Dreaming of a PhD?
Read our application guide and find vacant PhD positions here

MyPhD login

Keep your PhD project on track. Supervisors and PhD students can log in here.

PhD courses

There is a wide range of courses you can do during your PhD. Read all about them here.

Common topics during a PhD

Find the answers to common topics that you may come across during your PhD study.

Going abroad

Read about mobility grants, teaching exemption and travel insurance here.

NEWS

07 April 2026

Join the discussion of the importance of DEI for supervision practice in higher education.

27 March 2026

If you are a recently enrolled PhD student, don’t miss the opportunity to join our next Introduction Day. There is still time to register!

17 March 2026

PhD Career Day is a career fair designed for PhD students and Postdocs in Technical Sciences, Natural Sciences, and Health Sciences.

19 February 2026

Join the MatchPoints Conference 2026 as we explore resilience as a unifying concept for addressing key challenges in European policy domains,…

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PHD DEFENCES

19 May 2026 - PhD defence

PhD defence, Tuesday May 19th, 2026, Li-Hsuan Chen

30 April 2026 - PhD defence

PhD defence, Thursday 30 April 2026, Jingru Yin

24 April 2026 - PhD defence

PhD defence, Friday 24 April 2026, Anna Elisabeth Kristoffersen

22 April 2026 - PhD defence

PhD defence, Wednesday 22 April 2026, Azhar Zhartybayeva

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Contact us

Find contact persons for programmes and special requests here.

AU Career for PhD students

Career services, guidance and events.

QUALIFYING EXAMS AND DEFENCES

17 Apr

Friday 17 April 2026, at 10:00 QGG, Aarhus

PhD student Marjolein Verweij, Department of Quantitative Genetics and Genomics

17 Apr

Friday 17 April 2026, at 13:00 5125-408, Lecture Theatre Edison, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aarhus University, Finlandsgade 22, 8200 Aarhus, Denmark

PhD student Ricardo Fernandes, Department of Mechanical and Production Engineering

20 Apr

Monday 20 April 2026, at 12:30 Navitas, Inge Lehmanns Gade 10, 8000 Aarhus C

PhD student Stephanie Therkelsen Salling, Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering

21 Apr

Tuesday 21 April 2026, at 10:00 3210-03.068, Aarhus University, Navitas Inge Lehmanns Gade 10 , 8000 Aarhus C

PhD student Nikolaj Braüner Bjerge, Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering

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PHD ADMINISTRATION

Graduate School of Technical Sciences

Dreaming of a PhD?
Read our application guide and find vacant PhD positions here

MyPhD login

PhD courses

Common topics during a PhD

Going abroad

NEWS

Are you an experienced PhD supervisor? Sign up for the webinar: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) in doctoral supervision

Did you remember to sign up for Introduction Day?

Boost yoour network at the PhD Career Day 2026

MatchPoints 2026: Resilience in a Challenged Europe

PHD DEFENCES

Impact of dietary protein and amino acid levels on the gut metabolome and intestinal epithelial function in weaned piglets

One field, Two fates: The Trade-off Between Nitrous Oxide Emissions and Nitrate Leaching

Social and environmental impacts of socially oriented design intents

Uncovering the hidden soil carbon turnover

Contact us

AU Career for PhD students

QUALIFYING EXAMS AND DEFENCES

Qualifying exam: Establishment of an organic line of rainbow trout

PhD defence: Carbon capture, transport, conversion, and sequestration in a highly renewable European energy system

Qualifying exam: Concepts for safe and sustainable deconstruction within a 9R framework for regenerative building

Qualifying exam: Shared suction anchors for floating wind turbines in the North Sea

Dreaming of a PhD?Read our application guide and find vacant PhD positions here

MyPhD login

PhD courses

Common topics during a PhD

Going abroad

NEWS

Are you an experienced PhD supervisor? Sign up for the webinar: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) in doctoral supervision

Did you remember to sign up for Introduction Day?

Boost yoour network at the PhD Career Day 2026

MatchPoints 2026: Resilience in a Challenged Europe

PHD DEFENCES

Impact of dietary protein and amino acid levels on the gut metabolome and intestinal epithelial function in weaned piglets

One field, Two fates: The Trade-off Between Nitrous Oxide Emissions and Nitrate Leaching

Social and environmental impacts of socially oriented design intents

Uncovering the hidden soil carbon turnover

Contact us

AU Career for PhD students

QUALIFYING EXAMS AND DEFENCES

Qualifying exam: Establishment of an organic line of rainbow trout

PhD defence: Carbon capture, transport, conversion, and sequestration in a highly renewable European energy system

Qualifying exam: Concepts for safe and sustainable deconstruction within a 9R framework for regenerative building

Qualifying exam: Shared suction anchors for floating wind turbines in the North Sea

Dreaming of a PhD?
Read our application guide and find vacant PhD positions here