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ACADEMIC CALENDAR

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AND AARHUS HAVE TO OFFER...

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AUTUMN SEMESTER 2024
Classes

Late August - mid-December

Exams period

Mid-December - late January

SPRING SEMESTER 2025
Classes

Late January - mid-May

Exams period

Mid-May - late June

AU INTRO DAYS: Mandatory for all exchange students

CONTACT INFORMATIONINTERNATIONAL OFFICE
Høegh-Guldbergs Gade 4A, Building 16508000 Aarhus C, Denmark
Phone +45 8715 0220
General inquiries: ic@au.dk
Housing: housing@au.dk
AU Summer University: SummerUniversity@au.dk

FACULTY CONTACTS
Aarhus BSS: bss.international@au.dk
Faculty of Arts: please contact your AU partner
Faculty of Health: health.studyabroad@au.dk
Faculty of Natural Sciences: mobility.nat-tech@au.dk
Faculty of Technical Sciences: mobility.nat-tech@au.dk
For further contact information, please visit our Contacts page.
ERASMUS code: DK ARHUS 01Autumn semester

Late August/early September

Spring semester

Late January/early February

Specific dates vary with study programme, and will be available closer to semester start.
Please visit our Academic calendar page for more detailed information.

NOMINATION AND
APPLICATION DEADLINESPARTNER NOMINATIONPROCESSAUTUMN SEMESTER
Nomination period: 15 February - 25 March
Application period: 1 March - 1 April

Partners will receive an email with a link to theonline nomination form.

SPRING SEMESTER
Nomination period: 15 August - 25 September
Application period: 1 September - 1 October
Housing application deadlines are the sameas above

Once the online nomination form has beenprocessed, nominated students will receive anemail with information on how to apply.
For information, please visit our application
page.

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COURSESONLINE APPLICATIONPROCESSAPPLICATION
Students apply for admission and AU Housing
via AU’s application portal.
ADMISSION
Applications are processed on an ongoingbasis. Students can access their letter of enrollment online.
RESIDENCE PERMIT APPLICATION
If required, students can access a residence
permit application form online. Students areadvised to submit their application as soon aspossible. More information is available on thispage.
APPLICATION FOR COURSES
Once admitted, students will receive instructions for applying for courses.
HOUSING OFFER
Housing offers will be sent to successful applicants by 1 July (Autumn semesters) and 15
December (Spring semesters). Students must
accept their housing offer and pay first month’s
rent and booking fee by credit card within 48hours.
ARRIVAL INFORMATION
Students will receive pre-arrival informationand mentor/buddy contact information, ifapplicable, by email.

AU INTERNATIONAL STUDENT GUIDEThis service has a wealth of information forincoming exchange students. Available via
mobile phone only.

LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS
Exchange students are expected to have
English language qualifications comparable toTOEFL test results of 83 (ibt) or a score of 6.5 in
the IELTS.
• Aarhus BSS: no documentation required• Faculty of Arts: documentation required forEnglish degree programme only.
• Faculty of Health: no documentation required• Faculties of Natural Sciences and TechnicalSciences: documentation may berequired.
Please consult the language requirements
page for more detailed information.

A wide variety of courses are taught in English,
however, the selection of courses varies fromsemester to semester.
Please consult the Course information page forinternational students.
Generally, students can choose courses fromone faculty only, and most faculties allow students to choose courses from one department
only.

TRANSCRIPT OF RECORDS

5ECTS AND MARKS
Course workload is expressed in ECTS.
Full-time study is equivalent to 30 ECTS per
se-mester. Danish marks and corresponding
ECTS marks are as follows:

12107

40200

-03ABCDEFXF12 is the highest mark, 02 is the minimum
passing mark. Some exams are marked as“pass/fail” only. For more information, please
see Exams and Grading.

Students can retrieve an official transcriptof records via AU’s online service.
This secure service generates an officialtranscript showing all courses and exam
results at Aarhus University. The transcript
can be printed or saved in PDF format.

HOUSINGThe optional application for AU Housing is
integrated into the admission application.
For more information about AU Housing, visit
this page.

ESTIMATED COST OF LIVING
Housing:350-600 EuroMeals:300 Euro

Books:

25 EuroLocal transportation:

30 EuroPersonal expenses
incl. insurance:

100 EuroMonthly estimate:

Approx. 1000 Euro

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INSURANCEEMERGENCYTRAVEL INSURANCE
Aarhus University strongly recommends thatstudents purchase travel insurance prior totravelling to Denmark

EMERGENCY INFORMATIONThis website contains information about theuniversity-wide emergency response plan at
Aarhus University.

HEALTH INSURANCE
Students staying for more than 3 months arecovered by Danish Health Insurance once they
have received a CPR-number. See Useful
Links on page 8 for information.

Emergency information is also provided via
AU’s International Students Guide, accessible
via mobile telephones only.

WE HAVE COLLECTED OUR
PUBLICATIONS ONLINE.
THIS IS TO HELP THE ENVIRONMENT BYNOT PRINTING AND SENDING THEM
ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
FIND THEM HERE

Students staying less than 3 months mustobtain private health insurance before arriving
in Denmark.
THIRD PARTY LIABILITY INSURANCE
It is the student’s responsibility to carry insurance covering travel, personal belongings, accidents and third party liability while studyingin Denmark.
Aarhus University does not cover any losses
that may occur, and strongly recommends thatstudents arrange insurance before travelling.

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USEFUL LINKSINTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE AT AUAU HOUSINGLANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS
AU INTRO WEEK / INTRO DAYSFAQCAMPUS MAPRESIDENCE PERMIT/CERTIFICATE, CPR NUMBER AND HEALTH INSURANCEDANISH LANGUAGE COURSES
TOURIST INFORMATION:• VISIT AARHUS• VISIT HERNING• VISIT COPENHAGEN

CORONA INFORMATION FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS