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Pursue a PhD at DTU
Every year, DTU enrols more than 400 new PhD students in its
research degree programmes within science and technology.
Each PhD student follows an individual programme designed
to provide insight and skill in conducting a scientific project
according to the highest international standards—including
course participation, presentation of research results, teaching,
paper writing, and contribution to national and international
research collaborations.
Career opportunities
A PhD degree from DTU opens the door to a wide variety of
attractive career opportunities. When doing a PhD, you will
learn to understand complex research problems and to solve
research challenges. These skills are not just required in your
academic work, but also to a great extent in industrial R&D
laboratories and start-up companies. PhDs are usually hired
for positions such as analysts and consultants because of their
superior analytical capabilities.
Admission
To be admitted as a PhD student at DTU, applicants must
present evidence of having completed an academically rigorous
master’s degree programme with honours. Academic approval
is granted by the relevant PhD committee which is responsible
for assessing the applicant’s qualifications in relation to the
proposed project.
You can do either a regular PhD or an industrial PhD at DTU.
Learn more about your options on
! dtu.dk/phd_uk
The PhD programme consists of
• an independent scientific project
• a study programme corresponding
to 30 ECTS
• teaching and dissemination activities
corresponding to approx. 3 months
• an external research stay
• a PhD thesis
• a public thesis defence
Watch videos
dtu.dk/phds