9 Best universities for Architecture in Denmark

Updated: February 29, 2024

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Below is a list of best universities in Denmark ranked based on their research performance in Architecture. A graph of 18.6K citations received by 1.68K academic papers made by 9 universities in Denmark was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

Please note that our approach to subject rankings is based on scientific outputs and heavily biased on art-related topics towards institutions with computer science research profiles.

1. Technical University of Denmark

For Architecture

2. Aalborg University

3. Aarhus University

4. University of Copenhagen

5. IT University of Copenhagen

6. University of Southern Denmark

7. Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts

8. Copenhagen Business School

9. Aarhus School of Architecture

The best cities to study Architecture in Denmark based on the number of universities and their ranks are Kongens Lyngby , Aalborg , Aarhus , and Copenhagen .

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PhD Course: Architecture, Landscape and Gender

Oct 21, 2020

PhD Course Description | Architecture, Landscape and Gender (PDF)

As part of our research project, we organised a PhD course about Architecture, Landscape and Gender for students of all nationalities and research fields in Copenhagen. Participants spent two weeks discussing, examining, and sharing ideas about gender, space, and the relationship between the two.

In October and November 2020, we introduced our research project for the very first time to 22 international PhD students from different institutions and research areas. The course was held over two weeks. Due to restrictions imposed in response to COVID-19, instead of holding the course on campus as planned, we converted it into a hybrid event with some attendees physically present and some participating via video. Our dedicated students adapted quickly and their willingness to do so was inspiring.

Regarding architecture and landscape from a gender perspective compels us to rethink fundamental methodologies, theoretical concepts, research questions and pedagogical methods, as well as the political and affective implications of research and even the role of the researcher. We suggested that gender issues are not just related to economic ability or power, but are always also situated in relation to concrete spatial and physical contexts. During the course we explored and discussed the intersections between gender, spatiality. Students participated in a panel discussion, in archival, text and writing workshops, knowledge network building, individual mentoring conversations, and the project launch.

It was a great pleasure to get to know the course participants! We were truly inspired by their ideas about and interpretations of gender from a physical perspective, and we look forward to following their research.

Hosting you, whether physically on campus or via video, and working together with you was a joy!  We are looking forward to receiving your reflection papers in December.

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PhD scholarships (3) in Machine Learning Metamodeling Architectures for Scientific Simulation – DTU Management

Skip to main content. Profile Sign Out View More Jobs PhD scholarships (3) in Machine Learning Metamodeling Architectures for Scientific Simulation – DTU Management Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark Job

PhD Stipends/Integrated Stipends in Deep Learning Based Acoustic Signal Processing for Hearing Assistive Devices

. To overcome this challenge, neural architecture search and other ideas within the general field of automated machine learning have been proposed. We seek one or more PhD students(employed as PhD fellow if you

PhD Stipend in Automated Detection of Facial Expressions of Pain and Stress in Horses Using Computer Vision

The Visual Analysis and Perception Lab at Aalborg University invites applications for a fully funded PhD fellow working on novel algorithms for pain and stress detection in horses. Recognition

PhD Stipend in Underwater Computer Vision for Environmental Monitoring

, Department of Architecture , Design and Media Technology, phone:+452834 3530 or+45 9940 8787, email: [email protected]  concerning the scientific aspects of the stipend. PhD stipends are allocated to individuals

Associate Professor in Art History ( Architecture and/or Design)

. Teaching and supervision We are looking for applicants with teaching and supervision experience in the field(s) of Architecture and/or Design at university level. Qualifications Applicants must have a PhD

PhD scholarship in Uncertainty Quantification for Deep Learning - DTU Compute

Skip to main content. Profile Sign Out View More Jobs PhD scholarship in Uncertainty Quantification for Deep Learning - DTU Compute Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark Job Description Do you want to do research

Postdoc in NLP for Computational Social Science

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PhD scholarship in Deep Learning Theory and Differential Geometry – DTU Compute

will preferably start on August 1st 2024. The goal of the PhD project is to improve the state of threshold post-quantum cryptography. PhD scholarships (3) in Machine Learning Metamodeling Architectures

Postdoc in Computer Vision with Deep Learning for Material and Computational Design – DTU Compute

Associate Professor Dimitrios Papadopoulos (Technical University of Denmark). One postdoc is formally employed at the Royal Academy with the candidate expected to have a background in architecture , design, or

Professor in Machine Design and Advanced Manufacturing Systems

, and teaching within product design and manufacturing systems design. Focus areas are portfolio management, systems engineering, modular product and manufacturing architectures , product configuration

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CURRENT PHD PROJECTS

The phd programme offered by aarhus school of architecture is an internationally recognised researcher training programme. below you can find presentations of current phd projects related to the school..

See completed PhD projects

Lasting Architecture in Practice

The Dynamic Landscape of The West Coast

Revitalization of Functionally Empty Industrial Heritage Buildings

From Tangible Extractivism to Associative Architectures

Fungal highways and calcite columns: Explorations of a living material

Thermal Transformation

Ecologies of Residue

REVERSIBLE TECTONICS

Transforming Learning Spaces

Studies of architectural heritage

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Industrial PhD

Build collaboration around a specific vocational PhD project. The Royal Danish Academy have wide experience with vocational PhD projects, in which the student is employed by the company and at the same time enrolled with us.

"An Industrial PhD project is a PhD education where the student is employed in a private sector company and at the same time enrolled at a university while working on the same project both places." Ministry of Higher Education and Science

(About the Industrial PhD)

The Industrial PhD scheme is a special subvention programme for companies.

Read more about the PhD programme and the Industrial PhD scheme here: