Exchange and guest students at Roskilde University
An exchange programme at Roskilde University typically reflects the specific learning principles of Roskilde University namely that every semester consists of 50% project work and 50% courses.
Academic year
Autumn semester: 1 September – 31 January
Spring semester: 1 February – 30 June
The university is in general open all weekdays except public holidays and between Christmas and New Year.
Some public holidays are fixed on dates and others are moving. You can always find the current dates by searching online.
The last two weeks of a semester are always reserved for project exam period.
Bachelor
For more information and a suggestion for a semester package click on the specific subject.
Master
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Principles of Learning
Interdisciplinarity
We believe that problems in the real world rarely can be solved using only one academic discipline. Interdisciplinarity is a cornerstone in the scientific approach at Roskilde University.
Interdisciplinarity is about crossing traditional disciplinary boundaries and creating different scientific traditions of working together in untraditional ways.
In practice, this means that we give you an opportunity to combine our many different specialized academic studies within and across disciplines.
Project Work
Unless otherwise agreed, it is compulsory for exchange students to do a problem based project and write a project report in a study group each semester. Depending on the size of the group a project is normally between 60-100 pages. A project grants you with 15 ECTS. The specific topic and problem area to be investigated is defined by you and your fellow students and supported by academic supervisors.
Examples of project work:
- Civil Society in Zimbabwe – „to engage or not to engage with the state ” (Master in Global Studies)
- Design and Implementation of a Path Finding Robot Simulator (Master in Computer Science)
- Facebook -The Virtual Identity (Bachelor of Arts)
- Men's parenthood (Master's thesis Psychology)
- Bamboo as a potential material used for windmill turbine blades (Master in Technological and Socio-Economic Planning)
- CSR and Corporate branding - Estee Lauder (Master's thesis Business Studies)
- Nanoparticle-induced cell death (Bachelor in Natural Sciences)
Problem orientation
Learn to ask the right questions: To solve a problem you need to learn to ask the right questions. You learn how to identify and frame a problem through problem-oriented projects. In projects you work deeply and exploratory with a problem chosen by you and your fellow members of the project group.
Throughout the process you will be guided by one of our talented researchers. Project groups consists of students like yourself who are passionate about the same issues and findings as you.
Student life at Roskilde University
At our university focus is not only on academic studies, but also on the social environment. Students are affiliated with so-called "houses", which is a distinguishing feature of RUC. When you begin your studies at RUC, you belong to a house together with about 120 students; this is where you attend classes and it is the workplace for your professors and supervisors. Each house is equipped with study rooms for group work, computers, printing facilities and a kitchen. It is your house, which you have your own key to, and the house structure means that you have a close contact to your fellow students, professors and supervisors. You will therefore quickly establish a social network and a place where you feel at home.
The Danish education system
Information about the Danish education system, principles for education in Denmark, structure of the system and more can be found at The Ministry of Higher Education and Science's website.
Code of Conduct
The Danish higher education institutions have agreed on a common Code of Conduct for offering higher education programmes to international students. Roskilde University undertake to comply with the code of conduct.
Policy Statement Erasmus Students