You will be assessed as a paying applicant if the following applies to you:
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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 not be assessed.
You will receive an answer to your application by 1 June.
Please note that some paying applicants may fulfil the admission requirements but do not have a high enough assessment to be offered early admission. You will instead receive a notification regarding this by 1 June. You will then receive a reply to your application 28 July.
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 150 EURO in order to have your application(s) processed.
You are required to pay an application fee of 150 EUR (1.125 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.
Terms of payment
Refund policy
Exempt from payment of application fee and tuition fee are non-EU/EEA/Swiss citizens who:
Applicants with a temporary work permit in Denmark (e.g. green card) must pay application fee.
Please contact [email protected] in due time before the application deadline if you are unsure of whether you must pay application fee.
Legal basis
The rules regarding exemption of payment of tuition fees refer to Ministerial Order no. 912 of 25 June 2025 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.
Once you are enrolled in a study programme, you must pay the tuition fee before each semester start.
If you receive credit transfer for previous studies, your tuition fees will be reduced. You will pay reduced tuition fees in the semester(s) in which you have been granted the credit transfer.
All payments are made via the AU web shop. You can pay in two ways:
Credit card
Bank transfer. You must order the invoice yourself via the AU web shop
Please note that you yourself are responsible for your payment.
Study start 1 September
| Semester | When will you receive payment information? | Payment deadline |
| 1st semester | Shortly after you have accepted your offer of admission | Before semester start 1 September |
| 2nd semester | Late December | Before semester start 1 February |
| 3rd semester | Late July | Before semester start 1 September |
| 4th semester | Late December | Before semester start 1 February |
Study start 1 February
| Semester | When will you receive payment information? | Payment deadline |
| 1st semester | Shortly after you have accepted your offer of admission | Before semester start 1 February |
| 2nd semester | Late July | Before semester start 1 September |
| 3rd semester | Late December | Before semester start 1 February |
| 4th semester | Late July | Before semester start 1 September |
Tuition fees are paid per semester (30 ECTS)
We do not accept payments in instalments
Please complete your payments early in order to avoid delays
You can have other people make the payments for you but make sure that your name is listed on the payment in the webshop
Invoices are issued with DKK – you can use a currency converter to make a bank transfer with a different currency than stated on your invoice, or you can use the webshop receipt in which the amount is stated in EUR.
Do not make a bank transfer before you have ordered an invoice in the AU Webshop!
Do not attempt to make many payments if you are experiencing issues. Please contact us instead.
Are you withdrawing from your programme?
You can receive a full tuition fee refund if you contact us before study start and request the refund. No refund is made after the start of a semester.
The refund will be made as soon as possible after you have contacted us. It can take 1-2 weeks to process.
If your tuition fee payment was made by a third party on your behalf, and you request a refund, the refund will be issued to the credit card or bank account of the payer, not you. In this case, it is your own responsibility to make sure that you will be able to retrieve the funds from the third party in question. It is not possible to request the refund to be made to a different bank account.
If you are granted a permanent residence permit in Denmark/in an EU-country that becomes valid after 1 March (for the Spring semester) or after 1 October (for the Fall semester), you must still pay the tuition fee for the entire semester.
If your permanent residence permit becomes valid before 1 March in the spring semester or before 1 October in the autumn semester, you can contact us for a refund of the tuition fee you have already paid for that semester. You must submit valid documentation for your new residence permit.
If your residence permit becomes valid after these dates, the tuition fee cannot be refunded for that semester.
You are required to notify us if your residence permit changes, and you are no longer exempt from paying tuition fees. Starting from the next semester, you will have to pay a tuition fee.
If you are a non-EU/EEA student with a residence permit in the EU/EEA, but without EU/EEA citizenship, you cannot be exempted from paying tuition fees.
The above is stipulated pursuant to Section 3 of the Ministerial Order no. 912 of 25 June 2025 on funding and auditing at Danish universities, including amendments and explanatory notes.
Health insurance
Once you have a Danish CPR number, health insurance is covered by the Danish state.
You must make your tuition fee payment via the AU Web shop.
You have received an email from the AU Admissions Office with a direct link to the web shop. Please follow the following instructions.
Please click the link you have received to open the web shop.
The page will look like this:
Click on “Add to Cart” and your shopping cart will now show that one tuition fee payment has been added.
Please check that it is the correct web shop for your study programme.
Click your shopping cart and check that you have only chosen “1” in “Qty”.
Click “Proceed to Checkout”.
You will now need to click “Create an Account”.
Only fill in “First Name” and “Last Name” as well as “Email” and “Password”.
Do not fill in “Tax/VAT Number”, “EAN nr.” nor “Attention”.
Customer Login
Please make sure to confirm your e-mail address before you proceed. The confirmation email is sent to the email address you have registered.
Once this is done, you will receive a “Welcome to AU web shop” email. You can now proceed with the payment.
Next you fill in the customer/student information under “Address Book”.
When your contact info is filled out, you can go to payment check-out.
Payment check-out
You can now choose to make the payment with a credit card or with a bank transfer via an invoice.
We recommend paying with a credit card if possible as these payments are processed faster.
However, if you choose to pay via bank transfer, you must order the invoice yourself via our web shop.
Below you will find instructions on how to either pay by credit card (A) or on how to order the invoice (B) via the web shop.
Click the “Business / Paying student” box.
Please list your name (applicant/student name that the tuition fee payment refers to) in the “order comment” box.
Pick payment method “Nets Easy Payment”.
Now click “place order”.
Payment information / credit card payment
Please list your credit card information.
Read and accept the terms and conditions to continue to payment. Click Pay XXXX EUR/DKK at the bottom to complete the payment.
It is not possible to pay the tuition fee in installments.
It is unfortunately not possible to pay with a Danish bank account.
This is the guide on how to order the invoice via our web shop.
Click the “Business/Paying student” box.
Please list your name (applicant/student name that the tuition fee payment refers to) in the “order comment” box.
Select the payment method “Invoice”.
Accept terms and conditions by checking the box.
Click “place order”.
An invoice will now be sent to the e-mail address you have listed in your payment. Please note that it may take a few days to receive the invoice.
When you receive the invoice, you can make the payment via bank transfer. Please note that it may take up to two weeks for us to receive a payment via international bank transfer.
It is not possible to pay the tuition fee in installments.
