How to register a new PhD course

Ordinary PhD courses

The courses can be found in the Course Base and are at a high level in fundamental topics and will be offered more than once. 

Procedure for new PhD courses

The PhD committee must approve a new course before it is created in the course base by the author. Although PhD courses are taught in English, a Danish course title must be provided. All other course information may be written in English only with the Danish version referring to the English version of the course base. For further information on course descriptions, please see Regarding course descriptions - DTU Inside.

Please see the quick guide to course base approval flow for further details about the publication of courses in the course base.

PhD specialized courses

PhD specialized courses are offered once and within a limited subject field. A PhD specialized course can be offered to one or more PhD students.

PhD specialized courses in the Project Registration system

Specialized courses should be entered in the Project Registration system. The relevant course type is 'specialkursus, phd'. The Project Registration system can only handle courses of 2.5, 5, 7.5 and 10 credits, respectively. Alternatively, use the ECTS activity form for the PhD specialized course description.
 
Please also notice that MSc and PhD students cannot be accepted in the same course in the Project Registration system. Instead, you will have to register two separate specialized courses.

Evaluation and reporting of results

Like all other courses, a special course must have a course responsible, who also evaluates the student’s work. The PhD student's supervisor may be the course responsible as well as examiner.

Evaluation of the PhD student’s participation in a PhD special course can be done in the form of a report or test. However, in connection with assessment in the form of an oral presentation, an internal or external examiner should be present.

If the PhD specialized course is registered through the Project Registration, results can also be reported in this way. If the PhD specialized course is not registered through the Project Registration, results can be reported in the grade report sheet and emailed to phdcourses@dtu.dk.

Approval of the PhD specialized course

The PhD specialized course must be approved in the PhD plan or half-year report of the PhD student. This is done by uploading the course description together with the PhD plan or half-year report in PhDigital for the approval flow.

Tuition fees

DTU has an agreement with most of the other universities in Denmark that tuition is free for all PhD students. However, the individual department is entitled to charge a fee for study materials, catering and the like. The same applies to students from other EU/EEA countries.
The department is allowed to charge a tuition fee for students from countries outside the EU/EEA region.

Participants who are not students and wish to follow a PhD course must pay a tuition fee. Courses may be offered under the single-course scheme which is administered by DTU Learn for Life. In that case, Learn for Life is responsible for collecting the course fee. If this is not the case, it is up to the department to collect the course fee. Please contact Learn for Life for advice on setting the course fee.