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 (December 2023)
- 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, 2013 - English Danish
- The University Act, 2019 - 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 Committees on Scientific Dishonesty (DCSD)
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.