Join us for this year's PhD Career Day that will take place on 1st of May 2025!
As a new feature, this year’s career fair is exclusively aimed at PhD students and postdocs from the following three faculties: Natural Sciences, Technical Sciences, and Health Sciences.
Programme:
We are in still in the process of planning PhD Career Day 2025, so keep an eye on this page for continuous updates and information about the day.
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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.
Who we are
Arla Foods is a big global dairy company with approximately 20,000 employees across 30 countries and over 8,450 dairy farm owners in Denmark, Sweden, United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. Thus, Arla is a cooperative, a global business, a family of brands and thousands of people working together across markets. While each of us have important individual roles to play, from farmers to marketeers, food scientists to distributors, it is our collective strength that sets us apart as a company that's more cooperative than corporate.
What we do and why we do it
In Arla Foods, our research and new product development teams work together to build science, new technologies, local knowledge, consumer tastes and regulatory frameworks to develop new product formulations for launch e.g., into a new market. At Arla Innovation Centre, along with product development teams in the UK, Sweden, China, Germany, Netherlands, Finland and the US, we passionately innovate from farm to plate to create the future dairy products to the world. We do this with state-of-the-art science and consumer labs and a 2000 m^2 pilot plant, with more flexibility to install any type of process needed for our innovation projects. Our researchers are strongly connected, and make innovation happen, all across Arla and its markets by working closely with suppliers, universities, and specialist technology companies.
Working as a PhD at Arla Foods
As a PhD in Arla Innovation you are a part of transforming knowledge of food science, technology and nutrition into business opportunities for Arla. This is done both by using current scientific knowledge but also by being part of conducting projects to gain new knowledge. In addition, within Arla Innovation we have numerous external research projects aimed to drive science forward and resulting in findings that are useful for the dairy sector. At the Arla Innovation Centre, you become part of a multicultural organization with a great working atmosphere.
What we are looking for in terms of new colleagues and collaborators are individuals that are self-driven, curious, smart-working and bring creative ideas.
Astora Consulting is a Life Science IT consulting firm dedicated to helping pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies navigate digital transformation, regulatory compliance, and process optimization. Our consultants come from diverse backgrounds, including life science, public health, biomedicine, business, and technology, enabling us to bridge the gap between life science and IT.
We support organizations in digitalizing and implementing advanced digital solutions, streamlining operations and optimizing workflows to accelerate drug development and healthcare innovation. By combining life science industry knowledge with technological and business expertise, we help our clients to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance data-driven decision-making.
We believe in a people-first approach, the power of collaboration and unlimited personal growth. By creating an environment where people thrive, we ensure an innovative and sustainable impact in life science industry.
We engineer tomorrow to build a better future
Decarbonizing with our customers and long-term value creation. With leading application know-how, and sustainable innovation, we set out to become our customers’ preferred decarbonization partner, with a focus on long-term value creation for our customers and employees.
Five global megatrends
Danfoss is more relevant than ever. We engineer solutions that increase machine productivity, reduce emissions, lower energy consumption, and enable electrification. Our solutions meet many of the challenges from Climate Change, Urbanization, and Food and Water Supply scarcity, while capturing opportunities in Digitalization and Electrification.
ESG initiatives
Decarbonization - We pioneer solutions for customers to enable decarbonization in an intelligent, cost-optimal manner and ensure carbon neutrality in our own operations
Circularity - We innovate best-in-class circular products as the default when developing, producing, sourcing, and selling to deliver new value propositions
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion - We offer a leading employee experience that values and respects diversity and inclusion to attract and retain top talent that can lead the green transition
We are a tech-driven energy trading company that trades power, gas and certificates across 43 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.
At InCommodities cutting-edge technology meets the world of energy trading. We trade power, gas, and emissions across the globe. We use our deep insight and technology to handle and optimize output from renewables like wind and solar.
Since our establishment in 2017 we challenged and changed old management structures and processes. We became a fast, agile organization based on people. Based on trust. Transparency and honesty led us to autonomy and mastery. We have created a supportive culture that we are proud of. With aspirations to rethink how data and technology are used. To push towards a sustainable future, where we support the transition to green energy.
The world is transitioning from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources and the urgency of this transition has never been more evident. Technology is also advancing faster than ever and will play an integral part in paving the way towards net zero.
At Kamstrup, you'll join a close-knit community that genuinely cares about each other, fostering connections both in and out of the workplace. Our team is a diverse blend of innovators, dreamers, and doers, driven by a passion to challenge the status quo and find better solutions. Together, we push the boundaries of what's possible to secure clean water and energy for people worldwide.
With nearly 80 years of experience, we lead in technological advancements in intelligent electricity, water, heat, and cooling solutions. We empower our customers to make smarter decisions and inspire their communities with intelligent tools and data.
Our smart metering solutions help utilities reduce water loss and increase energy efficiency, ensuring access to clean water and a sustainable energy future. At Kamstrup, we believe in making a meaningful impact every day.
KMC – 90 years of know how
The company KMC supplies potato-based ingredients to food industry clients throughout the world. KMC is a cooperative, owned by Danish potato growers, developing, producing and exporing potato-based ingredients for food, feed and other products for more than 9o countries. We have full control over the enire supply chain. We have a guaranteed supply of quality-controlled raw materials with rigorously documents origin, which also helps us boost the quality of our ingredients. The products KMC Applications are used in cheese, sugar confectionary, plant-based alternatives, dressings, snacks, noodles and more. Our R&D focus is on natural polymer chemistry, food technology and pretty much any other innovative technical capability we can apply to tackling our customers’ practical requirements and commercial priorities better.
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.
At MFT Energy, we are experts in trading power, gas, and environmentals. We match the interests of supply and demand in terms of timing and place of delivery. Established in 2017, MFT Energy is headquartered in Aarhus, Denmark, and by the end of 2024, we had 176 employees working out of our offices in Denmark, Türkiye, Singapore, Australia, the US, and Japan. Our mission is to innovate energy trading through our people and technology. Together, we envision leading the future of energy trading.
NMD Pharma discovers and develops novel therapeutics for neuromuscular diseases.
NMD Pharma has a unique experimental platform focusing on ion channel function and electrophysiology of skeletal muscle. We develop small molecule inhibitors of skeletal muscle-specific ClC-1 ion channels that have a promising therapeutic potential in a range of neuromuscular diseases in which muscle activation is failing leading to muscle weakness and excessive fatigue that compromise the ability of patients to conduct essential human behaviour and cause lack of independence.
Our initial focus is on myasthenia gravis, spinal muscular atrophy, Charcot-Marie Tooth’s disease, and sarcopenia. Each of these diseases has a profound impact on patient's functional level and their overall quality of life.
Throughout our 125-year history, Roche has grown into one of the world’s largest biotech companies, as well as a
leading provider of in-vitro diagnostics and a global supplier of transformative innovative solutions across major
disease areas.
We have a powerful research platform that positions us at the intersection of biological knowledge, clinical disease
understanding, and technological advancements enabled by data science. We are able to apply our collective
understanding – from molecular biology, antibodies, immunotherapy and gene therapy, to screening, diagnostics,
imaging, bioinformatics, data analytics and genomic profiling – to discover and develop solutions that will truly
address urgent healthcare challenges.
What do we offer? A unique opportunity to work in a positive, highly dynamic, multidisciplinary environment, where
you can share your knowledge and expand your skills in one of the world's largest healthcare companies. You'll be
able to drive your own project forward in a targeted manner and direction you yourself help to determine.
Visit our webpage here:
https://careers.roche.com/global/en/graduates-programmes
SEGES Innovation..
is an innovation company that works every day towards sustainable agricultural and food production. We aim to ensure the balance between using and protecting the Earth's resources for the benefit of current and future generations. We integrate professional insights with digital competencies and technologies, enabling knowledge to be applied in the barn, in the field, at the desk, and throughout the entire value chain.
If you want to contribute to a sustainable future, then keep reading.
As a student, you collaborate on projects within your field of study and contribute to our vision of creating the future of sustainable food.
Our Values
Courage, heart, and depth constitute the foundation of SEGES Innovation.
We are courageous when we challenge ourselves and each other to achieve shared success, allowing our ambitious and innovative solutions to pave the way forward.
We bring heart to our endeavors, passionately pursuing common goals and caring for one another, dedicatedly collaborating with our customers and partners to create value.
We attain depth when our diverse expertise creates a unique professional environment, and our ability to combine expert knowledge with practice is world-class. For us, values serve as a compass guiding our actions and decisions.
Balance in Life
There must be balance in both work and personal life. At SEGES Innovation, we aim to support your development to fit your situation. Your work hours will be arranged to accommodate both your studies and exams.
Room for Great Diversity
Both as Individuals and in Expertise SEGES Innovation boasts a wide range of expertise, with everyone contributing their unique knowledge to our important agenda. We have many specialists in agricultural sciences, communication, economics, and digital profiles.
Takeda is a patient-focused, values-based, R&D-driven global biopharmaceutical company committed to bringing Better Health and a Brighter Future to people worldwide. Our passion and pursuit of potentially life-changing treatments for patients are deeply rooted in over 240 years of distinguished history in Japan.
Our global organization has more than 50.000 employees worldwide and covers around 80 countries. We are approximately 70 employees in our Danish affiliate, covering functions such as: Commercial operations, Medical Affairs, Market Access, Regulatory/Compliance and Data, Digital & Technology.
Our employees in the Danish affiliate covers a broad educational background ranging from marketing, communication, economists, health economists, public health to nurses, pharmacists and doctors, several of these with additional PhD degrees.
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VELUX is a multinational company with production facilities in over 20 countries and more than 12,000 employees globally. Our purpose is to create well-being for people and the planet by transforming spaces using daylight and fresh air. We achieve this through our product range, including roof windows, blinds, shutters, and electronic devices.
Since 1941, we have been known for our iconic sloped roof window, often referred to as the 'VELUX window.' Today, we offer solutions for all types of roofs, whether sloped or flat, in residential or commercial buildings, and regardless of accessibility. As we move forward, our goal is to minimize our environmental footprint and make all our products sustainable.
To achieve this vision, we need specialists, experts, and knowledge leaders across various fields.
QIAGEN offers Sample to Insight solutions, products and services that enable customers worldwide to advance science, improve patient outcomes and gain valuable insights from biological samples.
QIAGEN Digital Insights, the bioinformatics business of QIAGEN, is the leading provider of genomic and clinical knowledge, analysis, and interpretation tools and services for scientists and clinicians. With over 25 years of industry experience, 90,000 users worldwide, more than 100,000 citations in scientific papers, over 3 million profiled patient cases, and over 40 billion scientific data points, QIAGEN Digital Insights delivers the omics knowledge to understand the unique biology of the disease and how to target the disease for Precision Medicine to Personalized Care.
Magistrenes A-kasse (MA) is an A-kasse for you who have a background in natural sciences, health or a Master of Science degree.
The Kitchen is Aarhus University’s startup hub dedicated to help entrepreneurs and innovators grow. In The Kitchen, you can explore your entrepreneurial potential through workshops, courses, events and inspirational talks.