Mandate
The Co-operation Committee is responsible for:
- managing general regulations, common guidelines and routines for the PhD programmes
- processing the annual reports from the faculties’ PhD committees and promoting measures that ensure the quality of the PhD programmes
- advising the Rector on decisions that involve Sections 5-6, 5-7 and 5-8 of the Regulations for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD), regarding forced termination of the PhD education
- ensuring that collaboration, coordination and holistic thinking regarding doctoral education are safeguarded across faculties and campuses
- provide input on revisions of existing PhD programmes, obtain statements from the R&D Committee, and make recommendations to the Education Committee.
- provide advice in the evaluation of potential new PhD programmess, in collaboration with the R&D Committee and the Education Committee
- annually reporting to the R&D Committee on the Co-operation Committee’s work.
Composition
- Pro-Rector for Research
- PhD leaders og PhD coordinators for doctoral education at the faculties
- a representative of the PhD candidates.
Meetings autumn semester 2026
- September 24, 2026, at 9-11:30 (Joint meeting of the R&D Committee and the Education Committee)
- December 3, 2026, at 13:15-15:15
The research administration takes on secretarial responsibility.