PhD courses

ECON PhD courses

The department offers the following PhD courses:

Autumn semester 2025

Master's students have to apply for preapproval of these courses in order to transfer credits to their degree programme: https://studerende.au.dk/en/studies/subject-portals/economics/student-counselling/credit-transfer

AU semester courses

AU offers a range of master's semester courses which may be upgraded to PhD level. If you agree with your supervisor to take a master's course that needs upgrading to PhD level, there is a certain procedure. Contact Susanne Christensen for more information (sch@econ.au.dk).

AU's course catalogue: https://kursuskatalog.au.dk/en/

Previous semester courses at PhD level


The following semester courses have been pre-approved as BSS courses at PhD level for PhD students in Economics and Business Economics:

Master's programme in Mathematics-Economics:

Master's programme in Mathematics:

Master's programme in Statistics:

Master's programme in Data Science:

DGPE PhD courses

The research network for graduate students in economics - DGPE - is a collaboration between departments of economics at Aarhus University, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen Business School, Aalborg University and University of Southern Denmark. DGPE offers intensive PhD courses and a yearly PhD workshop for member universities.

See PhD courses offered by DGPE here: https://econ.au.dk/education/phd/phd-courses

DGPE courses are external PhD courses, so you must seek approval before signing up, see Guidelines for approval of external courses

Approval of external PhD courses

Follow the PhD school's guidelines for preapproval of external PhD courses and for upgrading AU master's courses to PhD level:

As a general rule, approximately 28 hours equal 1 ECTS (corresponds to one full day including preparation and examination).

Contact Susanne Christensen for more information (sch@econ.au.dk).