General language requirements

You fulfil the requirements if you have passed English B from a Danish High School with a minimum grade of 2.0 on the Danish 7-point grading scale.  

Please be aware that a few programmes have special language/entry requirements as listed below.

Your diploma from an EU/EEA high school may be sufficient to prove your language proficiency:

• You must document the number of 60 minutes English lessons per school year, and the number of years you have attended high school.
• To do this, you must use SDU's Statement of Hours which must be signed and stamped by your high school and submitted along with your full high school diploma.
• English as a subject must be passed with a grade equivalent to a minimum of 2.0 on the Danish 7-point grading scale.

Please be aware that a few programmes have special language/entry requirements as listed below.

Pre-assessment

We strongly encourage you to forward your documentation in advance via the contact form SPOC. Then we can make a pre-assessment of your qualifications.

SDU accepts the following language tests: 

• TOEFL iBT or iBT Home Edition with a minimum score of 88 (maximum 2 years old at the time of application). We accept TOEFL iBT Special Home Edition. We do not accept MyBest scores. 
• IELTS academic test with a minimum overall band score of 6.5 (maximum 2 years old at the time of application)
• C1 Advanced (CAE) with a minimum score of  180 or C2 Proficiency (CPE) - both from a Cambridge Network or from the University of Michigan.

SDU must be able to verify relevant test results with the test organisation on December 1, 2022, at the latest if you apply for study start in February 2023. If you apply for study start in September 2023 or later, SDU must be able to verify your results by the application deadline.

Please be aware that a few programmes have special language/entry requirements as listed below.

Bachelor's degree

You fulfil the English requirements if you have completed a Bachelor's degree in either Canada, USA, Australia, New Zealand, UK or Ireland. 

Please note, that your entire Bachelor’s programme (equivalent to a Danish Bachelor’s degree of 180 ECTS) must have been taught in English within the relevant country.  Programmes from affiliated universities abroad, or long-distance programmes will not count as proof of your English level. 

High school/upper secondary education

You may fulfil the English requirements if you have completed a high school or upper secondary education in one of the six countries. You must upload your diploma in the application portal in order for us to evaluate whether your high school English is sufficient to meet our requirements.

You can also get a pre-assessment of your English language qualifications by sending us your high school diploma via the contact form SPOC.

Admission to the programme English Studies requires that your English language proficiency is English A or equivalent.

You can prove your proficiency by: 

• English A from a Danish High School with a minimum grade of 2.0 (Danish 7-point grading scale), or a corresponding level from a European high school.
• TOEFL iBT or iBT Home Edition with a minimum score of 100 (maximum 2 years old at the time of application). We do not accept MyBest scores.
• IELTS academic test with a minimum overall band score of 7,0 (maximum 2 years old at the time of application).
• C1 Advanced (CAE) or C2 Proficiency (CPE) with a minimum score of 185 - both from a Cambridge Network or from the University of Michigan.