PhD programmes
How many students begin, are enrolled in, or finish a PhD program in Denmark? This set of statistics includes data on PhD students disaggregated by sex and field of education.
Selected statistics on PhD programmes
Awarded PhD degrees
The statistics is based on reports from all Danish institutions approved to offer PhD-educations. The data collection covers the total population.
Awarded PhD degrees by field of education
The statistics is based on reports from all Danish institutions approved to offer PhD-educations. The data collection covers the total population.
Yearly awarded PhD degrees disaggregated by sex
The statistics is based on reports from all Danish institutions approved to offer PhD-educations. The data collection covers the total population.
On the statistics – documentation, sources and method
See the documentation of statistics to learn more:
The aim of the statistics on PhD-students is to show the volume of PhD-education. Furthermore it gives information on the progress of the education and the subjects of the project. Data are comparable since mid-eighties which is as long the PhD education has existed in Denmark.