To be considered for a PhD, you must meet our requirements for enrolment:
If you are an international applicant you should also consult this page before you apply.
The Graduate School of Health adheres to the national Danish guidelines for international research and innovation. Please find more information here.
Excellent communication skills in English are considered essential, and PhD students must be able to read, write, and speak academic English fluently
Documenting required proficiency in English is mandatory at the time of enrolment. This means, you can apply without documenting required language skills, but you cannot be enrolled without submitting the required documentation.
To ease the processing of your application, you can upload documentation at the time of application.
If you do not have English B level from the Danish upper secondary school or VUC, you must document your English language proficiency by passing one of the tests mentioned below at the levels required. No other tests are accepted
The minimum test score for test results from before 21 January 2026 is 83 with at least 20 in each subscore.
The minimum test score for test results from after 21 January 2026 is 4.5 with at least 4.0 in each subscore.
(If paper-based the minimum test score must be 560 - please note, we only accept paper-based tests taken in 2020 and earlier. From 1 January 2021 tests must be internet-based to be accepted)
Aarhus University does not accept:
Aarhus University accepts the IELTS Academic test, IELTS Academic for UKVI, and IELTS online. The minimum test score required is 6.5 with at least 6 in each subscore.
Aarhus University does not accept IELTS one skill retake.
Aarhus University accepts the following Cambridge English Qualifications tests:
We accept test results that are more than two years old.
Your application should (minimum) consist of:
Please note, all documents should be uploaded as pdf.-files.
All applications have to be submitted through our online form.
When there is an advertisement for a project, you find the link to the application system under the relevant project advertisement on the open call page.
The online form has to be filled out in one session. It cannot be saved and completed on a later date. It will however stay open for filling out as long as the browser window is open.
Please note, all files should be uploaded as pdf.-files.
The application form is in English and should be filled out in English just as all attachments, including your CV, should be in English. There are no requirements in regards to neither font nor type size.
Please choose the educational level on which your PhD admission will be based.
If you expect to obtain a degree before enrolling as a PhD student you must choose the level you obtain. If you do not obtain e.g. a master's degree before enrolling as a PhD student you must choose the previous/current level.
Enter your unweighted grade average calculated and based on your transcripts’ grading scale, BSc and MSc separately.
Please uploade both diplomas and transcript of records. It is mandatory for applicants with non-Danish degrees to upload diplomas and transcript of records both in original language and in an official English translation.
The fields with information about referees are not mandatory fields.
Either leave blank or if you have a recommendation, fill out the field with the name, institution and e-mail of the person giving you the recommendation.
In addition to the mandatory attachments, you can upload other relevant documents in the upload field "Other information to consider".
