Admission requirements

Only applicants with the best educational credentials who can document an aptitude for research through the submission of a convincing and academically sound research proposal, will be considered for the PhD scholarships.

Depending on the Faculty’s available financial resources as well as its supervision capacity, only a limited number of applicants are accepted into the PhD programme.

We encourage all applicants to familiarise themselves with the application requirements outlined both on the website of the PhD School as well as in the individual call. If these requirements are not met, your application will be dismissed.

Basic admission requirements are:

• Applicants must have obtained a degree that corresponds to a Danish Master’s degree or an equivalent qualification (see How to apply).
• Applicants must have obtained a minimum overall grade average of 8.2 or above at the Master’s level in accordance with the Danish grading scale (or equivalent). 
• Applicants for the integrated 3+5 PhD Programme (3+5 Programme) must have obtained a degree that corresponds to the Danish Bachelor of Laws (180 ECTS points) or equivalent qualification.
• Applicants may submit their application before they have completed their Master’s Degree (or, for applicants for the 3+5 Programme, before they have completed their Bachelor’s Degree).  However, they should have submitted the final evaluation for their course before 1 June of the year when the PhD programme is to commence (check the specific PhD call as this date may change). Applicants must include certified documentation of enrolment and grade transcript from the university where the degree is currently being completed. If not included, the application will be rejected. 
• Applicants must document an aptitude for research through the meritorious assessment of their final thesis and if applicable, through research publications, in order to show that they are capable of undertaking the demanding task of writing a PhD thesis.
• Applicants whose native language is not English must document proficiency in English by having completed one of the recognised language tests and obtaining the minimum score or higher (as set out in the section entitled ‘language requirements). Applicants who have obtained a university degree in a country where English is the official language (Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, UK and USA) and applicants holding a Master’s degree from one of the Nordic universities are not required to submit proof of English proficiency. For further information on English language requirements see the section on language requirements.