Please see the deadlines on this page.

Information for potential PhD students about the PhD degree programme and general student life.

2022:

• Arts, Literature and Culture Studies
  Information meeting for applicants to the Arts, Literature and Culture Studies programme on Thursday 16 June 2022 at 14:00 ECST.

  Join the meeting online at https://aarhusuniversity.zoom.us/j/63306931914

  The meeting is relevant for applicants to both 5+3 and 4+4 scholarships. PhD programme director Stefan Iversen will conduct the meeting in English.

If your application is missing one or more of the mandatory attachments your application will be rejected without assessment.

Please see this page for the full list of the mandatory attachments.  
 

The documents below are some of the attachments applicants often forget:

• BA and MA diploma
  Please note that you must upload both your BA and MA diplomas (5+3) or BA diploma and transcript of records of one year of Master’s degree studies (4+4) otherwise we cannot assess your academic level. The diploma/transcript of records must contain: name of education, duration, courses, marks and ECTS credits (if ECTS credits are given).
  
  Please see the guideline for further information.
  
  
• English language requirements
  The documentation must be one of the approved documents. Do not upload BA or MA diplomas from other countries than the approved countries as proof of English skills.
  
  Please see this page for the full list.
  
  
• Timetable (schedule/time plan)
  The form for the timetable is a mandatory part of the project description.
  
  Your must fill out a separate form and upload the form in the same PDF file as the project description with the project description first then timetable and list of project literature.
  
  You can find the form for the timetable and other forms on this page.

The documentation of your language requirements (test results) cannot be added to your application after the application deadline.

We do not grant exemptions from the language requirements.

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Applicants with a Danish degree similar to the Danish upper secondary school ('gymnasium') must get their qualifications assessed if the diploma does not state that English was taught on B level. Please see this page: Individuel Kompetencevurdering (IKV)

If you want to apply for a PhD scholarship (4+4) or a PhD fellowship (5+3) you can get your non-Danish qualifications assessed by the Danish Agency for Science and Higher Education.

Please see this page for further information: https://ufm.dk/en/education/recognition-and-transparency/get-assessment

• General assessments of degrees from specific countries, see this page.
  
• Get your qualifications assessed, see this page.
  The assessment itself free of charge. This excludes any other expenses such as for translation of documents.

 
Example

England, Wales and Northern Ireland

• Bachelor’s degree in English Literature (3 years): 120 British credits per year = 360 British credits in total.
• Master’s degree in English Literature (1 year): 180 British credits.

Although the total sum is 540 British credits you cannot apply for the 3-year PhD fellowship (5+3 scheme) event though we write the following about the 5+3 scheme:
To begin a 3-year fellowship you must have passed a qualifying examination that corresponds to 300 ECTS credits (e.g. a Bachelor’s degree allocated 180 ECTS credits and a Master’s degree allocated 120 ECTS credits). 

The British credits are not equivalent to ECTS credits. This means that you cannot compare the two types of credits.

Here you can see the Danish Agency for Higher Education's standards for assessing higher education qualifications from England, Wales and Northern Ireland:

A 1-year Master’s degree from England is only equivalent to one year of studies at Master’s level in Denmark which corresponds to 60-90 ECTS credits depending on the courses. This means that you may apply for the 4-year PhD scholarship (4+4 scheme) but not the 3-year PhD fellowship (5+3 scheme).

If you have not yet submitted your Master’s thesis for assessment you must upload a list of the courses you have passed and any examinations you are signed up. Your Master’s degree programme must be completed no later than the day before the PhD enrolment starts.

India

• Bachelor’of Arts (3 year)
• Master of Arts (2 years)

Here you can see the Danish Agency for Higher Education's standards for assessing higher education qualifications from India:

This means that you may apply for the 4-year PhD scholarship (4+4 scheme) but not the 3-year PhD fellowship (5+3 scheme).  

This section contains information about:

• Danish Master's degree or equivalent non-Danish Master's degree (still enrolled)
  • 60-90 ECTS credits after application deadline
  • 90 ECTS credits at the time of application
• Master's degree (passed og will be passed before PhD enrolment)
  • Danish Master's degree
  • Non-Danish Master's degree (equivalent to a Danish Master's degree)
  • Non-Danish Master's degree (NOT equivalent to a Danish Master's degree)

Danish Master's degree or equivalent non-Danish Master's degree (still enrolled)

• 60-90 ECTS credits after application deadline:
  You can apply for a 4+4 scholarship if you have already acquired 60 ECTS credits or will have acquired 60 to 90 ECTS credits in a Master’s degree examination after the deadline for application.
  
  
• 90 ECTS credits at the time of application:
  If you have already earned 90 ECTS credits at the time of application you cannot apply for a 4+4 scholarship. You can apply for a 5+3 fellowship as long as the Master’s degree programme is completed no later than the day before the PhD enrolment starts.

Master's degree (passed)

• Danish Master's degree
  If you have a Danish Master's degree (120 ECTS credits) you can apply for the 5+3 fellowship (NOT the 4+4 scholarship).
  
  
• Non-Danish Master's degree - equivalent to a Danish Master's degree:
  If you have a Master's degree and it is equivalent to a Danish Master's degree you can apply for the 5+3 fellowship (NOT the 4+4 scholarship).
  
  
• Non-Danish Master's degree - NOT equivalent to a Danish Master's degree:
  If you have a Master's degree and it is only equivalent one year at Master's level in Denmark you can apply for the 4+4 scholarship (NOT the 5+3 fellowship).
  
  Because your Master's degree is not equivalent to a Danish Master's degree you will be contacted by the Study Centre Arts (if you get one of the PhD scholarships). They will find a new Master's degree programme at Arts for you and make a credit transfer for the courses previously completed as part of your degree programme at Master’s level. On this page you can see all the Master's degree programmes at Aarhus University (choose "Faculty" - "Arts" to see the programmes at Arts): https://kandidat.au.dk/en/ 
  
  This means that you will be both a Master’s degree student and a PhD student during part A of the PhD degree programme (4+4).

Not yet passed but will be passed before PhD enrolment

If you have not yet submitted your Master’s thesis for assessment you must upload a list of the courses you have passed and any examinations you are signed up (inkl. the deadline for your Master's thesis). Your Master’s degree programme must be completed no later than the day before the PhD enrolment starts.

Further information:

For further information about the PhD degree structure at Arts please see this page.

PhD scholarships/fellowships where you apply with your own project

The graduate schools own open PhD scholarships (4+4)/fellowships (5+3)
When applying for the open call you apply for both enrolment and a PhD scholarships (4+4)/fellowships (5+3).
 

Coventry University (CU) and Aarhus University (AU)

• Coventry University (CU) and Aarhus University (AU) are inviting applications from suitably-qualified British and international candidates for a fully funded PhD studentship which will start in September 2022.  
  Application deadline: 15 May 2022
  Call incl. link for the application form: English version
  All applicants are requested to contact Dr Que Anh Dang (queanh.dang@coventry.ac.uk) or Associate Professor Søren Bengtsen (ssbe@edu.au.dk) with their draft proposal before submitting an application.
  If you have any questions about the PhD studentship please contact Dr Que Anh Dang (queanh.dang@coventry.ac.uk)

Open call, March 2022 (4+4 and 5+3)

• Application deadline:  15 March 2022 at 23.59 Danish time (CET/CEST) 
  Call incl. link to the application facility:  English version - Danish version
  Application guideline and forms

PhD scholarships where the topic for the project is written in the call

When applying for a specific call you apply for both enrolment and PhD scholarship (4+4)/fellowship (5+3).

The application must be written in the language mentioned in the call you apply for (see the section "Application").
 

Hunting Life: Explorations of Biosociality in Greenland (4+4 or 5+3)

2022-2

• Application deadline:  15 March 2022 at 23.59 Danish time (CET/CEST) 
  Call incl. link to the application facility:  English version - Danish version
  Application guideline and forms

Computing Antiquity: Computational Research in Ancient Text Corpora (4+4 or 5+3)

2022-3

• Application deadline:  15 March 2022 at 23.59 Danish time (CET/CEST) 
  Call incl. link to the application facility:  English version - Danish version
  Application guideline and forms

Young people’s writing competencies and metalinguistic knowledge in the context of first language education (5+3)

2022-4

• Application deadline:  15 March 2022 at 23.59 Danish time (CET/CEST) 
  Call incl. link to the application facility:  English version - Danish version
  Application guideline and forms

PhD fellowships/scholarship from a company, foundation, museum etc.
 

There are no calls at the moment!

How to apply

1. Apply for funding
   Apply for the funding for the PhD fellowship/scholarship from the external source.
    
2. Letter of funding
   When you have received the detailed letter of funding you can apply for enrolment.
   Please see the costs of enrolment on this page.
    
3. Apply for enrolment
   Once you have the full funding for the enrolment you can apply for enrolment. Please contact the programmes PhD administrator for the ad hoc link to the application facility.
   
   You cannot use the application form from the links in the open/specific calls. You have to apply for enrolment on a different form using the ad hoc link sent to you directly by the PhD administrator when you want to apply for enrolment only.

• Assessment procedure
• Assessment committees