General criteria
On the basis of an overall evaluation of the project and personal qualifications of the applicant, the assessment committee decides whether the applicant can be considered qualified as a PhD student.
The following is taken into account:
a) General qualifications: In general, the applicant must be a graduate, typically a Master of Laws. Considerable weight is placed on the applicant's grade point average (GPA) and independent written work. Applicants must be proficient in Danish, Norwegian, Swedish or English. Applicants whose native language is not English must document proficiency in English by having achieved the set minimum score or higher for one of the recognised language tests (IELTS or TOEFL). Applicants who have obtained a university degree in a country in which English is the official language (Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, UK and USA) and applicants holding a Master of Laws degree from one of the Nordic universities are not required to submit proof of English language proficiency. See ‘language requirements’ for further information.
b) The quality of the research project: This includes both the general research value of the project that the applicant’s application is based on (research related interests and productiveness) and the applicant's planned treatment of the subject (method, choice of material and timetable).
c) The faculty’s supervision capacity: It is a precondition for enrolment that a professor or an associate professor at the Faculty of Law alone, or together with others, can provide advice and that the Faculty is otherwise able to provide research education of sufficient relevance to the subject of the project.