Novo Nordisk

Novo Nordisk

Novo Nordisk is a focused healthcare company and the world leader in diabetes care. We know that we cannot create all the answers in-house, so we actively engage in collaborations with academia and simultaneously welcome innovation and talented young scientists through our fellowship programme - our future depends on our ability to work with the best scientists with the competencies we need.

What we do and why we do it

To support our vision, Novo Nordisk has for more than 20 years driven several dedicated fellowship programmes for joint PhD and postdoc projects. These focus on generating new knowledge and skills, investigating a needed research or technology question, and strengthening the recruitment base for Novo Nordisk R&D.

Departments or project groups across Novo Nordisk R&D therefore from time to time achieve internal or external funding to hire individual PhD or postdoctoral candidates for such a project, and open positions are posted as job openings at the Novo Nordisk career website.

Working as a PhD in Novo Nordisk

Novo Nordisk opportunities aimed for PhDs and post-docs include the following:

• The novoSTAR programme - designed to offer Novo Nordisk scientists the opportunity to conduct research jointly with academia, to train and supervise young scientists in industrial research, to generate new knowledge and skills to strengthen competences and innovation, and to build relations with academic research centres around the world
• The Novo Nordisk-Oxford Fellowship - Novo Nordisk’s elite postdoc programme with the University of Oxford
• PharmD fellowship - The Industry Practice PharmD Fellowship is the ultimate career opportunity for postgraduate professionals looking to gain hands-on industry experience
• Research & Development opportunities

To find out more please visit our website and join us in May at our webinar ‘From Academia to Industry’ (soon available to sign up for via our Event Calendar).