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      Welcome to Introduction to the PhD Study (TECH/ENG) - E 2025

      Please observe that this course is ...
General PhD Skills (2025)
Introduction:

Welcome to Introduction to the PhD Study (TECH/ENG) - E 2025

Please observe that this course is for PhD students within the Faculty of Engineering and Science and The Technical Faculty of IT and Design. We offer a similar course for PhD students within the Faculty of Medicine “Introduction to the PhD Study (Medicine)”

Description: 

Objective: Give the PhD student a basic understanding of how the PhD education at Aalborg University is structured as well as the formal requirements related hereto. - Support the PhD student in developing his/her study plan.

Course structure: 1 day with lectures and a course work, followed up by completing the PhD student’s individual study plan in cooperation with his/her supervisors and research environment

Course blocks and topics:

    1. The Legislation - the rights and duties of a PhD student. For this session the students have to read the Ministerial order for PhD education (https://ufm.dk/en/legislation/prevailing laws-and-regulations/education/files/engelsk-ph-d-bekendtgorelse.pdf)
    2. The study plan
    3. Student-supervisor relation
    4. PhD Consulting service 
    5. My life as a PhD student
    6. Career planning
    7. The administrative organization of the doctoral schools
    8. PAU
    9. Ph.d. Help

At the time you attend this course, your study plan should be in progress. Bring a printed or electronic copy of the study plan as it is at the time of the course.

Preparation:

Schedule:

Time

Topic

Lecturer

8:30–9:15

Legislation – the rights and duties of a PhD student

Kursusholder

9:15–9:30

The administrative organization of the doctoral schools

Kristian Østergaard Sørensen (Ph.d. kontor)

9:30–9:40

Break

9:40–9:55

Ph.d. Help

Pia Bøgelund

9:55–10:15

My life as a PhD student

(kursusholder finder stud)

10:15–10:55

The study plan

Kursusholder

10:55–11:05

Break

11:05–12:15

Student-supervisor relation

Group exercise

12:15–13:00

Lunch break

13:00–14:00

Career planning

Kursusholder

14:00–14:15

Consulting service

PhD Consult

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Organizer: Rasmus Waagepetersen

Lecturers: Rasmus Waagepetersen

ECTS: 0,5

Time: 3 November 2025

Place: Aalborg University Kroghstræde 3 room 2.126

Zip code: 
9220

City: Aalborg 

Number of seats: 40

Deadline: 13 October 2025

NB This course is only for PhD Students at Aalborg University

Important information concerning PhD courses: 

There is a no-show fee of DKK 3,000 for each course where the student does not show up. Cancellations are accepted no later than 2 weeks before the start of the course. Registered illness is of course an acceptable reason for not showing up on those days. Furthermore, all courses open for registration approximately four months before start of the course.

To attend courses at the Doctoral School in Medicine, Biomedical Science and Technology you must be enrolled as a PhD student.

We cannot ensure any seats before the deadline for enrolment, all participants will be informed after the deadline, approximately 3 weeks before the start of the course.

For inquiries regarding registration, cancellation or waiting list, please contact the PhD administration at phdcourses@adm.aau.dk When contacting us please state the course title and course period. Thank you.



Duration: 1 Semester
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