Study start - mas­ter

If you are a foreign citizen, you must meet special conditions and follow a special application process to receive the Danish Student Grants (SU).

If you are eligible for SU, You must apply for Student Grants (SU). This applies regardless of whether you continue your studies directly after your bachelor degree or not, and regardless of which master programme you are starting.

You apply for SU via MinSU at www.su.dk

When to apply?

• If you start a master programme directly after your bachelor program, you can apply for SU from 12 June - however, no earlier than two days after you have said "yes" to your study place at CBS. Note: If you are going to retake the exam in August, you can apply for SU from 1 July, and you must apply no later than 31 July to receive SU for July.
• If you do not start a master programme directly after your bachelor degree, you can apply for SU at the earliest one month before you can receive SU. This means that you can apply for SU at the earliest from 1 August and can receive SU from September.
• Winter admission: If you are admitted to a programme starting on 1 February, you can apply for SU no earlier than 1 January.
• Read more at my.cbs.dk > Student life > SU > Apply for SU - foreign citizen (requires a CBS login) or at www.su.dk
• Note: the processing time is up to 3 months.

It can be difficult to find a place to live in Copenhagen. Unfortunately, CBS cannot provide accommodation for students.

If you are looking for housing in Copenhagen, you can find more information and register for residence halls, rental and youth apartments here:

• Kollegiernes Kontor i København
• Bolig og flytning - Studieby København (in Danish)
• Student Housing - The City of Copenhagen website
• ​​​​​​​Other tings you can do yourself:
   
• Make use of your network: maybe you know someone who lives in Copenhagen or Denmark who can help you. So try reaching out in your network
   
• Use Facebook: here you can join groups where private people seek tenants for a room or an apartment.
   

• Apply for student housing: Many students live in single rooms with shared common rooms, known as a "kollegie". There are numerous kollegier, youth apartments and other student housing in Copenhagen.

   

• Look for housing outside central Copenhagen: it is often easier to find housing outside central Copenhagen. You can easily get to the various CBS campuses by public transport from most places - if it is not within biking distance.

Private housing

You can also find many private residence halls in Copenhagen. The easiest way to find them is to google: “kollegium København” or “residence hall Copenhagen”

There are also numerous housing websites, where you can get in contact with people who are renting out rooms or apartments. However, you need to be aware when searching for a place to live, as there are many scammers.

Beware of scam!

You should always watch out when you are looking for accommodation. There are many scammers who will try to rent a room or apartment to you which they do not own or which does not exist.

The police offers good advice on how to make yourself more secure in your hunt for housing and avoid scam.

 Make sure to:

• check that the person in fact owns the room or apartment in question
• make any payments to a Danish bank account – if possible
• always use your common sense
• never let yourself be pressured by an eager letter or landlord​​​​​​​

You should report scams to the police. You can find more information on the police's website:

Find the police’s good advice on how to avoid scams (only in Danish)

If you have an functional disability that prevents you from you from completing your programme at the same conditions as other students, you can apply for support and aids, the so-called Special Educational Support (SPS).

A functional disability can be e.g.:

• dyslexia
• a chronic disease
• a psychological or neurological illness
• a diagnosis

You can read more about SPS and how to apply on In need of special support

Cred­it trans­fer

If you have pre­vi­ously passed courses at an­oth­er study pro­gramme then you may have to ap­ply for a cred­it trans­fer from pre­vi­ous edu­ca­tion if you are ad­mit­ted to a new study pro­gramme at CBS.

Note, you can­not start your cred­it trans­fer ap­plic­a­tion be­fore you have been en­rolled in the new study pro­gramme.

Are you eligible for credit transfer?

We cannot in advance say anything about your chances of getting a credit transfer from previous education approved. It is up to the individual study programme to decide, once you have been admitted to CBS.

However, you can makea self-assessment by comparing course descriptions of your passed courses with course descriptions of courses on the new study programme. The more the courses are alike both in academic content and ECTS the better are your chances are of getting a credit transfer approved. 

Can you finish ahead of time?

You should not expect to finish your studies ahead of time even though you might get courses credit transferred. Whether it is possible depends on how many courses you get credit transferred and which semesters the courses are offered on. 

How to apply for a credit transfer:

• Click “yes” under “previously accepted on a higher education” and note your previous studies in the application portal optagelse.dk
• If you are admitted to a new study programme you will be contacted by CBS and asked to initiate your credit transfer application.

Prepare your credit transfer application

Prepare your credit transfer application by having the following documentation ready:

• You either need a diploma or a verified grade transcript documenting which courses you have passed.
• You need course descriptions describing the courses’ content, purpose and learning objectives. You also need a list of literature or syllabus and the number of ECTS or credits per course. 

The autumn semester runs from 1 September to 31 January, but you will not necessarily have classes and exams throughout the entire period. This depends on your courses, your timetable and your exam dates.

Exam dates for the autumn semester are published on 1 September. The specific dates for your individual exams will be published no later than one month before the exam takes place.

The spring semester runs from 1 February to 30 June, but you will not necessarily have classes and exams throughout the entire period. This depends on your courses, your timetable and your exam dates.

Exam dates for the spring semester are published on 1 February. The specific dates for your individual exams will be published no later than one month before the exam takes place.

CBS follows the official public holidays in Denmark, during which there are no classes or exams.

• Christmas and New Year: There are no classes or exams between Christmas and New Year. However, you may have exams in early January that you need to prepare for.
   
• Summer break: There are no classes in July and August. However, reexams for the spring semester take place in August.

Do you have an autumn or winter break?

There is no break during the autumn holiday (week 42) or the winter holiday (weeks 7/8). There may be both classes and exams during these weeks, depending on your courses and lecturers.