Rules & regulations
The Faculty PhD rules are based on the 'common rules and guidelines for the PhD programme at the University of Copenhagen'.
The rules cover the different aspects of the PhD study from enrolment to conclusion of the PhD and should be used as a superior guide to the PhD study.
Supplementary Faculty Rules
- SCIENCE Faculty Rules and Guidelines (March 2026)
- 3+5 PhD - Read more about the integrated PhD and MSc programme (3+5) at the Faculty of Science
Other Rules and Regulations
- The Ministerial Order on the PhD Programme, 2025 - Danish English
- Guide to the Ministerial Order on the PhD Programme, 2013 - Danish
- The University Act, 2024 - Danish
- The AC collective agreement - Danish
- Danish Act on Research Misconduct - Danish
- The Practice Committee at UCPH - Rules and guidelines at UCPH on good scientific practice
- The Danish Committee on Research Misconduct
Updates in Faculty Rules and Guidelines
Supplementary rules and guidelines on enrolment at SCIENCE, p. 8, 2.1
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A written opinion from an expert assessment committee must always be enclosed with the application for admission. The assessment committee is appointed by the department with which the PhD student will be affiliated and must be composed of a chairman and at least one other member, both/all with qualifications at the level of associate professor or above. Part of the assessment is to evaluate if a candidate, who holds an MSc degree from abroad, is qualified at the level of a Danish MSc graduate. In certain cases, however, the PhD school may ask the department for an official statement from the Ministry of Higher Education and Science before the application can be handled.
Supplementary rules and guidelines on enrolment at SCIENCE, p. 8, 2.1
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An overall budget for allocation of funding for the PhD project (running costs), PhD courses, change of environment and participation in conferences must be specified in the preliminary PhD plan. The funding is administered by the principal supervisor in dialogue with the PhD student.
Postponement of defence, p. 34, 5.5
- Old text: The defence takes place no earlier than two weeks after the assessment committee’s submission of its preliminary recommendation and no later than three months after the submission of the PhD thesis (see section 20 (2) of the PhD order).
- New text: The defence takes place no earlier than three weeks after the assessment committee’s submission of its preliminary recommendation and no later than three months after the submission of the PhD thesis (see section 20 (2) of the PhD order).
Defence of the PhD thesis, p. 46, section 20 (2)
- Old text: The defence takes place two weeks after the assessment committee's submission of its recommendation, at the earliest, see section 18(1), and within three months of the submission of the PhD thesis, at the latest, see, however, subsection (3) and section 18(1), second sentence.
- New text: The defence takes place three weeks after the assessment committee's submission of its recommendation, at the earliest, see section 18(1), and within three months of the submission of the PhD thesis, at the latest, see, however, subsection (3) and section 18(1), second sentence.