One semester free of teaching

All PhD fellows are granted one semester’s exemption from this work obligation without reduction in payment. If you want to use your one semester free of teaching (140 hours) it is important to inform Lene Conley. You can do this in the comment box in the form, where you register your teaching requests. It is not enough just to omit filling out the form!

If you e.g. have to hand in your thesis at July 31st, you can use your teaching free semester in the spring.
If you e.g. have to hand in your thesis at October 31st, you can use your teaching free semester in half of the spring semester (70 hours) and the rest of the autumn semester (70 hours)

You are also free to use your teaching-free semester (140 hours) at any other time during your PhD.

Teaching exemption due to stay abroad

If your are going on a long-term stay abroad it is possible to get teaching exemption for a maximum of 6 months in connection with your stay abroad.

You must send a application by e-mail to the PhD-partner at GSNS with CC to the supervisor.

Please note: if you are going abroad in your par A (on SU scholarship + a separate teaching contract) you cannot get exemption from GSNS. Contact Lene Conley instead.

From Rules & Regulations:

PhD fellows may get exemption with no reduction in payment during extended stays in another research environment for up to six months in addition to the general one semester’s exemption. Usually the stay takes place abroad, but if relevant to the project it may also take place in Denmark, e.g. in an industrial research environment. To be eligible for exemption from 70 hours (i.e. half a semester) of teaching obligations, the stay(s) must overlap with at least six full weeks of teaching periods (not necessarily in a single teaching semester). To be eligible for exemption from 140 hours (i.e. one semester), the stay(s) must overlap with at least 12 full weeks of teaching periods see Figure 4.1. Thus, if eligibility criteria are fulfilled, exemption can either be granted for 70 hours or for 140 hours. However, irrespective of the length and timing of the stay, the total exemption from work obligations due to a stay abroad cannot exceed a maximum of 140 hours. If the stay abroad lasts more than six months and/or 140 hours of work obligations or does not overlap with teaching periods as described below, the PhD student can either make use of the general one semester’s exemption or must compensate by additional work before or after the stay.