There are two ways to include Master's (or, under special circumstances, Bachelor's) courses in your PhD degree programme:
For the latter, you will usually have to make a special arrangement with the course coordinator to make the course suitable for PhD level. This could be through extra assignments, a larger curriculum and/or working as a teaching assistant, for example. You may participate in the regular exam (perhaps under special conditions), or you can arrange for a different type of evaluation with the course coordinator. The course activity must be approved (preferably in advance) by the main supervisor and the Head of programme.
Click on the relevant category below for more information and the procedure for registration.
PhD students who study for their Master's degree in parallel with a PhD programme (3+5 or 4+4) have to make a plan for their 60 ECTS Master's courses; a Master's contract. This enables the head of Master's programme and the study administration to validate the content of the Master's programme and issue a valid Master's degree diploma.
The Master's contract must be completed immediately after admission to the GSNS, and it should be attached to your PhD plan.
Drawing up the Master's contract
You have to fill in the Master's contract (in Danish: "Kandidatkontrakt") electronically through the Contract generator (in Danish: "Kontraktgenerator"). Please follow these steps:
When the approved contract is returned to you from the head of Master's programme, export a PDF version and attach it to your PhD plan under the plan element "Other activities" and name it "Master's programme".
Registration
To sign up for Master's courses as part of your Master's course programme, please follow the same procedure as regular Master's students and register through the online Self Service facility. Note that the online facility is only open at certain times:
It is your own responsibility to check that you are registered for the correct courses. When you register for a course, you will automatically be registered for the exam.
As a student you can only edit your registrations in the above-mentioned periods. After the deadlines, please contact the Graduate School of Natural Sciences to edit your registrations.
Remember, you have to update your Master's contract and have it reapproved every time you make changes to your study programme.
Please note:
If you have enrolled as a PhD student in the flexible model (3+5 or 4+4) after the registration deadlines mentioned above, it is possible to sign up for Master’s courses as part of your Master’s course programme by contacting the Graduate School of Natural Sciences.
Please send an e-mail to gradschool.nat@au.dk with the subject “Registration for Master’s course – Master’s programme”.
The e-mail should contain the following information:
NB. Be sure to send this information from your AU e-mail address to ensure secure delivery.
See your relevant study portal for more information.
Usually, PhD students who wish to include a Master's course in their 30 ECTS PhD course programme make special arrangements with the course coordinator to raise the academic level so that the course is suitable for a PhD programme. Examples include extra assignments, a larger curriculum and/or working as a teaching assistant. The course activity must be approved (preferably in advance) by the main supervisor and the Head of programme.
You may participate in the regular exam (perhaps under special conditions), or you can arrange for a different type of evaluation with the course coordinator.
Registration
To register for a Master's course as part of your 30 ECTS PhD course programme, please send an e-mail to gradschool.nat@au.dk with the subject “Registration for Master’s course – PhD programme”. The e-mail should contain the following information:
*Make sure to indicate whether or not you will be taking the regular exam. When you have registered for a Master's course, you will automatically be registered for the exam. Therefore, please let us know if we have to cancel the exam registration.
NB. Be sure to send this information from your AU email address to ensure secure delivery.
Please note:
We recommend that you sign up for Master's courses as soon as possible and by no later than three weeks before the course starts. Please note that we cannot guarantee you a place on the requested course, as the Master's courses have a limited number of places.
Although less common, it is possible for PhD students to follow a Bachelor's course as part of their 30 ECTS PhD course programme. There must be solid reasons for doing so and, as for Master's courses, you should make special arrangements with the course coordinator to raise the academic level so that the course is suitable for a PhD programme. Examples include extra assignments, a larger curriculum and/or working as a teaching assistant.
You may participate in the regular exam (perhaps under special conditions), or you can arrange for a different type of evaluation with the course coordinator.
To register for a Bachelor's course as part of your 30 ECTS PhD course programme, you must have approval from the head of your PhD programme. Please send him/her an e-mail with a well-founded request for including the particular Bachelor's course in your PhD course programme.
Once you have received approval from the relevant head of PhD programme, please attach it to an e-mail to gradschool.nat@au.dk with the subject "Registration for Bachelor's course". The e-mail should contain the following information:
* Make sure to indicate whether or not you will be taking in the regular exam. When you have registered for a Bachelor's course, you will automatically be registered for the exam. Therefore, please let us know if we have to cancel the exam registration.
NB. Be sure to send this information from your AU email address to ensure secure delivery.
Please note:
We recommend that you begin this process as soon as possible, so that you can register for the course by no later than three weeks before the course starts. We cannot guarantee you a place on the requested course, as there may be a limited number of places.
