Graduate School of Health

Aarhus University Seal
You are here: For applicants Apply for predefined PhD projects Assessment of your application

Assessment of your application - predefined PhD projects

After application deadline, applications will be sent to assessment by the programme chair and project owner/main supervisor.

The main supervisor will look at your qualifications and whether they match the project. He/she can choose to hold interviews. 

If the project owner finds a candiate, he/she would like to offer the position, the programme chair needs to approve the candiate for enrolment.

If approved, you will recieve an offer of enrolment. Applicants not considered the best match for the project, will recieve a rejection to their application. 

Offer of enrolment

If you receive an offer of enrolment, you cannot accept the offer and be enrolled before you can provide us with the following mandatory documents: 

  • Financial statement: A financial statement for the entire programme is a condition for enrolment and needs to be submitted when an an offer of enrolment is accepted.
     
  • Project description: The project description (5 standard pages) must be completed in collaboration between you and your main supervisor. The final project description needs to be approved by the head of the graduate programme before the enrolment can begin. The project description is approved by signing the project confirmation form. Approval of the project description takes place according to the same guidelines as those which apply to project descriptions for applications in the open calls.
     
  • Intial PhD plan: The initial PhD plan must be filled in be approved by your main supervisor and the head of the graduate programme. The plan describes the your (and your main supervisor's) considerations on how to complete the mandatory study elements of the PhD.
     
  • English language skills: If documentation for required proficiency in English was not uploaded at the time of application, the candidate must submit the documenation at the time you accept the offer of enrolment to be enrolled. Please see how to document required proficiency in English.

All the above documents must be submitted when you accept your offer of enrolment. 

To be considered for a PhD, you must meet our requirements for enrolment:

  • Access to the graduate school’s PhD programme requires a Danish Master’s degree (“kandidatgrad”) of 120 ECTS credits or a similar relevant five-year degree programme.  Your educational level will be assessed to determine whether it complies with entry requirements. If you hold a degree other than a Danish Master’s degree, you can get your degree assessed by the Danish Agency for Science and Higher Education before you apply
  • You must be able to read, write, and speak academic English fluently. English language requirement is comparable to a minimum of TOEFL 83 or IELTS 6,5 (We accept test results that are more than two years old)

Remember to see the application guide before you apply.

Revised 17.06.2026
-
Lene Krarup Monrad