PhD Plan Template

No later than three months after admission, the PhD student must submit an approved PhD plan to the Humanities
Faculty Office. The PhD plan must be approved by the principal supervisor, the programme director and the head of the
department. The time limit of three months applies to both full-time and part-time students. The PhD plan must contain
the following and comprise about 10 pages:

Name:
Department:
Doctoral Programme:
Title of PhD project:

1. Description of the PhD project

a) Purpose

b) Problem description

c) Background and state of the art

d) Reflections on the theoretical approach

e) Reflections on the methodological approach

f) List of relevant literature

Time Schedule

1st period. Six months (date from-to).

Activities planned for this period:

2nd period. Six months (date from-to).

Activities planned for this period:

3rd period. Twelve months (date from-to).

Activities planned for this period:

4th period. Six months (date from-to).

Activities planned for this period:

5th period. Six months (date from-to).

Activities planned for this period:

6th period. Six months (date from-to).

Activities planned for this period:

Agreement on the type of supervision provided

The principal supervisor is responsible for the full PhD study. It must be stated in the PhD plan how the supervision is going
to be carried out.

PhD Courses

A tentative plan for PhD course participation. The total amount of ECTS for the period of enrolment must correspond to
approximately 30 ECTS points. Further information about ECTS- valued activities can be found on the website of the
doctoral school. The course plan must be prepared in cooperation with principal supervisor.
Participation in active research environments

A tentative plan for stays at other research institutions, including institutions abroad.

Name and place of the research institution and period

Teaching and knowledge dissemination

A tentative plan for teaching activities

Study Board and time

Other types of knowledge dissemination

Outline of possible conferences, seminars etc. related to the PhD project

Agreements on intellectual property rights

In case the PhD study is financed by external funds, an agreement regarding intellectual property rights must be signed

Financing plan (budget)

Expected expenses regarding the PhD study, exclusive wages, e.g. visits abroad, conference fees etc.