Aalborg University in Denmark is offering 14 fully funded PhD positions across various departments. These positions represent exceptional opportunities for doctoral candidates in diverse fields including AI, robotics, engineering, natural language processing, marine sciences, and more.
🔍 Position 1: Safe Learning Based Control for Autonomous Robots
✅ Funding: Fully funded
✅ Duration: 3 years
✅ Deadline: January 1, 2026
✅ Focus: Developing strategies for safe robot navigation in dynamic human environments
🔗 Apply: https://www.vacancies.aau.dk/phd-positions/show-vacancy/vacancyId/888392
🔍 Position 2: Natural Language Processing, AI and LLM Security (CPH)
✅ Funding: Fully funded (4 positions)
✅ Duration: 3 years each
✅ Deadline: January 1, 2026
✅ Location: Copenhagen campus
✅ Focus: Multilingual NLP, LLM security, linguistically informed approaches to NLP
🔗 Apply: https://www.vacancies.aau.dk/phd-positions/show-vacancy/vacancyId/884796
🔍 Position 3: Artificial Intelligence for Autonomous Systems
✅ Funding: Fully funded
✅ Duration: 3 years
✅ Deadline: January 30, 2026
✅ Requirements: Strong AI methods and mathematics background, programming in Python or R
✅ Focus: Decision-making strategies integrating operations research and AI
🔗 Apply: https://www.vacancies.aau.dk/phd-positions/show-vacancy/vacancyId/877207
🔍 Position 4: Collaborative Localization for Unmanned Maritime Systems
✅ Funding: Fully funded
✅ Duration: 3 years
✅ Deadline: January 16, 2026
✅ Project: ABBA USV – Integrating UAVs, USVs, and UUVs for offshore infrastructure inspection
🔗 Apply: https://www.vacancies.aau.dk/phd-positions/show-vacancy/vacancyId/888572
🔍 Position 5: CFD Modelling of Liquid Green Fuel Combustion
✅ Funding: Fully funded
✅ Duration: 3 years
✅ Deadline: January 14, 2026
✅ Focus: Advanced CFD modelling of methanol and ammonia combustion under engine conditions
🔗 Apply: https://www.vacancies.aau.dk/phd-positions/show-vacancy/vacancyId/887443
🔍 Position 6: Structural Reliability of Sustainable Materials
✅ Funding: Fully funded – Villum Foundation grant (1 billion DKK)
✅ Duration: 3 years
✅ Deadline: January 11, 2026
✅ Program: Civil Engineering and the Green Transition in the Built Environment (CEBE)
🔗 Apply: https://www.vacancies.aau.dk/phd-positions/show-vacancy/vacancyId/887338
🔍 Position 7: Arbejdsinklusion af unge voksne på autismespektret (Danish)
✅ Funding: Fully funded – Velliv Foreningen
✅ Duration: 3 years
✅ Deadline: January 8, 2026
✅ Focus: Work inclusion of young adults on autism spectrum through qualitative research
🔗 Apply: https://www.vacancies.aau.dk/phd-positions/show-vacancy/vacancyId/878567
🔍 Position 8: Analysis of Acid-Base and Electrolyte Properties of Blood
✅ Funding: Fully funded
✅ Duration: 3 years
✅ Deadline: January 5, 2026
✅ Requirements: Master’s degree with mathematical/engineering background
✅ Focus: Mathematical models for blood gas analyzer measurements
✅ Collaboration: Roche Diagnostics International
🔗 Apply: https://www.vacancies.aau.dk/phd-positions/show-vacancy/vacancyId/886163
🔍 Position 9: Programming Semantics, Verification for Quantum Systems
✅ Funding: Fully funded
✅ Duration: 3 years
✅ Deadline: January 4, 2026
✅ Center: CLASSIQUE – Classical Communication in the Quantum Era
✅ Focus: Communication systems for quantum age
🔗 Apply: https://www.vacancies.aau.dk/phd-positions/show-vacancy/vacancyId/883723
🔍 Position 10: AI:Xpertise Lab
✅ Funding: Fully funded (4 positions)
✅ Duration: 3 years
✅ Deadline: January 2, 2026
✅ Focus: Embedding AI systems in expert work (doctors, architects, lawyers)
✅ Collaboration: Architecture, Design, Media Technology, Politics and Society departments
🔗 Apply: https://www.vacancies.aau.dk/phd-positions/show-vacancy/vacancyId/886949
🔍 Position 11: Marine Biodiversity Management and Governance
✅ Funding: Fully funded
✅ Duration: 3 years
✅ Deadline: January 1, 2026
✅ Projects: OBAMA-NEXT and Marine SABRES (Horizon Europe)
✅ Focus: Marine Protected Areas management and sustainable blue economy
🔗 Apply: https://www.vacancies.aau.dk/phd-positions/show-vacancy/vacancyId/886057
🔍 Position 12: Cooling Flexibility Modeling and Optimization
✅ Funding: Fully funded
✅ Duration: 3 years
✅ Deadline: January 1, 2026
✅ Requirements: MSc in Computer Science/Software Engineering, experience in Rust, C++, or Python
✅ Focus: Digital energy, energy flexibility, FlexOffers
🔗 Apply: https://www.vacancies.aau.dk/phd-positions/show-vacancy/vacancyId/871751
🔍 Position 13: Learning Strategies for Data Driven Process Control
✅ Funding: Fully funded
✅ Duration: 3 years
✅ Deadline: December 27, 2025 (URGENT!)
✅ Focus: Adaptive control strategies for injection moulding using recycled plastics
✅ Methods: Model Predictive Control (MPC), digital twins
🔗 Apply: https://www.vacancies.aau.dk/phd-positions/show-vacancy/vacancyId/885715
🔍 Position 14: Microbial Genomics
✅ Funding: Fully funded
✅ Duration: 3 years
✅ Deadline: December 24, 2025 (URGENT!)
✅ Focus: Centralized repository for genomic data, genome quality evaluation, taxonomy
✅ Tasks: Data analysis, sequence processing, pipeline development
🔗 Apply: https://www.vacancies.aau.dk/phd-positions/show-vacancy/vacancyId/879120
📝 Step-by-Step Application Guide
1️⃣ Visit the official Aalborg University vacancies page using the links provided above
2️⃣ Click on your desired position to view complete details
3️⃣ Review the specific requirements and qualifications carefully
4️⃣ Prepare your application documents (typically include: CV, cover letter, academic transcripts, degree certificates, reference letters)
5️⃣ Submit your application through the online portal before the deadline
6️⃣ Keep track of application deadlines as some positions close very soon
🏦 About Aalborg University
Aalborg University (AAU) is a prestigious Danish public university founded in 1974, with campuses in Aalborg, Esbjerg, and Copenhagen. Known for its problem-based learning approach and strong research programs, AAU offers excellent opportunities for doctoral candidates across diverse disciplines. The university provides competitive funding packages and a collaborative international research environment.
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Two positions (13 and 14) have urgent deadlines in late December 2025
Most positions offer 3-year fully funded contracts
Multiple positions are available in some areas (4 positions in NLP/AI, 4 in AI:Xpertise Lab)
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