7. Industrial PhD educations lasting more than three years
Industrial PhD projects lasting more than three years can be approved if the project follows a 4+4 or 3+5 scheme, or if the host university is non-Danish and does not conduct PhD educations of less than four years.
At enrolment at a non-Danish university which conducts PhD educations lasting longer than three years, DASTI provides subsidy for the last three years of the education.
The following rules apply for 4+4 or 3+5 schemes:
- As with three-year Industrial PhD projects, a project application is made. The candidate should have completed or be working towards completing the third or fourth year of university studies.
- The Programme Committee will assess the project description and give a conditional approval if the application meets the programme requirements and the candidate has a weighted grade point average of at least 8.2 on the Danish 7-point grading scale at the time of application.
- Under a 4+4 scheme, the candidate is enrolled or employed at the university for the first two years according to the university’s own regulations. Under a 3+5 scheme, the candidate is enrolled or employed for the first three years.
- When two years remain of the entire education, the candidate submits a statement or grade for the examination which is part of the PhD education at the university and which the candidate is taking instead of the traditional thesis or final master’s project. If the examination is graded, the candidate must have earned at least the grade 10. If DASTI, possibly after consulting the Programme Committee, assesses that the candidate lives up to Industrial PhD candidate requirements, the company then hires the candidate on ordinary Industrial PhD terms.
DASTI provides subsidy to the company for the final two years of 4+4 or 3+5 educations. DASTI provides subsidy to the university for the final three years of 4+4 or 3+5 educations.
