• Applications (open and specific calls), parental leave, adoption and illness
  PhD administrator Bettina H. Acthon 
  Email: acthon@au.dk
  Tel: +45 87 16 22 58 
   
• PhD courses for enrolled PhD students
  PhD administrator Andreas Mølgaard Laursen
  Email: amla@au.dk
  Tel: +45 87 15 03 17
   
• PhD programme administrators
  Please see the section below

Anthropology, Global Studies and the Study of Religion

Didactics

History, Archaeology and Classical Studies

ICT, Media, Communication and Journalism

Art, Literature and Cultural Studies

Learning and Education

Language, Linguistics, Communication, and Cognition

Theology, History of ideas and Philosophy

Please see this page: https://phd.arts.au.dk/about-us/phd-committee

The head of Department has the personnel responsibility for the PhD student including sickness absence interviews and MUS (staff development dialogue).

Please find your head of department on this page: https://arts.au.dk/en/about-arts/heads-of-department/ 

Employment and salary

• Employment contract
  You can see your contract in MyPhD or contact the relevant PhD programme administrator (see above).
• Salary
  Please contact the relevant PhD programme administrator (see above) or your payroll case manager (http://medarbejdere.au.dk/en/administration/hr/lonadm/finddinegenloenbehandler/)
• Union representative
  Find your union representative on this page: https://medarbejdere.au.dk/en/administration/hr/recruitment-and-employment/find-your-union-representative/ 

Holiday and leave

• Holiday
  Please contact the relevant registrant at the department and the head of your department.
  See this page too: https://medarbejdere.au.dk/en/administration/hr/holiday/ 
• Illness/Sick leave
  Please notify the relevant registrant at the department that you are ill at the start of the working day on the first day of illness. In case of illness lasting more than 14 days, Bettina H. Acthon in the PhD administration must also be notified, as the PhD administration obtains refund from the public sector for employees absent due to illness. 
  See this page too: https://phd.arts.au.dk/rules-and-forms/illness/ 
• Maternity/Paternity leave
  Please contact Bettina H. Acthon in the PhD administration.
  See this page too: https://phd.arts.au.dk/rules-and-forms/parentalleave/

AU credit card (only empolyees)

• Please see this page for further information: https://medarbejdere.au.dk/en/administration/finance/travel-booking-and-expense-reimbursement/creditcards/ 
• You can apply for an AU credit card digitally: https://medarbejdere.au.dk/en/administration/finance/travel-booking/policyfor-credit-card-at-aarhus-university 
  Please note that you must submit the location code of your school/department (not the Graduate School’s code), when you submit the application. Please ask a secretary at the department for the code.

Insurance

• Please see this page for further information: https://medarbejdere.au.dk/en/administration/hr/recruitment-and-employment/insurance/insurance

Your union representative can help you if, for example, you have questions about your employment and the collective agreement.

School of Communication and Culture: Tina Thode Hougaard

School of Culture and Society: Lars Bo Gundersen

Danish School of Education: Bjørg Kjær

Aarhus University has employed the first PhD career consultant, Vibeke Broe, to provide career counselling to PhD students. Vibeke is part of AU Career, and her career counselling service is aimed at PhD Students from all 4 main areas, who are interested in a career outside of the university, or who are interested in knowing more about career options outside the university in order to make an informed choice.  Vibeke offers individual , confidential and independent counselling about career strategy and the job market, how to write effective CVs and Cover letters,  how to unravel your competences, job interview advice and soon also job profile tests.

Vibeke is cand.mag in English and Communication Studies from AAU and University of York, and she has been a PhD student at the Dept. of Linguistics at AU. For 5 years she has worked with counselling of unemployed academics regarding job opportunities as well as offering advice on CV and Cover Letter writing.

If you would like to book an appointment with Vibeke, please send an email to vibr@adm.au.dk or call +45 2942 6029. 

For further information please see: http://phd.au.dk/career/

Arts no longer has a PhD Network is for PhD students enrolled at the Faculty of Arts. The main purpose of the network was to ensure that Arts PhD students were represented in the best way possible, and at all levels of Aarhus University. The aim was also to create a forum for academic discussions and social interaction amongst Arts PhD students.

AUPA
AUPA is Aarhus University’s PhD association.  

AUPA works politically and strategically to improve conditions for PhDs across the five faculties at Aarhus University. 

For further information please see: https://phd.au.dk/for-current-phd-students/aupa/ 

AU has entered an agreement with Dansk Erhvervspsykologi, a health advisory company, to provide psychological counselling for all the University's employees with work-related problems. For further information please see this page: http://medarbejdere.au.dk/en/administration/hr/workingenvironment/psychological-work-environment/psychological-counselling-service/