Once you have been enrolled in our master’s degree programme, you will have access to our online MA Introduction Course which will help you off to a good start in the master’s degree programme. 

Among other things, MA Introduction Course will answer questions such as:

• What is SDU?
• What do my lecturers expect from me?
• How do I get a good start in student life?
• Which IT systems do I need as a student at SDU?
• Which rules should I be aware of?

We offer courses in study techniques and academic writing, amongst other things
Furthermore, SDU continuously offers courses such as academic writing, study techniques and study planning. This is to ensure that you and your fellow students have the same starting point for your master’s degree programme and are all off to a good start at SDU. 

The master’s degree programme is a full-time study. It is designed so that a large part of the programme is conducted as self-study. This means that you as a student have a lot of freedom to plan your study time. I.e., time you need to prepare for the classes, work in your study group, do assignments, etc.

Different teaching methods
The teaching is a mixture of lectures, class teaching, group work and project work.

When you start your studies, we make sure that you join a study group so that you can discuss the reading material and the assignments with your fellow students, share experiences and give each other advice and inspiration. Group work can have great benefits to your daily work in the programme and to exams. Group work will help improve your academic skills, as it provides an informal space for you to apply and test the things you learn in class.

SDU Odense is the main campus of SDU, located roughly three kilometers from the city centre, and larger than the Principality of Monaco. With about 23,000 students gathered under the same roof, you will meet a lot of different students from different programmes.

If you browse the notice boards along Gydehutten, you will discover a plethora of communities of interest that you can take part in. SDU Odense also houses a variety of facilities such as a gym and an indoor swimming pool, and according to the International Olympic Committee, the best athletics stadium in the world is located at SDU Odense.

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On Odense’s campus, there are many facilities that you can take advantage of in your free time:

• Swimming pool
• Gym
• Beach volleyball courts
• Athletics and movement stadium
• Bike mechanic
• The student bar “Nedenunder”
• Student bookstore
• Right next to the campus you will find the Cortex Lab, which is an innovation and entrepreneurship milieu for students.

Odense offers many different types of living spaces, but if you want to live as close to campus as possible, you can check out Campus House, Odense.

Job opportunities during and after the study

Funen is home to one of Europe's largest clusters with over 100 tech and robot companies. Several of the companies have their origins in SDU’s research environments, and you will find that the university has an ambitious start-up environment where you can get help to put your idea on wings.

The National Board of Health and Welfare and the Danish Environmental Protection Agency are located in Odense. Here are several cultural institutions, biotech companies, a large university hospital, OUH, which is closely connected with SDU. It makes it possible to find a student job that is relevant to your study. And with the relatively low cost of studio housing, your SU goes further than in e.g. Aarhus and Copenhagen.

From the autumn of 2021, you can  jump on the city's newly built Light Rail, which runs from the city center to the university in 15 minutes. Or you can get wind in your cheeks with the bike on the municipality's 560 km bike path.