Enrolment in the 4+4 PhD programme
When you are enrolled in the 4+4 PhD programme, you have passed at least 60 ECTS of your master's degree and you will continue to be enrolled in your master's degree for the first two years of your PhD programme. Once you have passed the qualifying exam, you will transfer to employment as an employed PhD student.
Salary
Work tasks
4+4 PhD Students must, according to an agreement between the Ministry of Finance and AC, perform tasks related to their research education equivalent to 840 hours throughout the entire 4+4 PhD program. The hours are distributed as 280 hours during the first 2 years of the PhD education and 560 hours during the paid PhD fellowship (the last 2 years). The 280 hours of paid work is an offer, and we ask you to notify the Personnel Office within 7 days if you do not accept this offer. The 560 hours during the paid fellowship are mandatory, but a reduction in working hours can be granted upon justified application, with a corresponding reduction in salary. The salary for work under the SU PhD fellowship is distributed equally over the 3rd and 4th semesters and is paid monthly in arrears.
The faculty PhD committee recommends that all new PhD students take the course "PhD course for new teachers at SDU" as preparation for the teaching you will be doing for the department.