Questions & answers
Find answers to the most frequently asked questions about admission, re-enrolment, transfer and change of programme.
If you are unsure whether you have passed the equivalent of the first year of study on the latest curriculum for the degree programme to which you want to apply for enrolment, we recommend that you apply for both admission and enrolment (change of programme, transfer, re-enrolment).
It is important that you upload a letter to both of your applications in which you inform us that you have applied for admission as well as enrolment. You can do this by writing a few sentences, for example in a Word document, and uploading it to your application. Then we make sure that your application is processed correctly.
You are welcome to contact us at admissions-guidance@samf.ku.dk if you need help to find out how to apply for admission to a degree programme in the Application Portal.
If you are having trouble logging on to the Application Portal or encounter other technical difficulties when applying, please contact the faculty on admissions@samf.ku.dk. In your email, please describe the problem and attach a screenshot that shows the problem incl. date and timestamp.
If you have problems just before the deadline for applications, it is important that you send your email with the screenshot before the deadline.
Program errors on your own computer and technical difficulties in general, including troubles with logging in, that result in the fact that you are unable to submit your application before the deadline for applications, are not considered to be valid reasons for not applying before the deadline for application. Only the fact that the Application Portal itself fails will be considered as a valid reason for not applying before the deadline for applications.
The Application Portal is a nationwide online application system, which is used by most of the universities in Denmark. The server is often quite busy, especially up to the deadline. If you apply close to the deadline, you may encounter problems logging in or completing your application.
If you are unable to send your application before the deadline, your application will not be processed, as this is not considered to be a valid reason for not applying in due time.
Normally, it is not possible to send an application or documentation after the application deadline.
If your delay is due to technical problems, make sure to take screenshots, incl. time and datestamp, and send them by email to admissions@samf.ku.dk with an explanation and documentation that the technical problems arose before the deadline.
If it is a case of exceptional circumstances, such as sudden, serious illness, you can apply for dispensation. The matter must be documented by a doctor’s note or similar.
Exceptional circumstances are matters of a grave nature. The following will therefore not give rise to a dispensation:
- delays
- oversights
- failure to be aware of the deadlines
Please note: You must send your application for dispensation as soon as possible after the deadline for which you are applying for a dispensation.
Although you are able to document exceptional circumstances, the Faculty is solely able to grant you a dispensation to be exempted from the application deadline if there are still vacant places at the time that we receive your application. If you are granted a dispensation, your application for admission will be considered.
Questions about re-enrolment
If during your previous enrolment, you used all of your exam attempts in one or more courses or you reached your maximum completion time, you must apply for dispensation.
In your application, you must upload a maximum of a half-page statement. You must explain how your ability to complete the programme has improved significantly. You can also upload documentation that your ability to complete the programme has improved significantly – for example a doctor's note or documentation that you no longer have full-time work.
You will only be re-enrolled if your situation has changed significantly to the extent that it is now realistic that you can complete the programme.
A key factor in the processing of your application is how much you have passed on the programme, and how long you have been enrolled on the programme.
In your application, you must upload a statement, documentation and a plan for how to complete your programme.
The statement must be maximum a half page long, and you must explain how your ability to complete the programme has improved significantly.
You must also upload documentation that your ability to complete the programme has improved significantly, for example a doctor's note or documentation that you no longer have full-time work. In addition, you must upload a study plan for the remainder of your programme where you study full-time after re-enrolment. Your student counsellor may help you prepare a study plan.
You will only be re-enrolled if your situation has changed significantly to the extent that it is now realistic that you can complete the programme. A key factor in the processing of your application is how much you have passed on the programme, and how long you have been enrolled on the programme.