 To do a PhD at Ors University requires a great deal of trustworthiness and determination and being willing to collaborate and cooperate and think about yourself as part of a group and not as an individual. Hi, my name is Livio. I'm a PhD student at Ors University at the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics. I graduated medical school in Romania and I applied for a position in a Marie Curie network and the fact that Ors University is like its reputation as being one of the leading universities in the world really tipped the balance for me and made me choose to come here. Living in Denmark is absolutely fabulous. Danish people are really kind and fun. We call them the Southern Earth Scandinavians. Hi, my name is Angela Heran. I'm a PhD student in Biomedicine at Ors University. There is a lot of events organised by the PhD student for the PhD student where we can all together learn to present our data, improve our way to read articles and to analyse them and there is also some event where we call some really good researchers, Danish and international and we can meet and learn to do networking. In my PhD project I'm studying how companies build trust and improve their collaboration specifically within the construction industry. My name is Jim Peterson. I'm a PhD student at Ors University at the Department of Management and I'm affiliated with the marketing section doing research within the business-to-business field. First of all, a PhD is for everyone. I never wanted to be a PhD student. I always wanted to be a kindergarten teacher and I always saw academics as narrow-minded and nerdy people and I have now realised that this could not be further from the truth. The nerdy part is very important in order to produce rigorous research and research is not narrow-minded. They actually care about solving real-world problems for companies and the society in general and this is clearly number one requirement to do a PhD. You have to want to make an impact. Being a PhD student at Ors University is really an amazing experience. There is no hierarchy among academics and there is really a very good work-life balance here which I really appreciate as a PhD student. My name is Banu Saatce. I'm from Istanbul, Turkey and I'm a PhD student at the Department of Digital Design and Information Studies at Ors University. Like many other PhD students, I also had so much doubt and worries about how expensive it would be to live in Denmark. But when you come here, you notice that PhD research is considered as real work and your living standards are much, much higher than you could get in any other international, well-known institutions around the world. I'm living in a brand new building and apartment with the latest technology actually and they're very well insulated and if you compare with a life even in the US in a very, very good, very well-known university with the best salary you wouldn't maybe find that kind of very high-quality, comfortable apartment, I would say. Apart from being a full-time PhD student, I'm also a Zumba instructor since three years. I have amazing experience in Orhus with Zumba because I am able to teach at Orhus University's staff gym where I meet with amazing PhD students, professors, post-docs or any other academics. In another PhD environment, maybe I wouldn't have time for this but at Orhus University, you always have time for yourself to engage in any kind of hobby you like.