12. Other obligations
Business course
Industrial PhD candidates must complete DASTI’s business course, which is approved as an integral part of the combined PhD programme. Business courses commenced after 10 April 2008 comprise 7.5 of the approx. 30 ECTS points required for a Danish PhD education. Candidates will be invited to take the course during the first or second year of their education. Further information on the business course is available at www.industrialphd.dk.
Duty to disclose all material facts
As recipients of subsidy, the company and university must keep their duty to disclose all material facts to DASTI. DASTI must be informed as soon as possible in case of changes in the basis for payment of subsidy. Among other things, this includes:
- supervisor changes,
- leave,
- major disruptions or delays, or
- significant project changes.
It is not possible to objectively define what significant project changes are. However, as a main rule these are changes so significant the project cannot be immediately recognised as the one originally approved.
The project can continue only if and when DASTI, possibly after consulting the Committee, approves the changes.
If the duty to disclose all material facts is not upheld, DASTI may decide to cancel its subsidy and demand repayment of any paid out subsidies.
Academic reporting
As of April 2011 academic reporting to DASTI is no longer required. The Industrial PhD candidate’s achievement of the PhD degree will document that the project has fulfilled the academic requirements of a PhD education.
Knowledge dissemination requirement
All Danish PhD programmes require students to gain experience in disseminating knowledge which, to the extent possible, is directly related to their PhD project, cf. the Executive Order on PhD Programmes, Part 3, § 7.
The company, Industrial PhD candidate and university agree on the extent, type and period of knowledge dissemination. The company and university must ensure that the candidate’s knowledge dissemination proceeds as outlined in the application. If dissemination activities are not carried out, DASTI may demand repayment of subsidies to the university.
