Research doctorate (PhD)
PhD Studies
PhD programme (architecture and design)
Aarhus School of Architecture · Aarhus School of Architecture · Aarhus, Denmark
- Official award
- PhDPhD
- Pathway
- Research
- Format
- On campus
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
A research doctorate in which students complete an independent project under supervision within the school's research environment; funded places are advertised as vacancies, and self-financed enrolment has no deadline.
- Subject
- Architecture
- Department
- Aarhus School of Architecture
- Awarding body
- Not stated on the pages we checked
Qualification and professional pathway
Pathway is classified only from a statement on an official page. A degree title such as B.Arch, BA, BSc, M.Arch or MSc does not decide it, and no degree by itself grants permission to practise as an architect.
- Degree level
- Research doctorate (PhD)A research doctorate focused on architecture (PhD, Dr.-Ing. and equivalents).
- Pathway
- Research degreeA research degree. It does not qualify anyone to practise as an architect.
- Why we classify it this way
- The school describes the PhD as a research education supplementing the master's programme.“The PhD Programme is an internationally recognised research education and an independent supplement to our Master’s Degree Programme.”Source
- Previous architecture degree required
- Not published
- Applicants without an architecture degree
- Not published
Accreditation, validation and recognition
Recorded for this program and campus, with the authority’s role. Institutional recognition, degree-awarding authority, program accreditation, professional validation and eligibility toward registration are different things; none of them is full professional registration.
Stated by the schoolDanish Accreditation Council / Danish Accreditation InstitutionInstitutional recognitionOther statusDK
Scope: Institutional accreditation of the school's quality-assurance system, decided 9 June 2020 for a six-year period (school announcement). Whether it has been renewed since was not verified.
Dates: 9 June 2020 to not stated
Study structure
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Study mode
- Not published
- Duration
- Not published
- Thesis or dissertation
- Submission and assessment of a PhD dissertation.
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- Aarhus School of Architecture, Exners PladsExners Plads 7, 8000 Aarhus C
Teaching language
- Taught in
- Not stated on the pages we checked
- English
- English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
- Differences by campus or pathway
- Teaching/supervision language is not stated on the fetched pages; teaching_languages left empty.
Admissions
- Portfolio
- Not published
- Interview
- Not published
- Previous qualification
- Master's degree or similar based on five years of study (300 ECTS).
- Documents
- An individual PhD project description within the area of expertise of the school's scientific staff.
- Official instructions
- Application instructions
Research degree details
- Finding a supervisor
- Applicants propose an individual project; supervision prior to enrolment is not provided.
- Research proposal
- Describe an individual PhD project within the expertise of the school's scientific staff.
- Previous qualifications
- Master's degree or similar based on five years of study (300 ECTS).
- Deadlines
- Deadlines are advertised with vacant PhD positions; no deadline for self-financed enrolment.
Fees and costs
Original currency is authoritative. Each price keeps its basis (per year, per credit, whole program), academic year and student category, and is never converted. Annual tuition and whole-program tuition are different figures.
The institution does not publish tuition for this program on the pages we checked. Ask for current fees, what they include and whether studio, materials, printing, software, equipment and field-trip costs are extra.
Scholarships and funding
Funding is shown with its basis and who it is for. Competitive funding is not a guarantee.
PhD scholarship (employment) Stipend
Competitive · Covers salary, guidance, teaching, workplace, equipment, assessment and publication of the dissertation (as published).
Eligibility: Apply for an advertised vacancy; candidates are assessed by an assessment committee.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: tuition, duration, full-time or part-time options, intakes, portfolio requirement, whether a previous architecture degree is required.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 19 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 19 October 2026)