Apply for an extension due to long-term illness

All PhD students have to apply for an extension due to long-term illness in PhD Planner.

What to do?

Things you need to do before you start your application:

• If you are an industrial PhD students you must enclose a pre-approval from Innovation Fund Denmark. The pre-approval must be uploaded to the PhD Planner when you start your application.

Start your application:

• Log in to PhD Planner with your UCPH user account and password
• Click on the tab "Applications" and again on "Add application"
• Select "Extension long term/part-time illness" in the drop-down menu, provide the required information and submit - (Please submit separate forms for each period of illness). 

What happens next?

• When you have submitted the form, your principal supervisor will receive an email requesting him or her to log in to PhD Planner to approve the extension due to long-term illness
• When your supervisor has reviewed the application in PhD Planner, you will receive an email to let you know that it has been sent to the Graduate School for further processing
• When the Graduate School has handled your application, you will receive an email regarding this