• Each PhD programme has a standing assessment committee made up of five experts within the relevant research area.
• The assessment committees make recommendations concerning the admission of students to the programme and the award of PhD scholarships.
• The committees must cover the spread of disciplines within the research areas of their respective programmes, and more than one gender must be represented.
• Membership of the assessment committees will be changed regularly.
• The PhD programme director will be the chair of the assessment committee for the programme.
• The assessment committee will involve relevant experts in the work of assessment. Interviews may be held.

Proposing members to the standing expert PhD assessment committee

• At the request of the head of graduate school, the relevant programme director will present a proposal for the composition of the assessment committee. The programme director prepares the proposal in consultation with the relevant heads of schools before forwarding it to the graduate school. The committees are appointed by the dean.
• An expert assessment committee is appointed for each of the eight cross-disciplinary PhD degree programmes at the faculty. The standing expert assessment committee evaluates all PhD fellowship/enrolment applications within the respective PhD degree programme.
• The committee must consist of five members, including the chair (= the programme director) and the deputy chair. The members of the committee must be tenured academic staff members at the faculty and at associate professor level or above (assistant professors cannot be appointed to the committee). Principal supervisors may be appointed to the committee.
• The term of office of the standing committee is usually one year with effect from 1 September in the year in question. Both men and women must be represented on all committees. The committee members must reflect the academic field of the PhD degree programme as broadly as possible. The balance between continuity and replacement must be taken into account when setting up the committee. 

• The recommended 4+4 applicant must meet the entrance requirements for enrolment of both a Master's degree programme and the PhD degree programme.
• The entrance requirements for the Master’s degree programme is the same for all students (incl. 4+4 students).
• If the applicant does not fulfil the entrance requirements for the Master’s degree programme, it is not possible to offer enrolment on the 4+4 scheme of the PhD degree programme. 

An example from the Academic Regulations for Master’s Degree Programme in Anthropology (2021): 

1.3 Admission requirements and prerequisites 

The following degree programmes qualify the student for admission to the Master’s degree programme in anthropology

• The Bachelor’s degree programme in anthropology (Aarhus University, University of Copenhagen) 

• A Bachelor’s degree programme in the humanities or social sciences containing at least 45 ECTS credits of anthropology courses (cf. comparable courses on the Bachelor’s degree programme in anthropology at Aarhus University), including at least 10 ECTS credits in qualitative method 

Other qualifications can provide admission to the Master’s degree programme, provided the university assesses that their level, extent and content correspond to the degrees mentioned above. As a minimum, these must contain

• 20 ECTS credits in central anthropological concepts and analysis 

• 10 ECTS credits in an anthropological theme or region 

• 10 ECTS credits in qualitative method 

Besides passing the above requirements, the applicant must also obtain a credit transfer of 60-90 ECTS credits for courses taken at Master's level in order to be offered enrolment on the 4+4 scheme of the PhD degree programme.