All applicants with a non-Danish qualifying entry examination must apply by 15 March at 12.00 noon. If you have applied by 15 March at the latest, the deadline to submit documentation is 5 July at 12.00 noon. However, please note that paying applicants must both apply and submit all their documentation by 15 March at 12.00 noon.
Applicants holding a qualifying entry examination from The Duborg School or The A.P. Møller School can apply for quota 1 until 5 July at 12.00 noon.
If you hold a refugee status in Denmark, then you can find further support for the application process at Student Refugees.
The following entry examinations qualify for assessment in quota 1 and quota 2:
The following entry examinations qualify for assessment only in quota 2:
A full list of qualifying entry examinations can be found at the website of the Danish Ministry for Science and Higher Education.
You can find information about the requirement of at least one year of higher education (university/college level) or equivalent supplementary subjects here.
If you are uncertain about whether or not your entry examination qualifies for admission, please contact Bachelor Admissions at ba.admission@au.dk.
All applicants must fulfill the specific admission requirements for the desired programme in addition to having a qualifying entry examination.
You can find information about how your qualifying entry examination and your subject levels will be assessed at the website for the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science (only available in Danish).
If you are going to finish a supplementary course after 15 March, then you must list the expected end-date in your application on www.optagelse.dk. Furthermore, you must upload a copy of the final documentation that shows that you have passed the supplementary course no later than 5 July at 12.00 noon.
Aarhus University follows the guidelines set by the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science in the assessment of applications for Bachelor’s degree programmes with a Non-Danish entry examination. The Ministry website contains guideline conversion tables for a number of selected countries. This conversion only pertains to qualifying entry examinations that can be assessed in both quota 1 and quota 2.
Aarhus University will perform a so-called linear grade conversion, if no guideline conversion tables exist for a country, but the Ministry of Higher Education and Science has provided the lowest passing grade and the highest grade for the relevant country. The linear grade conversion will be based on the lowest passing grade and highest grade on the relevant country’s grading scale and the Danish grading scale. In Denmark, the lowest passing grade is 2 and the highest grade is 12.
Please note that a linear grade conversion can only be used for conversion of single subject grades for a quota 2 assessment, such as a Mathematics grade.
The single subject grade is converted into a number with two decimals between 2 and 12. By rounding this number, it is converted into a whole number grade on the Danish 7-point grading scale.
Converted single subject grades will only be used in the quota 2 assessment – including the quota 2 grade average (GPA) which is based on particularly relevant subjects.
Only grades for upper secondary school subjects are converted according to the above principles.
The above calculation method is approved by the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science.
Assessment of your subject levels from your international entry examination is based on a comparison to the specific subject levels in the Danish upper secondary school/high school system.
Please note that A, B and C subject levels all refer to Danish subject levels and not grades.
AU Admissions assesses your subject levels based on:
Relevant subjects from higher education can also be taken into consideration for the assessment of your subject levels if you upload certified documentation for these.
Please also note our specific language requirements to all Bachelor's degree programmes at Aarhus University.
In order to be considered for a student place, you must:
Aarhus University assesses if your foreign exam is qualifying and makes the conversion of your foreign grades and subject levels so it matches the Danish system. This conversion is done by means of guidelines made by The Danish Agency of Higher Education
This does also apply if you receive your studiekompetanse after March 15th. If you apply at 15 March at the latest you will have the opportunity to document that you fulfil the admission requirements until 5 July at 12.00 noon.
You can a find a list of other other important deadlines here.
In order to be eligible to apply for admission, you need to have completed a qualifying exam. For Norwegians applicants this means that you must have achieved generel studiekompetanse by taking a 3 year exam from videregående skole.
When you apply for admission in Denmark, it is not possible to improve your grade point average in quota 1 by improving single subject grades or by supplementing subjects after finishing your qualifying exam. This means that the conversion to a Danish grade point average from a Norwegian diploma will be converted on the basis of your original førstegangsvitnemål/primærvitnemål. If you do have a copy of a førstegangsvitnemål/primærvitnemål, you may possibly be eligible for admission in quota 2.
Other vitnemål can be used to fulfill the specific requirements, if these are not fulfilled by the subjects on your førstegangsvitnemål/primævitnemål.
Please note that Aarhus University does not accept e-vitnemål.
On the Agency of Higher Education’s website, you can find a conversion scale, comparing your Norwegian grade point average to a Danish grade point average. Please note that the conversion scales are regularly revised.
In addition to having a qualifying examination, you must have particular upper secondary school subjects at certain levels to meet the specific admission requirements. You can find the specific requirements under each programme. Just choose the menu Admission Requirement.
In the following link to you will be able see how we convert your Norwegian subject level into a Danish subject level. You will therefore by means of this link from the Danish Agency of Higher Education be able to convert your Norwegian subject level and see if you fulfil the specific requirements.
Please note: The conversion table are revised each year at the beginning of March. Therefore, there may be changes to the table close to the application deadline.
If you have other subjects than the stated, Aarhus University will make an individual assessment of your application. In this case, you must upload a course description of the relevant subject to your application at www.optagelse.dk.
If you do not hold the necessary upper secondary school subjects, but have taken similar subjects at a høgskole or a university, Aarhus University will make an individual assessment of these as well. In this case you must upload a course description of the relevant subject to your application at www.optagelse.dk, if you do not fulfill the specific requirements.
About Danish as a Specific Admission Requirement (Danish A)
The majority of Aarhus University’s bachelor’s degree programmes are taught in Danish. As a rule, you can expect that the teaching and the exams are conducted in Danish and that a large proportion of the curriculum is in Danish.
This means that applicants that apply to a Danish taught degree must document Danish qualifications comparable to Danish A level
Norwegian applicants fulfill the requirement of Danish A by passing Norwegian on a comparable level (see the subject conversion table below).
Bergentesten, passed with ”Godt bestået” in combination with mother-tongue at the highest level is considered comparable to a Danish A level.
If you do not fulfil the specific admission requirements for your desired programme you can take a supplementary course. You may take supplementary subjects in Denmark as well as in Norway but be careful that you are supplementing the correct subject level. If you are currently taking a supplementary subject, you must state this in your application at www.optagelse.dk.
The deadline for uploading documentation for passed subjects is July 5th. The documentation must be uploaded to your application at www.optagelse.dk.
Supplementary subject after July 5th
It is possible to take one supplementary subject during the summer (or fall, if you apply for a programme that has study start in February). You must state in your application that you are taking a supplementary subject after July 5th and state what subject and level you are taking. You application will be assessed for conditional admission.
You must apply online on www.optagelse.dk. You must upload your documentation here as well. Please remember to send in the signature page before the deadline if you do not hold a “NemID/MitID”.
Read more about the application process.
When you apply for admission, you must upload the following documentation in order to document that you fulfil the Specific Admission Requirements and have Qualifying Exam. You must also upload documentation for any other academic qualifications that you have (remember that your documentation should be signed and stamped by the issuing authority):
Depending on your situation, it may be relevant for you to upload the following:
As a Swedish applicant, you apply for admission on the same terms as Danish applicants. In order to be considered for a student place, you must:
Aarhus University assesses if your foreign exam is qualifying and makes the conversion of your foreign grades and subject levels so it matches the Danish system. This conversion is done by means of guidelines made by The Danish Agency of Higher Education
This also applies if you receive your eksamensbevis/slutbetyg after March 15th. If you apply at 15 March at the latest you will have the opportunity to document that you fulfil the admission requirements until 5 July at 12.00 noon.
You can a find a list of other important deadlines here.
In order to be eligible to apply for admission, you need to have completed a qualifying exam. For Swedish applicants this is a 3 year exam from Gymnasieskolen.
If you hold an Eksamensbevis for Högskoleforberende Eksamen, Gymnasieskolen, the following programmes makes you eligible to apply for admission in quota 1 and quota 2:
If you hold a Slutbetyg fra Gymnasieskolen, the following programmes makes you eligible to apply for admission in quota 1 and quota 2:
If you hold another exam than the ones stated, you can find out if it is qualifying for applying in quota 1 or quota 2 by reading The Agency of Higher Education’s guidelines .
When you apply for admission in Denmark, it is not possible to improve your grade point average in quota 1 by improving single subject grades or by supplementing subjects after finishing your qualifying exam. This means that the conversion to a Danish grade point average from a Swedish diploma will be converted on the basis of your original Eksamensbevis/Slutbetyg. If you only upload a copy of your Samlede betygsdokument, you may possibly be eligible for admission in quota 2.
Improved subjects and supplementary subjects must therefore appear on a separate document and can be used to fulfill the degree specific requirements, if these are not fulfilled by the subjects on your original Eksamensbevis/Slutbetyg.
On the Agency of Higher Education’s website, you can find a conversion scale, comparing your Swedish grade point average to a Danish grade point average. Please note that the conversion scales are regularly revised.
In addition to having a qualifying examination, you must have particular upper secondary school subjects at certain levels to meet the specific admission requirements. You can find the specific requirements under each programme. Just choose the menu Admission Requirement.
In the following link to you will be able see how we convert your Swedish subject level into a Danish subject level. You will therefore by means of this link from the Danish Agency of Higher Education be able to convert your Swedish subject level and see if you fulfil the specific requirements.
Please note: The conversion table is revised each year at the beginning of March. Therefore, there may be changes to the table close to the application deadline.
If you have other subjects than the stated, Aarhus University will make an individual assessment of your application. In this case, you must upload a course description of the relevant subject to your application at www.optagelse.dk.
If you do not hold the necessary upper secondary school subjects, but have taken similar subjects at a higher education, Aarhus University will make an individual assessment of these as well. In this case you must upload a course description of the relevant subject to your application at www.optagelse.dk, if you do not fulfill the specific requirements.
About Danish as a Specific Admission Requirement (Danish A)
The majority of Aarhus University’s bachelor’s degree programmes are taught in Danish. As a rule, you can expect that the teaching and the exams are conducted in Danish and that a large proportion of the curriculum is in Danish.
This means that applicants that apply to a Danish taught degree must document Danish qualifications comparable to Danish A level
Swedes fulfil the requirement of Danish A by passing Swedish on a comparable level (see the subject conversion table below)
You may take supplementary subjects in Denmark as well as in Sweden but be careful that you are supplementing the correct subject level. If you are currently taking a supplementary subject, you must state this in your application at www.optagelse.dk.
The deadline for uploading documentation for passed subjects is July 5th. The documentation must be uploaded to your application at www.optagelse.dk.
Supplementary subject after July 5th
It is possible to take one supplementary subject during the summer (or fall, if you apply for a programme that has study start in February). You must state in your application that you are taking a supplementary subject after July 5th and state what subject and level you are taking. You application will be assessed for conditional admission.
You must apply online on www.optagelse.dk. You must upload your documentation here as well. Please remember to send in the signature page before the deadline if you do not hold a “NemID/MitID”.
Read more about the application process.
When you apply for admission, you must upload the following documentation in order to document that you fulfil the Specific Admission Requirements and have Qualifying Exam. You must also upload documentation for any other academic qualifications that you have (remember that your documentation should be signed and stamped by the issuing authority):
Depending on your situation, it may be relevant for you to upload the following:
If you have any questions, you are of course welcome to contact us by writing to ba.admission@au.dk.
As an Icelandic applicant, you apply for admission on the same terms as Danish applicants. In order to be considered for a student place, you must therefore:
Aarhus University assesses if your foreign exam is qualifying and makes the conversion of your foreign grades and subject levels so it matches the Danish system. This conversion is done by means of guidelines made by The Danish Agency of Higher Education
This also applies if you receive your stúdentsprof after March 15th. If you apply at 15 March at the latest you will have the opportunity to document that you fulfil the admission requirements until 5 July at 12.00 noon.
You can a find a list of other important deadlines here.
In order to be eligible to apply for admission, you need to have completed a qualifying exam. For Icelandic applicants this is a 4 year stúdentspróf including a minimum of 140 Einigar (Ein) or 200 Framhaldsskólaeinigar (Fein).
When you apply for admission in Denmark, it is not possible to improve your grade point average in quota 1 by improving single subject grades or by supplementing subjects after finishing your qualifying exam. This means that the conversion to a Danish grade point average from an Icelandic stúdentprof will be converted on the basis of your original stúdentspróf. If you only upload a copy of an improved Stúdentspróf, you may possibly be eligible for admission in quota 2.
Improved subjects and supplementary subjects must therefore appear on a separate document and can be used to fulfill the degree specific requirements, if these are not fulfilled by the subjects on your original stúdentspróf.
On the Agency of Higher Education’s website (unfortunately only in Danish), you can find a conversion scale, comparing your Icelandic grade point average to a Danish grade point average. Please note that the conversion scales are regularly revised.
In addition to having a qualifying examination, you must have particular upper secondary school subjects at certain levels to meet the specific admission requirements. You can find the specific requirements under each programme. Just choose the menu Admission Requirement.
In the following link to you will be able see how we convert your Icelandic subject level into a Danish subject level. You will therefore by means of this link from the Danish Agency of Higher Education be able to convert your Icelandic subject level and see if you fulfil the specific requirements.
About Danish as a Specific Admission Requirement (Danish A)
The majority of Aarhus University’s bachelor’s degree programmes are taught in Danish. As a rule, you can expect that the teaching and the exams are conducted in Danish and that a large proportion of the curriculum is in Danish.
This means that applicants that apply to a Danish taught degree must document Danish qualifications comparable to Danish A level
If you have a qualifying entry examination from Iceland, then you can see how to fulfil Danish A level in the guideline subject conversion table above.
Please note: The conversion table is revised each year at the beginning of March. Therefore, there may be changes to the table close to the application deadline.
If you do not fulfill the specific requirement for the desired programme, you must pass supplementary subjects before July 5th.
If you have other subjects than the stated, Aarhus University will make an individual assessment of your application. In this case, you must upload a course description of the relevant subject to your application at www.optagelse.dk.
If you do not hold the necessary upper secondary school subjects, but have taken similar subjects at a higher education, Aarhus University will make an individual assessment of these as well. In this case you must upload a course description of the relevant subject to your application at www.optagelse.dk, if you do not fulfill the specific requirements.
If you do not fulfil the specific admission requirements for your desired programme you can take a supplementary course. You may take supplementary subjects in Denmark as well as in Iceland but be careful that you are supplementing the correct subject level. If you are currently taking a supplementary subject, you must state this in your application at www.optagelse.dk.
The deadline for uploading documentation for passed subjects is July 5th. The documentation must be uploaded to your application at www.optagelse.dk.
Supplementary subject after July 5th
It is possible to take one supplementary subject during the summer (or fall, if you apply for a programme that has study start in February). You must state in your application that you are taking a supplementary subject after July 5th and state what subject and level you are taking. You application will be assessed for conditional admission.
You must apply online on www.optagelse.dk. You must upload your documentation here as well. Please remember to send in the signature page before the deadline if you do not hold a “NemID/MitID”.
Read more about the application process.
When you apply for admission, you must upload the following documentation in order to document that you fulfil the Specific Admission Requirements and have Qualifying Exam. You must also upload documentation for any other academic qualifications that you have (remember that your documentation should be signed and stamped by the issuing authority):
Depending on your situation, it may be relevant for you to upload the following:
If you have any questions, you are of course welcome to contact us by writing to ba.admission@au.dk.
Finnish applicants apply for admission on the same terms as Danish applicants. In order to be considered for a student place as a Finnish applicant, you must therefore:
Aarhus University assesses if your foreign exam is qualifying and makes the conversion of your foreign grades and subject levels so it matches the Danish system. This conversion is done by means of guidelines made by The Danish Agency of Higher Education
This does also apply if you receive your Ylioppilastutkintotodistus/studentexamensbetyg after 15 March. If you apply at 15 March at the latest you will have the opportunity to document that you fulfil the admission requirements until 5 July at 12.00 noon.
You can a find a list of other important deadlines here.
In order to be eligible to apply for admission, you need to have completed a qualifying exam. For Finnish applicants this is a Ylioppilastutkintotodistus/studentexamsensbetyg from Lukiokoulutus/gymnasieutbildingen.
Finnish applicants must have both the Ylioppilastutkintotodistus/studentexamsensbetyg and the Lukion päättötodistustus/avgångsbetyg fra gymnasiet in order to be considered for admission.
On the Agency of Higher Education’s website (unfortunately only in Danish), you can find a conversion scale, comparing your Finnish grade point average to a Danish grade point average. Please note that the conversion scales are regularly revised.
In addition to having a qualifying examination, you must have particular upper secondary school subjects at certain levels to meet the specific admission requirements. You can find the specific requirements under each programme. Just choose the menu Admission Requirement.
In the following link to you will be able see how we convert your Finnish subject level into a Danish subject level. You will therefore by means of this link from the Danish Agency of Higher Education be able to convert your Finnish subject level and see if you fulfil the specific requirements.
Please note: The conversion table is revised each year at the beginning of March. Therefore, there may be changes to the table close to the application deadline.
If you do not hold the necessary upper secondary school subjects, but have taken similar subjects at a higher education, Aarhus University will make an individual assessment of these as well. In this case you must upload a course description of the relevant subject to your application at www.optagelse.dk, if you do not fulfil the specific requirements.
About Danish as a Specific Admission Requirement (Danish A)
The majority of Aarhus University’s bachelor’s degree programmes are taught in Danish. As a rule, you can expect that the teaching and the exams are conducted in Danish and that a large proportion of the curriculum is in Danish.
This means that applicants that apply to a Danish taught degree must document Danish qualifications comparable to Danish A level
Finnish applicants fulfil the requirement of Danish A by passing Swedish on a comparable level (see the subject conversion table).
If you do not fulfil the specific admission requirements for your desired programme you can take a supplementary course. You may take supplementary subjects courses in Denmark as well as in Finland but be sure that you supplement the correct subject at the right level. If you are currently taking a supplementary subject, you must state this in your application at www.optagelse.dk.
The deadline for uploading documentation for passed subjects is July 5th. The documentation must be uploaded to your application at www.optagelse.dk.
Supplementary subject after July 5th
It is possible to take one supplementary subject during the summer (or fall, if you apply for a programme that has study start in February). You must state in your application that you are taking a supplementary subject after July 5th and state what subject and level you are taking. You application will then be assessed for conditional admission.
You must apply and upload documentation online on www.optagelse.dk . Please remember to send the signature page before 15 March if you do not hold a “NemID/MitID”.
Read more about the application process.
When you apply for admission, you must upload the following documentation in order to document that you fulfil the Specific Admission Requirements and have Qualifying Exam. You must also upload documentation for any other academic qualifications that you have (remember that your documentation should be signed and stamped by the issuing authority):
Depending on your situation, it may be relevant for you to upload the following:
If you have any questions, you are of course welcome to contact us by writing to ba.admission@au.dk.
You will be assessed as a paying applicant if the following applies to you:
AND
Application and answer to your application
Application and documentation deadline: 15 March at 12.00 noon.
Deadline for paying the application fee: 15 March. If you have not paid the application fee by this deadline, your application will be cancelled.
You will receive an answer to your application by 1 June.
Who is admitted?
As a paying applicant, you must document that you fulfil the general requirement of a qualifying entry examination AND that you fulfil the specific admission requirements. As a paying applicant, you must be aware of the English language requirement.
As a paying applicant, your application can only be assessed if you have finished your qualifying exam prior to 15 March in the year of application. This means that paying applicants must have uploaded all of their educational documents including final diploma and transcripts and have paid the application fee no later than 15 March.
Therefore, applicants graduating in the year of application do not meet the admission requirement of a qualifying entry examination within the application deadline.
Paying applicants usually have to apply for a Danish study residence permit and must pay tuition fees for their studies at Aarhus University.
Furthermore as a paying applicant, you must also pay an application fee of 100 EURO in order to have your application(s) processed. More details about the application fee below.
You are required to pay an application fee of 100 EUR (750 DKK) per applicant in order to have your application(s) processed, if you are a paying applicant. You are considered a paying applicant, if you are a non-EU/EEA/Swiss citizen and you do not hold a residence permit that exempts you from paying tuition fee.
Please note that the payment deadline is 15 March. If you have not paid by 15 March your application will not be processed and you cannot be offered admission.
Exempt from payment of application fee are non-EU/EEA/Swiss citizens:
Applicants with a temporary work permit in Denmark (e.g. green card) must pay application fee.
Please contact ba.admission@au.dk in due time before the application deadline if you are unsure of whether you must pay application fee.
Terms of payment
Refund policy
The deadline for paying application fee is 15 March.
Legal basis
The rules regarding exemption of payment of tuition fees refer to Ministerial Order no. 764 of 19 June 2024 on funding and auditing at Danish universities, including amendments and explanatory notes.
Payment and study residence permit
You cannot obtain a study residence permit in Denmark without having paid the tuition fee.
Aarhus University cannot start the process of applying for your study residence permit with The Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration before you have paid the tuition fee.
After that date, the Agency will spend up to two months processing your application for a study residence permit.
Therefore, we strongly recommend that you pay the tuition fee as soon as possible and no later than 15 June in order for you to obtain your study residence permit in due time before commencement of studies.
Information about student residence permit
Documentation
If you are applying for Aarhus university and you have a Danish residence permit, then you must upload documentation for your residence permit to your application in order for Aarhus University to determine whether or not you are liable to pay tuition fees.
You must upload the following documentation to your application:
In case of changed residence status during your enrolment, you must always notify Aarhus University and send in your new residence permit.
Questions and contact
For further information, please contact ba.admission@au.dk
The tuition fee rates are determined by the university faculties and may be subject to change, also for enrolled students during their degree programme.
Tuition fee rates for non-EU/EEA students for academic year 2025-2026
The above is stipulated pursuant to Section 3 of the
A pre-assessment can help you determine if you meet the entry requirements for the Bachelor’s programme(s) you would like to apply for. In the pre-assessment it will be stated if you have a qualifying entry examination and if you need to supplement some subjects in order to meet the entry requirements.
You can apply for a pre-assessment for up to 3 Bachelor’s degree programmes.
Please note a pre-assessment is not a guarantee of admission. A pre-assessment is also not a requirement to apply for a programme.
You must have completed your upper secondary education prior to applying for a pre-assessment
We cannot make a pre-assessment if you have not yet completed your upper secondary education.
You must also have received your final and official documentation for your upper secondary education. When you request a pre-assessment, we will let you know which documentation we require in order to make your pre-assessment.
When can I request a pre-assessment?
We make pre-assessments from 1 October – 1 December.
If you would like to request a pre-assessment
If you would like to request a pre-assessment, you must send an email to ba.admission@au.dk with a pre-assessment request. We will then get back to you with more information on how to submit your diplomas and other relevant information so that we can make your pre-assessment.
