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Entry Requirements – Faculty of Humanities

Courses offered by the Faculty of Humanities are generally offered at either bachelor or master level. A few courses are offered for both master and bachelor students. As an exchange or guest/study abroad student you must be in your fourth year of studies to take the courses offered at master level. If you are in your second or third year of studies, you can choose the courses that are offered at bachelor level. Note that English oral proficiency courses are not open to exchange or guest/study abroad students.

As an exchange or guest/study abroad students, you are also welcome to choose courses offered in German, Spanish or French in so far that you meet the prerequisites of the courses. Be aware that to study German, Spanish and French at university level, you must already have studied these languages 3 years or more.

At our campus in Odense, you have the possibility of combining courses by the Facult of Humanities with courses from the Scandinavian Area Studies (SAS) programme. Note that the Scandinavian Area Studies programme is a bachelor level programme.

Entry Requirements

  • You must be a full time student at a university in your home country. 
  • The courses you wish to follow at the University of Southern Denmark must be transferred back to the degree you study at your home university.
  • You must have completed and passed minimum one year of university studies.
  • You must meet the entry requirements of the courses you wish to follow. You find the entry requirements in the description of the relevant courses.
  • You must have English skills compared to the Danish B level in English if you come to follow courses in English

· Exchange students can document it as described below or by way of our language requirement form

· Guest or study abroad students must document their English skills as follows: As an EU/EEA, Nordic or Swiss citizen, you can document it by way of an upper intermediate level in English through your secondary school diploma, or an IELTS score of min 6.5. or a TOEFL of min 575/230/88. Applicants with a non-EU/EEA, Nordic or Swiss citizenship must document their English skills with a TOEFL or an IELTS test.

  • If you come to follow courses in Danish, you must document sufficient Danish skills.

Required Enclosures to an Application

  • Grade transcripts and a list of completed courses taken at university level. If you have taken courses at more than one institution at university level, you must enclose grade transcripts from them all.
  • Documentation of sufficient English skills 
  • Passport size photo for your student card
  • Relevant application form for accommodation if you apply for accommodation through the university.

Especially for exchange students: documentation that your home university is sending you as an exchange student
Guest and study abroad students: documentation that the courses you apply for will be transferred back to the degree you study at your home university.

Guest/Study Abroad students must enclosed certified copies of all the required enclosures.

Application Deadlines:

Autumn semester:
April 1 for student from a non EU/EEA country
May 1 for EU/EEA and Nordic citizens

Spring semester:
October 1 for student from a non EU/EEA country
November 1 for EU/EEA and Nordic citizens

Exchange Student Application Form (aktivt link, der linker til ansøgningsskema Bm – nyt digital ansøgningsskema. Marie, du skal ikke lave linket, du kan blot indsætte tektsten)

Guest Student Application Form (aktivt link, der linker til ansøgningsskema Bg Marie, du skal ikke lave linket, du kan blot indsætte tektsten)

Generel Information

Last Updated 26.02.2018