Once you have been accepted to CBS and have paid your tuition fees, the CBS Admissions Office will send you the ST1 Form for applying for a residence permit for Denmark. The procedures vary depending on your nationality.

Especially students from outside the EU/EEA should be aware that the residence permit must be applied for from your home country. There are also certain "proof of financial means" requirements that must be met and should be investigated before the application process. Non-EU/EEA students are not automatically granted a work permit but may apply for one for up to 15 hours work per week during the semester and full time during the summer holidays.

For further information on residence and work permit, please visit the website of the The Ministry of Refugee, Immigration and Integration Affairs .

All people living in Denmark are given a personal number called a Civil Registration Number, CPR. This CPR number is a personal ID that is used when dealing with public institutions. Accordingly, international students, teachers, etc. must have such a CPR-number.

How to get it

In order to get a CPR number, you will have to address the civil registration at the local municipality where you are living in Denmark. You must bring your residence permit and an ID-card, i.e. your passport. Besides, you will have to have a private address – the place you live in Denmark. At the civil registration you fill out the required papers, and you will then receive the CPR-number by mail within approximately seven days.

Further, in order to obtain a National (Danish) Health Service card you will have to present the documents that you have brought with you from your home country – see "health insurance" for further information in this regard. Subsequently, you will receive the Danish Health Security card by mail, automatically.

Any person living in Denmark is entitled to free emergency hospital treatment. In case of emergency, dial 1-1-2 to contact police, fire station or ambulance. Emergency calls from pay phones are free of charge. English is understood - just speak as slowly and clearly as you can under the circumstances.

People with a residence and/or work permit in Denmark
Those who are registered with the municipal civil registration office in Denmark are automatically covered by Denmark's national health insurance after a period of six weeks. Hence, it is strongly recommended that you arrange for health insurance to cover any incidental medical bills for the first eight weeks of your stay – eight weeks in order to be sure to be covered by an insurance in case the issue of the Danish Health Service card is delayed.

People coming from the EU countries, Croatia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Morocco, Norway, Pakistan, Quebec, Slovenia, Switzerland and Turkey, can avoid the waiting period, if they are covered by the national health insurance of their home country. The national health care authorities in the home country should be contacted.

Private insurance
You have to arrange for private insurance yourself. Some insurance companies extend their insurances to cover stays in other countries and, therefore, you should contact your present insurance company for further information.

Private insurance is necessary if you require repatriation to your home country in the event of a serious illness or death. Other types of private insurance to consider are personal accident insurance, household contents insurance and/or a comprehensive car insurance, called "kasko" in Danish.