PhD Courses in Denmark

Date and time: 23-24 November + 8 December 2026 from 9:00 to 16:00.

This course will help you make your PhD-plan more robust, realistic, and operational. We will create a visual overview of all major elements and milestones. Break it into phases and activities, estimate time and duration, analyse the risks and finally create short time activity plans.

We also work with effective personal habits regarding managing and prioritizing your time and activities, while maintaining a good work/life balance and avoid stress!

The course is highly interactive and personal, and you are expected to participate actively and share your project plans and personal preferences. 

Academic aim
After this course the aim is, that you:
 - Have been inspired by best practices/ tips and tricks, to manage your PhD effectively
 - Have learned how to create a robust, realistic, and operational milestone plan and activity plan for your PhD.
 - Have increased understanding of the dynamics of (your) personality types in relations to planning and managing a/your Ph.D.
 - Have created a list of “working principles”; and identified good habits that will help you manage your time and activities.

Target group
New PhD students – who started their PhD within about a year. Have done their PhD plan, but might need a more manageable plan, and they might want tips and tricks on how to work effectively on a week-to-week basis. 

PROGRAMME

DAY 1
 - Introduction to programme

 - PhD Projects
What characterizes a PhD project, and what are the typical pitfalls and challenges?

 - You and your PhD
Sharing your PhD theme and overall plan

 - Personality Profiles
DiSC types introduction
Your type
Typical challenges and approaches regarding planning and managing projects.

 - Milestone planning
Introduction to method
Do a visual overview of all elements from your PhD plan in a milestone plan on the wall
Presentations, feedback, and adjustments

DAY 2
 - Risk Analysis
Introduction and examples
Risk analysis on milestone plan
Presentations, feedback, and adjustments

 - Activity plan
Introducing method, formats, and tools
Create an activity plan for first milestones in your milestone plane.
Do a risk analysis of your activity plan
Presentations, feedback, and adjustments

DAY 3
 - Follow up on homework
Fedback and sparring on plans

 - Time Management and prioritisation
Tips and tricks for managing your time and prioritize tasks

 - Good work/life balance and preventing stress
What is a good balance?
What is stress?
Tips and tricks on how to prevent stress

 - Your “Working Principles”
Develop 5-10 working principles that will help you be effective, keep motivation and prevent stress.

Preparation before course start
1. Fill out and submit a mini-template regarding your personal motivation for participating n the course. The mini template will be sent to the participants when they are admitted to the course and must be submitted via email to phd@hrsc.ku.dk no later than 10 November 2026. 
2. Send your PhD plan (as in PhD-planner) to the course organiser via email to phd@hrsc.ku.dk no later than 10 November 2026. 
3. Fill out your personality profile DiSC no later than 10 November 2026. A link will be sent to the participants by email in due time.
4. Read books before course start

Preparation between day 2 and day 3
1. Finalize your milestone plan and activity plan incl. adjustments based on the risk analysis and send to trainer.
2. Read the plans of two fellow students and prepare feedback.

ECTS: 1.9 

Max. number of participants: 24.

Registration
Please register via the link in the box no later than 27 October 2026. 
Participants will be notified about admission / waiting list / nonacceptance shortly after this deadline. Admitted PhD students will have 5 days to confirm their participation in the course. 

Further information: For more information, please contact the PhD Administration (phd@hrsc.ku.dk).

Literature: TBA