On 29 April 2026, our annual career fair, PhD Career Day, will take place! We look forward to welcoming you to Aarhus University to meet our many PhD students and postdocs as well as many inspiring companies.
Are you a company and would like to participate in our career fair 2026, you can sign up here.
Are you PhD student or postdoc and would like to participate, you can sign up here. In the meantime, feel free to explore the companies and organisations that will take part in PhD Career Day 2026 below (updated continuously)
We look forward to seeing you at PhD Career Day 2026.
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PhD Career Day is an annual event where you as a PhD student or junior researcher can learn more about your career prospects by meeting company representatives face-to-face, and getting an understanding of what the companies stand and look for.
Novonesis - We’re here to better our world with biology
We are 10,000 people worldwide whose expertise spans more than 30 different industries. All around the world our biosolutions (microbes, enzymes, functional proteins) already create value for thousands of customers and benefit the planet. Our biosolutions enable feeding and fueling the world more sustainably, from healthy and sustainable nutrition to biofuel. Our biosolutions also reduce the use of fossil-based resources, chemicals, energy and water. And this is just the beginning.
Danske Commodities is a tech-driven energy trading company that trades power and gas across +40 markets. Working for a viable energy future, we use our trading expertise to connect producers and large-scale consumers to wholesale markets.
Danish Technological Institute, founded in 1906, is a leading research and technology company, providing consultancy and services across various business domains. We are 1,100 specialists who work closely with companies and knowledge institutions, with our mission to develop the Danish business community and provide benefits to society at large.
When working as a PhD candidate at the Danish Technological Institute, you are the specialist in your field, and you have the opportunity to explore and expand your expertise even further, both within your specific domain and through interdisciplinary collaboration. You will experience a great deal of responsibility and freedom to create your own tasks, based on your professional qualifications and curiosity.
Join us and become a part of a committed community that aims to develop technologies and innovative solutions to ensure a better future.
HØIBERG is a European Intellectual Property firm, which counsels on all aspects of intellectual property rights including patents and IP strategies. We have both start-ups and multi-national companies as clients. A patent consultant ensures that the inventions of today become the products of tomorrow. We ensure that innovative ideas reach the market by giving inventors the right to their ideas. At HØIBERG, 90% of our Patent Attorneys have a PhD degree. You need a scientific degree to become a Patent Consultant - NOT a law degree. The job combines scientific skills with new knowledge on IP law and business development, so you are constantly challenged, occasionally also within your own scientific field.
How will a career as management consultant with McKinsey & Company be different from academia? Every McKinsey engagement demands the same qualities you need to succeed in academia: strong problem-solving skills, intellectual curiosity, and the drive to achieve results. The difference is, at McKinsey you’ll be working with and presenting your findings to business leaders. McKinsey consultants learn to solve problems quickly and make fast decisions, even when they don’t have all the information about a particular subject. Consultants with PhDs say one of the biggest challenges - and most attractive aspects - of a career with McKinsey is this shift in thinking. In the academic setting, you are diving deep into a subject, often spending years gathering and analyzing data. At McKinsey, consultants learn to work with the most important information, whittle a problem down to its core, and offer a solution that helps a client make better decisions, often when it’s not a clear-cut, easy answer.
AUPA works politically and strategically to improve well-being and conditions for PhDs across the five faculties at Aarhus University. They discuss the university's development, new or existing solutions, and how to improve them.
There are 1,000 good reasons to become a member of a union and an unemployment fund. These include job search assistance, affordable insurance, and the right to unemployment benefits.
Welcome to the Danish Association of Masters and PhDs (DM) and the Master’s unemployment insurance fund (MA).
We are here to guide and help you to get off to a good start in your working life. And we’re here to help in case you at some point lose your job.
The Junior Researcher Association aims to improve the working conditions for Postdocs and Assistant Professors, and works closely with the Aarhus University leadership and administration to achieve the best possible environment, making Aarhus University a more attractive place for postdoctoral training. We also organize relevant events and seminars for JRs.