Support for students with psychological disorders, dyslexia, dyscalculia, physical disabilities, long-term ailments or the like.

If you are a PhD student at the Faculty of Arts and have documented dyslexia, dyscalculia or a psychological or neurological diagnosis, such as ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, or a personality disorder, you may be eligible for special educational support through Aarhus University’s Counselling and Support Centre.

The aim of special educational support is to help you with the elements of your PhD study that are affected due to your condition. Therefore, the assistance is adapted and planned based on your individual needs. It may consist of either one-on-one guidance from a study mentor or academic support tutor or group sessions with other students.

You can for example receive assistance with:

• Organisation, structure and time management
• Navigating social interactions with fellow PhD students and within the research environment
• Academic guidance and study techniques
• Special educational assistance on dyslexia

If you are located outside Aarhus, assistance can be provided online. Additionally, support can be in either Danish or English.

Required documentation

To qualify for special educational support, you must provide documentation from a doctor, hospital, treatment facility, or other relevant authority. This must include your name, CPR number, and a diagnosed condition, long-term illness, or disability, such as a medical certificate or a dyslexia assessment.

How to apply for special educational support

If you wish to apply for special educational support, please contact the Team Leader of the PhD Administration at Arts, Anna Louise Dolan Plaskett, who must initiate the contact to the Counselling and Support Centre on your behalf.

You will then be invited to an assessment meeting at the Counselling and Support Centre to determine if a special educational support programme can be accommodated and to identify the type of support best suited for your needs.

Please note that documentation of your diagnosis, long-term condition, or disability must be brought with you to the assessment meeting with the Counselling and Support Centre.

If you are granted support

If a support programme is deemed relevant, a special educational support counsellor will be assigned to you, and the programme will start. The frequency and format of meetings will be agreed upon between you and your counsellor. The duration of the programme, however, is determined based on an individual, concrete assessment.

Special Educational Support

For more details about special educational support, please visit the Counselling and Support unit’s website.

The AU Counselling and Support Centre

Learn more about the AU Counselling and Support Centre at their website (in Danish only).

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The collective agreement for state-employed academics

• Circular no. 9333 of 11 April 2025 on the collective agreement for state-employed academics incl. appendices: Danish version

Appendices: 

• Appendix 5, protocol for PhD fellows; 
• Appendix 5a, agreement on PhD fellows enrolled at foreign institutions during the entire PhD degree programme; and 
• Appendix 5c, agreement on remuneration for PhD students for work performed in connection with the PhD degree programme.

The appendices have not been translated since 2015: English translation (2015 agreement).

• PhD students' paid work at the department (840 hours total): English version - Danish version
• Agreement on working hours at the Faculty of Arts, 2023-2025 (applicable for PhD student): English version - Danish version
• Appendix 5 Entry on PhD fellows: English version (2015 - awaits new translation) - Danish version (2021)

New employees

• New appointment of employees at Aarhus University: English version - Danish version
• Calculating seniority: English version

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Ministerial orders in Danish

• Bekendtgørelse af lov om statens uddannelsesstøtte (SU-loven)
  • Lov om ændring af SU-loven og lov om statens voksenuddannelsesstøtte
• Bekendtgørelse om SU-ph.d.-stipendium
  • Bekendtgørelse om ændring af bekendtgørelse om SU-ph.d.-stipendium

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Danish research institutions and companies are an attractive target for espionage, and it has been confirmed that intelligence services in a number of countries have identified Danish research as a priority target.because Denmark is a world leader in a number of fields. The complexity of situation is compounded by the fact that universities and researchers in these countries are among the most attractive potential collaborators for Danish research. The committee on guidelines for international research and innovation collaboration (URIS) has set out guidelines for Danish research institutions, including Aarhus University, that are intended to protect our research and research findings. 

For further information please see:

• Security in international research and innovation collaboration (URIS guidelines). Danish website - English website
• Background screening: Danish website - English website
• Background screening on visiting scholars from high-risk countries: English website

• The whistleblower scheme at Aarhus University is intended to make it easier to report suspicions or knowledge of unlawful activities, serious incidents of bullying and harassment or other serious offences without the risk of reprisals.
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On this page https://studerende.au.dk/en/gai you can read how you should approach generative artificial intelligence (GAI) in connection with your academic work at Aarhus University.

Please be aware that when it comes to GAI there are things you have to do, things you are not allowed to do, and things you should do. It's important that you familiarise yourself with the rules - and with the tips and good advice on how to use GAI.

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• Prior to submission of your PhD dissertation, you must contact the PhD Administration well in advance of submission of the PhD dissertation in question in order to get a link for the electronic application form. Guidelines for electronic application.
• If you are not/have not been enrolled at Aarhus University, but wish to have your PhD dissertation assessed (according to The Ministerial Order and Ministerial Order on Amendment to Ministerial Order (PhD Order), § 15, 2), the costs are DKK 45.000,- in all. 
• The costs for constituting the assessment committee and assessing the dissertation amounts to DKK 30.000,-. The costs for conducting the PhD defence amounts to DKK 15.000,-. 
• The PhD dissertation must be submitted electronically. 
• The dissertation must be uploaded as one coherent PDF file. Please remember to provide each page with a page number.  
• Enclosures: Please find the forms for the enclosures below
  • ​​​​​​Submission of PhD dissertation without prior enrolment: Danish version - English version
  • Outline of qualifications: Danish version - English version
  • Co-author: Danish version - English versio 
• Application: Please fill out the application form and upload the necessary documents incl. the form Submission of PhD dissertation without prior enrolment as a PhD student to your electronic application.  Note that the title of the dissertation must be stated in both Danish and English in the form. 
• Summary of the dissertation: Please upload a summary of the dissertation in both Danish and English to your electronic application. 
• Account of research results/Qualifications: Please upload an outline of qualifications which are equivalent to the completion of a PhD degree programme (courses, teaching, other communication of research as well as stays in other research environments) to your electronic application. 
• Co-writing: In the case of co-writing, please upload a declaration on co-writing or a declaration on projects that have been made in cooperation with other partners.