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Exchange students at Aarhus BSS can be admitted to courses from one subject area only. Please see further information, including course lists and guidelines under each subject area below:
Bachelor-level courses are available to 2nd and 3rd year bachelor students with a relevant academic background in business and/or economics and prior experience with some of the following subject areas (corresponding to at least 60 ECTS or one full year of studies):
Many business and economics courses at Aarhus BSS are quantitatively oriented, so a basic understanding of quantitative tools and methods is an advantage.
Master level courses are available to 4th and 5th year master students with a relevant bachelor’s degree in business administration or economics. Master-level courses are also available to 4th year bachelor students.
In addition to the general requirements, some courses have specific academic pre-requisites that students have to meet in order to take the course.
Exchange students can choose from a range of selected courses offered by the Department of Management and the Department of Economics and Business Economics. Exchange students are expected to enroll in 25-30 ECTS credits per semester.
Guidelines and Course Lists Autumn/Fall 2022
Guidelines and Course Lists Spring 2022
Prerequisites / Admission requirements
Courses offered Autumn/Fall 2022
Courses offered Spring 2022
Prerequisites / Admission requirements
Courses offered Autumn/Fall 2022
Courses offered Spring 2022
Prerequisites / Admission requirements
Courses offered in Autumn/Fall 2022
Courses offered in Spring 2022
Bachelor-level courses are available to 2nd and 3rd year bachelor students with a relevant academic background in business and/or engineering (corresponding to at least 60 ECTS or one full year of studies):
Master level courses are available to 4th and 5th year master students with a relevant bachelor’s degree. Master-level courses are also available to 4th year bachelor students.
In addition to the general requirements, some courses have specific academic pre-requisites that students have to meet in order to take the course.
Exchange students can choose from a range of selected courses offered by the Department of Business Development and Technology. Exchange students are expected to enroll in 25-30 ECTS credits per semester.
Further information is available on the Course webpage.
Please read the information about the courses offered to exchange students at the Faculty of Arts before searching for further information in the Course Catalogue
Course Catalogue
Courses that are open to exchange students are listed in the Course Catalogue with the course type ‘exchange’.
To get the complete list of the courses available for exchange students in a particular semester use these filter options:
• Period: Autumn/Spring
• Year
• Faculty: Arts
• Language of Instruction: English
• Course Type: Exchange
Final updates to the course catalogue should be completed by mid April for the Autumn semester and mid October for the Spring semester.
Academic level and requirements
Bachelor level courses are available for 2nd and 3rd year exchange students with relevant academic background equivalent to 30 ECTS.
Master level courses are available for 4th and 5th year exchange students with relevant academic background equivalent to min. 60 ECTS within relevant study area. Some Master level courses are also available for 3rd year students with relevant academic background.
Please refer to the individual course descriptions for more details.
Restrictions
Exchange students are both encouraged and expected to be flexible regarding their final course placements. Slots on several courses are limited due to organizational factors such as maximum class size and room size restrictions. Therefore, while everything will be done to try and match one’s preferences, both you and your home university must be prepared for and willing to work with changes that may occur to the original plan.
Danish taught courses
Exchange students with sufficient Danish language qualifications / exchange students from Scandinavian partner universities can also register for some Danish taught courses, by individual arrangement.
Exams
Fall semester: Written exams take place in December and January. Oral exams take place in January. Spring semester: Written exams take place in May and June. Oral exams take place in June.
Please make sure that the exam type (assessment and grading) for the courses you choose, matches the needs of your home university. See exams and grading
Internationalisation Electives
Internationalisation electives are 2nd year bachelor courses which cover various topics within the humanities, and have an interdisciplinary perspective. These are offered to students across all study programmes at the Faculty of Arts as well as exchange students. Search for ‘iv-fag’ in the course catalogue. Please note that most Internationalisation electives are taught on the same weekday (Mondays).
Bachelor's supplementary subject programmes
Bachelor's supplementary subject programmes are 3rd year Bachelor level programmes with a range of courses that are open to exchange students.
Campus Emdrup, Copenhagen
The school of Education is located in Copenhagen and offer courses from the following programmes to incoming exchange students:
Anthropology of Education and Globalisation: Master-level courses available to 4th and 5th year exchange students with relevant academic background.
Education Sciences: Bachelor-level courses – only in Danish - available to 2nd and 3rd year exchange students with relevant academic background.
Master-level courses – only in Danish – are available to 4th and 5th year exchange students with relevant academic background. The Master level courses in Danish are found under the following Master educations: Educational Anthropology; Educational Psychology; Educational Sociology; Educational Theory - and Curriculum Studies (Danish); Educational Theory - and Curriculum Studies (Material Culture); Educational Theory - and Curriculum Studies (Mathematics); Education Science; General Education A)Philosophy of Education.
At Faculty of Natural Sciences, exchange agreements are signed on departmental level. Therefore you must take the majority of your courses at the department (degree programme) where you are enrolled.
Please be aware that access to master/graduate level courses is restricted for bachelor/undergraduate level students. You will find information about course restrictions under each subject area below.
Also be aware that Engineering courses are only available for master/graduate level students.
You are expected to be flexible regarding your course selection. Seats on many courses are limited due to organizational factors such as maximum class size and room size restrictions. Therefore, while we will do our best to match your preferences, both you and your home university must be prepared for and willing to work with changes that may occur to the original plan.
English taught courses
All master/graduate level courses are taught in English (except some courses in Molecular Medicine).
The majority of bachelor/undergraduate level courses are taught in Danish. Please check under each subject area below to find information about English taught courses at bachelor level.
How to choose courses
You can apply for courses at maximum two different programmes. Choose 30 ECTS points per semester as follows:
A) 30 ECTS points per semester at your primary degree programme from Faculty of Natural Sciences
or
B) Minimum 20 ECTS points per semester at your primary degree programme at Faculty of Natural Sciences, and up to 10 ECTS points at one other programme from Faculty of Natural Sciences or Faculty of Technical Sciences
Examples of how to choose courses:
Example A)
30 ECTS at your primary degree programme at Natural Sciences, e.g. Nanoscience
Example B)
20 ECTS at your primary degree programme, e.g. Mathematics + 10 ECTS at Computer Science (which are both offered Faculty of Natural Sciences)
Example C)
20 ECTS at your primary degree programme, e.g. Biology (which is offered by Faculty of Natural Sciences) + 10 ECTS at Biological and Chemical Engineering (which is offered by Faculty of Technical Sciences)
You cannot choose to take courses from more than two different programmes.
For example:
You cannot take 20 ECTS at Nanoscience + 5 ECTS at Biology + 5 ECTS at Agrobiology.
Project modules
You cannot sign up for a Master’s thesis module. If you wish to collaborate with a professor or research group in relation to your Master’s thesis, it must be arranged within the framework of an internship programme. You must arrange such an internship directly with a department and a professor. Read more here.
Some departments allow exchange students to sign up for bachelor and master level project modules (from 5 to 30 ECTS per semester). Please check under each subject area below for more information about project modules.
Academic level and requirements
All applications will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis as applicants must meet the specific academic requirements for each individual course. Academic requirements are available in the course catalogue.
Please check under each subject area below for information about academic requirements and restrictions.
Exams
Autumn semester exams are held in January. Spring semester exams in June. Exchange students are expected to be present in Aarhus for exams.
The Arctic Science Study Programme (ASSP) offered in Nuuk, Greenland gives your education an Arctic angle and provides you with first-hand experience of working in and with the climate, environment and communities of the Arctic.
If you choose courses from the ASSP programme, you cannot also choose courses offered in Aarhus. You therefore have to choose between a whole semester in Nuuk or a whole semester in Aarhus.
Here you can find more information about the Arctic Science Study Programme (ASSP) and course packages offered in Nuuk.
All bioinformatics courses offered in the autumn semester 2021 and 2022 The complete course catalogue for the Autumn semester 2022 will be updated in march/april 2022. Until then you should look for courses from Autumn semester 2021 as the majority of courses offered in 2021 will also be available in 2022.
Bachelor courses:
There is only a limited selection of bachelor level English taught courses available to 3rd year exchange students with relevant academic background, equivalent to 120 ECTS. You can see an updated list here below.
Autumn semester:
Spring semester:
Master/Graduate courses:
All biology courses offered in the autumn semester 2021 and 2022
The complete course catalogue for the Autumn semester 2022 will be updated in march/april 2022. Until then you should look for courses from Autumn semester 2021 as the majority of courses offered in 2021 will also be available in 2022.
International Programme in Chemistry - Autumn semester
Experimental Organic Synthesis
BSc research project in chemistry
or
BSc research project in medicinal
chemistry
*all 10 ECTS
All chemistry courses offered in the autumn semester 2021 and 2022 The complete course catalogue for the Autumn semester 2022 will be updated in march/april 2022. Until then you should look for courses from Autumn semester 2021 as the majority of courses offered in 2021 will also be available in 2022.
All master level courses at the MSc programme Computer Science are available for 4th and 5th year exchange students with relevant academic background within the subject areas of Computer Science, Mathematics, Probability Theory and Statistics.
All master level courses at the MSc programme IT Product Development are available for 4th and 5th year exchange students with relevant academic background within the subject areas of IT-Product Development, Industrial Design, Mathematics, Probability Theory and Statistics.
Autumn Semester
Basic Hydrogeophysics 10 ECTS
Oceans and Climate 10 ECTS
Reflection Seismics and Well Logging 10 ECTS
Petrology (with field course) 10 ECTS
Sedimentology 5 ECTS
Mineralogy 5 ECTS
Hydrology and Earth Surface Processes 5 ETCS
Spring Semester
Basins and Reservoirs 5 ECTS
Geographical Information Systems (GIS) 5 ECTS
Introduction to Ice Age Processes and Environments 5 ETCS
Numerical Methods 5 ECTS
Quaternary Geology 10 ECTS
All Geoscience courses offered in the autumn semester 2021 and 2022 The complete course catalogue for the Autumn semester 2022 will be updated in march/april 2022. Until then you should look for courses from Autumn semester 2021 as the majority of courses offered in 2021 will also be available in 2022.
All master level courses at the MSc programme Mathematics are available for 4th and 5th year exchange students with relevant academic background within the subject areas of Abstract Algebra, Complex Analysis, Differential Equations, Differential Geometry and Topology.
All master level courses at the MSc programme Statistics are available for 4th and 5th year exchange students with relevant academic background within the subject areas of Statistics and Probability Theory.
All master level courses at the MSc programme Mathematics-Economics are available for 4th and 5th year exchange students with relevant academic background within the subject areas of Mathematics (Linear Algebra, Mathematical Analysis, Measure and Integration Theory), Probability Theory and Statistics, Finance, Operational Research (Linear and Convex Optimization), and Economics (Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Cost Accounting).
Modules that are NOT available for exchange students are:
Projects in Mathematics and Statistics
Bachelor's Project
Master's Thesis
All courses at Department of Mathematics offered in the autumn semester 2021 and 2022
The complete course catalogue for the Autumn semester 2022 will be updated in march/april 2022. Until then you should look for courses from Autumn semester 2021 as the majority of courses offered in 2021 will also be available in 2022.
Bachelor level courses
Master level courses
All courses offered by department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - Autumn semester 21 and 22
The complete course catalogue for the Autumn semester 2022 will be ready in late April 2022. Until then you should look for courses from the Autumn semester 2021 as the majority of courses offered in 2021 will also be available in 2022.
All physics and astronomy courses offered in the autumn semester 2021 and 2022 The complete course catalogue for the Autumn semester 2022 will be updated in march/april 2022. Until then you should look for courses from Autumn semester 2021 as the majority of courses offered in 2021 will also be available in 2022.
All science theory courses offered in the autumn semester 2021 and 2022
The complete course catalogue for the Autumn semester 2022 will be updated in march/april 2022. Until then you should look for courses from Autumn semester 2021 as the majority of courses offered in 2021 will also be available in 2022.
At Faculty of Technical Sciences, exchange agreements are signed on departmental level. Therefore you must take the majority of your courses at the department (degree programme) where you are enrolled.
Please be aware that Engineering courses at master/graduate level are only available for master/graduate level students.
How to select courses at Faculty of Technical Sciences
You can apply for courses at maximum two different programmes. Choose 30 ECTS points per semester as follows:
A) 30 ECTS points per semester at your primary programme from Faculty of Technical Sciences
or
B) Minimum 20 ECTS points per semester at your primary programme from Faculty of Technical Sciences, and up to 10 ECTS points at one other programme from Faculty of Technical Sciences or Faculty of Natural Sciences
Examples of how to choose courses:
Example A)
30 ECTS at your primary degree programme, e.g. Agro- and Food Sciences
Example B)
20 ECTS at your primary degree programme: e.g. Mechanical Engineering + 10 ECTS at Civil and Architectural Engineering (which is under Faculty of Technical Sciences)
Example C)
20 ECTS at primary degree programme: Biological and Chemical Engineering + 10 ECTS at Biology (which is under Faculty of Natural Sciences)
You cannot choose to take courses from more than two different programmes.
For example:
You cannot take 20 ECTS at Mechanical Engineering + 5 ECTS at Civil and Architectural Engineering + 5 ECTS at Electrical Engineering.
English taught courses
All master/graduate level courses are taught in English (except Biomedical Engineering).
The majority of bachelor/undergraduate level courses are taught in Danish. Please check under each subject area below to find information about English taught courses at bachelor level.
Academic level and requirements
All applications will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis as applicants must meet the specific academic requirements for each individual course. Academic requirements are available in the course catalogue.
Please check under each subject area below for information about academic requirements and restrictions.
Restrictions
Exchange students are both encouraged and expected to be flexible regarding their final course selection. Seats on many courses are limited due to organizational factors such as maximum class size and room size restrictions. Therefore, while we will do our best to match your preferences, both you and your home university must be prepared for and willing to work with changes that may occur to the original plan.
Project modules
You cannot sign up for a Master’s thesis module. If you wish to collaborate with a professor or research group in relation to your Master’s thesis, it must be arranged within the framework of an internship programme. You must arrange such an internship directly with a department and a professor. Read more here.
Some departments allow exchange students to sign up for bachelor and master level project modules (from 5 to 30 ECTS per semester). Please check under each subject area below for more information about project modules.
Exams
Autumn semester exams are held in January. Spring semester exams in June. Exchange students are expected to be present in Aarhus for exams.
If you select the Project in Food Science course module it is your own responsibility to find a supervisor and a subject. For guidance regarding selection of supervisor and subject please contact Margrethe Therkildsen: margrethe.therkildsen@food.au.dk
All master level courses at the MSc programme Agrobiology are available for 4th and 5th year exchange students with relevant academic background within the subject areas of Agrobiology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Cytology, Zoology, Botany, Mathematics, Statistics and Probability Calculus.
All master level courses at the MSc programme Molecular Nutrition and Food Technology are available for 4th and 5th year exchange students with relevant academic background within the subject areas of Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Food Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry.
Bachelor/undergraduate exchange students can choose between one of our three semester packages for bachelor engineering students:
Courses offered in Autumn 2022 The complete course catalogue for the Autumn semester 2022 will be updated in march/april 2022. Until then you should look for courses from Autumn semester 2021 as the majority of courses offered in 2021 will also be available in 2022.
Courses offered in Autumn 2022 The complete course catalogue for the Autumn semester 2022 will be updated in march/april 2022. Until then you should look for courses from Autumn semester 2021 as the majority of courses offered in 2021 will also be available in 2022.
Courses offered in Autumn 2022 The complete course catalogue for the Autumn semester 2022 will be updated in march/april 2022. Until then you should look for courses from Autumn semester 2021 as the majority of courses offered in 2021 will also be available in 2022.
Project modules
R&D courses/projects
Master's Thesis
Courses offered in Autumn 2022 The complete course catalogue for the Autumn semester 2022 will be updated in march/april 2022. Until then you should look for courses from Autumn semester 2021 as the majority of courses offered in 2021 will also be available in 2022.
Exchange students at Faculty of Health can be admitted to courses from one subject area only. Please find further information, requirements and restriction under each subject area below.
All subjects offered through the Doctor of Medicine program are offered in Danish with the exception of the international semester in Medicine, taught in English.
Specifically for the international semester in Medicine:
To be eligible for enrollement, exchange students must meet the following criteria:
Clinical placements during the semester can take place in both Aarhus and Herning
Find more information about The international semester in Medicine
Exams
Restrictions
Medical semester exchange is only possible through faculty specific partner agreements.
Master of Health Sciences is currently not open to exchange students.
The Master of Nursing is currently not open to Exchange Students.
Optometry and Visual Science is currently not open to exchange students.
Subjects offered by the Department of Dentistry and Oral Health at Aarhus University are only available to exchange students through faculty specific partner agreements.
The programme is only offered in Danish.
Subjects offered by the Department of Dentistry and Oral Health at Aarhus University are only available to exchange students through partner agreements.
The programme is only offered in Danish.
Subjects offered by the Department of Dentistry and Oral Health at Aarhus University are only available to exchange students through faculty specific partner agreements.
The programme is only offered in Danish.