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FACT SHEET
STUDENT EXCHANGE
2020/2021
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CONTACT INFORMATION

INTERNATIONAL OFFICE
Høegh-Guldbergs Gade 4A Building 1650
8000 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.st@au.dk
Faculty of Technical Sciences: mobility.st@au.dk

For further contact information, please visit our Contacts page.

ERASMUS code: DK ARHUS 01
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ACADEMIC CALENDAR

AUTUMN SEMESTER 2020
Classes                     Late August - mid-December
Exams period                Mid-December - late January
SPRING SEMESTER 2021
Classes                     Late January - mid-May
Exams period                Mid-May - late June
AU INTRO DAYS: Mandatory for all exchange students
Autumn 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                                    PARTNER NOMINATION
APPLICATION DEADLINES                             PROCESS

SPRING SEMESTER                                   Partners will receive an email with a link to the
Nomination period: 15 August - 15 September       online nomination form.
Application period: 1 September - 1 October
                                                  Once the online nomination form has been
AUTUMN SEMESTER                                   processed, nominated students will receive an
Nomination period: 15 February - 15 March         email with information on how to apply.
Application period: 1 March - 1 April
                                                  For information, please visit our application
Housing application deadlines are the same        page.
as above
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ONLINE APPLICATION                                    LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS
PROCESS

APPLICATION                                           Exchange students are expected to have
Students apply for admission and AU Housing           English language qualifications comparable to
via AU’s application portal.                          TOEFL test results of 83 (ibt) or a score of 6.5 in
                                                      the IELTS.
ADMISSION
Applications are processed on an ongoing              • Aarhus BSS: no documentation required
basis. Students can access their letter of enroll-    • Faculty of Arts: documentation required for
ment online.                                            English degree programme only.
                                                      • Faculties of Health, Natural Sciences and
RESIDENCE PERMIT APPLICATION                            Technical Sciences: documentation may be
If required, students can access a residence            required.
permit application form online. Students are
advised to submit their application as soon as        Please consult the language requirements
possible. More information is available on this       page for more detailed information.
page.

APPLICATION FOR COURSES
Once admitted, students will receive instruc-
tions for applying for courses.
                                                      COURSES
HOUSING OFFER
Housing offers will be sent to successful ap-
plicants by 1 July (Autumn semesters) and 15          A wide variety of courses are taught in English,
December (Spring semesters). Students must            however, the selection of courses varies from
accept their housing offer and pay first month’s      semester to semester.
rent and booking fee by credit card within 48
hours.                                                Please consult the Course information page for
                                                      international students.
ARRIVAL INFORMATION
Students will receive pre-arrival information         Generally, students can choose courses from
and mentor/buddy contact information, if              one faculty only, and most faculties allow stu-
applicable, by email.                                 dents to choose courses from one department
                                                      only.
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TRANSCRIPT OF RECORDS                             ECTS AND MARKS

Transcript of academic records are automati-      Course workload is expressed in ECTS.
cally sent to the student’s AU email address
approximately two months after the end of         Full-time study is equivalent to 30 ECTS per se-
exams.                                            mester. Danish marks and corresponding ECTS
                                                  marks are as follows:
Students do not have to submit individual
requests for transcripts.                          12       10   7         4      02      00   -03
                                                   A        B    C         D      E       FX   F

                                                  12 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.

                                                  ESTIMATED COST OF LIVING
HOUSING
                                                   Housing:                    350-600 Euro
                                                   Meals:                      200 Euro
The optional application for housing is inte-
grated into the admission application.             Books:                      40 Euro
                                                   Local transportation:       50 Euro
For more information about AH Housing, visit       Estimated per month: Approx. 890 Euro
this page.
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INSURANCE

HEALTH INSURANCE
Students staying for more than 3 months are
                                                      WE HAVE COLLECTED
covered by Danish Health Insurance once they          OUR PUBLICATIONS
have received a CPR-number. See Useful
Links for information.                                ONLINE. THIS IS TO HELP
Students staying less than 3 months must
                                                      THE ENVIRONMENT
obtain private health insurance before arriving       BY NOT PRINTING AND
in Denmark.
                                                      SENDING OUR
THIRD PARTY LIABILITY INSURANCE
It is the student’s responsibility to carry insur-
                                                      BROCHURES ALL
ance covering travel, personal belongings, ac-        AROUND THE WORLD.
cidents and third party liability while studying
in Denmark.                                           FIND THEM HERE >
Aarhus University does not cover any losses
that may occur, and strongly recommends that
students arrange insurance before travelling.
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USEFUL LINKS

INTERNATIONAL CENTRE

AU HOUSING

LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS

AU INTRO WEEK / INTRO DAYS

FAQ

CAMPUS MAP

RESIDENCE PERMIT/CERTIFICATE, CPR NUMBER AND HEALTH INSURANCE

DANISH LANGUAGE COURSES

 TOURIST INFORMATION:
• VISIT AARHUS
• VISIT HERNING
• VISIT COPENHAGEN

CORONA INFORMATION FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
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