Applicants will be assessed by an assessment committee consisting of at least three members:

• the PhD programme director,
• an expert member of the standing assessment committee, and
• the author of the call proposal.

The appointment of the members from the standing assessment committee must be agreed with the PhD programme director before the below form is sent to the PhD administration.    

Please find the graduate school’s standing assessment committee here.

The assessment of the applications for the specific calls follows the same timetable as the applications for the open call. The applicants will receive a reply to their application at the end of November (October deadline) or at the end of May (March deadline).

Please fill out the form Calls for PhD proposals (specific calls) and send it to Bettina H. Acthon (acthon@au.dk) at the PhD administration:

• Danish version 
• English version

Please be aware that the most important part of a PhD applicant’s application is his or her own project description. The project description must explain the research the applicant propose to conduct within the larger project. This is why the applicants must always write their own project description and not just refer to the overall project.

Non-Danish candidates
When you choose an enrolment start date please be aware of the time between the offer is sent to the applicant and the expected enrolment start if the applicant comes from abroad. The offer is sent no later than a month before the enrolment start but the actual enrolment start date depends on how long it takes to process the residence and work permit for non-Danish candidates. They are not allowed to start until the permits are in place.

* Summer holiday
We recommend postponing the enrolment start until September due to the summer holiday.
If there is a good reason for the PhD student to start during the summer (July/August) please make sure that there are people present at the department so that the PhD student is not left alone for 1-2 months after enrolment start.

** 4+4 students starting on 1 February
The selected candidate’s enrolment start must be postponed by a month if he/she is offered 1½ years on part A of the 4+4 scheme due to the number of ECTS credits obtained on the Master's degree programme before PhD enrolment start. To ensure submission and assessment of the Master’s thesis before the transition to part B, Arts Studies requires the start date to be 1 March instead of 1 February. This does not affect 4+4 candidates who will be enrolled on part A for 2 years or 4+4 students with another enrolment start date.

All applicants for both the open calls and the specific calls must follow the admission requirements stipulated on the Graduate School’s website when the advertisement of the call and the reception of applications lies at the Graduate School, Arts. Please see "How to apply" and "English language requirements".

Project description
Applicants for specific calls must upload a project description explaining the research project they propose to conduct within the larger project when applying for a specific calls. The applicants must write their own project description - they cannot just refer to the larger project. 

Please see a list of the international MoU’s and collaborative agreements at Arts here.