There are two annual ordinary open calls, one in the spring semester and one in the autumn semester. When there is an ordinary open call it is advertised here.
To be enrolled as a PhD student, you must apply for enrolment and have your project approved and financed.
In our ordinary open calls you apply for enrolment and a faculty fellowship. In addition, a number of fully financed integrated PhD fellowships from the Graduate School of Health is offered.
When you apply for admission, you apply for one of our graduate programmes. You can read more about the graduate programmes here.
All PhD applications are evaluated based on the submitted material within the deadline, using the assessment criteria for PhD fellowships.
When all applications have been assessed by the Stipend Committee, you get a reply to your application (see the timeline below). See the types of admission offers.
Before you apply, please consult our application guide to learn about our admission requirements and mandatory elements of the application.
Here are 12 things you need to consider and remember before you apply!
Attachments (should be uploaded only in PDF) – did you remember:
| Call | Application for | Reply | Earliest starting date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30/1-27/2-2025* | Enrolment and fully financed PhD fellowship | End of May | 1/6-2025 |
*dates can be subject to change
| Call | Application for | Reply | Earliest starting date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4/8-4/9-2025* | Enrolment and fully financed PhD fellowship | End of November | 1/12-2025 |
*dates can be subject to change
The Graduate School of Health is now accepting applications for enrolment and fully financed faculty PhD fellowships.
In addition, the Graduate School of Health offers a number of fully financed integrated PhD fellowships.
In order to apply for a 3-year PhD study programme you must have completed a relevant master’s degree. The master’s study must be equivalent to a Danish Master’s degree of 120 ECTS. If you are preparing an application together with a main supervisor, and you want to have your degree assessed, you can submit your diplomas for an assessment via graduateschoolhealth@au.dk
An offer of a fully financed PhD fellowship is valid for six months.
An offer of enrolment is valid for a year (until 1 December 2024)
All applications are evaluated based only on the submitted material.
The application will be evaluated on the following:
The time for research experience after the qualifying exam/graduated master’s degree is taken into consideration.
Applicants considered for a fully financed fellowship is expected to demonstrate that the project incorporates one or more of the below strategic criteria (should be described in the “motivation and competences” form):
Applicants considered for a fully financed fellowship are in addition expected to show commitment to the Faculty and the Graduate School of Health by taking on a task/active role related to the PhD education.
Therefore, your motivation and competences must include a description of how you plan to show commitment to at least one of the below mentioned tasks
Applicants considered for a fully financed PhD fellowship will receive an invitation to an interview on 22 May 2025. Invitations are sent out late April.
The application and all mandatory attachments (in pdf. only), incl. the project description, must be in English.
Please read our application guide carefully before applying: Application guide: ordinary open calls
Please note that the following requirements must be followed strictly:
If the abovementioned points are not strictly followed and all required documents uploaded, the application will be administratively rejected.
After deadline, the PhD administration checks whether applications meet our formal requirements. If your application does not meet our requirements, it will be administratively rejected, and you will receive an answer shortly after deadline. Please note it is not possible to submit any material nor a revised application after the deadline in the case of administrative rejection.
Furthermore, please be aware that we only evaluate one application per applicant per call. So, if you have submitted more than one application, we reserve the right only to evaluate the last application received.
In addition, PhD students who are already enrolled are not eligible for PhD fellowships and applications from enrolled PhD students will not be taken into consideration.
Access the application form by clicking ‘PhD Call February 2025 OR 'PhD mol.med. Call February 2025' at the bottom of this page. The mol.med. call is only for applicants who want to be a part of the molecular medicine PhD programme.
Please choose the graduate programme that reflects the department of employment of your future main supervisor. The administration will relocate your application to the appropriate GP if necessary.
