A PhD degree at the Department of Law offers you three years of academic immersion, strong scholarly supervision and the opportunity to make your own mark on the field of law. A PhD in Law is for those who want to go beyond the obvious and are driven by knowledge, curiosity and academic rigour.
3 truths about the PhD programme
- You will be working in an inspiring research environment alongside some of Denmark’s leading legal experts. See the department’s researchers
- It will boost your career significantly: A PhD will give you in-depth specialist knowledge and strong methodological, analytical and communicative competences that are in demand in the public and private sector.
- You will get a chance to plan and structure your own work and to spend time on reflection and in-depth specialisation.
3 debunkable myths
- You will be alone in an office for three years rarely interacting with other researchers.
- You will become professionally narrow-minded and lose your connection to the real world.
- You will have trouble finding a job afterwards, and your former colleagues/clients won’t want to know you.
