THE FACULTY OF SCIENCE,
UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN
The PhD School of SCIENCE
1A. Application for admission (potential PhD student)
(Only for PhD programmes not announced on the KU Jobbank)
1. General information about the applicant
First name(-s):
Surname(-s):
Age (years.):
CPR No. (Civ. Reg. No.):
If not applicable, then date of birth:
Please mark with an X
Citizenship:
Female
Male
Private address:
E-mail (private):
E-mail (work):
Telephone (private):
Telephone (work):
2. PhD project and period of enrolment
Title of project (working title):
Expected start date
(dd/mm/yyyy)
Completion date
(dd/mm/yyyy)
3. The proposed Department / place of employment of the applicant
Department at SCIENCE
Place of employment
(if different from department)
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4. What are you applying for?
(Appendix A+B)
Applicants with a Master’s degree (5+3 Scheme)
Applicants without a Master’s degree or with partial credits from a Master’s programme (4+4 scheme).
Approval for admission to the Master’s programme at SCIENCE, University of Copenhagen is attached in
appendix A
Industrial PhD (Approval from the Danish Agency for Science Technology and Innovation is attached in
appendix B
5. Bachelor (Appendix C+D)
Copy of diploma attached (appendix C)
Transcripts attached (appendix D)
Discipline:
University:
Country:
Title of applicant (e.g. BSc in xx):
6. Master (Appendix E+F)
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Copy of diploma attached (appendix E)
Transcripts attached (appendix F)
Discipline:
University:
Country:
Title of master’s thesis:
Date or (expected) date of graduation (dd/mm/yyyy):
Degree (e.g. MSc in xx):
7. Periods of study (minus leave of absence, maternity leave, etc.)
Bachelor (Active years/months of study):
(Appendix G)
Master (Active years/months of study):
Total (Active years/months of study):
Average grade: Weighted average based on ECTS credits – see instructions in section G.
Bachelor:
Master (excl. thesis):
Master thesis:
Non-Danish examination:
Information attached regarding the grading scale used and the grade point average in appendix G.
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8. Curriculum Vitae
(Appendix H)
Attach a CV with information relevant to the assessment of the application (appendix H).
Additional documents (appendix H)
List of publications attached
Other documentation attached (e.g. educational visits, work experience)
9. English language qualifications (Appendix I)
Please attach relevant documents in appendix I
An applicant for whom English is a secondary language must document that he/she is able to speak and write English at
the level required by the Faculty of Science. This is done by passing an IELTS-test or TOEFL-test before submitting
the application for admission. These tests are not required from:
a) Applicants from countries where English is the official language
b) Applicants from EU countries
c) Applicants able to document that English was the language of instruction during their BSc and MSc education.
IELTS-test (British Council) with a minimum score of 6.0 is attached
Paper-based TOEFL-test with a minimum score of 560 points is attached
Internet-based TOEFL-test with a minimum score of 83 points is attached
Other English language skills or valid reasons for not taking one of the tests (Please elaborate in appendix K).
10. Reference persons (Appendix J)
Contact details of 2-3 persons the evaluation committee may contact (appendix K)
(Name, position, address, phone, e-mail)
11. PhD plan (Appendix K)
The PhD plan is a project management tool for your PhD study period. The plan is dynamic and should be
continuously updated. A preliminary PhD plan must be handed in along with the application for admission to the PhD
School. The final PhD plan must be submitted to the PhD School no later than 2 months after admission
Read more and find the form here: http://www.science.ku.dk/english/research/phd/student/forms/
Preliminary PhD plan attached in appendix K when applying for enrolment.
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12. Applicant's signature
I hereby confirm that the information in this application is correct
Applicant: _________________________________________________________________ Date:________________
Signature
(dd/mm/yyyy)
I. Please read this before filling in the application form
Applying for admission
If you apply for a scholarship for an advertised project, please fill in no.1-12 in the application form.
Credit transfer
A full time PhD study at the Faculty of Science lasts 3 years for the 5+3 scheme.
It is possible to apply for a credit transfer of study elements. Elements obtained after the Master’s degree can
reduce the length of the PhD study and reduce the scholarship proportionally.
International degrees
If you hold an international bachelor and/or master’s degree, please include information from your university
regarding the grading scale used and the grade point average
Instructions regarding weighted grade average for Master’s study
Regarding appendix G:
If your University calculates an official grade average, enter this. If not, calculate a weighted grade
average for your graded courses. Omit from these calculations any of your completed courses
which did not result in a grade.
1) Multiply the grade for courses with the ECTS-points for courses, using grade A= 12; B= 10;
C= 7; D= 4; E= 2. Do this for all graded courses, and add the numbers.
2) Sum the ECTS-points of the same courses
3) Divide the sum derived under 1) with the sum derived under, 2). Enter this average in the
form.
Certificates
Please note that all copies of certificates and diplomas should be originals or certified by two witnesses with
no obvious family ties or other obvious disqualifying connections to you. Please scan the signed documents.
Preliminary PhD plan
You and your principal supervisor must submit a preliminary PhD plan when applying for admission to the
PhD School. All parts of the preliminary PhD plan should be filled in with your expected activities during
your 3 year PhD study.
More information
Please see the PhD School website: http://www.science.ku.dk/english/research/phd/
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II. Instructions
This form must be at the front of the application.
If included, place the cover letter with a list of appendixes after the last page of the application form.
Appendixes (must be included unless other is indicated below):
A
B
Approval for admission to the Master’s programme at the Faculty of SCIENCE,
University of Copenhagen (only 4+4 applicants).
Documentation that an Industrial PhD grant has been awarded by the Danish Agency for Science
Technology and Innovation (only applicants with industrial PhD grant)
C
Bachelor diploma.
D
Certified Bachelor study grades (transcripts).
E
Master’s diploma
(not applicable with 4+4 applicants)
F
Certified Master’s study grades (transcripts).
G
H
I
J
K
L
Original marking scale – if different form the current Danish 7-scale
Please refer to instruction above.
Curriculum vitae of applicant
Publication list (where applicable)
Documentation of English language qualifications
(only international students)
Reference persons
(if applying for an advertised project)
Preliminary PhD plan
(You will have to submit a preliminary PhD plan after being approved / accepted by the department,
i.e. when you apply for enrolment at the PhD School).
Other relevant enclosures.
WHERE TO SEND THE FORM
Application for enrolment:
When completed, the form with signatures must be forwarded by e-mail, preferably in PDF format, to the
relevant department’s PhD secretary, who on your behalf will forward it to the PhD School
([email protected]).
To find your department’s PhD secretary, please see:
http://www.science.ku.dk/english/research/phd/student/contact/
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