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Income

Income elements

Your income on Part A may consits of three elements

  • Master SU

  • SU PhD scholarship

  • Salary from Hourly-paid employment

Salary from Hourly-paid employment

Hourly-paid emplyment and paid work for the department 

  • Your employment are connected to the paid work for the department
  • This content is only valid if you have accepted the employment at the start of enrolmment. 

Working hours

  • Your average weekly working hours is a about 2.68 hours per week. Please see your employment letter. 
  • As your wages will be paid in equal instalments throughout the period, there will not necessarily be a one-to-one correlation between the timing of the wages paid out to you and the scheduling of tasks over the period.

Pay

  • As per 1 April 2024, the hourly wage is DKK 244.67, holiday pay not included (per 1 April 2024)
  • Your wages will be paid in arrears on the last working day of the month.
  • As your wages will be paid in equal instalments throughout the period, there will not necessarily be a one-to-one correlation between the timing of the wages paid out to you and the scheduling of tasks over the period.

SU Master

  • You might be eligible to receive a State Educational Grant (SU) during your Master's enrolment, in addition to the PhD scholarship on Part A. 
  • The SU vouchers for the Master's degree programme are funded by the Danish Students' Grants and Loans Scheme (SU Styrelsen) and are paid according to Article 1 of the SU law.  
     
  • You will still receive any remaining SU vouchers for your Master's degree programme during your enrolment on Part A of the 4+4 scheme. 
    Please note that you must apply for an extension of your SU grant period when your Master’s degree programme is extended due to your enrolment for part A of the 4+4 scheme. The same goes for any extension of your Part A enrolment due to illness or parental leave.
    Please contact the Danish Students’ Grants and Loans Scheme Office at Aarhus University for futher information: https://studerende.au.dk/en/su/contact
      
  • The SU vouchers for your Master's degree programme are independent of the PhD SU vouchers. 

 
Note: The PhD administration cannot answer any questions you might have about the SU grant for the Master's degree programme. 

 

SU PhD scholarship

  • In connection with your PhD studies, you have been granted an SU PhD scholarship. 
     
  • The grant is paid monthly in advance in the form of 2 SU vouchers during your enrolment period (Part A of the PhD degree programme).
    2 years on part A = 48 SU vouchers. 
    1½ years on part A = 36 SU vouchers.
     
  • The 2025 value of 1 SU voucher is DKK 7,086.00.
     
  • The scholarship is allocated in accordance with Executive Order no. 395 of the legislation on state educational support of 13 April 2023, section II: Financial aid for doctoral students prior to completion of a Master’s degree.


Note: The Danish Students’ Grants and Loans Scheme Office at Aarhus University cannot answer any questions you might have about your SU PhD scholarship. Please contact the PhD Administration if you have any questions.

The SU PhD scholarship lapses

  1. if you receive any other public support than the scholarship indicated in this letter
  2. if you have paid work in addition to the work offered by the Faculty of Arts; cf. a separate letter and the faculty’s guidelines for PhD student’s paid work for departments
  3. if you discontinue your PhD studies
  4. at the end of the month in which you have passed your qualifying exam and thus complete your Master’s degree.

If you make satisfactory progress in your PhD programme and pass your Master’s degree programme (qualifying exam) no later than (or earlier see item 4 above), you will be offered employment as a PhD scholar as of .

Payment gap when shifting from Part to B

Please be aware that when you shift from Part A to Part B, there may be a gap in your payments

  • After Master's Degree and Qualifying Exam: PhD students transition to Part B of the 4+4 scheme. 

  • Payment Gap: Note that the SU PhD scholarship on Part A is paid monthly in advance, while the salary on Part B is paid on the last weekday of the month, potentially causing a payment gap. 

Example 

  • End of Part A: August 31, 2023. 

  • Start of Part B: September 1, 2023. 

  • Last SU Payment: Early August 2023. 

  • First Salary Payment: End of September 2023. 

Duration of part B

  • You will be enrolled for 2 years on part B.  
  • If you obtain your Master’s degree before the month in which your enrolment on part A expires, your SU PhD scholarship expires at the same time as your degree is awarded (at the end of the month). 
  • The remaining time on part A will not be added to part B if the Master's degree is obtained early. The enrolment for part B lasts two years, regardless of the length of part A. 

Questions related to SU PhD scholarship and salary

Questions related to Master SU
Revised 18.06.2025
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Bettina Holmbo Acthon