Research

Last updated by Annette Enggaard on 2010-01-21

PhD Studies
PhD students are enrolled and employed for either 3 or 4 years in the PhD programme.

To be qualified for assessment when vacant positions for PhD positions are announced, you must possess the following qualifications:
  • A Bachelor Degree and a Master Degree qualifies for assessment for a 3-year PhD enrollment/employment
    (copy of diploma must be included the application)

  • A Bachelor Degree and one year of university studies on Master level qualifies for assessment for a 4-year PhD enrollment/employment
    (copy of diploma must be included the application)

Twice a year the IT University announce a call for new PhD students. Deadline for PhD applications are mid-April and mid-October. Please read call text and guidelines when PhD positions are announced.

All vacant positions at ITU are announced under vacancies.

When the positions are announced you can send in your application. Please read the call, the guidelines and application template carefully.

After deadline for submitting the applications, an assessment committee will assess all applications. You can expect an answer 2-3 months after the deadline for a call if you did sent in an application. 


As a PhD student at ITU, you will be assigned an advisor from one of the faculty groups. You can expect high quality supervision from experienced researchers working in an international environment.

The PhD programme consists of:
  • Three- or four-year enrolment/employment
  • Independent research  
  • Writing of a PhD thesis based on the research
  • Course activities corresponding to 30 ECTS credits
  • Involvement in active research environments both at and outside the IT University
  • Communication activities, including teaching and other forms of knowledge dissemination
  • Thesis defence

 

The IT University is associated with Graduate Schools:
FIRST: Foundations for Innovative Research-based Software Technologies
DaRSIS: Danish Research School in Information Systems
FMKJ: Forskerskolen for Medier, Kommunikation og Journalistik

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