Pursuant to section 1(2) of Ministerial Order no. 750 of 14 August 1996 on Doctoral Degrees (Bekendtgørelse om doktorgrader) (the Doctoral Degree Order), the following applies:

1.-(1) Academic councils award doctoral degrees pursuant to section 15(2), item 4 of the Danish University Act (Universitetsloven).

(2) Honorary doctoral degrees may be awarded by the rector on the recommendation of an academic council.

2. Within the framework of the Doctoral Degree Order and these rules, deans draw up more detailed regulations regarding practical procedures in connection with obtaining doctoral degrees.

3. The following doctoral degrees may be awarded:

Arts:

Doctoral degree in philosophy – doctor philosophiae (dr.phil.)

Doctoral degree in pedagogy – doctor paedagogiae (dr.paed.)

Doctoral degree in theology – doctor theologiae (dr.theol.)

Doctoral degree in anthropology – doctor scientiarum anthropologicarum (dr.scient.ant.)

Health:

Doctoral degree in medical science – doctor medicinae (dr.med.)

Doctoral degree in odontology – doctor odontologiae (dr.odont.)

School of Business and Social Sciences:

Doctoral degree in law – doctor juris (dr.jur.)

Doctoral degree in psychology – doctor psychologiae (dr.psyk.)

Doctoral degree in political science – doctor scientiarum politicarum (dr.scient.pol.)

Doctoral degree in economics – doctor oeconomices (dr.oecon.)

Doctoral degree in professional language – doctor linguae mercantilis (dr.ling.merc.)

Doctoral degree in economics and business administration – doctor mercaturae (dr.merc.)

Science and Technology:

Doctoral degree in natural sciences – doctor scientiarum (dr.scient.)

Doctoral degree in technology – doctor technices (dr.techn.)

4. The rector awards a diploma to persons who have been awarded a doctoral degree or an honorary doctoral degree.

5. In very extraordinary circumstances, the dean may accept that the oral defence does not take place, see section 3(1) of the Doctoral Degree Order.

6.-(1) Pursuant to section 4 of the Doctoral Degree Order, the dean may permit persons without a qualifying degree within the most relevant academic field to submit a doctoral dissertation.

(2) The dean may decide to decline to consider a dissertation submitted, see section 4(2) of the Doctoral Degree Order.

7.-(1) The dean decides on the language in which a doctoral dissertation and its accompanying summary may be written, see section 6 of the Doctoral Degree Order.

(2) The dean decides on the language in which the assessment committee's recommendation may be written.

8. On the recommendation of the assessment committee, the dean may allow the author to make minor alterations or provide minor supplements to the dissertation, see section 7 of the Doctoral Degree Order.

9. The dean appoints the assessment committee and makes the final decision regarding its composition, see section 8 of the Doctoral Degree Order.

10. The dean may permit a dissertation to be withdrawn from assessment, see section 9(2), last sentence of the Doctoral Degree Order.

11. The dean may permit the defence to be conducted in a language other than Danish, Norwegian or Swedish, see section 17(2) of the Doctoral Degree Order.

12. The dean's office publishes the appointed time and place for the defence not later than four weeks before the defence and states where the dissertation can be obtained, together with further regulations concerning the defence session, including information about registering as an unofficial opponent, see section 17(3) of the Doctoral Degree Order.

13. The dean seeks written comments and arranges for consultation of the doctoral candidate, see section 20(2) of the Doctoral Degree Order.

14. The dean effects legal deposit of the dissertation to the Royal Library and the State and University Library.

15.-(1) These rules come into force as of 7 May 2012.

(2) The rules of 25 March 2010 on obtaining a doctoral degree at Aarhus University are hereby annulled.

Aarhus University, 7 May 2012

Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen