Four Novo Nordisk Foundation Research Centers in Greater Copenhagen are the environment for the Copenhagen Bioscience PhD Programme: the Center for Stem Cell Medicine (reNEW), Center for Protein Research (CPR), Center for Basic Metabolic Research (CBMR), and Center for Biosustainability (CFB) – now BRIGHT.

Together with the Danish National Biobank, they form the Copenhagen Bioscience Cluster.

At the Novo Nordisk Foundation Research Centers, scientists conduct cutting-edge research in biomedicine and bioengineering. Each applicant to the Copenhagen Bioscience PhD Programme selects one Center in their application. During the pre-doc year students complete three short rotation projects in different labs at the Centers, in addition to cross-Center courses. After finishing the rotation projects, each student joins one of their rotation labs. The Copenhagen Bioscience PhD Programme encourages collaborative research projects.