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PhD students

C1. Enrolled PhD students, 2013-2016

PhD Students

Number as of 31 December 2013 2014 2015 2016
Arts 236 250 267 278
Science and Technology 756 695 673 625
Health 639 644 665 656
Aarhus BSS 244 238 240 222
Aarhus University, total 1,875 1,827 1,845 1,781
Of whom admitted on the basis of Bachelor’s degree (4+4 and 3+5 schemes)
Arts 81 87 80 66
Science and Technology 262 242 244 201
Health 33 57 73 87
Aarhus BSS 38 35 37 30
Aarhus University, total 414 421 434 384

C2. Approved PhD dissertations, 2013-2016

PhD Students

Number 2013 2014 2015 2016
Arts 61 64 52 59
Science and Technology 181 210 215 189
Health 138 170 139 168
Aarhus BSS 58 46 65 81
Aarhus University, total 438 490 471 497

C3. Newly admitted PhD students, 2013-2016

PhD Students

Number 2013 2014 2015 2016
Arts 72 66 71 80
Science and Technology 199 164 221 160
Health 203 166 163 171
Aarhus BSS 74 55 73 62
Aarhus University, total 548 451 528 473
Of whom admitted on the basis of Bachelor’s degree (4+4 and 3+5 schemes)
Arts 14 16 13 14
Science and Technology 49 50 62 36
Health 21 18 20 21
Aarhus BSS 8 8 5 6
Aarhus University, total 92 92 100 77

C4. Other key figures relating to PhD students in 2016

PhD Students

Year Arts Science and Technology Health Aarhus BSS Total
Age on completion of programme (median) 34 30 35 32 32
Effective time to degree 5+3 scheme * 3.5 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.2
Effective time to degree 4+4 scheme * 4.3 4.0 4.0 4.4 4.1
Effective time to degree 3+5 scheme * 0 5.1 3.8 0 4.9
Number
PhD students, women 163 255 411 114 943
PhD students, men 115 370 245 108 838
Newly enrolled industrial PhD students 1 5 0 0 6
Active industrial PhD students 4 6 5 18 33

* Effective time to degree defined by Universities Denmark’s statistical service.