Application deadline for all international students applying for a full bachelor's programme is:

                                  15 March, 12.00 noon 
You must apply for a student place via www.optagelse.dk. Once you have filled in the application a Signature Page is produced.

You must print out, sign and submit the Signature Page to bacheloroptag@aau.dk before 15 March 12 noon. Your application process is not completed until the Signature Page is received at The Admissions Office.

Aalborg University and the other institutions of higher education in Denmark are part of a joint application system called the Coordinated Enrolment System (KOT). KOT enables you to apply for up to eight different Bachelor’s programmes, and ensures that you are admitted to the highest priority possible. At the same time, KOT makes sure that you are only admitted to one of the programmes you apply for.

AAU wishes to reflect the diversity of society and welcomes all applicants regardless of personal background or belief.

AAU encourages applicants from all socioeconomic backgrounds to apply. You can read about SU – The Danish students´ Grants and Loans Scheme here (only for European students). 

Which enclosures are necessary to upload? 

• Your diploma (a copy) in the original language.
• Your diploma (a copy) translated into English and verified by your school. If you do not have a diploma at the time of applying, you must submit a preliminary diploma/school transcript translated into English and verified by your school. Please note the documentation deadlines.
• English proficiency documentation (result of a recognized English language test)
• Grade sheets from the last three years of upper secondary school.
   

Verification of subjects. You must use a verification form if the following facts do not appear on your diploma: a) the subjects taught during the final three years at upper secondary school, b) grades in each subject during the final three years and c) number of hours of instruction (1 hour = 60 minutes) during the final three years. Applicants from Scandinavia are not required to enclose a verification form.

Verification form: Documentation of subjects levels

• Curricula for the specific entry requirement subjects translated into English and verified by your school.
• A copy of your passport.
• A copy of your residence permit if you are already staying in Denmark
• If you are not a EU/EEA citizen please remember to upload receipt for payment of application fee.

Please note! Only complete applications including enclosures mentioned above will be taken into consideration. 

• Signature page receipt

Once you have submitted the signature page to bacheloroptag@aau.dk, you will receive an auto-reply from The Admissions Office (Optagelseskontoret) at Aalborg University confirming that your application has been received.

• Password for UniStart 

A few days later you will receive an email from The Admissions Office with a password to our self-service-system, UniStart. Through UniStart, you can track the processing of your application, receive information from The Admissions Office regarding your application, and eventually accept or reject an offer of enrolment.

• Log in and use UniStart

You must log in to UniStart by using your cpr.no. (used when applying at www.optagelse.dk ) and your password. You are obligated to use UniStart, since The Admissions Office communicates with applicants exclusively through UniStart. You are responsible for keeping up-to-date with all information - including important deadlines - provided by Aalborg University, at www.en.unistart.aau.dk

• Notification at your email-account 

You will be notified via the email address you have stated in your application (at www.optagelse.dk) whenever information is awaiting you at UniStart.

Read more about types of messages, you may receive from us in the section below.

Any of these messages from the Admission Office will be sent to you through UniStart only (you will receive a notification on your email-account that information is awaiting you):

• Further documentation is required

Within a deadline stated in the email, you must provide us with further documentation. Otherwise we will not be able to process your application, and it will be rejected without further notification.

• Offer of enrolment

By 28 July you will receive an offer of enrolment (if you meet the entry requirements and if the national coordination of enrolment enables it).

• Deadline for accepting or rejecting an offer of enrolment 

No later than 5 August you must either accept or reject the offer of a study place. If you do not reply within this deadline, the offer of a study place is withdrawn without further notification. Please note that you are required to do this through UniStart.

• Regarding applicants from non EU/EEU countries

Deadline for accepting an offer of enrolment is 15 May 2025, you do this by uploading a receipt showing that you have paid tuition fee.

• Rejection of the application 

In case you do not meet the entry requirement for the programme, your application will be rejected. We expect (but do not guarantee) rejections to be sent to our applicants in April, May and June.

• Offer of conditional enrolment 

In case you do not meet the entry requirements your application will be rejected. You may be offered conditional enrolment, if the rejection is due to the lack of only one specific entry requirement (e.g. you have passed Mathematics at B-level but A-level is the requirement). The offer is based upon you meeting and documenting the lacking entry requirement before 1 September. It is exclusively for The Admissions Office to offer an applicant conditional enrolment.

Please be aware that if you are offered a student place on a programme, all your lower priorities will be cancelled. This means that if you have received an offer under conditional enrolment and cannot fulfil the requirements, then you will not receive another offer for you lower priorities.

Quota 1 is for applicants who have passed a Danish upper secondary exam or an upper secondary school exam directly comparable to a Danish upper secondary school exam (meaning that your grade point average (GPA) can be converted into the Danish grading scale) and who wish to be assessed exclusively on the basis of this.

At those of our programmes with entry restricted admission applicants are admitted on a competitive basis according to their GPA. If it is possible to make a direct conversion of the GPA from your international diploma, it is directly comparable to a Danish upper secondary education.

If you have a directly comparable upper secondary school exam, you must apply no later than 15 March 12 noon, and your application will be assessed both in quota 1 and quota 2. Most upper secondary school exams from EU/EEA countries are directly comparable to a Danish upper secondary school exam.

Please note that if you have a master's degree, you must apply no later than 15 March 12 noon.

Quota 2 is for applicants with one of the following qualifications: 

• International upper secondary school exam (and are an EU/EEA citizen)
• Danish upper secondary school exam and furthermore have obtained qualifications e.g. relevant work experience and relevant post-secondary courses
• No upper secondary school exam, but with qualifications comparable to an upper secondary school exam (exemptees)

If you have a Danish upper secondary school exam or an international upper secondary school exam comparable to a Danish upper secondary school exam you will be assessed in Quota 1 as well as in Quota 2. If you apply as an exemptee or you have an international upper secondary school exam not comparable to a Danish upper secondary school exam you will only be assessed in Quota 2.

Qualified applicants in Quota 2 will be selected through an overall assessment based on:

• Grades in the subjects that constitute the specific entry requirements – see above
• Activities up to a maximum of 12 months: Relevant professional work experience and/or relevant education and supplementary courses.

All activities must be documented. Activities up to a maximum of 12 months will be taken into consideration. If you are in doubt whether your activities will be taken into consideration, we advice that you submit documentation for all your activities, and The Admissions Office will select the activities that serve you the best.

Please note! You must apply no later than 15 March 12.00 noon. 

Application deadline is 15 March at 12.00 noon, for applicants holding a non-EU/EEA citizenship. Please note that documentation deadline is 1 May if the following is applicable for you:

• Do not have a Danish upper secondary school exam and
• Are not EU/EEA citizens and
• Need a student residence permit to study in Denmark

If the number of qualified applicants exceeds the number of student places, the Admissions Office will make an overall assessment based on:

• grades in the subjects that constitute the specific entry requirements
• relevant professional full-time work experience
• relevant education or supplementary courses

Please also note that applicants with a citizenship from outside EU/EEA may be required to pay application fee and tuition fee.

Aalborg University does not offer financial support or scholarships to foreign students. 

Applicants from non EU/EEA countries will receive a reply to their application 15 May. This is due to requirements of student residence permit and payment of tuition fee. 

YOU MUST APPLY NO LATER THAN 15 MARCH 12 NOON. 
PLEASE NOTE, THE DIPLOMA-UPLOAD DEADLINE IS 1 MAY.

If you have been unenrolled by the university from the same programme to which you are applying for admission, Aalborg University has to assess whether you significantly has improved your chances of completing the programme. You must upload the documentation to you application at www.optagelse.dk 

You must uploade the following: 

• A statement explaining for the reason/reasons that your previously enrollment was canceled
• A statement explaining how your opportunities for finishing the bachelor’s programme has been significantly improved or an explanation of how the programmes content has been significantly changed
• Documentation proving that your opportunities for finishing the bachelor’s programme has been significantly improved or documentation proving that the programmes content has been significantly changed

The mentioned documentation can be in the form of:

• A doctor’s note proving that you during your previously enrollment was significantly affected by long-term illness, which no longer affects you
• Passed courses or education that significantly improved your qualifications
• Employment contract in combination with an employers statement that documents that you have achieved working experience, which significantly improved your opportunities of completing the programme
• New and previously curriculum which documents that the programme significantly has changed its content on one or more ways, which are relevant for your application for reenrollment