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    Alexander Erik Friisnæs
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    The statistics gives information on numbers of PhD-students and numbers of PhD-graduates at institutions approved to offer PhD-educations in Denmark. The statistics gives information on the progress of the education, under here schemes and special arrangements, periods of leave, and study periods spent abroad. The statistics also gives information on the subjects of the project and on sources of financing. The statistics also covers doctorate granted after §15,2, according to this paragraph a doctorate can be granted based exclusively on a positive evaluation of a thesis without participation in an education.

    Data description

    The statistics gives information on numbers of PhD-students and numbers of PhD-graduates at institutions approved to offer PhD-educations in Denmark.

    The statistics gives information on the progress of the education, including schemes and special arrangements, periods of leave, and study periods spent abroad.

    The statistics also gives information on the subjects of the project and on sources of financing.

    Classification system

    The information of main field of study is primarily based on the students place in the University's institutional structure, i.e. based on information of Faculty supplemented with Institute.

    There are the following six main fields:

    1. Natural science
    2. Engineering and Technology
    3. Medical science
    4. Agricultural science
    5. Social science
    6. Humanities, Theology

    Sector coverage

    The education sector.

    Statistical concepts and definitions

    PhD-student: A person enrolled at a university following a PhD-scheme

    PhD-graduates: The student is awarded the PhD-degree by the university where the dissertation was assessed

    Statistical unit

    The statistical unit is persons. In this statistics the persons are PhD-students enrolled at a university.

    Statistical population

    The statistics gives information on PhD-educations taken at Danish institutions approved to offer PhD-educations. These following ten institutions are approved to offer PhD-educations:

    Aalborg University

    Aarhus University

    Copenhagen Business School

    Technical University of Denmark

    IT University of Copenhagen

    University of Copenhagen

    Roskilde University

    University of Southern Denmark

    Aarhus School of Architecture

    The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts

    Also people of foreign origin who are taking a PhD-education at a Danish institution are included, even if they do not have an address in Denmark. People of Danish origin who taking a PhD-education abroad are not included. Foreigners staying in Denmark who have taken their doctorate abroad are not covered by the statistics either.

    Reference area

    Denmark with the exception of Greenland and Faroe Islands

    Time coverage

    The statistics is published yearly In Statbank Denmark. First year published is 1996.

    Base period

    Not relevant for these statistics.

    Unit of measure

    • Number of PhD students per institution
    • Number of PhD graduates

    Reference period

    The reference period follows the calendar year, January 1st - December 31st

    Frequency of dissemination

    The statistics is published once a year.

    Legal acts and other agreements

    The data collection is warranted according to Act on Statistics Denmark, section 8, subsection 3.

    Cost and burden

    Is not calculated as the respondents are public institutions.

    Comment

    No further documentation is available for this statistics. Please contact Statistics Denmark for further information.

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