Vacant
PhD scholarships at the Faculty of Law

The Faculty
of Law at the University of Copenhagen hereby announces a number of fully
funded PhD positions to commence in December 2016


Founded in 1479 as one of the four original faculties of the University of
Copenhagen, the Faculty of Law, situated in the heart of Copenhagen, boasts a
long-standing reputation for excellence in teaching and research. The Faculty
offers a wide range of undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate degree
programmes in law. Through research-based education the Faculty ensures that
law graduates acquire the necessary skills to succeed in their legal careers in
the private or public sector both at home and abroad. With 5000 undergraduate
and graduate students, over 70 PhD fellows, and an academic staff of more than
80 professors, the Faculty of Law at the University of Copenhagen is a vibrant,
diverse and intellectually stimulating academic environment.

 The Faculty
offers the following fully funded PhD positions:

• Regular
  PhD positions offered by the Faculty – see further information about PhD
  topics/areas of particular interest to individual research centres.
  Please note that some suggested topics/research areas are in Danish only.
• PhD
  positions offered by the Faculty within the framework of the integrated
  Master’s and PhD (3+5) programme

The PhD
Programme
The goal of
the PhD Programme is threefold: to prepare candidates for a continuing career
in teaching and research; to educate a new generation of scholars to produce high-quality
independent research; and to equip them with the analytical and problem-solving
skills required for a successful career in both the public and private sectors.

Qualifications

• Applicants
  must have obtained a degree that corresponds to the Danish Master of Laws
  or equivalent qualifications (see http://studyindenmark.dk/study-options/admission-requirements
  ). 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 http://studyindenmark.dk/study-options/the-danish-way-of-teaching-1/the-danish-grading-system
  ) . Applicants for the integrated 3+5 PhD programme must have obtained a
  degree that corresponds to the Danish Bachelor of Laws (180 ECTS) or
  equivalent qualifications.
• Applicants
  may submit their application before they have completed their Master’s
  degree (or, for applicants for the integrated 3+5 PhD programme, before
  they have earned the Bachelor’s degree), however, they should have
  submitted the final evaluation for their course before 1 September 2016.
• 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
  whose native language is not English must document proficiency in English
  by having passed one of the recognised language tests. For IELTS a minimum
  score of 6.5 is required. For TOEFL a minimum score of 90 (internet-based)
  or 231 (computer-based) is required. The test must be taken no earlier
  than two years before the application deadline. Applicants who have
  obtained a university degree in a country in which English is the official
  language, and applicants holding a Master’s degree from one of the Nordic
  universities are not required to submit proof of English proficiency. (See
  http://jura.ku.dk/phd/english/applicants/language-requirements/
  )

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; (http://jura.ku.dk/pdf/forskningsservice/phd/PhD-programme-curriculum.pdf/)
• contribute
  to teaching undergraduate and graduate level courses 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.

Interested?
The Faculty of Law offers supervision by highly qualified academics and
provides an excellent opportunity to research contemporary legal issues in an
intellectually stimulating environment.

If you are offered a
PhD position, you will receive a regular monthly salary in accordance with
Danish law and you will be entitled to an annual research budget. The Faculty
does not provide accommodation.

General information

• Can be
  found on the Faculty’s website: www.jura.ku.dk/phd/english
• Can be
  obtained by contacting the PhD administration at +45 35 32 35 88 / +45 35
  32 40 64 or phd@jur.ku.dk

Application
procedure

Click apply online
to be taken to the online application form. We advise you to have the following
documents ready before you begin your online application:

• Research
  project proposal. This should include the following: (1) objective(s) of
  the research, (2) major research questions, (3) review of relevant
  literature, (4) methodology to be applied in the research, and (5) a
  timetable that plans for all course requirements to have been met within
  three years. The project description must elaborate on the value of the
  proposed research project in terms of its relevance to existing and future
  research in the field (maximum 6 pages excluding bibliography). The
  document must be in Times New Roman, font size 12, spacing 1.5 and all
  margins (right, left, top and bottom) of 2 cm.
• Curriculum
  vitae (maximum 2 pages).
• Certified
  copies of original diploma(s) and transcripts (both Bachelor’s and
  Master’s degree) in the original language and an authorized English
  translation if they are issued in other language than English or Danish.
• A
  certified explanation of grading scale in the original language and an
  authorized English translation if it is available in other language than
  English or Danish.
• The
  name of a member of academic staff whom you wish to have assigned as your
  supervisor.
• Letter
  of motivation that explains the choice of the Faculty of Law at the
  University of Copenhagen as a host institution for the proposed project
  and outlines how the project fits within the research priorities at the
  Faculty (maximum 1 page).
• Official
  results for TOELF or IELTS (see http://jura.ku.dk/phd/english/applicants/language-requirements/
  ).

Applications must be
submitted in either Danish or English.

Terms of
employment
Successful candidates will be employed in accordance with the agreement between
the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations and the Ministry of
Finance concerning the salary of PhD students.

Closing date
for applications
The closing date for applications is 26
July 2016. Late applications will not be accepted. Furthermore,
no additional documents may be submitted after this date. If your application
does not include all the required supporting documents (see application
procedure), your application will be rejected and will not be considered by the
assessment committee. Applications must be submitted electronically.

Following the
application deadline, the Dean will pre-select PhD applications that will
proceed to the assessment stage upon the recommendation of the Selection
Committee. Applicants are pre-selected for further assessment in line with the
Faculty’s recruitment needs as described in this job advertisement. This is
carried out based on the overall evaluation of the applicant’s educational
qualifications, the quality of the submitted research proposal and its
relevance to the Faculty’s research agenda, and other relevant qualifications
(e.g. relevant professional experience, any previous academic publications
etc.).

All applicants are
then notified by the PhD administration as to whether their application has
proceeded to the assessment stage. This assessment is carried out by an expert
assessment committee. Selected applicants will be notified of the composition
of the assessment committee. When the committee has completed its assessment,
each applicant has the opportunity to comment on the committee’s findings.

Applicationsmust be submitted electronically using the following link

The Faculty of Law
is one of six faculties at the University of Copenhagen. The Faculty promotes
research, education and knowledge dissemination in Danish, European and
International Law. The research is driven by the Faculty’s specialist research
centres and groups. With 5000 undergraduate and graduate students, over 50 PhD
fellows, and an academic staff of more than 80 professors, the Faculty of Law
at the University of Copenhagen is a vibrant, diverse and intellectually
stimulating academic environment. For more information, visit the Faculty’s
website: http://jura.ku.dk/english.