The PhD defence at SDU is a public defence. The student will start the defence session with a 30-45-minutes lecture, giving a review of the subject and the results of the thesis and shall subsequently undergo an examination by the two external members of the committee.
The chairman of the committee is also chairman of the defence session.
After the examination, the chairman may permit other persons present to make a short contribution.
After the defence session the members of the assessment committee sign the faculty PhD protocol.
A PhD defence session may not exceed two hours.
The assessment committee usually meets for a preparatory meeting an hour before the defence session begins.
The defence can be conducted in Danish/Scandinavian if both the assessment committee and the author of the PhD thesis are Scandinavian. In all other cases it will be conducted in English.
When the PhD thesis has been approved for public defense, members of the assessment committee are asked to make their own travel arrangements.
Please be aware that we only cover travels on standard class with public transportation, unless agreed otherwise with the Graduate School. Furthermore, we do not cover meals or other expenses.
If a hotel room is needed, the Graduate School will book one through a government agreement. The Faculty of Health Sciences will sponsor up to 2 nights. Please send a request to phd@health.sdu.dk.
If you choose to book the hotel yourself, please be aware that the regulations at SDU only allow a cost of 1.400 DKK a night, therefore the maximum amount we can reimburse is 2.800 DKK.
Travel
Travelling expenses will be refunded (according to SDU's rules) for all members of the assessment committee.
If you have access to a Danish NEM-konto please fill in the form, Oprettelsesskema for eksterne. When you scan the QR-code below and log in with "MitID", you are automatically transferred to SDU's safe mailing system and from here you send the form.
Within a few days you will receive an e-mail from SDU with your log-in information to Zexpense
Please log-in to the system and fill in the relevant information, upload all relevant receipts. Make sure to choose Tina Ludvig-Nymark to approve your travels.
Honorarium
The two external assessors are offered an honorarium of approx. DKK 8,600.
Please fill in the form, Honorarium form for Danish examiners. The form must be signed before it is send to phd@health.sdu.dk - Please don't send it before the defense has been conducted.
The two external assessors are offered an honorarium of approx. DKK 8,600.
Travelling expenses will be refunded (according to SDU's rules) for all members of the assessment committee.
You can find the relevant forms here:
The forms must be signed, and all relevant receipts must be attached, before sending them to phd@health.sdu.dk. Please don't send the forms before the defense has been conducted.