PhD Programme Committees at DTU

DTU has five PhD programmes:

• Mathematics, Physics and Informatics
  (PhD schools: DTU Informatics, DTU Mathematics, DTU Physics and Risø DTU)
• Chemistry, Biotechnology and Chemical Engineering
  (PhD schools: DTU Systems Biology, DTU Chemistry, DTU Chemical Engineering and Risø DTU)
• Electronics and Communication
  (PhD schools: DTU Photonics, DTU Electrical Engineering, DTU Space and DTU Nanotech)
• Construction, Production, Civil Engineering and Transport
  (PhD schools: DTU Civil Engineering, DTU Transport, DTU Management Engineering, Risø DTU and DTU Mechanical Engineering)
• Life science
  (PhD schools: DTU Systems Biology, DTU Aqua, DTU Food, DTU Veterinary and DTU Environment)
  

Each PhD programme has a committee with members from the PhD students and researchers from the relevant departments at DTU. One of the responsibilities of the committees is to ensure a high scientific standard and that each PhD student receives a comprehensive and well-integrated education.

Each PhD programme can have a number of research schools that cover a specific area within the programme. The purpose of the research schools is to give the PhD students a structured and comprehensive high-level scientific education. The specific research areas can be determined by scientific discipline, by application or method, or be determined by research objective and thus be multidisciplinary.

Several research schools are based at DTU. Additionally, DTU participates in many research school programmes with other universities in Denmark. DTU's five PhD programmes and their PhD schools and affiliated research schools can be found using the menu links on the left.