Step 4: How to apply

Online application

You apply online via optagelse.dk, which is available from February 1 each year.

It is a joint application system where you can apply for admission to Roskilde University and to the other higher education institutions in Denmark. You should therefore consult the guidelines at optagelse.dk for a detailed description of the application procedure.

Do you have a Danish CPR number?

Applying with a Danish CPR number

If you have a Danish CPR number, then you will need to send your application by using NemID or Digital signature.

A digital application made with use of NemID or Digital signature is received in time, if the application is approved by the applicant on optagelse.dk before the application deadline. Roskilde University does not receive the application before it is approved.

Applying without a Danish CPR number

When you apply without a Danish CPR number, you need to approve your application choices at optagelse.dk, print a signature page, sign it and send it to Roskilde University within the application deadline. 

It is the date and time that the signature page reaches Roskilde University that decides whether or not the application has been received within the application deadline and not the date when the application was filled out online.

The printed and signed signature page must be sent to either matriklen@ruc.dk or the following address:

Roskilde University
Universitetsvej 1, P. O. Box 260
4000 Roskilde
Denmark
 

Admission Area Numbers

In the digital application system the bachelor programmes are listed with their Danish titles. To apply for one of the International Bachelor Study Programmes, you should use the Danish title and admission area number.

International Bachelor in Natural Sciences

  • Admission Area Number: 16015
  • Title in English: International Bachelor in Natural Sciences
  • Title in Danish: Naturvidenskabelig International Bacheloruddannelse

International Bachelor in Humanities

  • Admission Area number: 16025
  • Title in English: International Bachelor in Humanities
  • Title in Danish: Humanistisk International Bacheloruddannelse

  • International Bachelor in Social Sciences

  • Admission Area Number: 16035
  • Title in English: International Bachelor in Social Sciences
  • Title in Danish: Samfundsvidenskabelig International Bacheloruddannelse


Mandatory credit transfer

If you already have completed part of a bachelor’s programme, you must apply for a credit transfer for these studies when you apply for admission to a bachelor’s programme at Roskilde University.

Guide: How to apply for mandatory credit transfer

If you already have obtained a bachelor’s degree, you can apply for a credit transfer, but it is not a requirement.

Have you already completed a bachelor’s degree in Denmark? 

If you have already completed, or before the semester start will complete, a bachelor’s programme in Denmark, you may be restricted from applying to a new bachelor’s programme.

Limitation on second degrees 

As a general rule, it is only possible to enrol in an additional Danish government-funded higher education at the same (or lower) level six years after the completion of the first higher education. The limitation applies to all study programmes under the Ministry of Higher Education and Science.

This means that if you have completed a full-time bachelor’s degree in Denmark, you must wait six years before enrolling in a new full-time bachelor’s programme. However, a number of exemptions apply and certain bachelor’s subjects at Roskilde University are excluded from this rule.

Non-EU/EEA citizens that have paid tuition fees for the complete bachelor’s programme in Denmark are not restricted from applying for a second bachelor’s degree. 

Exemptions

You can apply for an exemption, if one of the following conditions is met:

  • Due to health conditions: If the university assesses that your health condition prevents you from using the completed degree in the labour market.
  • Due to changes in the study programme: If the university assesses that your completed degree has changed significantly or no longer exists.

You apply for an exemption by:

  • uploading an exemption application 

Programmes at Roskilde University excluded from the rule:

If you apply for admission to a study programme included in the Ministry’s positive list (only in Danish), you will not be affected by the rules on the limitation on second degrees. The following programmes are included in this list for admission in 2017 and 2018:

  • Computer Science 
  • Mathematics

At Roskilde University, if you apply for admission to the International Bachelor in Natural Science, you must upload a separate document stating if you wish to study the bachelor’s subject in either Computer Science or Mathematics.