Rules & regulations

3.2 Supplementary rules and guidelines on the PhD courses at SCIENCE, p. 19

• Old text: All students must complete between 27-35 ECTS
• New text: All students must complete between 28-35 ECTS

5.1 Supplementary rules and guidelines on PhD theses at SCIENCE, p. 28

• Old text: 

Specific requirements

The title page of the thesis must state:

• ‘This thesis has been submitted to the PhD School of The Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen’

or, if in Danish;

• ‘Denne Ph.d.-afhandling er indleveret til Ph.d.-skolen ved Det Natur- og Biovidenskabelige Fakultet, Københavns Universitet’

The red UCPH logo must be included on the cover of the thesis. The layout, font, image use, etc. are agreed between the PhD student and the supervisor.

A PhD thesis should preferably be written in English.

Submission of the PhD thesis
The PhD student must submit the thesis in an electronic version via PhD Planner on or before the date on which the PhD programme ends. The principal supervisor’s supplementary report and declarations from co-authors, if any, must be attached.

The department must acknowledge receipt of the thesis and must see to it that the thesis is available for the public by request 14 days before the defence.

The thesis as submitted is final for assessment for the degree. Any erratum to the thesis has to be negotiated with the Royal Library.

• New text:

Front page requirements

The following requirements regarding the front page are fulfilled:

• • The red UCPH logowith the red line that intersects with the lowest red circle must be included on the front page of the thesis.  
    

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See also UCPH design template.

• • Title of the thesis must be stated on the front page
  • Name of the PhD student must be stated on the front page

  Font, image use, etc. are agreed upon between the PhD student and the supervisor.

   The PhD thesis should preferably be written in English

Submission of the PhD thesis
The PhD student must submit the thesis in an electronic version via PhD Planner on or before the date on which the PhD programme ends. The principal supervisor’s supplementary report and declarations from co-authors, if any, must be attached. The thesis as submitted is final for assessment for the degree. 

2.1 Supplementary rules and guidelines on enrolment at SCIENCE, p. 7-8

The following text has been deleted: 

• The qualifications of applicants who do not hold a two-year master’s degree are assessed on a case-by-case basis by the PhD School.
• The plan must include the PhD student’s ORCID number.

Supplementary rules and guidelines on participation in other research environments (COSE) at SCIENCE, p. 22, 3.4

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COSE C: Participation in the bespoke research commercialization environment change ‘PATHWAYS’ of three months duration, with a seven-week cohort-based element.

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.