Funding - General information

To be enrolled as a PhD student at the Graduate School of Arts you must first and foremost establish the financing of your PhD project.

The funding can come from various funding providers

Faculty of Arts

Fully funded faculty finaced PhD scholarship/fellowship.
The grants include a scholarship/salary as well as educational costs (40,000 DKK for travels, programme fee/tuition and overhead).
- The grants do not cover travel/moving expenses or costs in connection with applying for residence and work permit.

External funding

Fully funded PhD scholarships/fellowships from a private company, foundation, museum, public research programmes etc.
An Industrial PhD scholarship provided by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation.

Co-funding

PhD scholarships/fellowships funded by more than one provider. This could be a collaboration between the Faculty of Arts and your current employer (museum, company etc.) or by two external partners.

Self-payment

Open call - fully funded scholarships/fellowships from the Faculty of Arts. You apply via a call for both enrolment and employment, see this page.
Specific call - fully funded scholarships/fellowships with full external funding or with partial external funding and co-funding form the Faculty of Arts. You apply via a call for both enrolment and employment, see this page.
Ad hoc application - you apply with funding you have already received or if you want to pay for the enrolment yourself. You apply for enrolment only via a direct link from the PhD administrator. Please see the costs on this page.

Revised 27.01.2025