Funding and tuition fee

There are different ways to finance the PhD programme. Usually, one of the below options are used or a combination of them:

• Employment as a PhD fellow at the faculty
• Employment at a hospital, institution or a company in Denmark or abroad  (if the PhD project is carried out primarily abroad, the PhD student must have a monthly amount corresponding to at least two monthly SU grant portions while staying in Denmark)
• Funding from Innovation Fund Denmark (Industrial PhD)
• Employment at a business-oriented institution (typically university colleges)
• Scholarship from the home country. Read more about enrolment with foreign cost-of-living scholarship.
• Self-financed PhD student
  (the PhD student must have a monthly amount corresponding to at least two monthly SU grant portions)

If you have questions regarding your employment, contact your employer for more information.

Tuition fee

All PhD students pay a tuition fee. The fee is 50,000 DKK per year, i.e. 150,000 DKK for three years and is not postponed during any absence from the three-year PhD programme such as maternity/paternity leave, other leaves of absence or long-term illness.

The first rate is paid at enrolment, the second rate is paid in the first quarter of the calendar year following enrolment, and the third rate is paid in the first quarter of the second calendar year following enrolment.

Tuition fee for all three years must be guaranteed when applying for enrolment.

The tuition fee covers:

• Free access to all PhD courses offered by the Graduate School, and scientific PhD courses offered by other graduate schools in Denmark and by member faculties in NorDoc.
• Reimbursement of course fee for up to two external courses.
• Statistical support.
• Networking activities such as writing retreat, summer schools etc., in their graduate programme designated to their research area.
• Financial support for the change of research environment (up to 45.000 DKK).
• Up to eight individual coaching sessions that can help them with issues such as scientific writing, motivation, handling stress, collaboration issues etc.
• PhD coordinators and PhD counsellors who support the PhD students if life gets difficult.
• For the defense of their thesis: Travel cost for external assessors, dinner for the assessment committee etc.
• Support from the Graduate school regarding matters such as leave of absence, change of supervisors, change of project, credit transfer of previous research or courses.

Project-related expenses

Any operational and project-related expenses must be included in the budget plan. Project-related expenses could include congress participation, biostatistical assistance, PC, scientific literature, office space, access to laboratory facilities, etc.

Funding opportunities

Below you can find a list of suggestions for how to finance your PhD.

Please be aware that many of the funding possibilities have a deadline for when you must start the PhD enrolment and start using the grant/subsidy/funding.