Rules & regulations

Rules and guidelines for the PhD programme

The Faculty PhD rules are based on the 'common rules and guidelines for the PhD programme at the University of Copenhagen'.
T
he 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

Other Rules and Regulations

Updates in Faculty Rules and Guidelines

 

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.