PROGRAMMES
2015 / 2016
INTERNATIONAL
STUDENT
GUIDE
University of Southern Denmark
INTERNATIONAL
STUDENT GUIDE 2015/2016
University of Southern Denmark
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CAMPUS
ODENSE (Main Campus)
Campusvej 55,
5230 Odense M
SØNDERBORG
Alsion 2,
6400 Sønderborg
ESBJERG
Niels Bohrs Vej 9-10,
6700 Esbjerg
KOLDING
Universitetsparken 1,
6000 Kolding
SLAGELSE
Sdr. Stationsvej 28,
4200 Slagelse
Tel: +45 6550 1000
Mail: int@sdu.dk
www.sdu.dk
Facebook.com/unisouthdenmark
INTERNATIONAL
STUDENT
GUIDE
PROGRAMMES 2015 / 2016
INDEX
INTERNATIONAL
STUDENT
GUIDE
UNIVERSITY OF
SOUTHERN
DENMARK
Editorial team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Study in Denmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
University of Southern Denmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Your chance to explore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
The faculty of your choice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
International Brainstormer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
The five cities
- Odense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
- Sønderborg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
- Slagelse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
- Kolding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
- Esbjerg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Study Programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
International Scholarship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Survival Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
THE FACULTIES
Introducing Bachelor Degree Programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Introducing Master Degree Programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Index - Faculties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Business and Social Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Health Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Humanities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
NEED TO KNOW
Deadlines and how to apply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Contact information Campuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Get to know more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
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EDITORS
MAIN EDITOR
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TEAM OF STUDENTS GIVING YOU THE STUDENT GUIDE 2015/2016
STUDENT EDITORS
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STUDENT PHOTOGRAPHERS
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LONG WHITE BEACHES. ISLAND HOPPING. EASY TRAVEL AROUND
EUROPE. CHOOSE TO STUDY IN DENMARK AND YOU WILL QUICKLY
FIND THAT THE COUNTRY HAS MORE TO OFFER THAN YOU HAD EVER
IMAGINED. GRASP THE OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY IN SCANDINAVIA’S
GATEWAY TO EUROPE AND OPEN UP A WORLD OF POSSIBILITIES.
STUDY IN
DENMARK
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“Hygge” is about being together. About hot
chocolate and freshly baked buns. About a nice
dinner. About lounging on the couch with a good
book and a warm blanket. About sitting outside ‘til
the wee hours on a
. About
candlelight. Or just laughing together. Perhaps the
concept of “hygge” is rooted in the country’s cool
climate and the long winters; it helps Danes enjoy
the days they have to spend indoors. All Danes
enjoy “hygge” – even tough guys look forward to
getting home for a
in.
summer night
cosy evening
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STUDY IN DENMARK
“THERE IS A UNIQUE ATMOSPHERE HERE THAT WE
LIKE TO CALL “HYGGE”- ONCE YOU EXPERIENCE IT
FOR YOURSELF, WE KNOW YOU’LL LOVE IT”
THE DANES
Danes do not fall for superficial compliments or call you
“darling” the first time you meet. But it does not take
much conversation to get to know a Dane, and you
will find that they are actually pretty warm-hearted and
hospitable.
“HYGGE”
If a conversation with Danes gets a bit slow, you can
always ask them about the concept of “hygge”.
A Dane will love the fact that you are interested in the
concept that characterises the whole way of being
together in Denmark. And, at the same time, you will
get to know the person you are talking with a little better,
since there are as many opinions on what is “hyggeligt”
as there are Danes.
“Hygge” is about being together. About hot chocolate
and freshly baked buns. About a nice dinner. About
lounging on the couch with a good book and a warm
blanket. About sitting outside ‘til the wee hours on a
summer night. About candlelight. Or just laughing
together. Perhaps the concept of “hygge” is rooted in
the country’s cool climate and the long winters: it helps
Danes enjoy the days they have to spend indoors. All
Danes enjoy “hygge” – even tough guys look forward
to getting home for a cosy evening in.
D
DENMARK
The cycling culture is part of the Danes’ green thinking.
The air in Denmark is clean, and even in the cities a bicycle trip is a breath of fresh air. There is plenty of room
for cyclists, and they have good conditions in Denmark;
lots of cycle paths and green spaces make Denmark a
wonderful cycling country.
So get yourself a bike and you will fit right in. But first
you will have to decide whether you want a granny-bike
with a handlebar basket for groceries and flowers or
whether you are the racing type who likes getting your
heart rate going and leading the rush-hour pack all the
way to university...
THE DANISH WAY OF LEARNING
You may have been told that Danes are reserved. If so,
you will probably be surprised at the informal tone that
is so natural for Danes, even in educational situations.
In Denmark it is perfectly normal to question what
your teacher says. In fact, most teachers appreciate a
good, well-argued discussion. This creates a situation
where you take active part in your own learning. And
in which learning means much more than poring over
books. Even if the teacher is lecturing to a large group
of students, you are welcome to ask questions. After all,
you are the one who is going to be examined when the
semester is over…
BICYCLE MADNESS
Are Danes fitness freaks? Can they not afford cars?
Or are they taking part in some collective bike race?
Whether you are going to uni on a spring morning, coming
home from town at night or out grocery shopping in
the afternoon, you will not be the only cyclist on the
road. Danes love riding their bikes – so much so that
nine out of ten Danes own a bicycle.
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UNIVERSITY
OF SOUTHERN
DENMARK
THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN
DENMARK IS A MODERN INSTITUTION
OFFERING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. EVERY DAY
MORE THAN 1,400 RESEARCHERS
AND 24,000 STUDENTS BUILD ON
THE UNIVERSITY’S REPUTATION AS
A CENTRE OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
VISIT US
SDU.DK/EN
AT THE MULTI-CAMPUS UNIVERSITY YOU CHOOSE WHICH
LOCATION SUITS YOU BEST. THE LARGEST CAMPUS IS LOCATED
IN ODENSE. THE REMAINING FOUR CAMPUSES LIE IN KOLDING,
ESBJERG, SØNDERBORG AND SLAGELSE.
ODENSE
A TRULY INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Lively and youthful, the historical city on Funen has
a bustling social scene with a large international and
Danish student community.
Choose the University of Southern Denmark and you will
be part of a lively international student environment.
KOLDING
The town dates back to around 1200 and is beautifully
situated at the mouth of Kolding Bay.
ESBJERG
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Each year more than 1,500 international students
choose to study at the University, which has more
than 500 exchange agreements with partner institutions across the world.
Located on Jutland’s west coast in a popular holiday
region, the town is the base for the region’s culture
and the country’s offshore oil and gas industry.
As an international student, you can enjoy easy
communication in and out of the classroom, as many
courses are taught in English at both master and
bachelor level.
SØNDERBORG
MAKE NEW FRIENDS
Located on the island of Als in southeast Jutland close
to the German border, the town has a rich social scene
with an abundance of restaurants, cafés and bars.
Each year, an increasing number of international
students choose the University, so you will be part of
a growing and active community.
SLAGELSE
BENEFIT FROM A GLOBAL APPROACH
Located on Sealand only a short distance from Copenhagen, Slagelse is a busy centre for trade and education.
The University is committed to thinking and acting
internationally – at all levels. Whether you are in the
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FACTS
ABOUT SDU
FIRST-CLASS RESOURCES
E-learning and state-of-the-art laboratories offer you
a vibrant learning environment where innovation and
tradition go hand in hand.
EXTENSIVE CONTACTS
Researchers and students work directly with industry
and business thanks to the University’s extensive
regional, national and international networks.
CONTRIBUTE TO WORLD CLASS RESEARCH
Research is about making a difference to the world.
As an international student, you have the opportunity
to engage in research at a high academic level with
first-class resources at your disposal.
cafeteria or the classroom, the University’s
international outlook means you can feel at home.
The University of Southern Denmark’s reputation is
built on expertise in areas such as biotechnology,
stem cell research, robotics, political science, management, literature and history. Discover how your
research can make a difference.
ENJOY QUALITY IN EDUCATION
LEARN HANDS-ON
World class resources and dynamic teaching at the
University of Southern Denmark enable you to get
the best out of your studies abroad. Whether you are
learning a new language or researching in science,
the University puts the tools you need
at your disposal.
Our high-tech laboratories enable you to put your
knowledge to the test.
DYNAMIC TEACHING
In true Scandinavian tradition, students participate
significantly in class and work in groups.
CHALLENGE YOURSELF
By getting involved in the University of Southern Denmark’s many extracurricular activities, you will enrich
your experience abroad, settle in quickly and make
friendships that last a lifetime.
WORK WITH THE BEST
The University has several centres of excellence,
chosen for pioneering research on a national and
international platform.
NEW ADVENTURES
Foreign cultures, interaction with people that do not
speak your language, soaking up new experiences in a
different country, learning how to live with other persons
in the same house, that is definitely a part of your new
and adventurous life.
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”YOU MAY HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT DANES ARE RESERVED.
IF SO, YOU WILL PROBABLY BE SURPRISED AT THE
INFORMAL TONE THAT IS SO NATURAL FOR DANES,
EVEN IN EDUCATIONAL SITUATIONS”
JOIN THE ERASMUS STUDENT NETWORK
EXPERIENCE STUDENT LIFE
Open to all international students, ESN offers activities
several times a week, from sightseeing to skating.
The club also pairs exchange students up with Danish
students, who meet you on arrival, take you to your
accommodation and help arrange practicalities. Many
international students stay friends with their Danish
student buddy after their stay.
By living with other students, you are part of a lively
community where local and international students
socialise regularly.
CULTURAL CONNECTIONS
The international café takes place every two weeks and
is an opportunity for you to get a taste of food and
culture from around the world.
PARTICIPATE IN CLUBS AND SOCIETIES
From badminton and swimming to cinema and literature, the University has an activity that suits you.
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WORLD CLASS LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
Academic activity in Denmark is a democratic dialogue between student and teacher, participating in
a mutual exchange of knowledge and ideas. Contemporary teaching tools are used to offer a dynamic and
world class learning environment that extends beyond
the classroom.
ASK OUR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
87 per cent described their entire stay as “very good”
or “good”. 87 per cent described the University as
“internationally orientated”. 78 per cent described
the study environment as “good” or “very good”.
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FACTS
ABOUT SDU
VISIT US
SDU.DK/EN
FACEBOOK.COM/UNISOUTHDENMARK
PINTEREST.COM/UNISOUTHDENMARK
FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/UNISOUTHDENMARK
INSTAGRAM.COM/UNIVERSITYOFSOUTHERNDENMARK
TWITTER.COM/UNISOUTHDENMARK
GPLUS.TO/UNISOUTHDENMARK
YOUTUBE.COM/UNISOUTHERNDENMARK
YOUR CHANCE TO EXPLORE
HAVING DEVELOPED INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMES FOR OVER THIRTY YEARS,
THE UNIVERSITY ENJOYS A VIBRANT, MULTICULTURAL ENVIRONMENT AND A
WORLDWIDE NETWORK OF BUSINESSES, INSTITUTIONS AND RESEARCHERS.
TEACHING STAFF HAVE EXTENSIVE RESEARCH EXPERTISE, ENSURING THAT
STUDENTS RECEIVE AN EDUCATION OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY.
CHOOSE
With international degree programmes across five
faculties, the University of Southern Denmark offers
many study possibilities.
Bachelor programmes involve three years of undergraduate study, while Master programmes involve two
years of graduate study. If you want to study abroad
for only part of your degree, you can become an
exchange or guest student for a semester or for an
academic year. Exchange and guest students can
choose courses from all international degree programmes and additional English-taught courses.
WORK TOGETHER
Group work is a component of many study programmes
and valuable training for the workplace.
By improving your communication in multicultural
and multidisciplinary settings, you will develop key
skills for your future career. You are encouraged to
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think independently and class sizes are normally
small, enabling you to participate with ideas. This
enables you to participate with ideas and discuss
issues with your teachers and fellow students.
EQUIP YOURSELF
You have high-tech facilities and the University’s
international network of businesses, institutions and
researchers at your disposal. Whether you want to gain
work experience or conduct research, the University
can help you get in touch with the right people.
GET ACCREDITED
Course workload is measured according to the
European Credit Transfer System (ECTS), which
ensures that your education is more easily recognised
across Europe. One semester equals 30 ECTS credits.
Master courses often count as 10-15 ECTS credits, i.e.
a third to a half of one semester.
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FACTS
ABOUT SDU
EXPLORE EUROPE
INDEPENDENT LEARNING
You can explore while studying in Denmark,
a modern country steeped in tradition.
The country has a vibrant city life and cultural scene.
And, as Scandinavia’s gateway to Europe, Denmark
is close to historical cities such as Amsterdam, Berlin,
London, Oslo and Paris.
Our study programmes encourage students
to take on an active role in their education.
Students choose their project work topic and decide how
to explore the subject. Project work allows students to
develop strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Students also learn how to search and process information. Normally conducted in small groups, project work
offers students valuable experience in teamwork, communication and project planning. These skills are highly
valued in today’s workplace, where small teams are often
required to work together to complete specific tasks.
ENJOY SUPPORT
You will have many questions before
and after arriving at the University.
You can seek advice and support from the International
Office, which has eleven permanent staff members.
Before you arrive, staff can help with issues such as the
application process, language requirements and the cost
of living in Denmark. After you arrive, staff ensure you can
access the right information the right information and find
your way around.
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YOUR CHOICE
You can choose from many
different courses taught in
English at the University of
Southern Denmark.
THE FACULTY OF YOUR CHOICE
DO YOU DREAM OF WHITE LAB COATS OR OLD BOOKS? ABOUT SAVING
LIVES OR LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE WORLD AROUND YOU? WHATEVER
SPARKS YOUR INTEREST, YOU WILL FIND THE DEGREE PROGRAMME OF
YOUR DREAMS AT ONE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK’S
FIVE FACULTIES.
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F
5 FACULTIES
THE FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
If it is robots, screws and electronics that interest you, a degree
programme at the Faculty of Engineering will be right up your street.
And at the same time, you can raise your international profile with our
state-of-the-art resources and strong global connections.
THE FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
If the problems of the world and society around you are always on
your mind, the Faculty of Business and Social Sciences can give you
the education you need to construct a mature and up-to-date analysis of society. An extensive network of public and private institutions
is directly based on research conducted at this faculty.
THE FACULTY OF HUMANITIES
If you are into media, communication and language, you can combine new fields of research and traditional study programmes at the
Faculty of Humanities. Academics around the world are impressed
with the faculty’s interdisciplinary approach and progressive research.
THE FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES
If you dream of becoming more knowledgeable about the body and
the prevention and treatments of diseases, you can gain practical
and academic experience at the Faculty of Health Sciences, which
works closely with Odense University Hospital, industry and experts
worldwide.
THE FACULTY OF SCIENCE
If you are interested in the origins of life, if you want to develop bio
and nanotechnology, or like to learn about the natural world, from
proteins to whales the facilities and leading international specialists
are at the Faculty of Science to guide your curiosity.
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INTERNATIONAL
BRAINSTORMER
*
SKIP TO THE FRONT OF THE QUEUE FOR A CAREER IN DENMARK: DO YOU
ENVISION YOURSELF WORKING AT THE TOP OF DANISH INDUSTRY IN THE NEAR
FUTURE? YOU MAY BE THE NEXT INTERNATIONAL BRAINSTORMER AT SDU.
AS AN INTERNATIONAL BRAINSTORMER YOU GET A JUMP START INTO THE
DANISH BUSINESS WORLD. THE GOAL OF THE PROJECT: TO WELCOME A VERY
SKILLED WORKFORCE TO THE REGION OF SOUTHERN DENMARK.
INTERNATIONAL BRAINSTORMER REQUIREMENTS:
• YOU ARE ENROLLED IN ONE OF THE APPROVED
BRAINSTORMER PROGRAMMES
• YOU ARE ENROLLED AS A FULL-DEGREE
GRADUATE STUDENT
• YOU ARE OF NON-DANISH ORIGIN
• YOU WANT TO STAY IN DENMARK AND WANT TO LEARN
ABOUT THE DANISH CULTURE AND MENTALITY
WHAT IS THE
PROGRAMME ABOUT?
Within the programme, you will
get a Master’s degree, learn the
Danish language, familiarise
yourself with Danish culture and
society, and work on a project with
a Danish company or organisation - all for free! International
Brainstormers is a project that has
been developed in collaboration
between the University of Southern
Denmark, the Region of Southern
Denmark, and the European Union.
60 students are selected per year
to become International Brainstormers. These students will, in
coordination with their graduate
programme, be matched with a
relevant company in the Region of
Southern Denmark, where they will
participate in a company project
and possibly complete their thesis
in collaboration with the company.
Ultimately, the partnership will
increase the possibility of employment after graduation.
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INTERNATIONAL
BRAINSTORMER
WHY?
HOW TO APPLY?
You should apply for International
Brainstormers because you will get
an edge in your job hunting in Denmark. When you look for jobs, you
will among other things be equipped
with work experience, knowledge of
Danish working culture and Danish
language skills. Things which are invaluable if you want to start at career
in Denmark. Moreover, you will get
thorough counselling and guidance
along with your studies, a personal
career mentor, and a vast network
with other Brainstormers and regional and international companies.
Apply for International Brainstormers by sending a motivated cover
letter, your CV, and other relevant
documents to
Brainstormers@sdu.dk
Learn more about how to
become an International
Brainstormer at
www.sdu.dk/
internationalbrainstormers
HOW?
The International Brainstormers
programme will run simultaneously
to your studies, and will therefore
give you an extra workload of app.
5 hours per week. You have to
do company project work for one
semester, but it will count as an
electives and give you the necessary
ECTS points (dependent on your
study programme). The company
project work can function as a starting point for your master thesis.
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BRAINSTORMER PROGRAMMES 2015
GRADUATE PROGRAMMES WHICH ALLOW YOU TO
BECOME AN INTERNATIONAL BRAINSTORMER:
SCIENCE IN ODENSE
MSc in Animal Sound Communication and Behaviour
MSc in Applied Mathematics
MSc in Biology
MSc in Biology – Environmental Biology
MSc in Biology – Marine Science
MSc in Biomedicine
MSc in Chemistry
MSc in Computational Biomedicine
MSc in Computer Science
MSc in Maritime Technology
MSc in Mathematics
MSc in Medical Chemistry
MSc in Molecular Bioscience
MSc in Nanobioscience
MSc in Physics
ENGINEERING IN ODENSE
MSc in Engineering – Product Development
and Innovation
MSc in Engineering – Robot Systems
MSc in Engineering – Environmental Engineering
MSc in Engineering – Chemistry
MSc in Engineering – Physics and Technology
MSc in Engineering – Software Engineering
Maritime Technology
ENGINEERING IN SØNDERBORG
MSc in Engineering – Mechatronics
MSc in Engineering – Innovation & Business
BUSINESS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES IN ODENSE
MSc in Economics and Business Administration
– Management Accounting
MSc in Economics and Business Administration
– Brand Management and Marketing Communication
MSc in Economics and Business Administration
– Accounting and Finance
MSc in Economics and Business Administration
– Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management
MSc in Economics and Business Administration
– Marketing, Globalisation and Culture
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MSc in Economics and Business Administration
– Management of Innovation Processes
MSc in Economics and Business Administration
– International Business and Law
MSc in Economics and Business Administration
– International Business and Management
MSc in Economics and Business Administration
– International Business and Marketing
MSc in Economics and Business Administration
– Communication Management and Leadership
MSc in Economics and Business Administration
– Management of People
MSc in Economics and Business Administration
– Strategy and Organisation
BUSINESS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES IN ESBJERG
MSc in Environmental and Resource Management
MSc in Economics and Business Administration
– Marketing and Innovation
MSc in Economics and Business Administration
– Sports– and Event Management
BUSINESS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES IN KOLDING
MSc in Economics and Business Administration
– Strategic Entrepreneurship
BUSINESS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES IN SØNDERBORG
MSc in Economics and Business Administration
– Business Relation Management
MSc in Economics and Business Administration
– Regional Economics and Business Development
BUSINESS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES IN SLAGELSE
MSc in Economics and Business Administration
– Change Management
Global Marketing and Innovation Management
HUMANITIES IN KOLDING/ODENSE/SØNDERBORG
MA in International Tourism and Leisure Management
MA in Business, Language and Culture (Chinese)
MA in Business, Language and Culture (Negot)
Application process for students applying to become
an International Brainstormer by September 2015
NONEU citizens:
Before 1 February
EU-citizens: Before
1 April. Send your
application for Master
degree and
International
Brainstormers
15 June: You
receive a response
to your applications
(both Master degree +
International
Brainstormers)
If
applications*
are accepted:
Between
17 - 21 June:
Invitation in the mail,
in which you should
book a Skype
interview with
us
* Your cover letter should tell us about your previous work and study experiences, and your personal and professional qualifications which make
you the perfect candidate for the programme.
Your CV should state personal information (name,
address, age, nationality, e-mail, phone number),
educational experiences and work experiences.
September:
Reception for the
new International
Brainstormers at the
Restaurant of SDU,
Odense
15 July:
Based on the
interview, you will
know whether you
have been successful
in becoming an
International
Brainstormer
Between
24 June - 5 July:
A 20-mins. Skype
interview about
your motivation,
qualifications, social
competences and
English skills
USEFUL KNOWLEDGE
These qualifications will be taken into account when
evaluating the applications:
// Grades // English skills // Work experience
// International experience (working/studying/living abroad)
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“I WANTED TO GET A
GOOD EDUCATION
AND LEARN ENGLISH
AT THE SAME TIME
SO DENMARK WAS
THE PERFECT
CHOICE”
Read the full testimonial at
/studentsatsdu
Name: Jose de la Pascua
Country: Spain
Study Programme: Electrical Power Engineering
Campus: Odense
WHY SDU?
Denmark is a very well organised country and its
citizens speak English very well. I wanted to get a
good education and learn English at the same time
so Denmark was the perfect choice – SDU is the
only university in Denmark that has an agreement
with my school in Spain. And I knew of all the great
advantages of studying in Odense. HOW’S THE STUDY ENVIRONMENT?
Both the classes and the style of education are
very different from my country. The teachers
here are very close to the students and care
about them. The education in this country is
based on practical analysis. The exams are
mostly oral instead of written and I think this
tests your understanding of the topic rather of
your ability to retain information. 24
BEST EXPERIENCE SO FAR? Simply the fact of being here! I can say that
is the best experience of my life. Living in this
country with people from all over the world is
great!
THE DANES:
They are very polite, friendly and very respectful.
Although they are a little bit shy in the beginning, eventually they end up interacting with
everyone and they are eager to learn about other
cultures. What caught my attention was the
importance of having a bike to get around and
how well the bike lanes are connected. Also the
amount of events organised in the city and not
only for young people.
WHY WORK IN
*
DENMARK?
W
WORK IN
DENMARK
THERE ARE NUMEROUS REASONS TO WORK IN DENMARK. FOREIGN NATIONAL
WORKERS IN DENMARK ROUTINELY CITE MANY OF THESE BENEFITS:
• A welfare state: Taxes pay for child
care, education, access to doctors
and hospitals, elderly care etc.
• A safe country: The crime rate
is among the lowest in the world.
Children walk to school alone,
company leaders do not need
body-guards, even the Folketing
(Parliament) is open to everyone.
• High quality of life: Foreign national
workers express a high level of satisfaction with leisure and cultural
opportunities in Denmark
• Danish business culture: A horizontal
structure and open dialogue between
management and employees is characteristic in the workplace. Most
workplaces regularly offer continuing
education to their employees.
•D
enmark stands as one of the world
leaders in different fields of production: agricultural goods, furniture
and clothing, interior design, sea
freight, wind turbines, medicine
and assistive medical technologies,
equipment for automatic cooling
and heating, sensitive measuring
instruments, IT and communications,
etc.
•H
ealthy and green lifestyle: Danish
people are usually biking everywhere
– not just for fun, but also to go to work
(even the Members of the Danish
Parliament do so) cycling! Danes are
not only engaging in exercise through
cycling, but they are also big fans of a
balanced diet, with organic products
being on top of the list when it comes
to food priorities.”
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RESEARCH AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF
SOUTHERN DENMARK
*
UNDERSTANDING THE WORLD WE LIVE IN IS THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND OUR
RESEARCHERS’ WORK. FROM CREATING A BLUEPRINT FOR LIFESAVING MEDICINE
TO UNRAVELLING MYSTERIES OF ANCIENT CIVILISATIONS, THE RESEARCH
POSSIBILITIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK ARE ENDLESS.
With each discovery, another piece is added to the
jigsaw puzzle that we call knowledge. The University’s growing worldwide network of businesses,
researchers and students ensures that its global
profile expands year on year.
As a world leader in education and research, the
University attracts researchers and students from
all over the world.
Thanks to a strong international perspective,
researchers and students at the University are well
equipped to work in today’s global community.
Our international environment offers ample
opportunity to combine theory and practice at
an international level.
R
RESEARCH
AT SDU
NO TUITION FEES FOR EU STUDENTS
STUDY FOR
FREE
*
*ARE YOU A FULL DEGREE STUDENT AND DO YOU COME FROM
THE NORDIC COUNTRIES, EU/EEA COUNTRIES OR SWITZERLAND?
– If “yes” is the answer, you can study for free at The University of Southern Denmark. We do not charge tuition fees
for full degree students from the Nordic countries or from the EU/EEA countries and Switzerland.
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CITIES - ODENSE
Tuition fee rates for full degree students
with a non-EU/EEA-citizenship or nonSwiss-citizenship
F
TUITION FEES
THE FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
THE FACULTY OF SCIENCE
BEng in Global Management and Manufacturing
BEng in Interaction Design
BEng in Mechatronics
– the tuition fee is 10,700 euro/79.800 DKK per
academic year
The tuition fee for the following full degree programmes
is 99.000 DKK or 13,280 euro per year.
BSc(Eng) in Innovation and Business
BSc(Eng) in Mechatronics
BSc(Eng) in Product Development and Innovation
MSc(Eng) in Chemistry
MSc(Eng) in Environmental Engineering
MSc(Eng) in Innovation and Business
MSc(Eng) in Mechatronics
MSc(Eng) in Physics and Technology
MSc(Eng) in Product Development and Innovation
MSc(Eng) in Robot Systems
MSc(Eng) in Software Engineering
MSc(Eng) in IT Product Design
MSc in Maritime Technology
– the tuition fee is 13,900 euro/103.600 DKK per
academic year
THE FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE
MSc in Biology
MSc in Biology-Marine Science
MSc in Biomedicine
MSc in Chemistry
MSc in Computer Science
MSc in Environmental Biology
MSc in Molecular Bioscience
MSc in Physics
The tuition fee for MSc in Mathematics and MSc in
Applied Mathematics is 67.700 DKK or 9,090 euro per year.
FACULTY OF HUMANITIES
• FULL DEGREE PROGRAMMES
A full year (60 ECTS) 6,200 euro/46.200 DKK.
• SAS COURSE
Course fees and participation in study tours and
excursions 3,100 euro/23.100 DKK.
• BACHELOR LEVEL (UNDERGRADUATE)
One semester (30 ECTS-points): EUR 3,250
One academic year (60 ECTS): EUR 6,500
• MASTER LEVEL (GRADUATE)
One semester (30 ECTS-points): EUR 4,250
One academic year (60 ECTS): EUR 8,500
THE FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES
•M
ASTER OF SCIENCE IN PUBLIC HEALTH
The tuition fee for non-EU/EEA students amounts to
10,200 Euro/ 76.000 DKK per year.
Please note that tuition fees may change
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ODENSE IS WORLD-RENOWNED AS THE
BIRTHPLACE OF FAIRYTALE AUTHOR
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN. HOWEVER IT IS ALSO A MODERN TOWN
WITH A BUZZING CULTURAL AND
SOCIAL SCENE. WITH MORE THAN
30,000 STUDENTS, THE TOWN HAS
A LIVELY AND YOUNG ATMOSPHERE.
THE TOWN LIES IN THE CENTRE OF
DENMARK, SERVICED BY TWO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS, EASILY REACHED
IN LESS THAN 90 MINUTES BY TRAIN
OR CAR.
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THE CITY OF FESTIVALS
ODENSE
Odense’s festival diary is an impressive list of national and international events that attract well-known creative talents, artists and
researchers of international standing to the city every year. They
come to join the Film Festival, the Robot Festival, the Harbour
Festival and the International Blues Festival.
ENJOY ODENSE
Funen has been known as the Garden of Denmark since time
immemorial. As an old saying goes, if you put an apple branch
into the soil of Funen, it will grow. The soil is more fertile on Funen
than in other parts of the country, as reflected by the region’s
large number of fruit and vegetable growers.
Even if you are right in the centre of Odense, you will never be
more than a five-minute walk away from a green oasis. Odense
has no end of beautiful parks and gardens where you can laze
about and enjoy a picnic on a warm spring day with friends and
fellow students. Many of the city’s sculptures are placed in the
larger parks, adding a special touch to all the greenery.
Various fruit and vegetable growers sell their crops at Odense’s
markets. They come from all over Funen with fresh fruit, vegetables, eggs, meat and cheese, and the quality is always great.
Many farms are completely organic.
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I REALLY ENJOY THE FACT
THAT ODENSE IS SUCH A BIKE
FRIENDLY CITY. YOU CAN
ACCESS EVERYTHING WITH
YOUR BIKE, ANY TIME
QUENTIN ANNE DE MOLINA, BELGIUM,
ERASMUS STUDENT, ENGINEERING
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THE LATIN QUARTER
Experience the Parisian atmosphere of the streets
around Brandts. Surrounded by stylish specialist
shops, homeware stores (each with its own unique
character), new fashion designers and galleries,
Brandts dominates the city’s Latin Quarter.
Brandts is the place for art and culture on an
international scale. The former textile mill is one of
Denmark’s most important exhibition complexes. It
is home to The Art Hall at Brandts, The Museum of
Photo Art and The Danish Media Museum.
Amfiscenen at Brandts Klædefabrik is an open-air
stage right in the heart of Odense. It is used as a
venue for both music and theatre.
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
The Danish poet and author was born in Odense,
where he grew up in poverty.
He was born on April 2, 1805 and died on August
4, 1875. He died as one of Denmark’s most famous
poets and authors. Today, he is one of the world’s
most widely read authors. Internationally, Hans Christian Andersen is known for his fairytales, including
The Ugly Duckling, The Nightingale, The Little Match
Girl and The Little Mermaid.
CAMPUS
ODENSE
CLASSICAL MUSIC
The Odense Symphony Orchestra. From being a theatre
orchestra that also played symphony music, The
Odense Symphony Orchestra has gone on to become
a dynamic and modern symphony orchestra
Most of the orchestra’s concerts are held in Carl
Nielsen Salen, a concert hall with excellent acoustics
and seating for 1,212 people.
THE ODENSE RIVER
The Odense River is the largest and longest watercourse on Funen. It is approximately 60 km long and
runs through lots of lovely river valleys with flowering
meadows and forests of reeds. You can travel right
through the town in a canoe, rowing boat or kayak,
enjoying the beauty of nature as you go.
SUPER LEAGUE FOOTBALL
Odense’s local football team is called OB and plays at
TRE-FOR Park.
OB plays in Denmark’s top flight, where they are one
of the leading teams, and over the years have had
many memorable victories both nationally and internationally. Find out more about OB and the fixture list
at www.ob.dk.
VISIT
www.museum.odense.dk
www.visitodense.com
www.ob.dk
www.odensezoo.dk
ODENSE ZOO
Roaring lions, fun sea lions, flocks of penguins,
snakes in terrariums.
At Odense Zoo you can meet a lot of different animals
from every corner of the globe.
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AT THE CAMPUS
THE CAMPUS IN ODENSE IS SITUATED JUST FIFTEEN MINUTES FROM THE
CITY CENTRE BY BICYCLE. FREQUENT BUS SERVICES MEAN THAT YOU CAN
TRAVEL EASILY THROUGHOUT THE TOWN. THE BUILDINGS ARE CONSTANTLY
REDEVELOPED TO COMPLEMENT THE UNIVERSITY’S GROWTH.
Campus Odense is the biggest
teaching site with over 12,500 students within the five main areas of
Health Sciences, Natural Sciences,
Engineering, Business and Social
Sciences and Humanities, offering
over 50 basic courses and an even
greater number of degree courses.
Modern facilities in the form of
reading rooms, laboratories, an
indoor swimming pool, computer
rooms, lecture theatres, Friday bar,
cafés, libraries, meeting places and
cosy corners help to make your life
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at Campus Odense a happy experience. But campus life is more than
facilities, and you will find yourself
embarking on a life where a whole
new world of knowledge and pursuit
of knowledge opens up before you.
WIDE HORIZONS
And open minds ... Campus Odense
has a high level of professionalism
and a vibrant study environment.
Almost all students are gathered
under one roof, and this means
that you will meet lots of different
students from various courses every
day. You will be able to socialise
and extend both your knowledge
and your circle of friends.
When you come to Odense, you will
arrive at the campus square, where
you will find the trendy Starbucks
café, Studenterboghandlen (the university bookshop), a Starbucks and
several peaceful reading rooms.
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VISIT US
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www.facebook.com/unisouthdenmark
Moving further down along Gydehutten, the main corridor on campus,
you will see seating and open areas,
the University canteen, relaxation
areas, footbridges and narrow passages. You can read undisturbed
in the study zones in a peaceful
area. Some way down Gydehutten
you will find the Syddansk Uni-
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versitets-bibliotek (SDU university
library) where you will find textbooks and journals galore.
STUDENT LIFE
Campus Odense offers a varied
study life with opportunities for
masses of social and study-related
experiences. If, for example, you
want to see some quality films in
the university’s own cinema, you
can join Filmklubben (the university
film club). Club members watch a
selected new film every week free
of charge. Studentermenigheden
(the student congregation and
the University priest), is also
represented on campus, open
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THE EUROPEAN STUDENT NETWORK CONSISTS
OF DANISH STUDENTS WHO PROVIDE PEER
SUPPORT TO INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS.
YOU CAN HELP ARRANGE SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
SUCH AS EXCURSIONS, CAFÉ NIGHTS AND
PARTIES FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
IN ODENSE.
to everybody. You can offer your
ideas and bring initiatives to life
with other students. The University
priest is the contact person for
the newly established Meditation
Room, where both the faithful
and others can reflect and hold a
mental siesta.There is also a new
association for Muslim students
at Campus Odense.
The association Muslim Students’
Union is non-political and represents Muslim students’ social,
academic and cultural interests.
The association is especially focused on shared activities at the
University of Southern Denmark,
and non-Muslim students can
also participate.
STUDENT LIFE CAN
INCLUDE POLITICS
There are party-political associations such as Social Democratic
Students and Conservative
Students at the University of
Southern Denmark.
PROFESSIONAL AND
SOCIAL NETWORKS
You can also join social networks
together with other young people,
for example Rotaract which is
independent with no political,
religious or financial interests.
If you like Icelandic sagas,
Finnish saunas, new Swedish
rock or the mountains of northern
Norway, the Association of Nordic
Youth may be for you.
The association works to promote
language and cultural understanding across borders.
Fredagsbaren (the Friday Bar)
started in the mid-80s, not all at
once, but when students started
to meet over a Friday beer or two!
The Friday “Barty” was established after a few years.
USEFUL LINKS
www.visitdenmark.dk
www.sdu.dk/en
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STUDENT HANGOUTS
DEN SMAGLØSE CAFÉ
CAFÉ KRÆZ
www.facebook.com/densmagloesecafe
Even though the name means “tasteless”, you will find
much to love in this cosy café. An eclectic vibe with
a low key crowd makes this a great place to chat with
friends or play a game of cards.
www.kraez.dk
Has created a unique interior, using the latest trends
in interior design, but with care. Apart from this, you
will also find a different kind of restaurant concentrating on fresh produce – spiced up with live music,
stand up comedy, lectures, jazz, rock and pop.
CAFÉ BIOGRAFEN (THE CINEMA CAFÉ)
www.cafebio.dk
Café Biografen’s kitchen is known for its high quality
and the café is well on its way to being known as one
of the best places to lunch. The café is situated in the
historic Latin Quarter of the city.
CAFÉ SKT. GERTRUD
CAFÉ CUCKOOS NEST
www.lorups.dk
A great pub with a nice atmosphere. Here you can
enjoy a cold beer in charming surroundings and play
dice with friends.
www.cuckoos.dk
Lots of students and small tables supply the dynamic
atmosphere. The favourite activity in the afternoon is
backgammon.
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www.gertruds.dk
Café Skt. Gertrud is one of Odense’s “old” cafés.
Genuine French café atmosphere at its best.
LØRUPS VINSTUE
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KICK OFF – SPORTSPUB
www.kickoff-sportspub.dk
Whether you like golf, football, handball, hockey
or something entirely different, you are sure to find
something to your liking at Kick Off in Overgade. Apart
from lots of sports on big screens, the pub offers a
varied selection of beer and a cosy café section with
several special brands of coffee.
RYANS OF ODENSE
The Irish pub in Odense city. People with a liking for
dark beer and folk music come here often. The place
has a special “look” with lots of old amiable things on
the shelves and in the windows.
SIR CLUB
Cheap tap beer and a relaxed atmosphere. Many
students meet here in the weekend to play pool and
darts.
VIGGOS
www.cafeviggos.dk
Viggos is home to somewhat of a social student tradition in Odense. The ceiling and walls are decorated
with more than 3,000 beer glasses with names and
dates on them according to who acquired the glass
and when. Viggos’ jukebox allows you to listen to
whichever music the heart desires.
USEFUL KNOWLEDGE
Many cafés offer 10-15%
discounts to students. Just
show your student ID card.
Some clubs have very student friendly
prices. Such as all the beer you can
drink in one hour for free!
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DANCE SPOTS
THE AUSTRALIAN BAR
LA BAR
www.odense.abar.dk
A very popular nightclub situated in the heart of
Odense which guarantees a fun night out if you like
dancing and making new acquaintances and a great
place to watch football matches during the day.
www.latequilabar.dk
LA Tequila Bar is very popular with Odense students
– and for good reason. Prices are very student friendly
with half price drinks and cocktails until 1 a.m. every
night and a big variety of Tequilas.
BOOGIE DANCE CAFE
HEIDI’S BIER BAR
www.boogiedance.dk
Boogie is one of the oldest dance clubs in Odense and
Uni students love it. The music is new, edgy, fresh and
timeless - with everything from classic rock songs to
happy 80’s hits and the latest music trends. An awesome place to make new friends and dance all night.
www.odense.heidisbierbar.dk
Experience the German Tyrolean phenomenon at
Heidi’s Bier Bar where they specialise in delicious
beers from all over the world – a happy-go-lucky kind
of place where you can dance your worries away.
THE GYM
www.nellesbar.dk
A nice and relaxed café in the center of Odense, with
a great selection of bread and snacks. Also, there is a
variety of wine selections at very affordable prices!
www.the-gym.dk
The best music in a super delicious and cosy decor,
inexpensive drinks and a relaxed atmosphere. Enjoy a
night out at the Gym – the only night club where you
can also play table tennis.
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NELLE’S COFFEE & WINE
SØNDERBORG IS LOCATED ON THE
ISLAND OF ALS IN THE SOUTHEAST
CORNER OF JUTLAND, CLOSE TO THE
GERMAN BORDER. SØNDERBORG
IS IDEALLY SITUATED BETWEEN
HAMBURG AND MAJOR CENTRES
OF DENMARK.
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TRULY INTERNATIONAL
SØNDERBORG
The large number of students living in Sønderborg lends the town
a lively social life. Als and the area surrounding Sønderborg are
home to around 300 small- or medium-sized industrial companies, many of which specialise in electronic, mechatronic and
communication equipment. Denmark’s largest industrial company, Danfoss Corporation, which employs over 10,000 people, has
its headquarters just a few kilometres north of Sønderborg.
The university and cultural complex – Alsion – is an architectural
marvel situated at the harbour. Alsion is a magnet for audiences
seeking an experience out of the ordinary. The concert hall forms
the venue for activities ranging from classical concerts to avantgarde music and rock. Due to its flexibility, lectures, conferences,
fashion shows, opera, theatre and other cultural events are staged
here. The municipality of Sønderborg has approximately 80,000
inhabitants and is keen to facilitate student life.
Sønderborg boasts numerous cosy cafés with live music and a
vibrant nightlife. The city’s shops range from department stores to
small, fascinating speciality shops. City life is diverse and cultural
with a symphony orchestra, a theatre, cinema, musical festivals,
and an arts centre devoted to art and culture.
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LOTS OF ACTIVITIES
GO TASTE
No matter what leisure activities you prefer, you are
almost guaranteed to find a sports or activity club to
suit your needs.
From parachuting to soccer, athletics, fishing, rowing,
sailing, surfing, riding, handball, hunting, and golf
of course. Nearby, you will find Danfoss Universe, a
science and experience park full of exciting technology
and fun-filled activities.
You have not experienced Sønderborg unless
you have tried the following:
// Sønderjysk kaffebord (Coffee with 10-15 different
cakes)
// Sønderjysk spegepølse (Salamis of high quality
and taste)
// Kålpølse med grønlangkål (Tasty sausage with
stewed kale)
// Ringrider (The famous festival sausage)
// Solæg (Sun egg – a very special “Pick-me-up”)
// Gråsten æbler (Gravenstein apples named after
Gråsten Castle)
// Honningkage (Ginger bread)
GO SAILING
Oxbridge on Alssund is a competition between students from the Sønderborg region, Kiel and Flensburg
University. This spectacular sailing event takes place
in 28-foot match race boats on Alssund in front of the
new Alsion complex. This event is easy to follow from
convenient vantage points on the shoreline close to
the sailing course.
LOTS OF BEACHES
Here you are surrounded by forest, fjords, coves and
beaches – and Danish history is found everywhere.
Not many places in Denmark are as rich in history
as this small geographical area. Sønderborg Castle,
Dybbøl Mill and the Battlefield History Centre are
examples of some of the many centres of interest in
the area.
USEFUL LINKS
www.museum-sonderjylland.dk
www.sonderborg.dk
www.discover-sonderborg.dk
www.visitsonderborg.com
LOTS OF INNOVATIVE COMPANIES
Today a thriving, innovative business community
bears witness to a visionary and innovative environment where several local companies have global
market dominance in their fields.
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STUDENT HANGOUTS
DANCE SPOTS
HAVANABAR
BUDDY HOLLY
www.havanabar.dk
WUNDER-BAR
www.buddy-sonderborg.dk
Gigantic two storey night club for
party freaks.
BRØGGERIET
ZANZIBAR
www.broeggeriet.dk
www.zanzibar.dk
A great nightclub and dancing place
in Sønderborg.
STUDENT BAR AT ALSION
SONDERBORGHUS
www.sonderborghus.dk
Local music venue with several
concerts every week.
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AT THE CAMPUS
THE VISIONARY ARCHITECTURAL COMPLEX IS
BEAUTIFULLY SITUATED OVERLOOKING ALSSUND,
THE INLET THAT SEPARATES SØNDERBORG FROM
THE MAINLAND. ALSION IS HOME TO THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK AS WELL AS
A SYMPHONY CONCERT HALL AND A RESEARCH
PARK.
An extensive range of advanced
international study programmes
is offered at Alsion. The campus
is home to some 1,000 students
and offers an international study
environment, as the only teaching
language is English.
Many international students
choose to study at the University in
Sønderborg, and the University’s
link with Flensburg University in
Germany means that many students divide their study between
Denmark and Germany.
Danish and foreign students,
lecturers and researchers are
able to realise their dreams in an
exceptionally unique architectural
framework. The university provides
state-of-the-art laboratory and
teaching facilities ensuring optimum conditions for researchers
and engineering students. At the
same time, the research park
provides a particularly innovative
and international research environment with strong focus on close
cooperation and interaction with
the business community.
Sønderborg has 700 square
metres of state-of-the-art clean
room facilities. The Bitten & Mads
Clausen Foundation associated
with Danfoss donated more than
3 million Euros for the design and
layout in order to promote hightech research in microelectronics
and nanotechnology.
USEFUL KNOWLEDGE
Many cafés offer 10-15%
discounts to students. Just
show your student ID card.
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SLAGELSE HAS AROUND 32,000
INHABITANTS AND IS WEST
ZEALAND’S LARGEST SHOPPING
TOWN WITH COSY AND ATTRACTIVE
SQUARES AND A LIVELY CAFÉ LIFE.
COPENHAGEN AND ODENSE ARE
WITHIN EASY REACH AS THERE IS
EXCELLENT PUBLIC TRANSPORT
(TRAIN AND BUS SERVICES) AND THE
MOTORWAY IS JUST OUTSIDE TOWN.
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HISTORIC AND FOREVER YOUNG
SLAGELSE
The town is well-known for its many leisure time and sports
activities. Within the field of sports, both the elite and the general
public are well taken care of. Slagelse is especially renowned for
its handball, badminton, hockey, gymnastics and golf teams and
attracts big names from across the different sporting disciplines.
The town is also home to the Slagelse Gladiators which is a
decent Danish American Football team.
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NICE BEACHES
GO TASTE:
Southwest Zealand and the Great Belt Coast have
186 kilometres of beautiful coastline and lots of
delightful beaches.
The beaches provide plenty of opportunity for swimming and are ideal for windsurfers and anglers. Many
beaches are student hangouts in the summertime.
You have not experienced Slagelse unless you
have tried the following:
// Tebirkes (sweet buns, served with butter)
// Jordbærvin (strawberry wine)
// Håndlavet øl (try the beers from the many
microbreweries in the area)
// Økologisk kød (organic meat)
// Håndlavede bolscher (handmade boiled sweets)
// Lammefjordsgulerødder (crispy,
delicious carrots)
H.C. ANDERSEN WAS HERE
Hans Christian Andersen attended the ‘Latin School’
in Slagelse and the town remains an important seat of
learning to this day.
VIKINGS
Just west of Slagelse is one of Denmark’s most
important and beautifully situated monuments
from the Viking Age, the Viking fortress Trelleborg.
An exciting and out-of-the-ordinary experience.
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STUDENT HANGOUTS
CAFÉ CARAMEL
BRASSERIE D’VINE
CAFÉ MIKKEL
www.brasserie-d-vine.dk
A lovely place which specialises in sophisticated beers
and wines.
Café with a pleasant atmosphere in the town centre.
The menu has a wide selection of delicious dishes,
including brunch, sandwiches and main courses.
A take away service is also available.
CAFÉ VALENTINO
A café with a pleasant atmosphere just by the railway
station. An extensive menu with something for every
taste. Live music all year round.
CAFÉ VIVALDI
www.cafe-vivaldi.dk
Inviting café in the heart of Slagelse. Varied menu
comprising sandwiches, omelettes and salads.
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There is always a dish of the day, which can be
anything from salmon to filet of beef. Special coffee
and drinks menu.
www.caramel.dk
Café Caramel overlooks Schweizerpladsen, lunch
or an excellent evening meal in the café’s cosy
interior or in the outdoor seating area.
DEN BLÅ CAFÉ
www.den-blaa-cafe.dk
Cosy café and restaurant situated in the heart of
Stillinge Strand with brunch, café meals and evening
meals. Indoor and outdoor service.
THE UPPER HILL
www.upperhill.dk
The Irish Pub in Slagelse. Enjoy the quite unique
atmosphere at The Upper Hill with live music every
Friday and Saturday from 10 pm.
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AT THE CAMPUS
CAMPUS SLAGELSE OFFERS A RANGE OF BACHELOR PROGRAMMES WITHIN ECONOMICS, MODERN
LANGUAGES, MARKETING, ORGANISATION AND
LEADERSHIP.
Campus Slagelse is characterised
by the close relations between the
individual study environments, teachers and programme administration
as well as the close and fruitful
cooperation with local businesses
and organisations.
Several programmes offer good
opportunities for putting together
your own educational profile, partly
through your choice of electives and
partly through your study-related
contacts to the business community.
Research and education at Campus Slagelse are organised by the
Department of Leadership and
Strategy under the Faculty of
Business and Social Sciences and a
modern languages/communication
studies environment which is part
of the Department of Language and
Communication under the Faculty of
Humanities. Focus areas are Change
Management, Strategic Leadership
and Communication and Knowledge.
USEFUL LINK
www.visitsydvestsjaelland.dk
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KOLDING IS ONE OF DENMARK’S
FRIENDLIEST TOWNS – A LARGE
CITY AND SMALL VILLAGE ROLLED
INTO ONE. THE MUNICIPALITY OF
KOLDING HAS MORE THAN 86,000
INHABITANTS, CENTRALLY PLACED
IN RELATION TO THE REST OF
DENMARK AND EUROPE.
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KOLDING
TOWN OF OPPORTUNITIES
KOLDING
Kolding is a university town and a commercial centre, with
easy access via the motorway, buses and train services. And
Billund International Airport is only half an hour’s drive away from
Kolding. The town is well-known for its dramatic history, its beautiful
countryside, its rich and varied cultural life, as well as its thriving
business sector.
In Kolding, there is something for everyone. If you are looking for
culture, art and new experiences, visit Koldinghus Castle or Trapholt
museum, but if rural surroundings are more for you, the town is
situated in some of the most wonderful countryside – close to water,
woods and beaches.
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IN KOLDING YOU WILL FIND
MANY SMALL PEACEFUL OASES
AND HISTORICAL PLACES
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KOLDING
AN ATMOSPHERE OF PAST AND FUTURE
MUSIC AND EVENTS
Koldinghus Castle forms a unique backdrop for the
pedestrian streets that twist and turn through the
central town.
In between shops, you will find small peaceful oases
of historical places, which offer rich and lively stories.
Kolding is known for annual events like the Culture
Night, the Art Days, the Cartoon Festival and the Open
Air Opera Festival at Skamlingsbanken.
The music venues in the town present a wide variety
of arrangements with national and international artists.
Various clubs arrange large concerts and festivals.
THE NICOLAI BLOCK
Kolding’s new culture block is established in one of
Denmark’s largest historical school complexes.
Nicolai contains a cinema, a café, an archive on local
history, and a children’s venue culture house with
an adventure universe for children aged 2-12 years.
The Nicolai Theatre is a regular venue for a number
of orchestras and for orchestra and choir rehearsals.
Nicolai Arts & Design houses professional artists and
designers with workshops and exhibition facilities.
TRAPHOLT AND KOLDINGHUS
Art, applied art, design and architecture
have a long tradition in Kolding.
The creative environment spills over into the cultural
events in the area. Creating art has a high profile – not
in the least by virtue of the museums at Koldinghus
and Trapholt. Trapholt is the only museum in Denmark where there is modern art, applied art, design
and furniture design. Dating back five centuries
Koldinghus is made up of impressive, weather-beaten
buildings housing a great hall, castle chapel, library
hall and a gloomy dungeon. From the top of the Giant
Tower there is a magnificent view over the town of
Kolding and the Castle Lake.
GO TASTE
You have not experienced Kolding unless you have
tried the following:
// Ingefærbrød (ginger bread)
// Slotsøl (beer from the local brewery in Kolding)
BEACHES
The bathing beaches in the Kolding area lie directly
in the magnificent setting of the Little Belt.
The beaches have white sand, shallow water and
many different possibilities. Some beaches have a
natural playground, some have beach volley courts.
Some have bathing jetties, others have camp sites.
Some have kiosk and toilet facilities, others are undisturbed beaches.
GODSET – KOLDING’S MUSIC HALL
www.godset.net
The music hall was exquisitely built according to advanced standards and is rated one of the best music
halls in Denmark by the musicians themselves. The
focus is on rhythm music, but the house is also used
for theatre, lectures etc.
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STUDENT HANGOUTS
YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE
NICOLAI CAFÉ
www.denengelskepub.dk
Experience the staunch pub-feeling in this excellent
beer-place, which has a large selection of special
beers. Winner of The Gold Medal of the Beer
Enthusiasts 2007.
www.nicolaicafe.dk
Nice café for film lovers.
REPUBLIKKEN
DEN BLÅ CAFÉ
(the Republic)
A pub/café with a relaxed atmosphere and decorated
with old sofas and armchairs – hardly two are alike.
Here, you will find a wide selection of beer. Winner of
The Silver Medal of the Beer Enthusiasts 2007. Watch
football games on big screen and enjoy live music at
weekends.
www.denblaacafe.dk
The oldest café in Kolding is a great place to enjoy
lunch in the afternoon or warm up for a night out
during the weekend.
BERTRAMS PUB
Here pub-crawlers can enjoy both drinks and food.
The pub is situated opposite the railway station, and
there is also outdoor service.
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MADAM MOKKA
Coffee house with lots of specialities.
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KOLDING
DANCE SPOTS
PIT STOP
CRAZY DAISY
www.facebook.com/pitstopkolding
Concert and dance place with
focus on rock, hip-hop and
underground.
www.crazydaisy.dk
Renowned to all party animals in
town for its three bars and large
dance floor.
TAVLEN
TORDENSKIOLD
www.tavlen.org
Live music and dancing.
www.tordenskiold.nu
Traditional disco with dynamic
atmosphere.
USEFUL LINKS
www.visitkolding.dk
www.visitdenmark.dk
USEFUL KNOWLEDGE
Many cafés offer 10-15%
discounts to students. Just
show your student ID card.
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BRAND NEW CAMPUS OPENED SEPTEMBER 2014
THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK IN KOLDING IS A FANTASTIC PIECE
OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE. IT IS SITUATED NEAR THE CITY CENTRE. THE
ATMOSPHERE IS INTIMATE, AND IT IS PRACTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO GET LOST
IN THE CROWD. EVERY STUDENT KNOWS EVERY OTHER STUDENT.
Nevertheless, it is the city’s biggest
educational institution, with around
2,000 students receiving educations within the two main areas of
Business and Social Sciences and
Humanities.
University of Southern Denmark
Kolding is characterised by a close
cooperation across academic settings and a strong collaboration
with business and industry. The
university assigns a high priority to
the opportunity for the students to
compose their individual education
profile.
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Main areas of study are Entrepreneurship, Communication, and
Design, Culture and Language.
SOCIAL LIFE
The University’s playground is
called Café U-boat, and it is open
every Friday until the final guests
go home. The U-boat is the
meeting place on campus and is
available for a number of functions
such as football nights. At Studenterhuset Klostergaarden students
from any higher education in
Kolding gather to talk, listen to
music and have fun.
STUDENT POLITICS
The Kolding Student Council is a
non-political student organisation
for all students at the University
of Southern Denmark in Kolding,
where you will have an opportunity
to influence the study environment,
and all initiatives are received in a
constructive manner.
You will find that your fellow students
are happy to join in the student
social activities.
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K OLDING
ESBJERG IS DENMARK’S YOUNGEST
BIG CITY WITH 115,000 INHABITANTS
(ESBJERG MUNICIPALITY). ESBJERG
IS THE PLACE WHERE UNIQUE
NATURE EXPERIENCES ARE COMBINED WITH THE PULSATING LIFE
OF THE CITY AND GREAT SIGHTS AND
ATTRACTIONS.
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ESBJERG
THE CITY BY THE SEA
ESBJERG
All year round there is a wide variety of things on offer, with plenty
of activities, get-togethers and exhibitions at both Tobakken and
the large stage of the Performing Arts Centre, which was designed
by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, who is world-famous for designing
the Sydney Opera House.
Tobakken is a music venue and activity centre that comprises four
units stage, workshops, café and meeting rooms. There are about
200 events a year at Tobakken in total.
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ESBJERG
MAN MEETS THE SEA
YOUNG AND INTERNATIONAL
Visitors arriving in Esbjerg from the sea are greeted
by Svend Wiig Hansen’s monumental sculpture “Man
meets the Sea”.
Because of its size (it is nine metres tall) the sculpture
has become a landmark for Esbjerg. In clear weather
the four bodies, sitting there like unfurled sails, can
be seen 10 kilometres away. Many students hang out
at Hjerting Beach in the summertime.
The beautiful concert hall of the West Jutland
Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, housed in a
former turbine hall, eloquently expresses a concert life
and a level of ambition that embrace both classical
and modern art. Famous names from home and
abroad appear often and gladly make use of the “live”
city’s facilities, which can match the best international
standards.
THE HARBOUR – A SPECIAL EXPERIENCE
SPORTS LIFE
You can experience Esbjerg Harbour for yourself
around the clock, all year round.
Here all the “disciplines” constituting a major modern
harbour are mastered e.g. shipment of wind mills,
offshore activities as repair of offshore rigs and
platforms.
Visit Dock 2, which has a marina, restaurant, museum
lighthouse ship and friendly cruises on board the
cutters.
Take the ferry to Fanø which is a small island in the
North Sea for sandy beaches, the National Park and
great experiences out in the countryside. In the summer there are boat trips from the harbour in Esbjerg.
Swimming Stadium Denmark has the country’s finest
water park and a 50 metre-long and 25 metre-wide
competition pool.
Just a stone’s throw away you’ll find the athletics
stadium and the city’s football stadium, where EfB
plays premier league football. The Stadium Centre is
also beautifully located in Esbjerg Sports Park, which
is also home to two skating rinks, where there is
plenty of room for both the elegant skating princesses
and the tough guys of the ice hockey league. There is
also a curling centre, tennis courts, badminton hall and
cricket pitch.
INTERNATIONAL TASTE
Esbjerg has an attractive town centre with
Torvegade and Kongensgade, which is
Denmark’s longest pedestrian street.
In the centre you will find an abundance of restaurants
with Greek, Italian, Chinese, Indian, Argentine,
Turkish and French dishes. The many large and small
restaurants can cater to every gastronomic wish – and
wallet. Traditional Danish cooking is of course also on
the menu – hot or cold. Try, for example, the worldfamous open sandwiches (smørrebrød), a delicious fish
dish, a slice of smoked Hjerting Salmon, or “bakskuld”,
a salted, smoked dab with the skin removed, fried in
butter – a local delicacy not to be missed!
Wind and kite surfing is possible at the beach in
Hjerting.
In September SDU and Aalborg University arrange
a Sport Day with competitions and music. Every
summer in July there is Fanø Cup (football turnament)
and Grøn Koncert.
VISIT
www.visitesbjerg.dk
www.efb.dk
www.studiebyenesbjerg.dk
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ESBJERG
STUDENT HANGOUTS
MUSIC AND DANCE SPOTS
HUSET ESBJERG
FESTIVALS
www.husetesbjerg.dk
INDUSTRIEN
www.cafeindustrien.dk
Café, bar, live music.
STALDEN POOL & SPORTSBAR
www.stalden-esbjerg.dk
DRONNING LOUISE
www.dr-louise.dk
PADDY GO EASY
Esbjerg offers a Festival Week, a chamber music
festival and a number of Open-air Music Festivals with
top Danish and international names.
Sandwiched between such major events you will find
a number of small, intimate musical venues where all
types of music are on offer – everything from blues
and rock & roll to musical treasures that range from
the galley-like popular folk music of the pubs, traditional jazz, modern jazz and funk to open promenade
concerts, market square concerts and summer entertainment on the open-air stage of the City Park.
Irish pub with live music and dancing.
UNDERGROUND PUB
This cosy pub and restaurant is located in a basement and offers free live music three times a week.
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AT THE CAMPUS
CAMPUS ESBJERG IS SITUATED TEN MINUTES FROM THE CITY CENTRE BY
BICYCLE. THE MODERN BUILDINGS PROVIDE FOR ABOUT 1300 STUDENTS
WITHIN PUBLIC HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT,
SPORTS AND EVENT MANAGEMENT, BUSINESS ECONOMICS AND CULTURAL
SOCIOLOGY COURSES.
Campus Esbjerg offers highly specialised research
environments, inspiring places to connect, and a fine
atmosphere for learning.
There is space here for differences spanning disciplines, interests and backgrounds to come together,
and new thinking, ideas and interplay to emerge. At
Campus Esbjerg, you are not merely a number in the
sequence. Everybody knows you, and we are all on
friendly terms. You will therefore quickly come to know
your fellow students and lecturers. You can meet other
students in our “Beach Bar”, the popular Thursday
bar. The activity room next to the bar offers table tennis,
pool and video game consoles and table football.
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You have influence on the study environment, and all
initiatives are received in a positive way. You will find
that your fellow students are happy to join in student
social activities. The Student Council is your voice on
campus. The council deals with all matters of educational policy, has a tutoring scheme, and arranges
various courses. The Students’ Sports Club offers
football, hockey (floorball), basketball, badminton and
table tennis.
SDU sport in Esbjerg offers different sport activities
see www.sduidræt.dk/Esbjerg
USEFUL LINKS
www.facebook.com/SduCampusEsbjergUniversityOfSouthernDenmark
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ESBJERG
THE UNIVERSITY OFFERS A WIDE RANGE
OF STUDY PROGRAMMES SPREAD ACROSS
SEVERAL ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES, INCLUDING
PROGRAMMES IN ENGLISH ESPECIALLY
TAILORED FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
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STUDY
PROGRAMMES
STUDY
PROGRAMMES
CONTACT
Tel: +45 6550 1000
Fax +45 6615 7500
Email: int@sdu.dk
www.sdu.dk/en
THE PROCESS OF BECOMING
A DEGREE STUDENT
AUTUMN/SPRING
1) You submit your application
with required enclosures to
the University of Southern
Denmark.
JUNE/DECEMBER
3) You confirm your study
place. If you are from a
non-EU/EEA country,
you pay the tuition.
2) Your application is assessed.
You receive a letter of
acceptance or rejection
around eight weeks after
the application deadline.
An admission package is
enclosed with successful
applications.
JULY-AUGUST/
DECEMBER- JANUARY
4) You receive information on
accommodation in July/
December, or at the beginning of August/January.
APPLICATION DEADLINES
All Bachelor degrees: March 15.
Master degrees - AUTUMN ENROLMENT
February 1: Non-EU/EEA citizens
April 1: EU/EEA and Swiss citizens and non-EU/
EEA citizens with residence permit in Denmark
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5) E
nd of August/January, each
campus has an orientation
programme for all new
students.
SEPTEMBER/FEBRUARY
6) T he semester and classes
start September 1/February 1. At the Faculty of
Science, classes start one
week earlier
Master degrees - SPRING ENROLMENT
(Not all programmes have spring enrolment)
August 1: Non-EU/EEA citizens
November 1: EU/EEA and Swiss citizens and
non-EU/EEA citizens with residence permit in
Denmark
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DEGREE
STUDENT
DEGREE STUDENT
ECTS CREDITS
A student who is enrolled to take an entire degree
at the University of Southern Denmark.
A full semester workload equals 30 ECTS credits.
Two semesters equal 60 ECTS credits. Master
courses often count as 10 ECTS credits, i.e. a third
of one semester. Master students typically have
10-15 teaching hours per week.
STUDY POSSIBILITIES
You can study one of more than 60 entire degrees
offered in English.
ACADEMIC SYSTEM
Bachelor level = undergraduate (3 years or 3.5
years) = 180 or 210 ECTS credits.
Master level = graduate (2 years) = 120 ECTS
credits on top of the 180/210 ECTS credits from
the bachelor level.
ECTS = European Credit Transfer System.
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Autumn semester: Classes start September 1 and
run to mid December. Exams take place in December
and/or January.
Spring semester: Classes start February 1 and run
to mid May. Exams take place in June.
Note that some studies work on a quarter basis.
For more information visit
www.sdu.dk/international-office
ARRIVAL
You must arrive in time for our orientation day(s)
which takes place a few days before the semester
starts. In rare circumstances late arrivals can be
accepted upon request.
ORIENTATION DAY
A few days before classes start in August/January,
each campus has an orientation programme for
new international students.
LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS
A good standard of English is required because
teaching at the University typically involves student participation, class discussions and student
presentations.
A minimum IELTS score of 6.5 or a TOEFL score
of 575/230/88 is required. If you, as an EU/EEA
citizen, can document this level of English by way
of secondary school diploma, a TOEFL or an IELTS
test is not required (with a few exceptions).
DANISH LANGUAGE COURSES
You can sign up for free Danish language courses
at language schools in town. These take place
during the semester.
CURRICULUM
Note that you have a fixed curriculum which you
must follow to obtain your degree.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
You must meet the entry requirements for the
programme you wish to be admitted to. You must
meet the application deadline and enclose all relevant documents. Some degrees require GRE tests.
TUITION
If you are from a non-EU/EEA country, you pay
the tuition fee. For details, see the specific study
programme.
ACCOMMODATION
You have the possibility of applying for student
accommodation through the university.
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DANISH RESEARCH HAS A VERY INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK. A MAJOR
PART OF ALL SCIENTIFIC PROJECTS ARE PREPARED IN COLLABORATION
WITH INTERNATIONAL RESEARCHERS FROM MANY OTHER COUNTRIES
ALL OVER THE WORLD.
Check the PhD
vacancies here
www.jobs.sdu.dk
PHD STUDENT
Denmark has the highest ratio of PhD publications
in Europe in relation to its size, and at the same
time, Danish scientific research has a high impact
measured in number of citations received worldwide.
Scientific research at Danish universities is of great
importance to Denmark and a major element in
creating more growth in society.
Danish research has a very international outlook. A
major part of all scientific projects are prepared in
collaboration with international researchers from
many other countries all over the world.
Join us in Denmark. Together we can create new
knowledge.
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GET YOUR PHD AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF SOUTHERN DENMARK
University of Southern Denmark welcomes
international PhD students either as full degree
students or as visiting students. A Danish PhD
programme usually lasts three years. The
components of the programme are:
•Independent research under supervision
•Courses for PhD students (30 ECTS credits)
•Participation in research networks, including
placements at other, primarily foreign, research
institutions
•Teaching or other forms of knowledge
dissemination, which are, as far as possible,
related to the PhD topic
•The completion of a PhD thesis
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PHD
STUDENT
The PhD programme is a specialised research
programme. It consists of an individually designed
research project which you carry out under the
guidance of one or more supervisors, using the
scientific methodology of your special area of
research. University of Southern Denmark offers PhD
programmes at all five faculties, with established
PhD schools.
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
www.sdu.dk/eng
The PhD school at The Faculty of Engineering has
six research and education programmes:
• Applied Mathematical Modelling
•Energy and Environmentally Efficient
Technologies
• Functional Materials and Nanotechnology
• Product Design and Innovation
• Robotics
• Software Engineering
FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES
FACULTY OF HUMANITIES
www.sdu.dk/humPhD
The PhD students at The Faculty of Humanities
are typically affiliated with a doctoral programme.
Currently The Faculty of Humanities has five
doctoral programmes:
• History, Area Studies and Archaeology
• Language and Communication
• Literature, Aesthetics and Culture
• Media, Technology and Social Interaction
• Philosophy, Education and the Study of Religions
FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
www.sdu.dk/sam/phduk
The Faculty of Business and Social Sciences offers
PhD programmes within all the major research areas:
• Business Economics
• Journalism
• Law
• Social Science
• Political Science
• Economics (socio-economics)
www.sdu.dk/health
The PhD school at the Faculty of Health Sciences
has several research and education programmes:
• Social Studies in Medicine
• Haematology & Oncology
• Public Health
• Physical Activity and Musculoskeletal Health
• Neuroscience
• Heart, Kidney and Circulation
• Immunology, Allergology, Microbiology & Disease
• Clinical Research
• Regenerative Medicine
• Danish PhD Schools of Metabolism &
Endocrinology
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VISITING STUDENTS
PHD STUDENTS ENROLLED AT A UNIVERSITY
OUTSIDE OF DENMARK CAN APPLY FOR
ADMISSION AS A VISITING PHD STUDENT AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK.
PLEASE CONTACT THE FACULTY OF YOUR
INTEREST FOR A DISCUSSION OF YOUR
POSSIBILITIES TO BECOME A VISITING PHD
STUDENT AT UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN
DENMARK
P
PHD
STUDENT
FACULTY OF SCIENCE
www.sdu.dk/sciencePhD
The Faculty of Science offers PhD programmes
within several research training programmes:
• Basic and Clinical Microbiology (BCM)
• Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• Biology
• Compkem - the Danish Graduate School of
Computational Chemistry
• Computer Science
• Molecular Cancer Research
• Molecular Metabolism
• Molecular Biophysics
• Physics
• Chemistry
• Mathematics
• Efficient Algorithms and High Quality Solutions
• Pro2 - Protein Chemistry and Proteomics
• SMEC - Science and Mathematics Education
and Communication
• SNAK - Sense organs, Nerve systems, Behaviour, and Communication
ADMISSION
The general admission requirements for PhD
programmes include a Candidatus/Master degree
or equivalent comparable to the Danish two-year
Candidatus/Master degree.
In some areas, a four-year PhD programme is offered to students who have completed a Bachelor
qualification and one year of study at postgraduate
level.
FINANCING
Interested candidates should contact University of
Southern Denmark for more information or take a
look at the list of available PhD positions:
www.jobs.sdu.dk
Industrial PhD Fellowships: These fellowships are
offered through collaboration between a private
enterprise and a university. The PhD project is
carried out as a research project and the PhD
student facilitates research cooperation between
the two partners. These fellowships usually have a
duration of 3 years. More information is available
at: www.en.fi.dk/research
Self-financed PhD programmes: As a self-financed
student, you are usually charged a tuition fee,
ranging from 10,000 to 20,000 euros per year.
International Financial Support: There is also
the possibility of getting international financial
support either from your home country or from
international organisations such as the European
Commission’s research programmes. For further
information, please refer to:
www.studyindenmark.dk
MORE INFORMATION
Contact the Faculty of your interest for a discussion of your possibilities for a PhD degree at
University of Southern Denmark. Contact details
are listed at each faculty’s PhD international page.
The URLs are given under each faculty on the
opposite page.
A range of funding options is available:
Fellowship: PhD fellowships are advertised
by universities, research institutions, business
enterprises and public and private foundations.
Employment is usually for a period of 3 years.
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EXCHANGE STUDENT
LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS
A student sent from a partner institution who studies
one or two semesters at the University of Southern
Denmark. The course credits are to be transferred
back to the degree studied in the home country.
A good standard of English is required because
teaching at the University typically involves student participation, class discussions, project work
and student presentations.
STUDY POSSIBILITIES
This means that you must have a command of the
English language equivalent of the IELTS score of 6.5
or the TOEFL score of 575/239/88. We ask you and
your home university to document your English skills
through our language requirement form.
As an exchange student, you can study at one of our
five campuses that offer courses in English: Odense,
Kolding, Esbjerg, Sønderborg and Slagelse. The
University offers programmes especially tailored to
exchange students taught in English and more than
60 entire degrees also taught in English. In addition,
the Faculty of Humanities offers courses taught
in English, German and Spanish at bachelor and
master level. Just choose whichever suits you.
COURSES
You must arrive in time for our orientation day(s)
which takes place a few days before the semester
starts. In rare circumstances we accept late arrivals
on request.
You choose from courses offered in English. See
our website for posssibilities. “Recommended Study
Paths” comprise a selection of courses that give our
students the best possible combination of courses,
ensuring that timetable conflicts will not occur.
ACCOMMODATION
ACADEMIC SYSTEM
A few days before classes start each campus has an
orientation programme for new exchange students.
Bachelor level = undergraduate (3 years or 3.5
years) = 180 or 210 ECTS credits
Master level = graduate (2 years) = 120 ECTS
credits on top of the 180/210 ECTS credits from the
bachelor level
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Autumn semester: Classes normally start September
1 and run to mid December.
Spring semester: Classes normally start February 1
and run to mid May. For more information visit
www.sdu.dk/international-office for current
Academic Calendar.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
You must meet the entry requirements for the courses you wish to take, meet the application deadline
and enclose all relevant documents. To follow courses at master level, you must have completed what
compares to 180 ECTS credits within a relevant field.
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ARRIVAL
All five campuses guarantee accommodation for
students from partner universities if we have received
a complete application by our application deadline.
ORIENTATION DAY
ECTS CREDITS
A full semester workload equals 30 ECTS credits.
Two semesters equal 60 ECTS credits. Master
courses often count as 10 ECTS credits, i.e. a third of
one semester. Master students typically have 10-15
teaching hours per week. You are expected to take
a full workload during your stay at the University,
including exams. ECTS = European Credit Transfer
System.
DANISH LANGUAGE COURSES
You can sign up for Danish language courses at
language schools in town. These take place during
the semester.
TUITION
Exchange students do not pay tuition.
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EXCHANGE
STUDENT
THE PROCESS OF BECOMING
AN EXCHANGE STUDENT
AUTUMN/SPRING
1)Your home institution nominates you.
tical matters in the course
of May/June or November/
December.
2) You submit your application,
requirements and accommodation forms and enclose
all required enclosures.
JULY-AUGUST/
DECEMBER-JANUARY
4) You receive information on
accommodation in July/December, or at the beginning
of August/January.
3) Your application is assessed.
If the assessment is successful, you receive our enrolment pack containing your
letter of enrolment, and
information on various prac-
APPLICATION DEADLINES
Autumn semester
April 1: Non-EU/EEA citizens
May 1: EU/EEA and Swiss citizens
5) End of August/January, each
campus has an orientation
programme for all new
students.
SEPTEMBER/FEBRUARY
6) T he semester and classes
start September 1/
February 1.
CONTACT
Tel: +45 6550 1000
Fax +45 6615 7500
Email: int@sdu.dk
www.sdu.dk/en
Spring semester
October 1: Non-EU/EEA citizens
November 1: EU/EEA and Swiss citizens
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CONTACT
Tel: +45 6550 1000
Fax +45 6615 7500
Email: int@sdu.dk
www.sdu.dk/en
GUEST STUDENT
A student who studies a semester or two at the
University of Southern Denmark. The course credits
are to be transferred back to the degree studied in
the home country. The student does not come as
part of an exchange agreement from a partner
institution.
GUEST STUDENT STUDY POSSIBILITIES
You can study at one of our five campuses that offer
courses in English: Odense, Kolding, Esbjerg,
Sønderborg and Slagelse. The University offers
specially tailored programmes in English and more
than 50 entire degrees also taught in English. In
addition the Faculty of Humanities offers courses
taught in English, German and Spanish at Bachelor
and M aster level. Just choose whichever suits you.
ACADEMIC SYSTEM
Bachelor level = undergraduate (3 years or 3.5
years) = 180 or 210 ECTS credits
Master level = graduate (2 years) = 120 ECTS credits
on top of the 180/210 ECTS credits from the
bachelor level.
APPLICATION DEADLINES
Autumn semester
April 1: Non-EU/EEA citizens
May 1: EU/EEA and Swiss citizens
Spring semester
October 1: Non-EU/EEA citizens
November 1: EU/EEA and Swiss citizens
ARRIVAL
You must arrive in time for our orientation day(s)
which takes place a few days before the semester starts. In rare circumstances late arrivals can be
accepted upon request.
ORIENTATION DAY
A few days before classes start in August/January,
each campus has an orientation programme for new
international students.
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
ECTS CREDITS
Autumn semester: Classes start September 1
and run to mid December. Exams take place in
December and/or January.
A full semester workload equals 30 ECTS credits.
Two semesters equal 60 ECTS credits. Master
courses often count as 10 ECTS credits, i.e. a third of
one semester. Master students typically have 10-15
teaching hours per week. As a guest student, you are
expected to take a full workload during your stay at
the University, including exams. ECTS = European
Credit Transfer System.
At the Faculty of Science, classes start one week
earlier.
Spring semester: Classes start February 1 and run to
mid May. Exams take place in June. At the Faculty of
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Science, classes start one week earlier. Note that
some studies work on a quarter basis. For more
information visit www.sdu.dk/international-office
for current Academic Calendar.
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GUEST
STUDENT
LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
A good standard of English is required because
teaching at the University typically involves student participation, class discussions and student
presentations. A minimum IELTS score of 6.5 or a
TOEFL score of 575/230/88 is required. Note that
some studies only accept the IELTS test. If you, as an
EU/EEA citizen, can document this level of English
by way of secondary school diploma, a TOEFL or an
IELTS test is not required (with a few exceptions).
You must meet the entry requirements for the
courses you wish to be admitted to. You must meet
the application deadline and enclose all relevant
documents.
DANISH LANGUAGE COURSES
You have the possibility of applying for student
accommodation through the university.
You can sign up for free Danish language courses at
language schools in town. These take place during
the semester.
TUITION FEES
Guest students pay tuition fees. For details, see the
relevant faculty on our website: www.sdu.dk/en
ACCOMMODATION
THE PROCESS OF BECOMING
A GUEST STUDENT
AUTUMN/SPRING
1) You send in your application
with required enclosures to
the University of Southern
Denmark.
2) Your application is assessed.
If the assessment is
successful, you receive our
enrolment pack containing
your letter of enrolment
and information on various
practical matters.
JUNE/DECEMBER
3) You pay the tuition.
JULY-AUGUST/
DECEMBER- JANUARY
4) Y ou receive information on
accommodation in July/December, or at the beginning
of August/January.
5) End of August/January, each
campus has an orientation
programme for all new
students.
SEPTEMBER/FEBRUARY
6) The semester and classes
start September 1/February 1.
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INTERNATIONAL
SCHOLARSHIP
The University of Southern Denmark stands for
top quality research-based postgraduate education, and choosing a postgraduate education at
the University will provide you with a solid basis
for your future career.
The scholarship usually covers all tuition fees and
in some cases also includes an additional stipend to cover part of the living expenses. Students
must be able to finance the remainder of their
tuition fees if necessary as well as living expenses.
The University constantly seeks students of the
highest quality, and, in recognition of the important investment that overseas students are making
in their education, we are pleased to offer scholarships to certain applicants!
Who can get the scholarship?
Candidates must come from a non EU or EEA
country and be eligible to pay tuition fees.
The University of Southern Denmark does not
charge tuition fees from full degree students from
the Nordic countries or from the EU/EEA countries
and Switzerland. Apply for admission and you will
automatically be considered for the scholarship!
There are a few scholarship schemes at the
University of Southern Denmark. The largest one
is the Danish Government Scholarship – supported by the Ministry of Science, Technology and
Innovation.
Through this scheme the university offers
scholarships to highly qualified students enrolled
in the following two-year master degree study
programmes:
• MSc(Eng) in Innovation and Business
(Campus Sønderborg)
• MSc(Eng) in Mechatronics
(Campus Sønderborg)
• MSc in IT Product Design
(Campus Sønderborg)
• MSc in Public Health
(Campus Esbjerg)
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The scholarship will be awarded to the best
qualified of the eligible applicants to the above
mentioned master degree study programmes.
There is no need to make a separate scholarship
application. All eligible candidates will be considered on the basis of the information they
provide in their application form.
More information on other scholarships can be
found here:
www.studyindenmark.dk
www.sdu.dk/en/uddannelse/optagelse/scholarships
www.iu.dk
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RANKING
The University of Southern Denmark appears on all the most extensive ranking lists of the best universities in
the world and the table below shows the placing of the university on the most widely mentioned international
rankings. It is pleasing to be able to note that among 17,000 universities in the world the University of Southern
Denmark is doing well both nationally and internationally.
RANKING
COVERS
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Leiden, Crown indicator
World
-
142
-
NA
195
Shanghai ARWU
World
303-401
301-400
289
201-300
201-300
QS Top Universities
World
300
298
311
318
311
THE World Universities
World
-
243
267
276-300
276-300
SDU is no. 34 in the Top 50 Under 50 list
on QS Top Universities
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Do they? // why? // can i? // how?
On the following pages you will find
practical information, tips and tricks ...
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ACADEMIC CULTURE
The relationship between students and teachers
in Denmark is quite informal. Both students and
teachers like to consider one another equals. You
are always encouraged to ask questions both
inside and outside of the classroom and to express
your opinion on the themes discussed during the
courses. The informal atmosphere does not imply,
however, that an overly relaxed attitude towards
your studies would be accepted. On the contrary,
the independent nature of university studies in
Denmark presupposes that students show initiative and take responsibility in the planning of their
studies and in keeping to their own schedules.
Students are expected to be able to analyse and
discuss material, both in class, in group work and
in the final examination. Most studies make use of
both oral and written exams.
ACCOMMODATION
Finding a place to live often takes time, so we
advise you to apply for accommodation when
you apply to become a student at the University
of Southern Denmark. In that case we will assist
you in finding a place to live. There are several
accommodation options:
• Room in a hall of residence (Kollegium), price:
260-400 euro per month.
• Privately rented room in a house or a flat , price:
250-500 euro per month.
• Privately rented flat - either alone or shared with
other students, prices vary considerably.
Alternatively, you could swap a flat or room with
students from Denmark who are going to study in
your home city. For further information about this
opportunity, please visit the website for international
students home exchange at:
www.casaswap.com
BANKS
Banking hours are from 10:00 - 16:00, Thursday
to 17:30. On Saturdays and Sundays all banks
are closed.
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GUIDE
BICYCLES
Cycling is the most common form of transport in
Denmark. In most towns there are even special
biking lanes! When you are interested in buying a
bike you can either buy a new or a second-hand
bike at one of many local bike dealers.
BUSES
For transportation within the city, most of the students prefer a bicycle, however you can still reach
all your destinations by bus. Visit www.fynbus.dk
to get more information concerning timetables,
routes and prices.
COST OF LIVING
The cost of living in Denmark is similar to that of
other northern European countries. You should
estimate spending between 600 and 700 euro
monthly. Monthly rent for a room in a flat costs
about 300 euro. You also need to consider the
cost of books and other teaching materials, transport and going out.
CPR-NUMBER
All Danes have a personal number, called a CPR
number. This is a personal ID number which is
used by education institutions and all public organisations (e.g. the healthcare system, etc). Any
person staying in Denmark for more than three
months must register at the National Register
and get a cpr.no. when they have received their
residence permit. Citizens of one of the Nordic
countries must register at the National Register
after six months. They do not need to apply for a
residence permit first.
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CREDIT CARDS
Credit cards are accepted in most shops and
restaurants; however, some supermarkets only
accept the special Danish debit card “Dankort”.
Cash points for withdrawal of cash can be found
outside several banks in the city centre and in the
shopping centres.
Please be aware that your bank imposes a limit as
to the amount which you can withdraw at a time.
ELECTRICITY
220 volts AC (50 Hz) is the Danish standard.
If you are travelling with electrical or electronic
devices be sure to bring a two-pin continental
adapter with you.
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
Laptop computers capable of operating on both
110 and 220 volts can be used in Denmark, but
remember to bring a two-pin continental adapter
with you since the prongs in Denmark may differ
from those in your home country. For laptop computers working on 110 volts only, converters are
necessary.
EQUALITY
The Danish constitution assures religious freedom
for all citizens, but, also emphasises that the
Evangelical Lutheran Church is the Danish state
church and is supported by the state. Denmark
has a law on ethnic equality, which bans ethnic
discrimination and states that it is illegal to treat
people differently on the grounds of gender, race
and religion. There are additional laws to ensure
gender equality and the country also has a minister for gender equality.
FOOD AND TRADITIONS
The Danes celebrate many holidays during the
year. Some of them are religious holidays and
some have cultural or historic roots. Specific
traditions with regards to food, decorations and
celebration are connected to most of the holidays,
which are usually celebrated with friends and
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family. Breakfast and dinner are typically eaten at
home, whereas lunch is eaten at school, work, etc.
and often consists of a packed lunch. At lunch
the speciality Smørrebrød (open sandwiches) is
normally eaten. It consists of rye bread buttered
and covered with sliced meat, cheese etc. The
summer dessert Rødgrød med fløde – its name
being a test in pronunciation for all non-Danes – is
a dessert usually made of redcurrants, raspberries
and blackcurrants. The berries are boiled until
they are soft, sweetened and thickened and finally
served with cream or milk.
HEALTH INSURANCE
All residents in Denmark are entitled to free
emergency treatment, linked to your own personal
CPR-number. In case of an emergency, dial 112
to contact the police, the fire brigade or the
ambulance. Emergency calls from payphones are
free of charge.
For more information on how to obtain access to
the Danish health care system visit:
www.newtodenmark.dk
HYGGE, HUMOUR
AND DANISH MENTALITY
Hygge is an important element of the Danish
culture. The word is difficult to translate, but those
seeking to grasp its meaning will quickly realise
that it is closely associated with having a good
time with friends or family and with eating and
drinking. Humour is another essential element.
To many Danes, humour and irony are closely
linked. Understanding this irony is an important
part of grasping the Danish humour and mentality.
The Danes emphasise equality, individuality and
democracy. The tone between Danes is relatively
informal. In the educational system, for example,
students address their teachers by their first
name. Open discussions form a central element
of a Danish upbringing, inside as well as outside
of the home.
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IF YOU BECOME ILL
International students living in Denmark for more
than three months are covered by the Danish
health insurance. It offers free doctor consultations
and hospital treatment. You register for health
insurance at the same time as registering at the
Danish national register. You will receive a personal identity number and a health insurance
card, which you should always bring when going
to a doctor’s surgery or to the hospital.
Your health insurance comes into effect six weeks
after you arrive in the country. You should therefore consider taking out health insurance to cover
you for this initial period. EU citizens are covered
from arrival when they bring along the European
Health Insurance Card.
INFRASTRUCTURE
Denmark’s infrastructure is well developed. The
railway network is extensive, the roads are of a
high standard and are relatively uncongested. The
aviation system is among the most developed in
the world and the airports have connections to
most of the big international airports in the world.
You can fly to capitals like Amsterdam, Berlin and
Stockholm in an hour, and, in less than two hours,
all the way to Paris, London, Dublin and Prague, to
mention a few.
LEARNING DANISH
You do not have to speak Danish to study in
Denmark, but understanding the local language
might enrich your stay here. Danish is taught at
several universities around the world. There are
also a number of private or public organisations
that offer lessons in Danish at different levels.
Contact a language centre in your home country
for further information. The Danish Embassies and
Consulates can also refer to activities relating to
Denmark in your home country.
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GUIDE
PHARMACIES
Opening hours:
Monday - Thursday 09:00 17:30
Friday 09:00 19:00
Saturday 09:00 14:00.
POST OFFICES
The opening hours of post offices can vary greatly
from region to region, and even from district to district within cities and larger towns. As a guide, post
offices are generally open Monday to Friday from
9.00/10.00 a.m. to 5.00/6.00 p.m. Some post
offices are closed on Saturdays. Opening hours for
those that are open are usually from 9.00/10.00
a.m. to 12.00/2.00 p.m.
Some post offices are located within shops but you
will always find the authorised post office sign on
the front of the building.
RESIDENCE AND WORK PERMIT
Any student studying for more than three months
in Denmark must apply for a residence permit.
Special rules apply to Nordic citizens. If you are a
citizen of the EU or the EEA countries, you must
apply for your residence certificate once you have
arrived in Denmark. If you hold a non- EU/EEA
citizenship, you must apply for residence permit
through the Danish Embassy or Consulate in your
country before you go to Denmark.
You must apply at least three months before the
semester starts to get your residence permit in
time. For more information visit:
www.newtodenmark.dk
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SMOKING AND SMOKING
RESTRICTIONS
Weekdays 09:00 - 19:00/20:00
Saturday 09:00 - 16:00
Smoking is banned in all indoor public places,
making it illegal to smoke in virtually all enclosed
and substantially enclosed public places and
workplaces. Anyone who wants to smoke during
study or work hours has to go outside.
General opening hours for specialty shops are:
Weekdays 10:00 - 17:30
Saturday 10:00 - 13:00
SAFE AND SECURE
Denmark is the oldest monarchy in the world and
at the same time a modern welfare state. The
country has a high degree of income redistribution
facilitated by the tax system and the differences
between rich and poor are relatively small. The
Danish welfare state is based on the “Scandinavian model”, characterised by universal healthcare, free education and social security for all
citizens.
Denmark is recognised for its high quality research
in areas such as biotechnology and food and environmental science. The country is internationally
oriented and plays an active role in global business and politics. Denmark has been a member
of the EU since 1973 and has had a significant
influence on both environmental and social issues
as well as on the EU enlargement process. People
who have visited Denmark often emphasise how
safe the country feels. Children walk to school on
their own and even the Queen can go shopping
with a minimum of security arrangements. The
statistics confirm this image of Denmark as a safe
place: the country has one of the lowest crime
rates in the world.
SHOPPING
Suggested shopping facilities for daily needs
(foods, etc.) are: Bilka, Brugsen, Kvickly and
Føtex.
Lowprice supermarkets are: Fakta, Netto, Aldi,
KIWI, Lidl and Rema 1000.
Department stores and supermarkets are usually
open:
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On the first Saturday of each month many shops
are open until 16:00 or 17:00.
Most shops are closed on Sundays. However,
many kiosks and gas stations are open outside
normal opening hours and they may sell quite
a considerable range of groceries (milk, bread,
cheese etc.).
SPORT, MUSIC AND LEISURE
Danes love sports. About three out of four children
and young people and half of the adult population
are engaged in sporting activities in their spare
time. Denmark has the highest number of sport facilities per capita amongst the European countries.
A lot of Danes join a sports club. The most popular
activities are gymnastics, football, badminton,
swimming and handball. Fitness, aerobics, roller-skating and jogging are other popular activities.
Being a country surrounded by water – all places
in Denmark are less than 50 kilometres from the
sea – sports such as sailing, windsurfing, fishing
and rowing are also popular.
Considering the size of the country, Denmark has
achieved outstanding results in sports internationally.
Denmark won the European Championship in
Football in 1992 and in handball, the women’s
national team won the European Championship
in 1996, the World Championship in 1997 and
the Olympic Games in 1996, 2000 and 2004,
and the men’s national team won the European
Championship in 2008.
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SURVIVAL
GUIDE
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS
January 1st > New Year’s Day (nytårsdag)
A FEW
EXAMPLES TO ILLUSTRATE
THE PRICE LEVEL IN DENMARK:
1 litre of milk - € 1
1 kilo of pasta - € 1
Beer at a pub - € 4
Meal at a restaurant - € 15
Cinema ticket - € 10
Meal at McDonald’s - € 7
Danish newspaper - € 2
Thursday before Easter Sunday > Maundy Thursday (skærtorsdag)
Friday before Easter Sunday > Good Friday (langfredag)
Monday after Easter Sunday > Second Day of Easter (2. påskedag)
Fourth Friday after Easter > Prayer Day (Store Bededag)
40 days after Easter Sunday > Ascension Day (Kristi Himmelfartsdag)
Monday after Whitsunday > Second day of Whitsun (2. pinsedag)
June 5th > Constitution day (grundlovsdag)
December 24th-26th > Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day (Juleaften, 1. og 2. juledag)
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GRADING SYSTEM
THE GRADING SYSTEM USED IN ALL STATE-REGULATED
EDUCATION AS FROM AUGUST 2007 IS THE 7-POINT
GRADING SCALE. THE GRADING SCALE IS COMPATIBLE
WITH THE ECTS-GRADING SCALE
Grade
Description
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F or an excellent performance displaying a high level of command of all aspects
of the relevant material, with no or only a few minor weaknesses.
10
F or a very good performance displaying a high level of command of most
aspects of the relevant material, with only minor weaknesses.
B
7
F or a good performance displaying good command of the relevant material but
also some weaknesses.
C
4
F or a fair performance displaying some command of the relevant material but
also some major weaknesses.
D
02
For a performance meeting only the minimum requirements for acceptance.
E
00
F or a performance which does not meet the
minimum requirements for acceptance.
F
-3
For a performance which is unacceptable in all respects.
Apart from the 7-point grading scale, pass/fail assessment may also be used.
02 is the minimum grade for passing an exam.
The student’s performance must be assessed according to academic targets set for the specific
subject or course (absolute grading method). The relative grading method cannot be used.
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ECTS
A
Fx
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Denmark is densely populated and the land is
cultivated, so the natural resorts consist of small
reservations – woods, plantations, beaches etc.
It is quite common for Danes to go for a walk or
ride their bikes on Sundays, perhaps bringing a
“madpakke” (packed lunch) with them. Almost all
Danes have a bike, many use it daily and there are
special paths for cyclists in many towns.
Denmark is known for its many music festivals.
During the summer there is a comprehensive and
international programme of rock, folk and jazz
music to choose from.
The most famous festivals are the Roskilde
Festival, the Folk Festival in Tønder and the
Copenhagen Jazz Festival. The Roskilde Festival is
one of the largest and most trend-setting events on
the European rock scene.
STUDENT DISCOUNTS
With your student card in hand, it is possible to get
student discounts at a few places in town. Various
fitness centres may offer discounts. Ask around.
The University book shop gives 10% discount on
books. As student discounts are often not listed, it
is a good idea to ask whether a store or museum
gives student discounts.
TELEPHONE
Telephone calls to foreign countries: dial 00 +
country code + subscriber’s number, omitting
initial 0 (when calling Italy do not omit initial 0),
if any. Country codes and instructions for using
the telephone can be found on the first pages
of the telephone directory. The country code for
Denmark is 45.
TIME ZONE
Denmark operates on Central European Time 1 hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time, 6 hours
ahead of Eastern Standard Time and 9 hours
ahead of Pacific Standard Time.
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GUIDE
From the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday
in October, Denmark is on summer time, which
means putting the clocks one hour forward.
TIP
Tip is already included in the bill, so in Denmark
leaving a tip is not required or expected at
restaurants, in hotels, or when taking a taxi, but of
course it is always appreciated. There are no set
percentages though, for instance like in the U.S. If
you decide to leave a tip, you would normally just
round up the total. For example if the total is DKK
152 - you could round up to DKK 160.
VACCINATIONS
At present, no vaccinations, health certificates or
the like are required when entering Denmark from
another country.
DO YOU NEED HELP?
Our international team is at your service. At the
International Office, you can get help with practical
matters. The International Office is engaged in
sending and receiving students. At present, the
University cooperates with more than 500 universities within various Nordic and EU programmes
(Nordplus and Erasmus) as well as other bilateral
agreements. You are also welcome to contact our
team of International Student Ambassadors on
Facebook, who come from all parts of Europe and
are happy to provide you with more information in
your preferred language.
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BACHELOR
BACHELOR DEGREE
PROGRAMMES - 3 YEARS
As a bachelor degree student at SDU, you become part of an inspiring and
informal study environment where your relationship with your teachers is
close and friendly. You will typically work on innovative, real-life group projects in our attractive study facilities.
LIVING
Undertaking a bachelor degree programme in one of SDU’s five cities is not
just something you do. It is a way of life. The cities become part of your
student identity. They are all student-friendly, with many international students and easy access to green areas. You will find lots of opportunities to
make friends and socialise, and the faculties are close to the city centres.
TEAMWORK
All bachelor degree programmes at SDU are based on teamwork and project
work. Why? Future jobs and technologies are based on people working together.
CLOSE
It is your learning process. It is your education. That is why your lectures at
SDU are based on dialogue and learning in smaller groups. So go ahead:
challenge your lecturer and ask whenever you are in doubt.
FREEDOM
You are free to choose how you want to combine the building blocks of your
bachelor degree programme. Passing your exams requires living up to certain academic standards, but it is up to you to decide how you want to
manage your time and resources. We call it freedom, individuality and responsibility.
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MASTER
MASTER DEGREE
PROGRAMMES - 2 YEARS
When you undertake a Master’s degree programme at SDU you become
part of an inspiring and informal study environment, where closeness
and approachability between students and staff is the norm. You will
work on innovative, real-life projects in teams and in modern study facilities.
FRIENDLY When you choose a Master’s degree programme, you also
choose where to live while studying. Odense, Esbjerg, Kolding, Slagelse
and Sønderborg are all student-friendly cities and very welcoming to international students. Moreover, they are not too big for you to become familiar
with during your stay there. Your friends, social life, nature and the faculty
are always close by.
PEOPLE All study programmes are based on people working together:
teamwork and project work. You solve academic and professional tasks in
collaboration with your fellow students. Why? Learning and developing in
teams prepare you to take on the real world and build a career.
DIALOGUE It is your learning process. It is your education. That is why
lectures at SDU are based on dialogue. So go ahead: ask your lecturers
whenever you are in doubt.
INDIVIDUALITY You are free to choose how you want to combine the building blocks of your Master’s degree programme. Passing your exams requires living up to certain academic standards, but it is up to you to decide
how you want to manage your time and resources. We call it freedom,
individuality and responsibility.
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Index
ENGINEERING
BUSINESS AND
SOCIAL SCIENCES
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BACHELOR
Global Management and Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Innovation and Business. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Interaction Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mechatronics (BSc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mechatronics (BEng) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Product Development and Innovation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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106
107
108
110
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MASTER
Chemical Engineering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Environmental Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Innovation and Business. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Maritime Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mechatronics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Physics and Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
IT Product Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Robot Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Software Engineering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Product Development and Innovation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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114
117
118
119
120
122
125
126
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BACHELOR
Economics & Business Adm. – International Economics and Business Relations. . . .
Economics & Business Administration – Business Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Business Economics and Information Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
European Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Market and Management Anthropology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Accounting and Economics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Macroeconomics – Growth and Fluctuations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Economics and Project Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Finance and Economics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Health Care Management and Economics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Global Marketing and Innovation Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Microeconomics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accounting and Finance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Brand Management and Marketing Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Global Value Chain Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Change Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Communication Management and Leadership. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
International Business and Law. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
International Business and Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
International Business and Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Management Accounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Management of Innovation Processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Management of People. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Marketing and Innovation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Regional Economics and Business Development. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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BUSINESS AND
SOCIAL SCIENCES
HEALTH SCIENCES
SCIENCE
HUMANITIES
Sports and Event Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Strategic Entrepreneurship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Marketing, Globalisation and Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Strategy and Organisation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Environmental and Resource Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Comparative Public Policy and Welfare Studies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
European Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
International Security and Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cultural Sociology in Law, Power and Social Justice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cultural Sociology in Social Transformation Processes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Public Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
MASTER
Applied Mathematics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Animal Sound Communication and Behaviour. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Biology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Biology – Environmental Biology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Biomedicine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chemistry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Computational Biomedicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Computer Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Biology – Marine Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mathematics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Medical Chemistry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Molecular Bioscience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Nanobioscience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Physics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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BACHELOR
Business, Language and Culture (Chinese). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
International Business Administrationand Modern Languages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Modern Languages and Intercultural Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
MASTER
American Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Business, Language and Culture (Sønderborg/Flensburg) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Business, Language and Culture (Negot) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Business, Language and Culture (Chinese). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
English MA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Middle East Studies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
International Business Communication and Communication Design . . . . . . . . . .
International Tourism and Leisure Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Maritime Archaeology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tourism Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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ENGINEERING
ENGINEERING
If it is robots, screws and electronics that interest
you, a degree programme at the Faculty of
Engineering will be right up your street. And at
the same time, you can raise your international
profile with our state-of-the-art resources and
strong global connections.
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ENGINEERING
Global Management
and Manufacturing
With globalisation, companies have to change their strategic focus from
local manufacturing to the management of global manufacturing networks.
As a GMM engineer you will become a key person in connection with the
coordination and development of future manufacturing processes.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
CONTENT
The study programme focuses on global
business development. Management of
the global manufacturing network, supply
chain management and cultural understanding, combined with the development of personal learning skills, are
key words for Global Management and
Manufacturing.
The main content of the study programme can be illustrated by four
main themes:
The study programme is set in an international environment of both Danish
and international students and offers
not only an international study environment but also the possibility of going
abroad for your internship or for studies
at a partner university. This adds a large
degree of freedom to your studies.
• Supply Chain Management – Production and Operations Management
• Business Management
• International Orientation and Cultural
Understanding
• Personal skills
The programme emphasises projectbased learning. The project form prepares students for industry where the
project method is becoming more and
more prevalent.
In the team based semester projects
focus is on the international aspects
within business and at the same time
it aims to improve the students under-
TITLE
Bachelor of Engineering
FURTHER INFORMATION
Mr Henrik Johnsen Vindt, hjv@iti.sdu.dk
standing of management, communication and interaction with people from
different cultures.
Several projects are made in close cooperation with the industry. The University of Southern Denmark has a major
network of industrial partners in Denmark
as well as abroad. These partnerships
create joint research and development
projects – as well as an opportunity for
students when they are to embark on
their five-month engineering internship
at a company.
The study programme is a seven semester programme, including a five-month
internship at a foreign or Danish company and a final five-month project,
which you prepare in cooperation with
a company.
sdu.dk/beng-gmm
/facultyofengineering
WHERE
Odense
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”LECTURES
ARE PROJECTORIENTED AND
WE LEARN BY
DOING”
ENGINEERING
Read the full testimonial at
/studentsatsdu
Name: Utku Soylu
Country: Turkey
Study Programme: Global Manufacturing and Management
Campus: Odense
WHY SDU?
Actually, I had a few places to choose from. The most different country from my home was Denmark. Even the idea
of coming to Denmark was pretty exciting. How could I
miss the chance to live one year in a Nordic country. I researched all my options by asking my friends who had
studied at SDU. My lecturers also highly recommend the
school. When I learned of all the possible opportunities at
SDU, I didn’t hesitate for one second.
STUDYING AT SDU
We are more like friends with the teachers and have plenty
of opportunities to discuss if we have any disagreements
with them. Lectures are project-oriented and we learn by
doing, especially through our mistakes. Group work also
helps us to be prepared for real business life. It’s strange
and marvellous to learn new cultures from all around
Europe and get used to this multi-cultural life.
In the beginning I was hesitant in talking with teachers.
Last week I discussed with my teacher what I was doing
wrong in one of my projects for approximately one hour.
The progress is amazing. I learn how to be confident and to
be gentle in any kind of situation. I have become a really different person. And now I have lots of great friends from all
around the world. It’s perfect.
WHAT ARE THE DANES LIKE?
Danes are cute! Sometimes their beauty could be a reason
to underestimate their personal traits. They are sympathetic,
hardworking and helpful. I learned how warm people can
be from them. Their work ethic and lifestyles are so good.
They know how to live without hesitation. Denmark inspires
us to make life better.
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ENGINEERING
“THERE IS A SENSE
OF EXTREME PEACE
REIGNING IN THE
STREETS AND
AMONG PEOPLE.”
Read the full testimonial at
/studentsatsdu
Name: Nicole
Home Country: Italy
Study Programme: Manufacturing and Management BEng
Campus: Odense
HOW IS THE STUDY ENVIRONMENT?
Modern. Everything is convenient and efficient with functioning services. The study rooms are well equipped and there are
comfortable meeting and leisure areas where you cannot miss
a foosball table! Lessons are based on discussions and group
work. Here the English level is very high and there are many
international students making it a lot of fun!
WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO WHEN
YOU ARE NOT IN CLASS?
My friends and I enjoy the few sunny days that Denmark gives
us lying in one of the many parks observing Danes struggling with disposable barbecues! We also organise bike
rides, picnics, improvised outdoor trips and of course
spend long weekends together.
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WHAT SURPRISED YOU THE MOST
ABOUT STUDYING/LIVING IN DENMARK?
The informal relationship with teachers who are open to dialogue and always available. A feeling of freedom prevails
in the university; students are free to take their breaks and
even eat in class without this being recognised as an act of
rudeness. Students can be seen running barefoot across
the study rooms! There is a sense of extreme peace
reigning in the streets and among people.
ENGINEERING
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ENGINEERING
Innovation
and Business
Can you juggle technology, ideas and people – and ensure your product
hits the market running?
PROGRAMME PROFILE
CONTENT
Engineers today often need more than
technical knowledge. Industry increasingly wants people who can move in the
worlds of business and technology,
transforming product ideas into reality.
This programme emphasises skills such
as creativity, business sense and entrepreneurship as highly as physics, maths
and research methods.
As a member of a project team you study
creativity, innovation management and
business development. Furthermore,
you examine marketing, economics,
user centred design, product software,
electronics, mechanics and mathematical
modelling.
You learn to create and market products
based on engineering and business expertise. Whether you dream of working
in an existing business or starting your
own, you will learn the principles of
product development.
TITLE
Bachelor of Science
in Engineering
WHERE
Sønderborg
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General structure of the programme:
The programme is structured around
the following themes:
Semester 1
Discover innovation and business
Semester 2
Technology in use
Semester 3
Making business
Semester 4
Starting business
Semester 5
Experts in teams
Semester 6
Bachelor project
FURTHER INFORMATION
Ms Marianne Stenger, mas@mci.sdu.dk
In addition to the compulsory courses
and projects, you will have a choice of
elective courses.
The programme consists of group work
and lectures. You also have the opportunity to test your ideas on leading experts
from industry. International students study
alongside Danish students, giving you
the opportunity to work with engineering
in multicultural teams.
sdu.dk/bsc-innovation
/facultyofengineering
Interaction
Design
ENGINEERING
Do you want to develop exciting play equipment for young people? Or would
you rather design interactive survival equipment, healthcare products or
energy saving devices that can improve life for many people, or simply just
make it more enjoyable?
PROGRAMME PROFILE
CONTENT
As an Interaction Design engineer you
contribute to the design and development of user-oriented, interactive
products, services and systems for
the future.
You will be part of a unique and collaborative learning environment where the
emphasis is on practical projects that
explore a range of user issues in different
contexts. Communication and presentation skills are emphasised as a means
of involving everyone associated with a
product development process – users,
associated networks of people from industry, and other stakeholders.
Interaction Design puts the user at the
heart of the product development process. A discipline that focuses on people
in the context of their working or daily
lives, and ensures that technology relates to their needs, dreams or desires.
Interaction Design takes into account
the people who develop and produce as
well as the user of a product, and therefore human interaction and communication are two of the corner-stones of
the programme.
TITLE
Bachelor of Engineering
WHERE
Sønderborg
Each semester is structured around a
theme under which relevant courses
and subjects will be introduced:
Semester 1
Discovery: An introduction to the entire
field of interaction design through a series
of smaller projects
Semester 2
Mechanical Interaction:
Muscles and motors
FURTHER INFORMATION
Ms Christina Skytte Møller,
skytte@mci.sdu.dk
Semester 3
Electronic Interaction:
Sensors and senses
Semester 4
Intelligent Interaction:
Bytes and brains
Semester 5
Interactive Products:
Experts in teams
Semester 6
Company Internship
Semester 7
Final Project
The study programme is a seven semester programme, including a fivemonth internship at a foreign or Danish
company and a final five-month project,
which you prepare in cooperation with
a company.
sdu.dk/en/Uddannelse/Diplomingenioer/
Interaktivt_Design
/facultyofengineering
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ENGINEERING
Mechatronics (BSc)
Intelligent products need intelligent engineers. If you want to manage
mechatronics at every stage – as part of an effective team – this
programme gives you the expertise.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
CONTENT
Visit any home in Europe and you will
find several mechatronic products – intelligent products combining electronic,
mechanical and software solutions.
Mechatronics is about developing products that include mechanical, electronic
and embedded software technologies.
Core courses include maths, physics,
electronics, mechanics and embedded
software. Furthermore you will gain firm
competencies of the development process as well as knowledge regarding the
different methods used in the design
of modern mechatronic products and
systems.
From music systems and video players
to digital cameras and DVD players,
mechatronic products are developing at
such a speed that industry requires engineers who can work fast – in a range
of disciplines.
This programme enables you to work as
a development engineer with high-tech
mechatronics. You will be able to lead
the entire production process, from idea
to finished product, and work as part of
a team. With technical know-how and
leadership skills, you will be able to
transform a product idea into reality.
TITLE
Bachelor of Science
in Engineering
WHERE
Sønderborg
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FURTHER INFORMATION
Mr Ib Christensen, ic@mci.sdu.dk
Each of the six semesters has a specific
theme and structure:
Semester 1
Discover Mechatronics
Semester 2
Build Mechatronics
Semester 3
Develop Mechatronics
Semester 4
Construct Mechatronics
Semester 5
Experts in Teams
Semester 6
Bachelor Project
International students study alongside
Danish students, giving you the opportunity to work with engineering in multicultural teams.
sdu.dk/bsc-mechatronics
/facultyofengineering
“PROBABLY THE
MAIN REASON WAS
THE FACT THAT
HIGHER EDUCATION
IN DENMARK IS
FREE FOR ALL EU
CITIZENS”
ENGINEERING
Read the full testimonial at
/studentsatsdu
Name: Sergey
Home Country: Latvia
Study Programme: Mechatronics BSc
Campus: Sønderborg
WHY DENMARK?
Probably the main reason was the fact that higher
education in Denmark is free for all EU citizens. I also
heard that Denmark is a nice place to live.
HOW ARE THE TEACHERS/LECTURES?
THE STUDY ENVIRONMENT?
Mostly the teachers are nice and kind. We have a lot of
practical projects, workshops and lab exercises. The
study environment is perfect – you have everything you
need for study and research work. The faculty is in a
modern building with good infrastructure and beautiful
views outside the windows.
WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO AS A STUDENT WHEN
YOU ARE NOT IN CLASS?
In Denmark people have great opportunities for doing
sports, with different sports clubs for both amateurs
and professionals. I play football and floorball. But if
you’re a party guy, then you also shouldn’t be disappointed
with Danish parties!
WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE AN INTERNATIONAL
STUDENT IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY?
Before I came here, I thought that it is hard - in the
sense of communication and being part of the society.
Actually, it’s not so hard; generally people in Denmark
are friendly and speak English. Although I still needed
some time for acclimatisation and adaption.
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ENGINEERING
Mechatronics (BEng)
Profitable? Marketable? Usable? This programme turns you into a hands-on
decision maker who ensures that the entire production process works –
including the final product.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
CONTENT
Speed and precision are key factors in
developing mechatronic products – intelligent goods combining mechanical,
electronic and software solutions. As
products such as digital cameras and
DVD-players become increasingly widespread, engineers in global industry
must meet new demands by managing
technology and business at the same
time.
Mechatronics is about developing products that include mechanical, electronic
and embedded software technologies.
Core courses include maths, physics,
electronics, mechanics and embedded
software. Furthermore you will gain firm
competencies of the development process as well as knowledge regarding the
different methods used in the design of
modern mechatronic products and
systems.
This programme combines science
with business, enabling you to manage
technology, design and people while
optimising production. You will make
decisions across the organisation.
Thus, a mechatronics engineer is able
to think holistically and to participate in
a company’s development focusing on
technical, business and social matters.
TITLE
Bachelor of Science
in Engineering
WHERE
Sønderborg
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FURTHER INFORMATION
Mr Ib Christensen, ic@mci.sdu.dk
Each of the seven semesters has a
specific theme and structure:
Semester 1
Discover Mechatronics
Semester 2
Build Mechatronics
Semester 3
Develop Mechatronics
Semester 4
Construct Mechatronics
Semester 5
Experts in Teams
Semester 6
Internship
Semester 7
Final project
The programme consists of both lectures
and project work with other students
and industry as well as a full semester
internship, where you will work on a
real-life project for a company.
sdu.dk/beng-mechatronics
/facultyofengineering
Product Development
and Innovation
ENGINEERING
Can you manage business and technology? Wear both hats with this
degree, which gives you the chance to specialise creatively.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
Product development teams across the
world need innovators with engineering
expertise and business know-how. By
employing people with technical and
entrepreneurial knowledge, companies
ensure that their products enjoy the
best chance of success.
This programme enables you to work as
a trouble-shooter throughout the entire
development process. You can pursue a
challenging career that involves a wide
range of innovative areas such as product
management and optimisation, technology management, marketing and sales,
and product development methods.
TITLE
Bachelor of Science
in Engineering
With specialist knowledge in your chosen area, you will be able to build your
own business or develop new business
areas in existing global companies.
CONTENT
The programme combines lectures,
seminars and real life projects. Furthermore, it equips you for technology innovation management by exploring market
needs, product design, product development and manufacturing processes.
You also learn about mechanical design,
networked manufacturing and production planning in an international context.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Mr Søren Jensen, soj@iti.sdu.dk
The first four semesters contain a
business development project with a
specific main focus.
Semester 1
The innovation process
Semester 2
Creativity and idea development
Semester 3
From concept to design
Semester 4
From design to manufacturing
Semester 5
Study Abroad / Follow your interests
Semester 6
Bachelor project / From product innovation to market implementation.
sdu.dk/bsc-pdi
/facultyofengineering
WHERE
Odense
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ENGINEERING
Chemical
Engineering
Become an expert chemical engineer and improve everyday lives.
This programme enables you to put the theories behind chemistry,
biotechnology and environmental technology into practice.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
Chemical and pharmaceutical products
are part of our everyday lives. We need
chemical engineers to coordinate research, development and production of
all these products. Moreover, society
demands knowledge about how to save
energy in chemical production and how
to use bio-waste as an energy source.
This programme enables you to work as
an expert chemical engineer as a researcher, and within a range of areas in
the chemical, biochemical and pharmaceutical industries.
CONTENT
This programme gives you the choice
between one of four profiles with the
opportunity to obtain expert skills within:
TITLE
Master of Science
in Engineering
• Biotechnology and bio-refining: e.g.
technical microbiology and reactor
engineering, advanced natural product chemistry and methods for isolation and characterisation of metabolites, protein chemistry, and
biorefinery and biomass.
• Functional Materials: e.g. material
chemistry, chemical metallurgy and
corrosion, and methods for characterisation of solid substances.
• Chemical Process Engineering: e.g.
advanced separation techniques
(membrane processes, crystallisation
techniques), catalysis, engineering
and modelling.
• Eco-efficient Engineering: e.g. environmental system analysis, eco-innovation of systems and products, and
water technology.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Ms Lene Pedersen, lp@kbm.sdu.dk
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sdu.dk/msc-chemistry
/facultyofengineering
International Brainstormer
WHERE
Odense
The first three semesters of the programme consist of coursework with
theory and laboratory work, while the
last semester comprises an independent
research project leading to a master
thesis. The research for the master
thesis can be carried out within the
University of Southern Denmark or in
collaboration with an industrial company
or an academic institution, which may
be situated either in Denmark or abroad.
“MY DECISION TO
GO TO DENMARK
HAS DEFINITELY
BEEN THE BEST
IN MY LIFE”
Read the full testimonial at
/studentsatsdu
Name: Dominika
Home Country: Poland
Study Programme: Chemical Engineering
Campus: Odense
FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF DENMARK?
WHAT DO YOU GAIN FROM STUDYING ABROAD?
First of all, an incredible number of bicycles! It’s really easy
and pleasant to be a bike enthusiast here. You can get everywhere by bike... even to the seaside. Some bicycles really have unusual designs - I wonder how it’s possible to
ride them!
In my opinion, studying in Denmark provides opportunities for personal growth. The Danish educational system
is designed to promote creativity, innovation, analytical
and critical thinking.
WHAT ARE THE DANES LIKE IN YOUR OPINION?
All Danes speak English so it’s not a problem to
communicate with them. They’re really helpful and
friendly, you don’t even need to ask for help - they offer it
themselves. Danes respect each other and
respect individuality. Here all people are equal.
My decision to go to Denmark has definitely been the best
in my life. And neither rain nor wind can put me off this
wonderful country!
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ENGINEERING
Environmental
Engineering
Over the course of time, man has performed wonders when it comes to
technological development and growth in prosperity. However, the development and growth have a great impact on the world’s natural resources, and
at the same time, we face a massive climate challenge. A challenge society
needs to address.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
Join our Master programme in Environmental Engineering, and find your way
to become a player in creating a sustainable future!
Achieve extensive knowledge of the
environmental implications of human
activities and needs, and be trained to
design environmentally benign and ecoefficient solutions to societal infrastructure as well as industrial products and
processes. Experience the beauty and
challenge of teamwork, and work on
real life projects in close cooperation
with companies, authorities and research
institutions.
CONTENT
The study programme is deeply integrated with our large and advanced
research portfolio and with the forefront
of sustainability development in industry
and society of Denmark and the EU. We
focus our research on the development
of sustainable waste management tech-
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nologies and systems, carbon management and bio-systems, renewable energy
system design, industrial and municipal
water management and technologies,
and the design and innovation of industrial products and processes.
A holistic view is the backbone of our
teaching, providing you with the ability
to understand and manage the environmental consequences of engineering
solutions and decisions at all levels
from company to societal infrastructure.
In the prioritisation and selection of
sustainable solutions, you will learn to
master key engineering tools such as
Consequential Life Cycle Assessment,
Energy System Analysis, Material Flow
Analysis, Process Integration and more.
The curriculum and experience from
this programme will open the doors to
multiple career options in consultancies, industry, authorities or research
institutions.
Join the programme and be part of a
rapidly growing and leading research
FURTHER INFORMATION
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Three core disciplines are integrated in
the study programme:
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nderstanding sustainability: Looking
at global environmental challenges,
the role of Design-for-Environment,
strategies for mitigation of environmental impacts and resource depletion.
• E nvironmental technology: Strategies
and technologies for the management
and treatment of wastewater and solid
waste.
• E co-efficient Engineering: Methods
and tools for analysing the environmental impacts of technologies, systems, products and processes and for
creating eco-efficient solutions at all
levels.
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group being a key player in the ongoing
and ambitious transition of Danish
infrastructure and industry towards
sustainability.
“MANY OF THE
EXAMS ARE ORAL,
AND YOU HAVE A
DISCUSSION WITH
YOUR TEACHER
ABOUT YOUR
OVERALL
KNOWLEDGE“
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Name: Maria del Rosario Vázquez Viétez
Home country: Spain
Study programme: Environmental Engineering MSc
Campus: Odense
WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO STUDY IN DENMARK?
WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR BEST EXPERIENCE SO FAR?
I wanted to study in an international environment that has
practical – and team – work as its main focus.
I would say all of them, with all the people I’ve met, Danish
and international, the amazing conversations I shared with
people from other places and with other cultural backgrounds, the contact with them and what I can learn from
them is what really what makes my days happy here!
HOW ARE THE TEACHERS/LECTURERS?
THE STUDY ENVIRONMENT?
The teachers are very close to you, the teacher and student are at the same level. The classes are very dynamic
and active as student participation is expected. . In short,
the education here at SDU is based on “thinking for oneself” that is, one is expected to find info and make decisions in order to solve an academic problem.
WHAT IS IT THAT SURPRISED YOU
STUDYING/LIVING IN DENMARK?
The study environment is at your disposal and you get an
infinite number of resources and facilities for you to improve your academic performance. An example of this is
that the study areas of the University are available 24 hours a
day, 7 days a week.
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PROFESSIONAL
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Name: Magdalena Jaroszak
Country: Poland
Study Programme: Environmental Engineering
Campus: Odense
WHY DENMARK?
The idea of living and studying amongst the sustainable,
environmentally conscious and friendly Danish people
appealed to me.
WHY DID YOU JOIN THE INTERNATIONAL
BRAINSTORMERS?
I think that an international career opens many doors to a
successful professional life either abroad or in our own
country. It gives indispensable experience to share life,
ideas and passions with people from all over the world and
offers opportunities to build networks which hopefully will
pay off in the future as well as build incredible friendships.
The International Brainstormer Programme (see page 00)
incorporates society and science. Therefore it is so helpful
and interesting. Via the programme we get the opportunity
to build our network which is an indispensable tool while
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searching for a job. Included is the mentor-mentee programme which I found to be really rewarding for us. Moreover, we should not forget about the Danish language
private classes on the Netdansk website which is available
for us to ask for help 24/7.
BENEFITS OF STUDYING ABROAD?
I have definitely learned how to work with other students.
The Danish educational system is the kingdom of teamwork and cooperation. I have learned a new country
through talking with people from many countries. I have
learned a new language. I specified my environmentallyconcerned interests thanks to the possibility of working during our courses at the university on real projects, given to
students to solve by Danish companies and municipalities.
Innovation
and Business
ENGINEERING
Can you turn innovation into a successful business? Combine your interests
in technology, innovation and business with this programme.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
You need more than just a good idea to
launch a new product – you need technical knowledge and business expertise.
This programme combines innovation,
business sense and entrepreneurship
with engineering and research methods.
You learn how to create and market
products based on a sound knowledge
of engineering combined with user
knowledge. Whether you dream of
working in an existing business or starting your own, we provide you with the
fundamental principles of product and
service development.
CONTENT
During this study programme you will
improve your skills in managing innovations seen from a company perspective.
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You will work on various projects in cooperation with the industry such as
building new business models and
working on how users can be integrated
in the innovation process. You will learn
how to design and build mechatronic
products and, at the same time, you will
become acquainted with knowledge of
business planning etc. to further improve
your business skills.
You will have the opportunity to specialise
and get hands-on experience in, for
example:
•C
ompany administration and
management
•D
evelopment of
mechatronic products
•D
evelopment and manufacturing
of mechanical products
•D
evelopment of intelligent
electronic products
With this international study programme
you get the opportunity to work with engineering in multicultural teams with
students from Denmark and the rest of
the world alike.
• Innovation management and scientific methods
• Entrepreneurship and project management
• Design and creativity
FURTHER INFORMATION
Ms Marianne Stenger, mas@mci.sdu.dk
International Brainstormer
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Maritime
Technology
The programme combines the fundamentals in maritime technology
with the latest developments in related fields such as transportation,
economics, operations, environment, safety and risk assessment.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
CONTENT
This two-year Master of Science programme is designed for people with a
maritime professional bachelor degree
who wish to gain a stronger knowledge
base within maritime technology at
Master level.
Three key competences are acquired
from this programme, namely Structural
Analysis, Environment, and Transport/
Transport Economics. This will enable
you to gain a broad range of knowledge
with good interdisciplinary skills. These
competences will be continually developed through the 2 years of study.
Achieve extensive knowledge in a variety of disciplines that combined provide
an interdisciplinary overview of the field
of maritime and offshore technology.
The programme offers you the opportunity to explore in-depth maritime
technology, equipping you with essential competences through a variety of
applied projects. The programme also
equips you with high-level analytical
skills and provides a solid foundation for
your professional academic or professional development.
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• Structural analyses: strength, deformation and fatigue analyses of structural elements and machineries, loads
on ocean structures (wind, waves,
currents and ice), and reliability and
risk analyses of structural systems
and equipment
• T ransport / Transport Economy: world
economy and transport, connection
between trade, production and transport, transport mode characteristics,
financial investment evaluation of production or transportation systems, and
reliability and risk analyses of operation and transport
During the final year, you will carry out
a research project leading to a master
thesis. The project can be carried out
within the University of Southern
Denmark or in collaboration with an
industrial company or an academic
institution, which may be situated either
in Denmark or abroad.
• Environment: sustainable development and life cycle assessment, environmental law and regulation, and environmental risk assessment
FURTHER INFORMATION
Ms Birgitte L. Sørensen, bls@kbm.sdu.dk
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International Brainstormer
Mechatronics
ENGINEERING
Can you think innovatively, act practically and lead a development process
from start to finish? This programme gives you in-depth knowledge about
mechatronics – a step towards realising your ideas!
PROGRAMME PROFILE
Society relies on mechatronics – intelligent products combining electronic,
mechanical and software solutions. This
programme enables you to design and
develop high-tech mechatronic products
for a market in constant change; with consumers who demand smaller, faster and
more flexible products. You will act as a
trouble-shooter across disciplines, identifying problems and optimising production.
With technical know-how and leadership
skills, you can transform product ideas into
practical solutions for everyday life.
CONTENT
This master programme gives you profound knowledge within the core topics of
mechatronics. Furthermore, you have the
opportunity to specialise within one of the
following four areas:
Micro- and nanotechnology
With the ongoing trend of miniaturisation
in engineering and modern information
technology, nanotechnology becomes
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increasingly important in the area of
mechatronics. In Nanotechnology you
will work with electronic systems and
information technology in nano-dimensions.
Modelling and Control of
Mechatronics Systems
The widespread use of microcontrollers
has increased significantly in recent
years, with billions of microcontrollers
introduced every year in various types
of control and monitoring applications,
including a broad variety of mechatronic
systems.
This academic profile enables you to develop advanced control systems to meet
future demands.
Dynamic Mechatronic Systems
With increasing demand for improvement
of industrial product development, mathematical modelling support is becoming
an important tool to avoid product development based on traditional trial-and-
FURTHER INFORMATION
Mr Ib Christensen, ic@mci.sdu.dk
error methods. Among other things, you
will work with mathematical modelling to
improve the product development of mechatronic and dynamic systems.
Power Electronics
The world’s increasing demand for efficient use of the limited energy resources
also creates an increasing demand for
engineers with the ability to design Power
Electronic solutions – e.g. electrical vehicles, systems for energy harvesting (solar,
wind..) etc. The Power Electronic profile
provides you with knowledge, skills and
competencies to design and develop
products and systems complying to this
increasing demand.
Graduates will be qualified to undertake
advanced analytical mathematical and
physics challenges in the mechatronics
industry.
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Physics and
Technology
Light and sound surround us – interacting with our physical world and
influencing our daily lives. Discover the secrets of Acoustics, Optics and
Nanotechnology and open the door to a wealth of possibilities in industry,
technology and society.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
The leap between research and the realisation of new products is steadily
becoming smaller. Furthermore, high
added value technology is becoming
the key to success in a globalised world.
Therefore, companies operating on the
technological leading edge need candidates who are capable of combining a
solid theoretical background in physics
with practical experience in state-of-theart technologies in inter-disciplinary projects.
CONTENT
In this programme you choose to specialise in either Acoustics and Signal
Processing or Optics, Sensors and
Nanotechnology.
Acoustics and Signal Processing
Acoustics is the science of sound and
covers a very broad area of knowledge
which is connected to several fields of
science and technology. More specifi-
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cally, we will focus on technologies such
as microphones and loudspeakers, signal treatment, mechanical vibrations in
industry, and hearing aids. Acoustics is
also closely linked with the subjective
perception of sound such as in the
acoustic design of rooms, noise or music.
Traditionally, Denmark has a strong international position in acoustics and we
offer many possibilities for company
collaboration and future jobs in acoustics.
With an academic profile in Acoustics
and Signal Processing you will be able
to address fundamental issues within
acoustics and vibrations, as well as in
the recording and processing of acoustic
signals.
Optics, Sensors and Nanotechnology
Optics is the science of light and colour.
Especially during the past thirty years,
optics has developed rapidly. The most
significant reason for this ‘optical revolution’ is the invention and development
FURTHER INFORMATION
Mr René Lynge Eriksen, rle@iti.sdu.dk
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With an academic profile in Optics,
sensors and Nanotechnology you will
be able to address fundamental issues
within optics as well as to work on the
many applications of optics as an analytical tool. You will be an expert in the
measurement and operation of optical
signals.
During the final year, you will carry out a
research project leading to a thesis. The
project can be carried out within the
University of Southern Denmark or in
collaboration with an external research
and/or industrial partner.
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Odense
of the many different lasers which are
on the market today. The primary focus
of the programme is the interaction between light and materials, nanophysics,
sensors, nanotechnology, molecular
physics and spectroscopy.
”WE STUDENTS
WERE ALLOWED
TO USE ALL THE
VERY EXPENSIVE
EQUIPMENT IN THE
LABS AS MUCH AS
WE WANTED”
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Name: Frank Mueller
Country: Germany
Study Programme: MSc in Physics and Technology
Campus: Odense
WHY DENMARK?
The programme had the right profile and was exactly what I
was looking for. I looked at possibilities in both Sweden and
Denmark, but in the end I chose SDU in Denmark.
THE STUDY ENVIRONMENT?
I have never experienced that professors have not had the
time to answer questions and the academic standard is really high. The importance of hands-on work is emphasised
by the professors.
Socially, the university is also great, I like the Friday Bar,
which is a great place to meet for a beer or soft drink and
meet new friends.
WHAT ARE THE DANES LIKE?
Before coming to Denmark I had heard that Danes could
be cold and distanced. But that is not my experience. They
are very kind and open and have always helped me if I
needed it.
CAREER PATH?
I have been lucky to be offered my dream job at
Endress+Hauser in Stuttgart. In my studies I specialised in
optics and in my new job I will be bringing the competencies acquired in my studies into practice when working with
optical based sensor systems. I spent a big part of my studies in labs and on practical work experience in a Danish
company. This is exactly what employers are looking for.
At the job interview I experienced that there is a great respect for the quality of Danish education. They did not specifically know my study programme, but they were very impressed that hands-on work is such a big part of the
programme.
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ENGINEERING
IT Product
Design
Become part of a new era of designers with this programme which focuses
on participatory design, user centred design, interaction design and design
research.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
CONTENT
Designers need to be able to understand
the people and practices that new technologies will affect. Multidisciplinary
graduates are actively sought after by the
industry because they have the ability to
understand users, engage others in the
design process and think creatively
through technology, materials and
events.
With this programme you will learn to:
This programme focuses on training this
new breed of professional designers.
Students work in cross-disciplinary
teams and apply participatory design
principles to product and service development. The programme comprises
students from various educational backgrounds, creating an ideal environment
for developing skills in multidisciplinary
collaboration for industrial project work.
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• Understand and apply theories and
methods for developing innovative
products and services
• Design user interaction for IT products
based on user empathy and aesthetics
of interaction
• Establish and facilitate collaboration
between design teams and stakeholders
in the development process
• Organise successful development
processes and pilot them in industrial
contexts
• Contribute to the continuous development of theories, methods, and technologies in participatory innovation.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Ms Vicki Sørensen, vick@mci.sdu.dk
The programme is divided into four
semesters, which focus on the following
themes:
• Design research horizons
• Participatory design practice
• Experience design
• Thesis research
During your studies, you will work in the
design studio and learn through intensive projects and seminars to explore
the hot topics in designing; some will be
solo, but most projects will be conducted
in pairs or larger teams.
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”THERE ARE
A LOT OF
WATERSPORT
OPPORTUNITIES
HERE WHICH
SUITS ME FINE”
Name: Brian
Country: Germany
Study Programme: IT-Product Design
Campus: Kolding
WHY DENMARK?
Denmark has a great education system. Classes are small
and the Danes are a friendly people with an open mind.
There are a lot of watersport opportunities here which suits
me fine!
WHY THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK?
Top facilities and I found a unique study programme which
fits perfectly with my intellectual curiosity. The methods of
teaching here are much more focused on practical work
and this is especially beneficial for me with my engineering
background. This allows for a step by step view of product
development processes and includes important areas like
user-centered design and user-experience design but also
feasibility, construction and business considerations.
In my view, while many professions can develop good
products, this programme strives for nothing less than
outstanding design with a high customer satisfaction
and profitability without flaw.
Placed in a multi-disciplinary environment, the Interaction Design and IT-Product Design study programmes provide the
best opportunities to become a designer with a skill set to
astonish users and companies by nailing down complexity to well considered design packages. The amount and
diversity of international students is a huge advantage in
my field as this gives the opportunity to discuss product
concepts and business models with people from all over
the world; to hear different opinions that will ensure success on global markets.
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”AT SDU YOU
HAVE ACCESS
TO EVERYTHING
YOU NEED”
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Name: Óscar Adrián Díaz del Rosario
Country: Spain
Study Programme: Robot Systems MSc
Campus: Odense
WHY SDU?
During my Erasmus period here I could get to know the city,
the study environment, and even myself! I enjoyed the experience so much that I got the motivation I needed to keep
studying for a little while longer. I decided to apply for a
master here. I think staying here was the best choice I
could ever have made.
At SDU you have access to everything you need, and that
makes the people try new things by investigating and researching interesting topics much more.
BEST EXPERIENCE?
My best experience so far happened almost randomly. I
was part of the Erasmus Student Network and I was also in-
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volved in the Buddy Programme. When you sign up for being a buddy you can write down some preferences regarding which kind of international student you wish to be a
buddy for. I made my choices and I got a pretty amazing
Norwegian girl, who simply changed my life! That was, and
still is, my best experience so far!
BENEFITS OF STUDYING ABROAD?
The main thing is that you can compare different cultures
and people, different environments and teaching ways. You
can learn things that may help you improve yourself, not
only as student, but also as a human being. You learn how
to become a part of a team, how to fill different roles, how
to behave and be open to other opinions, how to be tolerant
and kind.
Robot
Systems
ENGINEERING
Shape the future with the programme that lets you get creative with
advanced technology.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
CONTENT
Robots are everywhere. From static
components in industrial manufacturing
to high-tech medical gadgets, robots are
used across society in all shapes and
sizes.
The study programme consists of four
main fields: Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Embedded Systems and
Computer Vision. Each field covers
the following topics:
Robotic technology requires engineers
who can work creatively across disciplines in industry or research. A unique
combination of mathematical modelling,
kinematics, computer vision, artificial
intelligence, software development and
electronic hardware – provides you with
the skills and expertise to create tomorrow’s robots for the manufacturing and
service sectors. Your future career can
be in public as well as private companies engaged in development or research
work. The degree is internationally recognised and you will also be qualified to
work abroad.
Robotics
You will learn about Kinematics, Robotics
and Automation, Mathematical modelling of industrial systems, and Computer
simulation and animation.
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Artificial Intelligence
You will learn about Classical artificial
intelligence, Behaviour-based artificial
intelligence, Neural networks, Genetic
algorithms, Adaptive robots, and Bioinspired robots.
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Mr Ole Dolriis, od@mmmi.sdu.dk
Embedded Systems
You will learn about Programmable electronics, Hardware/software co-design,
Hardware-near programming, and Data
communication.
Computer Vision
You will learn about Image processing,
Object recognition, Real-time tracking of
non-rigid objects, 3D Kalman filtering,
and Scene interaction using robots.
During the last year, you will primarily
do research project work leading to the
master thesis The research can be carried out within the University of Southern
Denmark or in collaboration with another
academic organisation or an industrial
company.
sdu.dk/msc-robotics
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ENGINEERING
Software
Engineering
Develop software from a user oriented and societal perspective for a global
market where cultural understanding and knowledge of local standards and
conditions are crucial for success.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
Software is part of many aspects of our
daily lives, in industry and in society in
general. Therefore, the Faculty of Engineering sees a great need for software
experts who can develop products which
are relevant for consumers and industry
alike and match society’s needs. Software
engineers will have career opportunities in
many different sectors.
CONTENT
In the first two semesters of the master
programme you will study Advanced
Software System Design and Technologies in general and go into depth in different research fields like:
- Software Processes
- Scalable Software Solutions
- Software Intelligence
- Software Customization
- Ubiquitous Computing.
In the third semester you will study Innovative Software Solutions, and alongside that, you can choose either to start
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the master thesis, have in-company period or study elective subject areas.
The final semester is devoted to the
master thesis.
Through the programme, you will learn
how to develop state-of-the-art software
products and services as well as improve
products and services known to us today.
You will be taught how technology is
best used to develop efficient solutions
- not only from a technological viewpoint, but also from a user perspective.
With a Master degree in Software Engineering you will be able to:
• Understand the significance of software
as a driving force behind innovation in
a globalised world
• Assess the need for a given software
product taking into consideration the
user experience and the organisational
structure that the software will be part of.
• Identify and analyse software requirements as well as validate and verify
FURTHER INFORMATION
Ms Lone Borgersen,
lobo@mmmi.sdu.dk
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that requirements are met
•D
evelop and evolve complex software
systems
•P
lan and manage software development, ensuring that the product is
delivered on time and on budget
•P
articipate in the development of new
software technology and evaluate its
use in new application areas
•P
resent research based knowledge to
others and discuss professional and
scientific problems
As a graduate engineer you will be qualified to take up developer, managerial or
consultative positions such as software
developer, IT- and system architect,
project manager, system consultant,
software quality engineer and IT strategy
manager etc.
www.sdu.dk/msc-software
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”IT’S GREAT
WHEN YOU GO
TO CLASS AND
THE TEACHER IS
REALLY CLOSE
TO YOU”
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Name: Maria Garcia Reglero
Country: Spain
Study Programme: Software Engineering
Campus: Odense
WHY SDU?
My teachers during my Bachelor told me that it’s a really
good university. That it’s more practical, not just theoretical
and that I am going to learn a lot of new things. They were
right!
We have a lot of team work. There are more projects and
less theory. It’s great when you go to class and the teacher
is really close to you – the contact is very familiar, you know,
like the teacher is a friend.
There are a lot of international students and communication is really good. It’s better to work in groups because you
are motivated to study more.
FIRST IMPRESSIONS?
My first week was so strange because it was like a new
country, new city, new culture. But after the first week it
was so nice because people were very communicative and
friendly and helped me a lot – other students, teachers and
now it’s like… I don’t want to go back to Spain!
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TEACHER”
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Name: Pedro Miguel Pena
Home Country: Portugal
Study Programme: Software Engineering MSc
Campus: Odense
HOW HAS YOUR EXPERIENCE BEEN SO FAR?
Great! I love studying and living in Denmark, and living with
Danes is perfect for me. I identify myself with Danes and
have quickly integrated into Danish society and its people.
WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE AN INTERNATIONAL
STUDENT IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY?
It’s an exceptional experience! We learn to be more independent, to appreciate some things that we had overlooked
and devalue others less important.
WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO
WHEN YOU ARE NOT IN CLASS?
Although Odense is a smaller city than my home town
(Oporto), I feel that I enjoy everything this city has to offer
much more than when I was in Portugal. Despite it being a
relatively small city, I believe it has everything you might
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need, either for a student or to create a family. There are
major stores that can be found in the capital and great infrastructure from public to governmental institutions.
WHAT SKILLS/EXPERIENCES DO YOU
GET TO TAKE HOME WITH YOU?
Actually I don’t intend on going back to Portugal. But when
I do go back to vacation there, I will bring with me many
cultural differences, respect and appreciation.
WHAT SURPRISED YOU THE MOST ABOUT
STUDYING/LIVING IN DENMARK?
How comfortable you can get in classrooms, with students
eating their meals as if they were in the canteen, drinking
coffee or sodas and even going to the vending machines
to buy beer… something unthinkable in any Portuguese
university.
Product Development
and Innovation
ENGINEERING
Want to combine business, innovation and technology? With this master
degree you become a highly qualified innovative idea and product
developer with comprehensive engineering knowledge and good business
understanding.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
Product development teams across the
world need innovators with engineering
expertise and business know-how.
This programme enables you to work as
a trouble-shooter throughout the entire
development process. Moreover, with
specialist knowledge in your chosen
area, you will be able to build your own
business or develop new business areas
in existing global companies.
CONTENT
The programme combines lectures,
seminars, real life projects and research.
Furthermore, it equips you for technology
innovation management by exploring
market needs, product design, product
development and global manufacturing
processes.
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In this programme you can choose to
specialise in either Product Value
Creation or Global Supply Chain Development.
Product Value Creation
Job opportunities will be in the area of
integrated product development and
design. Focus is on value creation in
products and global product development processes. A key element will
be experience design, which is about
understanding of the factors that come
into play when we experience a project,
a service, interfaces, or an event.
Global Supply Chain Development
The academic profile in Global Supply
Chain Development is based on the two
compulsory courses: Strategic Global
Sourcing and Design of Global Supply
Chain Networks.
Focus is on strategic supply chain management and strategic planning and
management of technological development. Graduates will be qualified to execute the design, planning and management of global supply chains with
focus on the strategic development of
the company.
The graduate will not only be able to
identify the needs of the user and spot
the trends of the future, but also to
manage product development processes
of the products in a global context.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Mr Søren Jensen, soj@iti.sdu.dk
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BUSINESS AND
SOCIAL SCIENCES
BUSINESS AND
SOCIAL SCIENCES
If the problems of the world and society around you are
always on your mind, the Faculty of Business and Social
Sciences can give you the education you need to
construct a mature and up-to-date analysis of society.
An extensive network of public and private institutions is
directly based on research conducted at this faculty.
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BUSINESS AND
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Economics & Business Adm.
– International Economics
and Business Relations
Make world trade your business with this programme which puts the global
spotlight on profits and pennies.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
CONTENT
If you are considering a business career,
you can join a challenging international
study environment that is firmly based
on European business culture. The
profile in International Economics and
Business Relations enables you to kill
two birds with one stone, so to speak.
You will obtain solid language skills in
addition to a comprehensive knowledge
of business economics in a global as
well as a regional context. Students of
many different nationalities study alongside Danish students creating a truly international atmosphere on campus.
The programme is taught in English and
includes subjects related to business
administration and economics. Compared
to other bachelor programmes the range
of topics leans towards the international
aspects of companies as well as towards
regional development issues.
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The programme thus reflects the fact
that internationally active enterprises
are increasingly developing their areas
of influence at regional rather than
national level.
The programme addresses all of the basic
subjects of Business Administration, i.e.
courses developed at university level in
Organisation, Corporate Finance, Marketing, Accounting, Business Law,
Business IT, Statistics as well as Microand Macroeconomics.
In addition, the programme offers specialised courses on a range of international,
European and regional topics. During
the third year, students have the opportunity to choose a company internship
or a study term abroad taking advantage
of our extensive network of partner institutions.
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Economics &
Business Administration
– Business Management
BUSINESS AND
SOCIAL SCIENCES
The profile in Business Management at Campus Odense is a bachelor programme in Economics and Business Administration taught in an international study
environment. The primary goal is to give the student a general approach to
identifying, understanding, analysing, and solving managerial problems within
an international context, preparing graduates to take executive positions.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
The profile in Business Management
provides graduates with the competences
needed to work in multinational and international companies. In addition, the
degree qualifies graduates for further
studies at master level in Denmark or
abroad. The study programme is taught
entirely in English with a fully integrated
and internationalised curriculum.
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Business Administration
The profile in Business Management
focuses on the managerial aspects of
corporate economic decisions. A bachelor
with this profile has specific knowledge
in identifying key issues within the areas
of: organisation, accounting, financial
markets and supply chain management.
Furthermore, the bachelor has knowledge about and skills in using the quantitative methods that are relevant for
identifying managerial problems in an
international environment: international
management, advanced quantitative
analyses. Finally, the programme will
specifically develop the Bachelor’s competences to use IT technology to identify
problems and calculate consequences
of the given solutions through the Business IT courses. The specialisation in
Business Management thus lends itself
to providing students with strong quantitative methods for solving complex
managerial problems in an international
setting.
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Business Economics
and Information
Technology
An international programme which combines IT with Business Economics
and qualifies you for an international career.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
Global developments create new needs
for employees with practical understanding of the integration of IT into
business administration. It will not suffice
to rely exclusively on employees with
qualifications limited to the fields of
programming, systems maintenance or
traditional business administration.
Rather, the enterprises need employees
with additional knowledge of the analytic,
business-related and strategic significance of IT – employees whose outlook
is practical and project-oriented as well
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as cross-curricular, involving all members
of the organisation.
public organisations, especially in terms
of the use of information technology.
To fulfil that need, we have developed
the international Bachelor in Business
Economics and Information Technology.
The programme is based on a number
of courses and teaching methods providing a unique combination of theory
and practical experience, and it is divided into modules allowing for credit
transfer to other programmes. Finally,
the programme includes six months of
internship with a business enterprise
or organisation.
CONTENT
The Bachelor programme in Business
Economics and Information Technology
is a theoretical and practical degree
programme. The object is to provide the
student with a broad-based perspective
and basis of experience of the key issues and problems facing private and
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European
Studies
BUSINESS AND
SOCIAL SCIENCES
This programme will equip you with key project management skills and
enable you to influence Europe’s future.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
Europe is undergoing rapid developments. Old divisions have disappeared
and new conflicts have arisen. The formation of new nation-states has created
new borders, but Europe is also characterised by a considerable degree of
cross-border cooperation at many levels,
from the supranational and national to
the regional and local. The European
Studies programme, which focuses on
regional development, provides opportunities to analyse and understand developments in Europe. Consequently,
students are equipped with tools that
enable them to participate in the process of shaping Europe by working on
development projects run by private
enterprises, government institutions,
non-governmental organisations, and
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European institutions. Campus Sønderborg is suitably placed in a historically
disputed border region that provides
students with an authentic European
regional development perspective as
well as an international atmosphere.
The programme provides students with
theoretical understanding, factual
knowledge and analytical abilities in
various areas, including regional structure and development communication
and culture, politics, law and institutions.
CONTENT
The distinctive character of the programme is reflected in the range of
insight it provides into European issues
and regional problems. Students are to
follow an “Economics Track” or a “Politics
Track” within the European Studies
programme by selecting an appropriate
portfolio of compulsory and elective
courses. During the third year of the
programme students have the opportunity
to study in a different setting, either by
spending a term at a foreign university
or completing an internship.
The programme is international and
addresses students from all over Europe
as well as from other continents. Regions
are increasingly attracting the attention
of the scientific community and not only
in a European context. The programme
is taught in English and builds on basic
subjects within the Humanities and Social Sciences, supplemented with basic
knowledge of regional development and
intercultural communication.
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Name: Daniela Ţurcan
Country: Moldova
Study Programme: Market and Management Anthropology, BSc
Campus: Odense
WHY DENMARK?
The Scandinavian teaching method is internationally
recognised for being effective. People I know who studied here always returned with positive stories. English is
a second language here so it was easy to find a programme in English.
HOW IS SDU?
The teachers are professional and friendly. They don’t
make you feel inferior in any way, on the contrary, they
encourage you to participate in discussions and express your opinion even though it may not coincide with
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theirs. The lectures are scheduled in such a way that
you have a lot of free time to study on your own. Group
work is also highly encouraged. You get to meet not
only Danes but a lot of international students as well.
BEST EXPERIENCE?
Getting to know my wonderful friends! Sometimes, it
makes me wonder how I lived without them. Passing
the exams was also nice!
DENMARK IN 3 WORDS?
Bicycles, running, blondes.
Market and Management
Anthropology
BUSINESS AND
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Graduate with experience in conducting independent research, marked
by both academic rigour and business relevance, under different cultural
conditions.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
The skills and competences that you
acquire with the Market and Management Anthropology programme are
those that organisations and corporations are already, and increasingly will
be, looking for amongst highly educated
professionals and managers. You will
learn how markets arise and change,
along with people’s values and daily
needs, in the interweaving of local culture
with global flows and structures. Your
understanding of culture and economy
and your skills in research methodology
and project management will enable
you to create value for corporations and
public organisations, as they enter,
operate on and innovate for the global
markets of the future. The programme
uses markets and businesses as primary
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sites for the scientific study of social
and economic life; of the ongoing changes in people’s way of life and existential
concerns.
CONTENT
The programme uniquely provides classical anthropological learning about society and humanity in combination with
managerial competences that are concrete and goal-oriented. Since crosscultural competencies are pivotal, it is
compulsory for the students to spend
their fifth semester at a university abroad.
During this term, students will obtain
further academic qualifications as well as
first-hand experience with independent
collection of scientific data using anthropological fieldwork methods.
The courses of the programme are all
related to one of four “pillars”:
1. A
nthropological understanding and
analysis of culture
2. M
arkets and consumer cultures
3. M
anagement challenges across the
public and private sectors
4. G
lobalisation and global economic
structures
You will acquire a global mindset, an
understanding of people’s cultural
values and the needs, challenges and
desires of their everyday life, along with
the ability to glean information from both
stories and statistical charts, the ability
to apply strong skills in communicating
analysis to a wide audience, and the
ability to operate across diverse cultures
when solving problems and seeing opportunities.
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Accounting
and Economics
BUSINESS AND
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Develop a diversified foundation for management accounting with this
programme which fuses classic conventional models with the innovative
contemporary models developing now.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
CONTENT
The profile targets students who are
looking for management accounting
positions where they are able to analyse
the consequences of using various
management accounting tools that
include more conventional methods
and more recent models based on
economic theory.
The programme consists of advanced
economics and accounting courses that
include advanced microeconomics and
industrial economics. These courses
address the way in which rational economic agents behave and how they
interact, and designing optimum control
mechanisms is a central aspect of the
programme.
The programme is designed to lead to a
career path that includes jobs at the top
level of private and public firms.
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The required course work includes
Management Accounting and Financial
Accounting. During these courses modern economic theory is used to address
the use of accounting information to
manage oganisations and to construct
and interpret financial statements.
Compulsory courses
• Advanced Microeconomics
• Management Accounting
• Industrial Economics
• Financial Accounting
•M
aster’s thesis
Furthermore, two courses must
be chosen among the following:
•A
dvanced Management Accounting
• S upply Chain Inventory and
Production Planning
• S trategic Issues in Supply Chain
Management
• Foundations of Organisation
• Foundations of Strategy
•A
dvanced Economic Evaluation
• Pharmaceutical Economics
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BUSINESS AND
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Macroeconomics –
Growth and Fluctuations
Acquire insight into the workings of the global macroeconomy, past and
present, and be able to navigate and make sound decisions in a rapidly
changing global macroeconomic context.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
CONTENT
The purpose of this profile is to enable
you to ask and answer questions that
are characteristic of applications of
policy analysis in the area of macroeconomics, which is taken to include
economic growth, business cycle fluctuations, and international economic
issues such as trade and capital
movements.
The profile revolves around three core
areas: economic growth, international
monetary economics, and international
trade. Important issues within economic
growth are questions of whether poor
countries will catch up with rich countries, whether China’s growth can continue, and whether growth in the West
will be permanently reduced in a postcrisis world. Important issues within
international monetary economics are
choice exchange regime, exchange rate
formation, currency crisis, and policy
spillovers of fiscal and monetary policies.
Important issues within international
trade theory are the welfare impacts of
free mobility of goods, services, capital
and labour. International trade theory
also deals with the effects of various
forms of protectionist measures, regional
integration such as the formation of a
customs union and an internal market,
and the role of the WTO in the world
economy.
You will obtain knowledge of theories
and historical cases related to the above
issues, and will be able to apply these
theories and this historical knowledge
to answer specific questions related to
trends and events in the global economy.
The profile targets students who see the
global arena as their future employment
field. Students will be qualified for jobs
in both the private and the public sector,
but mainly in globally oriented private
firms (including banks) and international
organisations.
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Compulsory courses
• Economic Growth
• Macroeconomics and History
• Microeconometrics
• International Trade Theory and Policy
• Master’s thesis
Furthermore, three courses must
be chosen among the following:
• L ong-Run Determinants of Economic
Outcomes
• Industrial Economics
• T ime Series Econometrics with
Applications in Finance and Macro
• T opics in International Trade and
Macroeconomics
•A
dvanced Statistics
•A
sset Pricing
•D
erivatives and Risk Management
•H
ousing and Urban Economics
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sdu.dk/en/Uddannelse/Kandidat/
CandOeconMacroecon
WHERE
Odense
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Economics and
Project Management
BUSINESS AND
SOCIAL SCIENCES
This programme prepares students for careers utilising the skills of
consultants and project managers. The contemporary course is designed
to provide students with knowledge of applied economic analyses related
to policy impact, sector studies and economic forecasting.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
The programme focuses on improving
your analytical skills in economics and
on training you in the use of the quantitative and qualitative tools that a consultant or project manager needs to
know.
CONTENT
The profile has four compulsory courses
in areas that are especially relevant for
economic policy analysis where programmes and projects must be designed and
evaluated. Two of the courses are related
to strategic issues connected with markets and their regulation and to internal
company organisation (Industrial Economics and Foundations of Strategy).
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The other courses (Advanced Economic
Evaluation and Project Management
and the Consultant Role) are both
related to the methodology of Project
Management and appraisal. The compulsory courses are supplemented by
a wide range of courses primarily in applied microeconomics and econometrics.
Compulsory courses
• Project Management and the
Consultant Role
• Industrial Economics
• Advanced Economic Evaluation
• Foundations of Strategy
• Master’s thesis
Furthermore, two courses must
be chosen among the following:
• Microeconometrics
• Advanced Microeconomics
• Management Accounting
• Pharmaceutical Economics
• Advanced Health Economics
• T ime Series Econometrics with
Applications in Macro and Finance
• Environmental Economics
• Advanced Statistics
•H
ousing and Urban Economics
• Foundations of Organisation
• S upply Chain Inventory and
Production Planning
•M
acroeconomics and History
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BUSINESS AND
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Finance and
Economics
The programme features an in-depth examination of risk and portfolio
management, stock, bond and derivative pricing, company valuation and
strategic capital budgeting and financing decisions of corporations.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
A Master of Science in Finance and
Economics has broad knowledge and
understanding of central financial problems that arise in corporations and
ordinary households. The constituent
compulsory courses provide a profound
understanding of the key issues in
finance as well as the methods and
models employed to analyse them.
Graduates are encouraged to relate
their financial knowledge of microeconomic, macroeconomic and accounting
concepts and to apply econometric
techniques to financial data.
CONTENT
Masters of Science in Finance and Economics have a firm analytical foundation
and can formulate and utilise advanced
models for a number of important financial problems, and possess an understanding of the practical applicability of
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the models. Graduates from the programme have been trained to understand and apply current and future
financial research, which is a key quality
in the financial industry where research
is rapidly transformed into innovative
procedures and products. As such, the
programme is the ideal background for
an exciting career in the financial industry. Finance courses are taught mainly
by faculty members dedicated to offering a high-quality research-based finance
programme.
Courses consist of lectures typically with
20-40 students and occasional problem
solving in class. During several courses,
students are encouraged to work on
assignments in groups. The courses
are quite challenging and students are
expected to have basic knowledge in
finance. Financial Economics employs
a microeconomic foundation and math-
ematical-statistical modelling. Therefore,
the programme requires competences
in mathematics and statistics considerably above upper secondary school
level.
Compulsory courses
•A
dvanced Corporate Finance
• Derivatives and Risk Management
• Asset Pricing
Furthermore, three courses must
be chosen among the following:
• Management Accounting
• Industrial Economics
• Dynamic Asset Allocation
•D
ynamic Corporate Finance and Investments
• Empirical and Computational Finance
• International Trade Theory and Policy
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Health Care
Management
and Economics
BUSINESS AND
SOCIAL SCIENCES
This programme provides the foundation for a specialisation in health
economics, health policy, and health care management. Students achieve
the ability to analyse policies and governance issues and utilise economic
theory and methods as they approach challenges.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
The focal point of this profile is the economics of health care. The profile is
designed to provide specialisation in
the related fields of health economics,
health policy and health care management.
The demand for students with competencies within health economics and
related fields continues to increase as
the demand for more advanced and
expensive health care puts pressure on
policy decision makers and health care
industry managers. The purpose of the
profile is to give students the capacity
to ask questions that are characteristic
when it comes to applications and policy
analysis within the health care sector.
The profile gives students the ability to
use economic theory and methods to
give reflective answers. Students will
gain competencies in analysing policies
and governance issues with an emphasis
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on health care institutions. In addition,
students will gain strong analytical skills
within applied economics in general.
This is a qualification that can further
career opportunities both in the private
and the public sector - nationally as well
as internationally. Students can expect
to find employment in public administrations, government departments and
agencies, management consultancies,
international organisations, the pharmaceutical industry and academia.
CONTENT
The programme has three compulsory
courses. The first, Advanced Health
Economics, provides in-depth insight
into the health care sector with the
emphasis on understanding the relationships between resource allocation,
organisations and economic incentives.
The second, Microecono­metrics, provides students with a firm foundation for
analysing outcomes in the health care
sector. The third, Advanced Economic
Evaluation, combines health care with
economics. The compulsory courses
are supplemented with courses that
deal with traditional health economic
fields or courses that deal with management and accounting issues.
Compulsory courses
• Advanced Health Economics
• Microeconometrics
•A
dvanced Economic Evaluation
• Master’s thesis
Furthermore, three courses must
be chosen among the following:
• Pharmaceutical Economics
• Health Systems and Policy
• Advanced Microeconomics
• Industrial Economics
• Personnel Economics
• Management Accounting
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BUSINESS AND
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Global Marketing and
Innovation Management
How do companies deal with the increased globalisation and
competition? They advertise, promote and introduce their products
and services globally, and use innovation as a competitive parameter.
This programme is for students who would like to get a job in global
marketing and innovation management in international companies.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
The MSc EBA Global Marketing and Innovation Management supplies you with
the knowledge, the skills and the expertise required to analyse, plan, manage
and implement marketing and innovation strategies on the global market. You
will obtain a thorough insight into how
to deal with the interplay between different internal and external stakeholders
and factors that promote or inhibit efficient global marketing, entrepreneurship and innovation management, and
especially the opportunities and pitfalls
in managing these processes and projects. In addition to a strong practice
oriented academic foundation, you will
acquire managerial skills and tools that
you can apply in your future career.
MSc Economics and Business Administration - Global Marketing and Innovation Management is a Master’s degree
programme with commencement of
study in September and February.
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CONTENT
The Global Marketing and Innovation
Management programme comprises
eight core modules, (including a team
project assignment) and three elective
modules. One elective module may be
replaced by a company project including a short-term traineeship.
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Microeconomics
BUSINESS AND
SOCIAL SCIENCES
The ever-changing technological and consumer developments in the
consumer landscape mean networks and behaviours are constantly in flux.
The Microeconomics programme encourages students to engage with these
dilemmas as they develop analytical, technical and quantitative skills.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
CONTENT
New technologies constantly change
the framework for competition between
companies and their interaction with
consumers. The intensified use of the
Internet and modern communication
technology creates new networks and
changes the market behaviour of consumers.
The primary focus is company market
behaviour, i.e. the interaction between
companies that compete, cooperate,
merge and split on different markets.
The profile has three compulsory courses.
Advanced Microeconomics, Industrial
Economics and Econometrics. In addition, you must choose a number of
elective courses, which could include
courses offered under other profiles.
A major element of the profile is the
final thesis, where you analyse a topic
of your own choice.
The microeconomic profile offers you a
firm basis for understanding and reacting to these changes and it improves
your knowledge of economic markets,
which can take on many forms. You will
obtain comprehensive analytical, technical, and quantitative skills that enable
you to pursue a career as an economist
– nationally or globally – in industry,
consultancies, public institutions, ministries, and public or private organisations.
Compulsory courses
• Advanced Microeconomics
• Microeconometrics
• Industrial Economics
• Master’s thesis
Furthermore, three courses must
be chosen among the following:
• Advanced Game Theory
•H
ousing and Urban Economics
• Advanced Health Economics
• Pharmaceutical Economics
•A
dvanced Economic Evaluation
• E conomic Growth
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sdu.dk/en/Uddannelse/Kandidat/
CandOeconMircoecon
WHERE
Odense
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SOCIAL SCIENCES
Accounting
and Finance
The programme will explore the challenges and opportunities of implementing
financial models as students analyse and evaluate specific financial
management decisions.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
The essence of this profile is constituted
by Accounting and Finance. Students of
this profile will further their knowledge
regarding the key financial issues within
firms.
You gain insight into and acquire skills
in using methods and tools which can
support the competencies to develop
and solve advanced financial models.
You will gain substantial knowledge
about the function of financial markets,
instruments and policies and the methods and models to evaluate them. Finally,
you will gain competencies in formulating and solving advanced models in
finance and managing the financial
functions of firms, e.g. when acting as a
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CFO. Also of importance is the implementation of financial models to support
management decisions in all types of
organisations. This includes the ability to
independently analyse and evaluate specific financial management decisions.
CONTENT
You will gain competences with regard
to formulating and utilising advanced
models in finance and manage companies’ financial functions in the role of e.g.
CFO. Graduates can implement financial models to support management
decisions in organisations of all types.
The Master can independently analyse
and make decisions designed to facilitate specific financial decisions on the
part of management.
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Compulsory courses
• Advanced Corporate Finance
• Management Accounting
• Foundations of Strategy
•A
sset Pricing/Dynamic Asset
Allocation
• Financial Accounting
•A
dvanced Management
Accounting
• Master’s thesis
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PURSUE AN
INTERNATIONAL
CAREER
BECAUSE IT
ONLY BRINGS
BENEFITS”
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Name: Kuba Święcicki
Country: Poland
Study Programme: Accounting and Finance MSc
Campus: Odense
WHY DENMARK?
I always perceived Denmark and other Scandinavian countries as places that present a great opportunity for personal
and professional development. Denmark is well developed
and one can gain plenty of useful life-experience by being
here.
HOW IS THE STUDY ENVIRONMENT?
The teachers at SDU are very, very friendly and always willing to help. You can talk with them about everything in a
very relaxed manner and also about topics not strictly connected to studies. Some of my teachers are not that much
older than me, especially ones from my tutorial classes.
Thanks to this the study environment is chilled and without
any pressure.
TELLS US WHY YOU ARE PART OF
THE INTERNATIONAL BRAINSTORMER
PROGRAMME.
It is very useful. I’ve met interesting people, students, consultants and various company workers. Thanks to them I
have a better insight into the Danish culture and job market. Also receiving plenty of feedback from people I’ve met
has clarified my vision of what I’ll expect in my professional
career.
I want to pursue an international career because it only
brings benefits. Certain unique experiences you can only
get while being abroad. Like making friends with people
from all over the world, learning different approaches to
problem solving and gaining more opportunities for development.
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”IT DOES
NOT ACTUALLY
MATTER WHERE
YOU ARE BUT
WHO YOU ARE
WITH”
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Name: Juraj Holub
Country: Slovakia
Study Programme: Brand Management and Marketing Communication MSc
Campus: Odense
HOW IS DENMARK?
AND LIFE OUTSIDE OF UNIVERSITY?
I have always been inspired by Scandinavia. I found a
programme I was interested in studying, at a university
with a good reputation, situated in a nice city. So here I
am!
I am involved with two of my classmates in a project
called Musikøkken. We bring electronic music to the
Odense nightlife scene. Besides that, I enjoy going out,
cycling, playing squash, writing and I spend a lot of
time on photography.
Studying in Denmark is very informal and basically entirely managed by the student. No one stands behind
your back and insists you must read this and that article. It is up to you how you arrange your time and
study plan. A great emphasis is put on group work and
professors highly encourage study groups and completion of assignments in collaboration with other classmates.
I always say that it does not actually matter where you
are but who you are with. Making the friends that I have
found here and all the parties, conversations, dinners
and bike rides that we have shared together has been
an amazing experience.
HOW ARE THE DANES?
Danes love cosiness and they enjoy spending time with
their relatives and close friends. They are also very selfgiving, well-meaning and understanding. They enjoy
sharing things and they take care of each other.
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Brand Management and
Marketing Communication
BUSINESS AND
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Gain competencies in analysing contemporary relationships between
marketing communication and branding, the corporation and consumer
markets and applying contemporary principles of cultural brand
management and ethnographic market research methods.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
This profile focuses on marketing communication processes from the corporate
to the brand level using advanced sociocultural theoretical perspectives on
consumer markets. You will acquire the
competence to analyse the fundamental social and cultural principles and
logics that underlie contemporary
communication and branding challenges,
using state-of-the-art marketing thought
and advanced ethnographic methods.
In addition to a reflected understanding
of traditional branding and marketing,
you will gain deep insights into the
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and Business Adm.
shifts caused by social media, creative
consumers, or consumer resistance.
CONTENT
Students will become proficient in
analysing contemporary relationships
between marketing communications
and branding, the corporation and
consumer markets as well as applying
contemporary principles of cultural
brand management and ethnographic
market research methods.
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Compulsory courses
• Marketing Theory
•A
dvanced Marketing Communication
•A
dvanced Brand Management
• Consumption Studies
• Corporate Communication
•M
arket and Communication
Ethnography
• Master’s thesis
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WHERE
Odense
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Global Value
Chain Management
This master programme equips you to manage the entire value chain by
teaching you which activities are needed to create value for the customer
and profit for the company. With a focus on the customer, expertise is gained
on how to analyse, improve and innovate value chains in global business
environments.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
CONTENT
Increasing global competition means that
companies need to identify international
competitive advantages and opportunities
to contribute positively to the firm’s
competitive strategy.
The principal focus of this programme
is the value chain in a global environment and how to create value for the
customer and the company. The first
step when a company produces goods
is to buy some raw materials, develop
and produce the goods, pay the employees, stock the goods, transport,
distribute and market them.
With this programme, you acquire knowledge in managing the global value chain
from innovation to international marketing
management. Whether you want to
work in a small enterprise or an international corporation, your expertise can
ensure that business runs smoothly.
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Sønderborg
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All these activities are linked together
and students of the Global Value Chain
Management Programme learn to look
at them from an overall perspective.
International students study alongside
Danish students, which offers you the
opportunity to establish contacts with
students and institutions in Europe and
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beyond. Teaching consists of lectures,
group work and project work. Work experience can also be gained through
an internship
Compulsory courses
• Innovation in Value Chains
• S upply Chain Management
and Dynamics
•A
dvanced Business
Research Methods
• Inter-Organizational
Relations Management
• Global Corporate Social Responsibility
• Global Human Resource Management
• Global E-Business
• Global Marketing Management
• Master’s thesis
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Change
Management
Manage the challenge of a changing world.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
CONTENT
How do companies thrive in an everchanging world? Would you like to work
with companies and people involved in
change processes requiring innovation,
motivation and dynamism?
The study programme focuses on the
implementation of major and minor
changes in companies and organisations. You receive in-depth instruction
in relevant areas of study, such as
change management, human resource
management, industrial sociology, organisational psychology, and project
management. In addition to a strong
technical/academic foundation, you will
acquire good managerial skills that you
can apply in your employment.
The Master of Science in Change Management gives you the knowledge, skills
and expertise required to analyse, plan
and implement changes in the private
and public sectors. You gain a thorough
insight into stimulating challenges, including business development, recruitment, human resource development,
and conflict management.
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MSc in Economics
and Business Adm.
WHERE
Slagelse
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Compulsory courses
•A
dvanced Change Management,
Strategy and Innovation
•A
dvanced Methodology
in Social Sciences
•H
uman Resource Management,
Culture and Change
• Team Project
• Industrial Sociology and Management
– Motivation, Teamwork and Change
•O
rganisational Psychology and
Changes in Organisations
• Project Management
• Master´s thesis
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Communication
Management and
Leadership
BUSINESS AND
SOCIAL SCIENCES
The process of integrated communication from an organisational as well
as a market-based perspective takes focus as students develop a sense
of dynamic interactions of individuals, company goals and environment in
relation to communication and leadership.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
CONTENT
Contemporary organisations increasingly
conceive of, and handle, communication as a strategic management issue
that cuts across conventional disciplinary boundaries. In today’s business
world, strategic communication involves
issues such as leadership, human resources, technology, marketing communications, public relations, issues management and crisis communication.
Different modes and methods of communication will be discussed in the
organisational context of leadership
and human resource management.
The programme aims to give you the
ability to analyse the dynamic interactions
of individual needs, company goals and
environmental factors in relation to
communication and leadership.
Furthermore, you will gain knowledge
about and skills in using methods and
tools which are relevant for analysing
communication and leadership issues
in organisational as well as market
contexts.
This profile focuses on the interplay between internal and external communication in both private and public sector
organisations and enables students to
integrate these dimensions into a coherent whole.
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MSc in Economics
and Business Adm.
Compulsory courses
• Human Resource Management
•A
dvanced Marketing
Communication
•A
dvanced Brand
Management
• L eadership and Organisational
Communication
• Corporate Communication
•M
arket and Communication
Ethnography
• Master’s thesis
The focus is on understanding integrated
communication, leadership and human
behaviour needed to manage human
resources while meeting organisational
objectives.
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Odense
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Global Logistics
and Supply Chain
Management
Students will gain knowledge and skills in using tools and models designed
to analyse, plan and optimise core areas of a firm.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
CONTENT
As a student of this profile, you will gain
a thorough insight into the main subjects
that are relevant for Global Logistics,
Supply Chain Management and Operations Management. Examples of such
areas are: Supply Chain Designs, Forecasting, Project Scheduling, Capacity
Planning, Sourcing Decisions, Logistics,
Sales and Operations Planning, Inventory Control with various types of demand
(deterministic, random and seasonal),
Production Scheduling, Material Requirement Planning, Lean Manufacturing,
Supply Chain Science (Capacity, Variability, Batching, Flows, Buffering,
Push/Pull Production), Coordination
Problems and Bull-whip Effects, and
Contract Designs to Coordinate Supply
Chains.
The profile Global Logistics and Supply
Chain Management comprises four constituent courses: Supply Chain Inventory
and Production Planning, Supply Chain
Links and Enterprise Resource Planning,
Strategic Issues in Supply Chain Management, and Management Accounting.
These courses combine the strategic,
tactical and operational aspects of supply chain management. Cost accounting
and ERP outline certain control and incentive problems both in relation to the
individual partner in the chain and the
total chain which are analysed more
closely in the second semester courses.
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WHERE
Odense
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Moreover, you will gain knowledge about
and skills in using tools and models
designed to analyse, plan and optimise
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core areas of a firm. Strategic, tactical
and operational aspects of Operations
and Supply Chain Management are the
main focus areas of this profile.
Compulsory courses
• S upply Chain Inventory and
Production Planning
• V alue Chain Design/Foundations
of Organisation
• S upply Chain Links and Enterprise
Resource Planning
• S trategic Issues in Supply Chain
Management
• F inancial Accounting/Corporate
Strategy and Organization Design
• Management Accounting
• Master’s thesis
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HERE ARE MORE
AVAILABLE”
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Name: Ignacio Pérez Jiménez
Country: Spain
Study Programme: Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management MSc
Campus: Odense
WHY SDU?
OUTSIDE SDU?
I first came here as an Erasmus student. I was really happy
with my experience so I wanted to continue my studies afterwards.
I like to practice sports or go out with friends. I also like to
hang around with international students, meet new people
or go to parties and the different events that this city offers.
The teachers here are more available for the students than
in my home country and classes are based on a lot of student presentations, group work and class discussions,
which I find very interesting. The study environment is
friendly and the university facilities are accessible at any
time.
THE INTERNATIONAL BRAINSTORMER PROJECT?
I believe it has been very useful in helping us to get into
the Danish job market. We learned a lot of things about the
business culture in Denmark, we made new contacts and it
has definitely been helpful for finding an internship.
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International
Business and Law
Do you want to develop an understanding of which tools can best support
a firm’s environmental relationships, and its interactions with other firms,
government and society?
PROGRAMME PROFILE
CONTENT
As a student of this profile you will gain
knowledge about and skills in using
methods and tools which can support
learning within the areas of the legal
and managerial aspects of international
business and law through knowledge
about perspectives on law and society.
You will therefore gain competencies in
defining and implementing your own
learning through independent work with
seminars and the Master´s thesis.
The profile in International Business
and Law gives you knowledge of and
skills in applying methods that can
support learning about the legal and
managerial aspects of international
business and law, and the cultivation of
global perspectives on business as it
unfolds in cultural and national contexts
is in focus.
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MSc in Economics
and Business Adm.
WHERE
Odense
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Compulsory courses
• European Company Law
• International Market Relations
• F oundations of International Business
•P
erspectives on Law and Society
• International Management
• International Transport Law
• Master’s thesis
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International Business
and Management
BUSINESS AND
SOCIAL SCIENCES
This programme provides you with an essential understanding of key
areas such as international business strategy and managing people and
organisations.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
CONTENT
The profile in International Business
and Management provides students
with an advanced understanding of the
international business environment by
developing global perspectives on business, informed by a deep understanding
of the different national and cultural
contexts in which firms operate.
The profile in International Business
and Management gives advanced
knowledge of marketing, retailing, services, business-to-business, marketing
research, and modules dealing with other
functional areas that influence managerial marketing decisions.
In addition, the profile will further enhance your skills in using methods and
tools which can support the firm’s relationship to the external environment
and the interactions between firms,
governments and society in an international context. You will develop a
vital understanding of the importance of
the human agent (executive, manager
and stakeholder) as the key business
catalyst and examine the balance between people and process-driven
elements in an organisation.
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MSc in Economics
and Business Adm.
Compulsory courses
• F oundations of International Business
• International Market Relations
• Foundations of Organisation
• International Marketing Channels
• International Management
•C
orporate Strategy and Organisation
Design
• Master’s thesis
Furthermore, you will gain knowledge of
and skills in utilising the methods necessary to pursue a career in international
(or domestic) marketing. Students will
develop an essential understanding in
key areas such as international business strategy and the management of
people and organisations. Finally, students will gain competencies in managing operations in foreign markets, e.g.
sales subsidiaries, joint ventures etc.
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WHERE
Odense
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”SO I DID A BIT
OF RESEARCH
AND LIKED SDU
SO HERE I AM”
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Name: Johanne
Country: Sweden
Study Programme: International Business and Management
Campus: Odense
WHAT BROUGHT YOU TO DENMARK?
It was by total chance actually. I knew I wanted to study
again but not in Sweden. So I did a bit of research and
liked SDU so here I am. The facts that the standard of education is high and it is for free, like in Sweden were also
contributing factors.
WHAT MAKES YOU WANT TO STAY IN DENMARK?
I have been a lot in Denmark as a kid on vacation during
the summers and I’ve always liked it. Now when I’ve lived
here for a while I’ve really come to like the way of life, it is
similar to Sweden but a bit more relaxed and that suits me
perfectly. Denmark is focusing on international development and expansion which is very exciting as this gives
good opportunities for the future.
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WHAT DO YOU THINK BEING AN INTERNATIONAL
BRAINSTORMER CAN DO FOR YOU?
I am hoping that I can get a good internship where I can
learn more and get more work experience I can use when
I’m done with my degree. I also think it can help me to
build a network here in Denmark, with like-minded students but also with different people on the work market.
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International Business
and Marketing
This programme provides you with an essential understanding of
key areas such as international business strategy, globalisation and
international marketing.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
The focus area of this programme is
International Business and Marketing.
Students of this profile will gain insight
into and knowledge about different aspects of marketing, retailing, services,
business to business, marketing research as well as knowledge on other
functional areas that influence management decisions in marketing. In addition,
students will gain knowledge about and
skills in using methods and tools which
can support a career in marketing,
sales, advertising or media related jobs.
Students will also gain competencies in
analysing rules and regulations imposed
by governments in order to pursue careers in a number of areas including
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MSc in Economics
and Business Adm.
WHERE
Odense
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market research, imports, consultancy,
exporting services, marketing, direct
marketing and distribution management. Finally, students will become
skilled in using methods which can support a career in international (or domestic) markets by means of working with a
large multinational, a smaller company,
or even new ventures.
CONTENT
The profile in International Business
and Marketing provides you witn an
advanced understanding of the international business environment by developing global perspectives on business
based on in-depth knowledge of the
various national and cultural contexts in
which firms operate.
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The profile gives competences with regard to managing operations in foreign
markets with the help of sales subsidiaries
and joint ventures, etc.
Compulsory courses
• F oundations of International Business
• International Market Relations
• Marketing Across Culture
• International Marketing Channels
• Globalisation Processes
•N
ew Market Development
and Innovation
• Master’s thesis
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“I FELL IN LOVE
WITH DENMARK”
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Name: Andrea Sanz
Home Country: Spain
Study Programme: International Business and Marketing MSc
Campus: Odense
WHY DID YOU CHOOSE DENMARK?
WHAT IS YOUR BEST EXPERIENCE SO FAR?
I was an Erasmus student in Aarhus two years ago when
I fell in love with Denmark and the Scandinavian culture, so
when I had the chance to come back I did not have to think
twice!
My best experience…there’s so many great moments that
it’s not easy to pick one. If I had to choose, maybe it would
be the first day I had a decent conversation in Danish in the
supermarket where they understood me! It might sound
stupid, but at that moment I realised how much my life
had changed in a good way!
WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE AN INTERNATIONAL
STUDENT IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY?
It’s a busy life! I still haven’t met anyone who is bored. You
make so many new friends and there’s so many events and
activities that it’s almost impossible to stay home unless you
really, really take it seriously!
HAVE YOU FOUND THE INTERNATIONAL
BRAINSTORMER PROJECT USEFUL?
I think it’s an amazing opportunity to get into the labour
market, and I’m really grateful that the university is putting so
much effort into integrating the international students.
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Management
Accounting
Through the assessment of both financial and non-financial information,
students will learn how to make strategic decisions regarding preparation,
development and usage of economic and other control systems used in all
types of firms.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
CONTENT
The finance function and management
of firms are at the heart of this profile.
These areas are important not only to
production firms but also to modern
knowledge-based firms.
Students will gain competencies as
regards preparation, development and
usage of economic and other reporting/
control systems used in all types of
firms.
Students will learn how to construct and
use financial and non-financial information when making strategic decisions in
the firm.
Students will gain skills in designing
financial reporting and other management models. Lastly, students will gain
competencies in arguing for the consequences of choosing different designs
of management.
Furthermore, students will become proficient in using methods and tools which
can support the generation of economic
information which is essential to management of the firm. These methods are
at the core of Management Accounting.
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MSc in Economics
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WHERE
Odense
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Compulsory courses
• Management Accounting
• Foundations of Organisation
• S upply Chain Inventory and
Production Planning/
Foundations of Management
• Financial Accounting
•A
dvanced Management Accounting
• S upply Chain Links and Enterprise
Resource Planning/ Corporate
Strategy and Organisation Design
• Master’s thesis
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Management of
Innovation Processes
The programme ultimately develops student understanding of management
theories and how they are realistically applied to practical business issues.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
Students of this profile will develop a
firm grasp of, and competencies within,
the main subjects in contemporary
management of technological innovation and business development.
Innovation is the key driver of long-term
growth, also when it comes to development of sustained competitive advantages.
Furthermore, students will become proficient in using methods and tools which
can support business development,
consulting and management of innovation processes. Students will also acquire competencies in leading business
level and corporate level projects that
involve development, introduction and
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MSc in Economics
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Odense
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implementation of new technologies
and methods. At the final level, students
will be able to connect the technological
aspects of the business with the commercial aspects.
CONTENT
The profile Management of Innovation
Processes consists of six compulsory
courses. These courses combine three
distinct tracks: the first relates to formulating and implementing strategy, the
second to analysing and designing innovative organisations, and the third
concerns management of technology.
Each track has a clear progression that
develops the individual student’s knowledge about theories and how to apply
these to practical business issues.
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Compulsory courses
• Foundations of Strategy
• Foundations of Organisation
• Management of Technology
• Business Strategy
• Organisation of Innovation
• T heories and Methods of
Technological Change
• Master’s thesis
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”A MULTICULTURAL
ENVIRONMENT
WITH A RELAXED
ATMOSPHERE”
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Name: Enrico
Country: Italy
Study Programme: Management of Innovation Processes MSc
Campus: Odense
WHY SDU?
I was looking for a Master in innovation and the programme
that SDU proposed met my needs perfectly. I also had the
good fortune to know several guys who are studying at this
university and they spoke very highly of it. So the decision
was easy.
The many international students here help create a multicultural environment with a relaxed atmosphere. There is
no particular formality with the teachers which is completely different from what we are accustomed to back home.
OUTSIDE SDU?
can get to know at least one new person every day. I also go
out to explore the city and surrounding areas by bike. I like
climbing, indoor only of course as Denmark is breathtakingly flat!
BENEFITS OF STUDYING ABROAD?
Studying in a country that is not your own makes you much
more open and tolerant. Living every day with people from
all over the world stimulates discussions and exchanges
that help us all to be flexible in our thinking and to expand
our cultural horizons. This is something absolutely positive.
It pushes you to break barriers, and go beyond, the patterns that you can fall into by staying at home.
There are many activities organised both on and off campus. This is a great thing and it is quite possible that you
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”THE FACT THAT
THERE ARE NO
TUITION FEES
WAS ALSO VERY
ATTRACTIVE”
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Name: Alba Carmona
Country: Spain
Study Programme: Management of People MSc
Campus: Odense
WHY SDU?
Scandinavian universities are well known for their highquality education. I was looking for a Master in Human
Resources within Scandinavian countries and the programme offered here was the one I liked most. The fact
that there are no tuition fees was also very attractive.
The system is very different from the Spanish one.
Classes are less theoretical and more applied to real
life. It is more about understanding the concepts and
being able to implement them in real cases than just
memorising for exams.
WHY DID YOU JOIN THE
INTERNATIONAL BRAINSTORMERS?
Sadly, the situation of my country does not give me too
many opportunities. In today’s globalised world,
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companies have a more international focus; therefore
an international profile can help you to gain
professional success.
The programme gave me the chance to get some insights into the working environment in Denmark. It has
taught me to exploit new opportunities and allowed me
to gain essential networking and has introduced me to
some of my fellow students.
It has definitely opened a new door to my future
career.
DESCRIBE THE DANES?
Danes have a great welfare system and work-life balance. They know perfectly how to differentiate between
their work and personal life. In my opinion, this makes
them very relaxed, kind and helpful people.
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of People
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The ideal background for an international career in the field of human
resource management, this programme enables students to develop
structured and principled insights regarding the most important issues of
managing practices and engage critical thinking skills regarding policies
and choices of recruiting and retaining talent.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
CONTENT
The focus of this profile is Management
of People. This profile will expand the
individual student’s competencies within contemporary management and organisation, which will enable students
to develop structured and principled insights regarding the important issues of
managing people. The profile takes as
its point of departure the best in current
management and organisation research
and practice.
Students of this profile will concentrate
on the compulsory courses listed below.
These courses combine three distinct
tracks: the first track relates to human
resource management, the second to
the key challenges of managing people,
and the third track concerns the task of
analysing and designing organisations.
Each track is defined by a clear progression which helps further the individual
student’s knowledge about theories and
how to apply these to practical business
issues. Students will also gain competencies regarding corporate staff functions,
general or human resource management
and consulting.
Students will develop their theoretical
and practical skills, and will be able to
take charge of key management functions and projects in human resource
management. Ultimately, the profile
strengthens the student’s ability to think
in principled ways about the key policies
and choices of recruiting and retaining
talent, and how to apply skills in the
design of policies and programmes.
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MSc in Economics
and Business Adm.
Compulsory courses
• Human Resource Management
• Foundations of Management
• Foundations of Organisation
• L eadership and Organisational
Communication
• Personnel Economics
•C
orporate Strategy and
Organisation Design
• Master’s thesis
This profile is particularly suitable for
students who want to pursue a career
in the field of human resource management.
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Odense
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Marketing and
Innovation
Students explore the aspects of leadership and competitive advantage in
global markets, as well as customer insight and competitive situations.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
CONTENT
Today’s global markets are constantly
changing. Businesses need managers
who understand how to take on leadership to ensure competitive advantage in
such markets and specialists who can
develop knowledge about customers
and the competitive situation to create
information for innovation management.
The programme combines courses on
innovation management and marketing.
It also offers courses in strategy and
competition, project management, marketing research and research methodology. A combination of project work,
group work and lectures improves your
ability to analyse and solve problems
and thereby teaches you how to manage the many different aspects related
to marketing and innovation.
This programme enables you to spot
and take advantage of new business
opportunities. You can use the competences when participating in innovation
projects and in creating marketing plans
for existing products ensuring that your
business maintains its competitive edge.
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MSc in Economics
and Business Adm.
WHERE
Esbjerg
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Compulsory courses
• F ramework Conditions for
Development of the Firm
•M
ethodology of the Social Sciences
and Qualitative Methods
• Buyer Behaviour
• Project Management
• Strategy and Competition
•Q
uantitative Market Research
Methods
• Innovation Management
• S eminar in Marketing and Innovation
• Master’s thesis
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Regional Economics and
Business Development
BUSINESS AND
SOCIAL SCIENCES
The programme is focused on the interdependence between the regional
economy and business activities. The programme has a dual perspective,
as the study activities encompass two main areas of knowledge creation.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
The programme has a dual perspective,
with two main focus areas in knowledge
creation.
One area concerns itself with the factors
determining regional development in
terms of economic performance and
creating a fertile environment for business and industry. The study of the development of markets and their interrelationship with underlying factors of
growth is an important element of the
programme area, as well as the analysis
of the strategic significance of specific
markets in different parts of the world.
In the second area of study the programme provides students with indepth analyses of the specific design of
policies fostering development of markets and of strategies contributing to the
strength of this development, i.e. regional
business and development strategies.
Both areas are closely connected to the
issue of firms’ choice of location, choice
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and Business Adm.
and market access, and the programme’s
study activities provide answers to a
range of questions within that field.
CONTENT
This is reflected in the programme
structure as a number of issues connected to regional development are
considered from a policy perspective
and from a business management perspective: Innovation, spatial analysis
and econometrics (GIS), growth models
and business development drivers are
among the topics covered by the programme courses. The programme is
taught in English by an international
faculty and is attractive to students of
many nationalities, ensuring a stimulating diversity of approaches to a wide
range of regional issues. Students are
thus offered the opportunity to study in
an international atmosphere and establish contacts with students in Europe
and beyond. Teaching is organised as
lectures, group work and projects. Furthermore, students have the possibility
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on the 3rd semester of the programme
to study abroad at a partner university
or gain work experience by completing
an internship.
Compulsory courses
•P
olicy Framework for Regional
Development & Innovation
•O
rganisation & Management
- SCM and Value Chain Analysis
•R
egional Economic Growth:
Concepts & Models
• Introduction to Spatial Analysis
& Econometrics
•R
egional Marketing: Concepts and
Methods - Introduction to GIS
•A
dvanced Spatial Analysis &
Econometrics
• Urban & Regional Economics
•D
rivers of Regional and Business
Development
• T he Territorial Agenda from an Economic Development and Business
Perspective/Research Seminar
• Master’s thesis
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Sønderborg
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Sports and Event
Management
This dynamic programme engages the student with the complexities of
the market and explores entertainment industry and sports governance,
alongside project innovation management through qualitative and
quantitative methods.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
CONTENT
Companies in the sports and event sector operate in complex markets. Their
customers are spectators as well as
advertisers and sponsors. Furthermore,
competition is regulated by sports associations such as FIFA. At the same time,
some athletes and artists are club employees as well as assets which can be
bought and sold. In the entertainment
industries, audiences’ tastes sometimes
clash with cultural objectives and values.
Businesses in the sports and event sector
need managers with special knowledge
of these issues that enable them to
manage companies to competitive advantage.
The programme combines courses on
the entertainment industry and sports
governance with advanced management and marketing courses. It also
offers courses in strategy and competition, project and innovation management, and qualitative and quantitative
methods. A combination of project
work, group work and lectures helps
you learn how to manage the many
different aspects of the sports and
event sector.
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MSc in Economics
and Business Adm.
WHERE
Esbjerg
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Compulsory courses
• E ntertainment Markets and Business
•M
ethodology of the Social Sciences
and Qualitative Methods
• Sports Governance
• Project Management
• Strategy and Competition
•Q
uantitative Market Research
Methods
• Innovation Management
• Seminar in Sports and Events
• Master’s thesis
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PLACE TO ENJOY
A MULTICULTURAL
ENVIRONMENT”
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Name: Alexandra
Country: Germany
Study Programme: Strategic Entrepreneurship MSc
Campus: Kolding
WHY SDU?
HOW IS IT TO STUDY ABROAD?
SDU offers a lot of different and interesting Master programmes. It is quite a big university with five campuses
spread across Southern Denmark. With many international students it is a great place to enjoy a multicultural
environment.
It is not completely new to me since I went abroad during my time as a Bachelor student. It is about the overall experience of getting to know a new culture, their
currency and weird habits! It’s a great chance to shape
your view of the world because you meet a lot of new
people. Looking back I think the experience of living
abroad makes you wiser!
There are only about thirty people in a class which
results in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Communication between students and lecturers seems to be very
important here. There is always somebody to talk to if
help is needed. I have experienced tremendous support right from the start in terms of finding accommodation or getting through all the paperwork.
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HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE DENMARK?
I had never heard any Danish before I came to Denmark. So I decided to start learning the language with
some difficulty! “Hyggelig” is the best Danish word to
describe life here! It roughly translates as “cosy!”
Strategic
Entrepreneurship
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Students are prepared with the skills to manage the modern organisation
competing on innovation within a global business environment.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
CONTENT
Strategic Entrepreneurship provides you
with comprehensive theoretical and
hands-on knowledge of entrepreneurship.
You gain the ability to manage, renew
and strategically develop small, medium-sized and major corporations and
the public sector in a complex and
changing business environment. The
combined theoretical and practical
approach ensures in-depth knowledge
of contemporary research and business
practices, as well as the framework,
skills and tools arising from the hands-on
experience required for entrepreneurial
activities for change and progress locally,
nationally and internationally.
The aim of the programme is to provide
you with the managerial capabilities
necessary to work with, develop and facilitate various types of entrepreneurial
activity in international contexts by
combining knowledge of entrepreneurship, business development and networks with an international perspective.
Compulsory courses
• Intrapreneurship and
Entrepreneurship Theory and Policy
• Internationalisation and Growth
• Project Management
• Idea Generation
•N
etwork, Resources and
Entrepreneurship Strategy
•O
rganisation and Entrepreneurship
Facilitation
•P
erformance Measurement and
Financial Planning
• Methods of Idea Evaluation
• Master´s thesis
With these capabilities at your command,
you become an attractive asset for the
modern organisation competing on innovation in a global business environment.
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Marketing, Globalisation
and Culture
The creative and tactical come together to propel a comprehensive
understanding of what drives culture and how that translates into
consumer habits and trends.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
CONTENT
This profile is centred on Globalisation
and Cultural Marketing.
The profile focuses on tools for understanding globalisation processes and
their impact on consumer markets and
includes cross-cultural issues.
Students of this profile will develop skills
and knowledge within the main subjects:
socio-cultural perspectives on consumption, marketing and branding as well
ethnographic approaches to market
research using advanced marketing
theory.
As a consequence of choosing this
profile, students will become able to
analyse the fundamental social and
cultural principles and logics that spur
processes of globalisation and their
consequences for markets, corporations
and consumers.
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Students will gain competencies in interpreting the contemporary relationships
between marketing and culture as well
as discerning and managing similarities
and differences between different cultures. In conclusion, students will become
proficient in applying contemporary
principles of cultural brand management
and ethnographic market research
methods in a globalising and globalised
cultural economy.
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Compulsory courses
• Marketing Theory
• Marketing Across Cultures
• Advanced Brand Management
• Globalisation Processes
• Consumption Studies
•M
arket and Communication
Ethnography
• Master’s thesis
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”YOU GET TO
MEET A LOT OF
PEOPLE FROM
DIFFERENT
PARTS OF
THE WORLD”
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Name: Anastasija Gogoļeva
Country: Latvia
Study Programme: Marketing, Globalisation and Culture MSc
Campus: Odense
WHY SDU?
I really liked the curriculum of my study programme. The
description of the courses sounded interesting and so far, I
haven’t been disappointed. The second influence on my
decision was the biking part of Danish lifestyle. It might
sound silly, but I love everything about bikes. I used to cycle
a lot back at home, so it was already kind of embedded in
my daily discipline.
WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE AN INTERNATIONAL
STUDENT IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY?
important to explore different cultures more deeply, by living among them. Being an international student gives you
this opportunity. You are part of an international environment so you get to meet a lot of people from different parts
of the world, explore not only the country you are in at the
moment but other cultures by meeting people from all over
the world.
THE DANES?
They are unique, just like people from any other place in
the world.
I find myself kind of addicted to this feeling – being a foreigner! It’s not only important to travel in life, but also
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Strategy and
Organisation
This programme supports skills central to management consulting, corporate
staff functions, general management and business development.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
CONTENT
This profile is centred on Strategy and
Organisation. Students who choose this
profile will gain greater knowledge within the main subjects in contemporary
strategic management and organisation
design. The content of the profile is
based on the best in contemporary
strategy and organisation research and
practice. The main focus is on formulation and implementation of business
and corporate strategy.
Students will develop skills in using
methods and tools which can support
careers in management consulting, corporate staff functions, general management or business development.
Students will also become experienced
in leading business level and corporate
level strategy and business improvement
projects.
Ultimately, students will gain competencies in developing and implementing
business and corporate strategy, business
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strategy and industry analysis, organisation design and the determination of the
scope of the firm.
Compulsory courses
• Foundations of Strategy
• Foundations of Organisation
• Value Chain Design
• Business Strategy
•C
orporate Strategy and
Organisation Design
•A
dvanced Strategy and
Organisation Theory
• Master’s thesis
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Environmental and
Resource Management
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M.Sc. in Environmental and Resource Management combine natural science,
technical and social science which enable the students to create sustainable
solutions by addressing the environmental problems of tomorrow.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
Are you interested in obtaining analytical and empirical skills for solving the
environmental problems of tomorrow?
Are you interested in finding balances
among environmental, economic and
social interest? To answer these questions, you need a thorough understanding of the many approaches toward the
environmental problems. Then the programme in Environmental and Resource Management might be just right
for you.
Graduates from this programme attain a
set of competencies, which allow them
to work with a great number of different
tasks in environmental management –
both in the public and the private sector, as well as in NGOs and stakeholder
organisations. Graduates will be able to
design and conduct analysis of existing
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or future environmental strategies and
policies within an organisation or at a
societal level.
As an M.Sc. in Environmental and Resource Management your job opportunities will be many: for example working
as an advisor for business leaders, who
must consider environmental impacts of
their decisions and develop competitive
advantage. Environmental leaders will
benefit from the business skills in combination with natural science, technical
and economic issues in their proposed
solutions to environmental problems.
CONTENT
The programme is based on mandatory
and elective courses; as such the first
two semesters are composed of mandatory courses whereas the third semester
has a flexible content. Electives can be
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taken at University of Southern Denmark or Aalborg University in Esbjerg,
abroad or partly in the form of practical
experience (students must prepare reports in order to get credit for this).
Compulsory courses
• Research Forum
• Environmental Chemistry
• Sustainability
•R
esource Characterisation & Conversion Technologies of Resources
•H
olistic Design for Sustainability:
Systems, Processes and Products
•A
dvanced Environmental & Resource
Economics and Management
• Project Management
• Multivariate Data Analysis
• Innovation Management
• Master’s thesis
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Comparative Public
Policy and Welfare
Studies
The programme traces the interaction between political interests and
public policy and its impact on society.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
Our international group of teachers provides you with state-of-the-art knowledge
on European comparative policy and
politics relating to welfare. They give you
the skills to pick the best theories and
master different methods. Through
hands-on experiences you gain competencies in analysing welfare states both
in a comparative and global perspective.
The multi- and interdisciplinary programme profile is the perfect match for
students interested in the transformations of the European welfare states as
managers and analysts in the public
sector or as consultants in national and
international interest organisations, the
private sector or NGO’s.
CONTENT
The programme encourages you to
understand and analyse how the interaction between political interests and
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public policy helps shape the world we
live in and affect our lives with regard to
work, family and social life. It will give
you an advanced understanding of key
policy issues in modern societies including labour markets, work/life balance,
social care, inequality and welfare issues.
The Master gives you knowledge, skills
and competencies to achieve a career
as civil servant in government or public
sector agencies, a policy analysts in interest organisations, NGO’s or in private
consulting, or as a PhD researcher in
social sciences.
The Master has four terms over two
years. Three terms consist of compulsory and elective courses. You specialise during the third semester which you
can also take at another university or as
project-oriented studies at a relevant institution or organisation in Denmark or
abroad. The final term is devoted to
writing the Master’s thesis.
Compulsory courses
•C
omparative Welfare State Policies
•C
omparative Methods and Data
•D
evelopment and Reform of the
Welfare State
• Concepts, Method and Data
•C
omparative Public Administration
•C
omparative Welfare State and Labour
Market Analysis
• Master’s thesis
Teaching is based on lectures, seminars, and discussions combining theoretical and methodological knowledge
with hands-on analyses of relevant
empirical problems and cases.
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European
Studies
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Core themes including local and regional governance, media, social change
and mobility, and historical analysis coalesce to provide a holistic view of
Europe as it develops.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
CONTENT
“Europe of Regions” has become a
fashionable way to describe European
integration, but politicians, businesses
and civil society usually do not have a
clear picture of what “Europe of Regions”
actually means. The Campus Sønderborg profile in European Studies offered
in cooperation with the University of
Flensburg will make the students familiar
with ‘regions’ in the broadest sense, using
historical, cultural, political, administrative
and economic approaches to the term
‘region’ and to illustrate the concept
within European integration. The programme focuses on borders and border
regions and includes a sophisticated
course on qualitative social science
methods. Borders still represent barriers to integration, and border regions
are laboratories of European integration.
The study programme offers the opportunity to take electives at the University
of Flensburg during the third semester,
including the possibility of earning a
dual degree. Students can also specialise by taking electives from other master
programmes offered at the Department
of Border Region Studies in Sønderborg,
or by completing a company/institution
internship or a study term abroad.
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During the first year, you will choose
between two tracks: A track offered in
Sønderborg focusing on the concept of
the “Europe of Regions”, where you will
be introduced to regions through an interdisciplinary programme with special
focus on borders and border regions.
Or a track offered at the University of
Flensburg which focuses on more general aspects of European integration.
During the third semester, students
choose electives from either campus to
specialise according to their interests.
The master thesis is written at SDU
during the fourth semester.
Compulsory courses
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oundaries, Territorial States and
Sovereignty in a Regionalised and
Globalised World
• E uropean Border Region
Development
• Communication and Media
• E uropean Regions, Regionalism,
Regionalisation – Theories,
Typologies, Histories
• E uropean Integration and the
Regional Dimension
• Social Change and Mobility
•Q
ualitative Methods and Historical
Analysis
• Master’s thesis
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International
Security and Law
The political, social, and historical fields unite in this programme to equip
students with a multi-dimensional understanding of the international realm
and the possibilities for enacting changes within the international system,
whether in state organisations, non-governmental organisations, aid work or
post-conflict development.
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In today’s world, conflicts are multiple,
complex and volatile, and they need
to be handled. Outsiders involved in
conflict management may experience
hostilities, development, and peace
enforcement in one single day. We offer
this master programme to train interdisciplinary experts to work in complex
security environments and help organisations prepare for and manage them.
CONTENT
The Master of Social Sciences in International Security and Law is a two-year
programme which encourages you to
analyse and understand the interaction
between politics, law and ethics in rela-
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tion to international conflicts. A combination of compulsory and elective courses
in the disciplines of Law and International
Relations provides you with the tools
and knowledge for a career in organisations involved in analysing, managing
and solving international conflicts.
Teaching is based on lectures, group
work and discussions combining theoretical background knowledge with
relevant empirical problems and cases.
You are encouraged to connect major
theories with concrete events, e.g. connecting state-building theory with events
in Kosovo or Libya. The programme also
offers students the opportunity to take
one term at another university or do
an internship in Denmark or abroad.
Compulsory Courses
• Introduction to International
Relations*
• Introduction to International Law*
• International Order since 1815*
•P
hilosophy of the Law of Nations*
• New Wars and Conflict
• The Laws of War
• The Ethics of War and Peace
• International Organisations
• International Prosecution of Genocide,
War Crimes and Crimes against
Humanity
•H
uman Security and Building Peace
• Master’s thesis
*Your background determines the first
semester
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“BROADEN YOUR
HORIZONS AND
BECOME MORE
SELF-CONFIDENT”
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Name: Georgios Sourgiadakis
Home Country: Greece
Study Programme: International Security and Law MSc
Campus: Odense
HOW IS THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT?
The teachers are very friendly, willing to answer to all your
questions and to help you with everything you need. They
base their lectures on discussions and use different ways of
Teaching, such as the use of slides and videos avoiding long
boring lectures. Moreover, they encourage student communication and cooperation.
WHAT DO YOU GAIN FROM STUDYING ABROAD?
By studying abroad you gain experiences that would be difficult to gain back home. You learn new languages, observe
different cultures and visit new places and countries. By
hanging out with international students you can improve your
English skills. As for the university, the experience of a totally
different system of education helps you to broaden your horizons and become more self-confident.
WHAT ARE THE DANES LIKE IN YOUR OPINION?
Well, Danes are very polite, willing to help you any time and
make you feel comfortable. It is really impressive that everyone is able to speak English, making communication more
easy and friendly. Finally it is true that they are the happiest
people in the world!
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Name: Caitlin O’Brien
Country: United States
Study Programme: International Security and Law
Campus: Odense
WHY DENMARK?
I spent one of my undergraduate semesters in Copenhagen and was immediately impressed with the
academic atmosphere I encountered, as well as the
broader feeling of the Danish lifestyle. When my semester ended in 2011, I knew it was only a matter of time
before I made my way back here.
OUTSIDE SDU?
I love exploring the city – Odense is filled with cosy cafes and restaurants, beautiful parks and natural areas,
and endless hidden gems to discover. If I’m not biking
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through the city streets, I’m probably running on the
path alongside the river that winds through several city
parks and the Odense Zoo. I’ve also become a regular
visitor at Brandt’s, the art museum in town.
THE DANES?
Sincere and appreciative. They may not always be the
most outwardly expressive people in the world, but I always enjoy my interactions with Danes, young and old.
They are agreeable and engaging, and often have a
great sense of humour.
Cultural Sociology
in Law, Power and
Social Justice
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Societal organisation and power structures influence the capacity of social
justice and the efficacy of social change. Students in the programme
will engage sociological, anthropological and legal theory in a hands-on
environment.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
We live in a rapidly changing society.
This dynamic reality creates great
possibilities for innovation and learning but also new types of marginalised
groups and cultural encounters. There
is a growing need for developing the organisation of society including its legal
system and power structures in order to
cope with social changes and secure
social justice.
The master programme in Cultural Sociology – Law, Power and Social Justice
provides you with qualified interdisciplinary
skills which you need in order to investigate and act on problems related to the
relationship between law and society.
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Furthermore, you will get an insight to
how the legal system is challenged by
social changes and different types of
meetings between cultures, professions,
sectors and institutions.
CONTENT
The programme offers a unique combination of sociological, legal and anthropological theory. It has a practice-oriented
approach where you will learn advanced
methodological skills of interviewing, statistics and field research. Furthermore,
you will learn about a set of methodological
tools for evaluating the effects of legislative initiatives as well as the cooperation
between authorities, organisations and
citizens.
The first semester concentrates on sociocultural perspectives on law in national
and international settings. The second
semester investigates the interaction between marginalised groups and the legal
system where students gain insight into
socio-cultural problems related to case
work and clientisation. The third semester investigates cultural encounters
within the legal system with focus on
how law affects citizens differently and
causes diverse reactions. The fourth
semester is devoted to writing the
Master’s thesis
Compulsory courses
• Law, Power and Professions
•N
aming, Claiming and Framing
Access to Justice
• L aw in Practice and Legal
Consciousness
• Master’s thesis
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Cultural Sociology in
Social Transformation
Processes
Understand and create innovative responses to social changes, as evaluated
by the role of culture in social change. The programme engages a practice
oriented approach where students participate in field research to complement
their theoretical engagements.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
CONTENT
Society is constantly changing altering
relations between people. Authorities,
businesses, organisations and cultural
life have to adapt to these challenges
at the same speed. Your knowledge
can make a difference in this dynamic
world by understanding the origins
and dynamics of cultural, social and
institutional change. The Master programme concentrates on the sociological investigation of the role of
culture in social change processes.
The programme offers a unique combination of sociological and anthropological theory. It has a practice-oriented approach where you learn advanced
methodological skills of interviewing,
statistics and field research.
You will get an insight into how people, groups, organisations, policies
and society function – knowledge that
is applicable to a large range of
relevant societal issues. This makes
you an attractive asset for organisations that have to cope with change.
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The two-year programme involves classical themes within cultural sociology.
The first semester introduces to a body
of theory relevant for understanding the
roots of change. It focuses on sociocultural perspectives on body and gender
issues, including modern family relations, health perceptions, the place
of gender in educational and working
situations as well as the social implications of the idealised body.
The second semester opens up to perspectives of space, time and identity fo-
cusing on negotiations of identity in various spatial locations as well as changes
in influential organisational settings.
The third semester investigates the
role of cultures and countercultures in
social change processes, including
learning and innovation; societal and
organisational development; diffusion
of norms as well as conflict, social exclusion and harassment. Finally, the
fourth semester is devoted to writing
the Master’s thesis.
Compulsory courses
• Body and Gender
• Time, Space and Identity
•C
ulture, Counterculture and
Social Change
• Master’s thesis
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HEALTH SCIENCE
If you dream of becoming more knowledgeable about the
body and the prevention and treatments of diseases, you
can gain practical and academic experience at the Faculty
of Health Sciences, which works closely with Odense
University Hospital, industry and experts worldwide.
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Public
Health
Wonder why inequalities in health still exist? Explore the challenges and
possibilities for the future of public health with this multidisciplinary
programme.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
CONTENT
Medicine alone cannot treat ill health.
Knowledge of economics and society is
also needed. Experts are needed to treat
health from medical and nonmedical
perspectives, as public health problems
such as obesity and new emerging infections threaten lives and economies
across the globe. This multidisciplinary
programme enables you to work as a
public health expert in government, research, business and non-governmental
organisations. Combining social sciences,
statistics, medicine and economics, it
gives you the expertise to develop, implement and evaluate effective public
health strategies.
The first semester introduces you to
core modules in the art and science of
public health, applied biostatistics and
other methods using group work, lectures, and skills training. The second
semester consists of course and project
work in the area of your choice: health
promotion, or health economics and
management, global health or risk research. The third semester offers a variety
of elective modules in health promotion,
health economics and management,
global health, risk communication and
research methodology as well as possibilities for practical training or studying
abroad. The last semester involves individual research, on which you write
a thesis. As an international student,
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FURTHER INFORMATION
Student advisor, fv-fsv@post.sdu.dk
or
Ms. Janne Krogh, jkrogh@health.sdu.dk
you benefit directly from the faculty’s
multidisciplinary approach. Staff at the
Unit for Health Promotion Research
have wide-ranging expertise. Due to an
emphasis on social and medical issues,
you gain the skills you need in order to
pursue a career in public health in
Europe and abroad. Courses are
tailored to the needs of international
students, with a wide range of studentcentred and problem-based learning
opportunities provided in small groups.
You can participate in class, discuss
questions with your teacher and get to
know fellow students. Home to some
3,000 students and an array of research
groups, the faculty offers ample opportunity for exploring your area of interest.
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SCIENCE
If you are interested in the origins of life, if you want to
develop bio and nanotechnology, or like to learn about
the natural world, from proteins to whales the facilities
and leading international specialists are at the Faculty
of Science to guide your curiosity.
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Applied
Mathematics
The MSc programme in applied mathematics at the University of
Southern Denmark teaches you how to model and solve practical
problems by means of advanced mathematical tools.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
CONTENT
In short, you could say that an applied
mathematician is often motivated by a
problem outside the realm of mathematics. An applied mathematician masters and is capable of developing the
mathematical tools which have helped
create the modern society of industry
and information.
The MSc programme in Applied mathematics has a high level of flexibility
meaning that the only mandatory part of
the programme is 10 ECTS of constituent
Master courses within the areas Mathematics and Statistics and Algorithms
and Optimisation. In addition there are
20 ECTS of elective courses where you
can choose between all Master courses
within science.
An applied mathematician can:
• comprehend a complex problem
• make a credible model of the problem
• analyse and calculate the consequences of the model
• implement algorithms belonging to the
model on a computer
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The 60 ECTS Master thesis at the MSc
programme in Applied mathematics
gives you plenty of time to specialise in
a topic within applied mathematics. The
thesis is carried out with a supervisor
and it is concluded with an oral presentation.
All science MSc programmes contain a
perspectival module where it is possible
to take an internship, go abroad on exchange or to specialise by following
elective courses.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Mr. Rune Wulff Christensen,
rwc@sdu.dk
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Communication
and Behaviour
SCIENCE
How do animals produce sounds? Why do they produce sound? And how
does man’s activities effect animal sound communication? These are
questions investigated by testing many different animal groups: insects,
frogs, birds and mammals on both land and sea.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
Study the sound production and hearing
of animals and learn about the impact of
the physical constraints of the environment to understand the sound communication and behaviour of animals.
Animal sound communication and
behaviour is a specialisation within the
two-year MSc programme in Biology.
The courses during the first year will
ensure that you achieve a broad suite
of competences relevant to acoustic
communication and behaviour studies.
The second year is dedicated to an
individual thesis project.
The courses are taught by internationally recognised researchers covering all
essential aspects of sound communication and behaviour, from sound recording to psychophysical and physiological
experimental techniques.
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The programme offers well-balanced
theoretical and practical expertise
obtained through lectures, field- and
laboratory work, group discussions,
hands-on projects and assignments.
The experimental courses exploit the
facilities in the laboratories on campus
and at our marine change to mammal.
marine mammal facility. .
The programme is completed by a 60
ECTS research-based thesis project, in
which a large degree of independency
is expected through all phases of the
work.
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The programme offers well-balanced
theoretical and practical expertise obtained through lectures, experimental
work, group discussions, hands-on
projects and assignments.
The degree will be awarded in Biology,
and the animal sound communication
and behaviour profile of the programme
will be specified on your degree certificate. The programme prepares students
for working with the recording of animal
sounds and experimenting with hearing
and behaviour.
CONTENT
All courses are taught and examined in
English. The programme is open to wellqualified students with a Bachelor’s
degree or the equivalent in Biology and
Life Sciences from other institutions
of higher education.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Mr. Rune Wulff Christensen, rwc@sdu.dk
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Biology
Take part in high-level research and development at the Department of Biology.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
This 120 ECTS Master programme is
research driven and provides you with
ample opportunity to specialise within
the areas of research represented at the
Department of Biology. With this research
profile, you can choose to focus on
topics which you find particularly
interesting, for example:
• Ecology in freshwater and marine
ecosystems
• Microbial element cycle and climate
change
• Physiological responses and adaptations to environmental stress
• Ecotoxicology with special emphasis
on xenobiotics and their effects on
animals
• Nervous systems and behaviour of
animals communicating or reacting
to environmental stimuli.
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During the programme, laboratory work
goes alongside field studies. The programme combines a broad foundation
in natural sciences with state-of-the-art
knowledge and advanced experimental
methodology within ecology, animal
physiology, ecotoxicology and neurobiology. The programme ends with a 60
ECTS research-based thesis project in
which a large degree of independence
is expected through all phases of the
work.
DETAILS
RESEARCH PROFILE
During the MSc programme in Biology,
you combine required courses and
electives in order to qualify for the research-based thesis work at the end of
the programme on a topic of your
choice. As a part of the research profile,
you can apply for the 25 ECTS honours
class in Geobiology. Through a series of
five courses, you will learn how microorganisms control the chemistry of soil,
lakes, oceans and the atmosphere on
long time scales.
All courses are taught and examined in
English. The programme is open to wellqualified students with a Bachelor degree
or equivalent in Biology and Life Sciences
from other institutions of higher education.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Mr. Rune Wulff Christensen,
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Name: Marie-Carolin Götze
Country: Germany
Study Programme: Biology MSc
Campus: Odense
WHY DENMARK?
Scandinavia has a very good reputation concerning the educational system, with the major advantage of being free for
every European citizen. After a bachelor in Germany with a
strict schedule and not much freedom to choose specialist
studies, I decided to try something different. I’m glad I did!
Denmark and SDU were very welcoming. There are endless
amounts of events to welcome foreign students, to inform
about activities and everyday life. The biology department
has a student room for studying, relaxing or just meeting
other students. We have student advisors who can answer
any question concerning the courses.
IMPRESSIONS OF SDU?
own ideas, organise and choose to study whatever we like
or prefer. The pressure to get something done is lower than
our own wish to complete a project successfully, which puts
the fun and ambition into our scientific work.
OUTSIDE SDU?
Especially in the summer time it is worth cycling around the
town, visiting the zoo and to go to the beach in Kerteminde. There you can visit the marine centre with its porpoise, seals and aquarium. A very big advantage is the free
entrance in these locations, which you get as a student of
Biology!
THE DANES?
Friendly, helpful, positive people!!
Studying in SDU changed my attitude to scientific work.
Here it is possible to work on our own projects, include our
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Name: Sebastian Bicking
Home Country: Germany
Study Programme: Master of Science in Biology – Marine Science
Campus: Odense
WHY DID YOU CHOOSE DENMARK?
I wanted to leave Germany and study abroad to gain new
experiences but without additional study fees. I’ve also read
about the good educational system existing in Denmark.
WHY THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK?
I took part at the ‘Study-Try-Out’-event at SDU in 2012 and
was very impressed by the effort they did to motivate students,
furthermore the offered a study programme in biology that
fitted very well into my personal profile.
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HOW ARE THE TEACHERS/LECTURES?
THE STUDY ENVIRONMENT?
The contact with the teachers is very personal and friendly,
a circumstance I was not used to before. I really enjoy the
lectures which are close to current research topics as well
as the practical lessons which are well organised and helpful to test what I have learned.
WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO WHEN YOU ARE NOT IN CLASS?
Meeting with friends, hanging out in bars or cafés in the
city or play football.
Biology
– Environmental Biology
SCIENCE
A Master programme combining a broad foundation in natural sciences
with environmental management and research-based problem solving of
environmental pollution.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
CONTENT
The MSc programme in Biology – Environmental biology incorporates theoretical knowledge from ecology and ecotoxicology and combines these themes
with practical and administrative courses related to environmental issues. The
programme is focused on public and
private environmental management as
well as on problem solving related to
environmental pollution. The master
programme in Environmental Biology
comprises experimental studies in both
the laboratory and the field.
the MSc programme in Environmental
Biology contains 30 ECTS recommended
and mandatory courses within Biology.
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All science MSc programmes contain a
perspectival module where it is possible
to take an internship, go abroad on exchange or to specialise by following
elective courses.
The 60 ECTS Master thesis at the MSc
programme in Environmental Biology
gives you plenty of time to specialise in
a topic within biology. The thesis is carried out with a supervisor and it is concluded with an oral presentation.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Mr. Rune Wulff Christensen,
rwc@sdu.dk
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Biomedicine
The MSc programme in Biomedicine at the University of Southern Denmark
teaches you how to understand illnesses at the cellular and molecular levels.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
Biomedicine is the study of diseases at
the molecular and cellular levels, bridging
the gap between the fields of medicine
and science. Biomedics can collaborate
with physicians to help develop new
diagnostics methods and disease treatments.
Where a physician’s primary focus is
patient care, the biomedic’s focus is to
understand the disease at the molecular
and cellular levels. Biomedics can in
work medical research developing new
methods of diagnosing diseases and
new treatment methods based on the
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newest molecular biological knowledge,
in collaboration with physicians. In
recent years, we have achieved an
enormous amount of insight into how
healthy cells work. With that in mind,
today we are beginning to understand
diseases, disease mechanisms and
pharmaceutical efficiency on a very
detailed level.
CONTENT
The MSc programme in Biomedicine
contains of 25 ECTS mandatory courses
within Human pathophysiology, Pharmacology and Medical neurobiology.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Mr. Rune Wulff Christensen,
rwc@sdu.dk
International Brainstormer
All science MSc programmes contain a
perspectival module where it is possible
to take an internship, go abroad on exchange or to specialise by following
elective courses.
The 60 ECTS Master thesis at the Msc
programme in Biomedicine gives you
plenty of time to specialise in a topic
within chemistry. The thesis is carried
out with a supervisor and it is concluded
with an oral presentation.
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Name: Nadine Heidi Brueckmann
Home Country: Germany
Study Programme: Biomedicine MSc
Campus: Odense
WHY DID YOU CHOOSE DENMARK?
I was curious to see why the Danish people are said to be the
happiest in the world every year and the education system
has a great international reputation so I thought I would
give it a try.
HOW IS THE STUDY ENVIRONMENT?
The teachers are mostly researchers and medical doctors
from the hospital, so they are specialist in their field
which is really nice if you have specific questions. Furthermore many of them will introduce you to their field of re-
search and there are many opportunities to start a project
with them. Hierarchical structures are far less strict than in
Germany, which makes the work environment much more
relaxed.
WHAT ARE THE DANES LIKE IN YOUR OPINION?
They are so damn friendly, they would pull a leg just to help
you if you ask for it. To many foreigners they seem to be a
bit cold but this is just because they do not want to bother
others if they do not know them. Get to know some Danish
people and you will see that they are really sweet.
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Chemistry
Get your hands on advanced chemistry and aim for a career in research,
development, managing or teaching.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
Chemistry is a fundamental part of our
everyday lives. It is all around us in the
reactions, properties and combinations
of matter in our own bodies and in the
world.
Chemical research is instrumental in
developing new materials and pharmaceutics. In this programme, you will become part of the research in chemical
compounds for new pharmaceutical
products and modified DNA, which will
help us target infected cells in the body.
When it comes to the environment,
chemists play an important role as
experts and advisors.
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This programme enables you to independently analyse chemical issues and
extract results. You also achieve the
academic qualifications needed to participate in further research and to share
your knowledge with others.
The 60 ECTS Master thesis at the MSc
programme in Chemistry gives you
plenty of time to specialise in a topic
within chemistry. The thesis is carried
out with a supervisor and it is concluded
with an oral presentation.
CONTENT
The MSc programme in Chemistry contains of 30 ECTS of recommended and
mandatory courses within inorganic,
theoretical, analytical and organic
chemistry and spectroscopy.
All science MSc programmes contain a
perspectival module where it is possible
to take an internship, go abroad on
exchange or to specialise by following
elective courses.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Mr. Rune Wulff Christensen,
rwc@sdu.dk
International Brainstormer
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“I FOUND THE
UNIVERSITY OF
SOUTHERN DENMARK
OVER THE INTERNET
AND WENT TO
THE STUDYTRY-OUT DAY”
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Name: Annika Carstens
Home Country: Germany
Study Programme: Chemistry
Campus: Odense
WHY DID YOU CHOOSE DENMARK?
I always liked the Scandinavian countries, their landscape,
the really kind and relaxed people, the language and their
education system.
WHY THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK?
I found the University of Southern Denmark over the Internet and went then to the Study Try Out Day. The people
there were really friendly and helpful, which does not make
the decision so hard Besides that, I compared the offers of
other chemistry departments in Denmark, and at SDU it fitted the best. It is amazing that you have such a big choice
of what you can do and that not everything is already fixed.
WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO WHEN YOU ARE NOT IN CLASS?
I like to spent time with my friends, in the city centre, going
shopping or going to one of the many parks that are in
Odense. Sometimes on Fridays directly after class we hang
out in the Friday-bar, which is at the University and open
every Friday from 14.00-22.00. This is especially nice for
people, like me, who lives a bit outside the city centre.
WHAT IS YOUR BEST EXPERIENCE SO FAR?
My best experience so far is that you get help every time
from almost everyone when you need it. Even while studying. You make a mistake. Okay, things like that can happen,
no one is perfect but here you aren’t punished for making a
mistake, here someone is offering you help.
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Computational
Biomedicine
Starting in autumn 2015, we will offer a brand new multidisciplinary MSc
programme in Computational Biomedicine. It focuses on the application
and development of computational biology and bioinformatics methods
for the analysis of next-generation molecular data sets gathered on an
ever increasing scale in hospitals all around the world. We will provide you
with the skills necessary to drive this exciting future market as a biomedical
data analyst and/or developer of innovative biomedical computer science
solutions. This will allow you to contribute in shaping the future of computerassisted modern medicine.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
CONTENT
In the MSc programme in Computational Biomedicine you will learn how to
develop and apply computer science
methods on large-scale biomedical data
sets. A multidisciplinary approach is
central to this MSc programme, and as
students from Natural Science, Health
Science and Engineering bring together
different approaches and experiences it
gives opportunities for cross-disciplinary
specialisation. This spans from bioinformatics algorithm development
to the integration of existing tools. A
typical example is the analysis of DNA
sequencing data for the prediction of
cancer progression or bacterial infection treatment optimisation.
The programme has two specialisations:
The System Biology specialisation
focuses on biological networks and
modelling. The Bioinformatics specialisation is concerned with analysing DNA
and RNA sequences as well as protein
structures. The two specialisations
share 30 ECTS of mandatory courses
including conversion classes and 10
ECTS of elective courses.
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A 30 ECTS Master thesis at the MSc
programme in Computational Biomedicine in conjunction with a 30 ECTS
project gives you plenty of resources
to acquire specific skills in biomedical
data analysis and to specialise yourself.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Mr. Rune Wulff Christensen, rwc@sdu.dk
Both, the project as well as your MSc
thesis will be carried out in close collaboration with local and international
researchers. They will supervise your
work and manage your hands-on contributions to projects running in our worldclass university laboratories.
Computer
Science
SCIENCE
Do you want to be part of the thriving development in the computer
industry? With a degree in Computer Science from the University of
Southern Denmark you can.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
The MSc programme in Computer science gives you a broad knowledge of
information technology focused on
algorithmic techniques, which form the
basis for developing effective and secure modern software solutions. It also
emphasises principles which will also
be relevant in the next decade.
CONTENT
The MSc programme in Computer science has a high level of flexibility meaning
that the only mandatory part of the programme is 20 ECTS of constituent master courses within the areas Mathematics and Statistics and Algorithms and
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Optimisation. In addition there is 10
ECTS of elective courses where you can
chose between all master courses
within science.
All science MSc programmes contain a
perspectival module where it is possible
to take an internship, go abroad on exchange or to specialise by following
elective courses.
The 60 ECTS Master thesis at the MSc
programme in Computer science gives
you plenty of time to specialise in a topic
within applied mathematics. The thesis
is carried out with a supervisor and it is
concluded with an oral presentation.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Mr. Rune Wulff Christensen,
rwc@sdu.dk
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Biology
– Marine Science
Join the MSc programme in Biology - Marine science to learn in depth
about life in the sea, how marine organisms interact with one another
and with their environment, and how human activities influence marine
ecosystems, including the management of marine resources.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
Our courses are mainly experimental
and several include fieldwork, taking
advantage of the easy access to a wide
range of coastal environments close to
campus. The programme has a particular focus on near-shore ecosystems but
also includes global issues such as the
impact of anthropogenic CO2 emissions
on marine ecosystems.
CONTENT
All science MSc programmes contain a
perspectival module where it is possible
to take an internship, go abroad on exchange or to specialise by following
elective courses.
The 60 ECTS Master thesis at the Msc
programme in Biology - Marine science
gives you plenty of time to specialise in
a topic within biology. The thesis is carried out with a supervisor and it is concluded with an oral presentation.
The MSc programme in Biology marine science contains 30 ECTS
recommended and mandatory courses
within Biology.
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FURTHER INFORMATION
Mr. Rune Wulff Christensen,
rwc@sdu.dk
International Brainstormer
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PRACTICALLY,
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Name: Michael Magee
Country: Northern Ireland
Study Programme: Marine Science MSc
Campus: Odense
BENEFITS OF STUDYING ABROAD?
You need to live in a country for a while before you can really appreciate it. Studying abroad is a way to change the
way of thinking you have been conditioned to in your home
country.
WHY DID YOU JOIN THE INTERNATIONAL BRAINSTORMERS?
When moving to another country a little help is appreciated!
The IB programme sounds like it can really make it easier
for me to find a job in Demark after my studies. The people
involved are well connected with Danish employers and
they have already provided some useful pieces of information and advice.
BEST EXPERIENCE?
found local knowledge, my experience in Denmark has
been amazing. But the best experience would be my reason for coming here. Everything about studying marine biology here is brilliant.
We work practically, with hands on experiments. There are
no closed doors creating a relaxed working environment
and there is a great feeling around the institute. There are
great opportunities to travel. I’ve been to Norway and Iceland as part of my course, and I will be going to Greenland
to do my thesis.
THE DANES?
After my first week of lectures I went to Friday bar with the
Danes in my class. We got drunk! They’ve been my best
friends ever since and I love them dearly.
From the excitement of arriving in the airport for the first
time to welcoming new international students with my new-
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Mathematics
Through the MSc programme in Mathematics, you will become acquainted
with advanced scientific theories and methods.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
CONTENT
For over a thousand years, mathematical science has developed an interplay
between abstraction and practical application. Some mathematical theories
and techniques are developed in order
to solve specific problems in other scientific fields, and others spring from
mathematicians’ interests in abstraction
and the inner structure and aesthetics
of mathematical science.
The MSc programme in Mathematics
has a high level of flexibility meaning
that the only mandatory part of the programme is 10 ECTS of constituent Master courses within Computer science.
In addition there is 20 ECTS of elective courses where you can choose between all master courses within science.
All science MSc programmes contain a
perspectival module where it is possible
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FURTHER INFORMATION
Mr. Rune Wulff Christensen,
rwc@sdu.dk
International Brainstormer
to take an internship, go abroad on
exchange or to specialise by following
elective courses.
The 30 ECTS Master thesis at the MSc
programme in Mathematics together
with 30 ECTS of preparatory work gives
you plenty of time to specialise in a topic
within mathematics. The thesis is carried out with a supervisor and it is concluded with an oral presentation.
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ASSISTANT I HAVE
A DESK IN A LARGE
STUDENT OFFICE”
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Name: Laura Ehlers
Home Country: Germany
Study Programme: Mathematics
Campus: Odense
WHY DID YOU CHOOSE DENMARK?
Denmark has always been one of my favourite holiday destinations, because its close to the sea and the Danes have a
positive mentality. So I was curious to see what it would be
like to live and study in Denmark. It was also possible to
study in English. This was certainly a plus as I didn’t know
much Danish when I first came here.
WHY THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK?
The study programme at SDU offered some possibilities I
would not have had at my home university. The Master programme is in many ways more flexible, which means that I
am able to choose courses from other study programmes,
or do individual projects instead of normal courses. I also
liked the idea of living in Odense, which seemed to be a
nice small student town with lots of possibilities for social
and cultural life.
HOW ARE THE TEACHERS/LECTURES?
THE STUDY ENVIRONMENT?
The study environment in Odense is really good. The facilities at university are well equipped, classes are usually
small and I especially appreciate the informal relationship
between teachers and students, which is very different from
what I was used to before. There is no feeling of hierarchy
and the professors really seem to care about the students,
which creates a pleasant learning atmosphere and even
makes it possible to have a personal chat with them occasionally.
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Medical
Chemistry
The MSc programme in Medical chemistry is focused on the interdisciplinary
field between chemistry, molecular biology and medical science and whether
you dream of a job in the pharmaceutical industry, the hospital sector or as a
researcher, Medical chemistry is a great starting point.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
CONTENT
In the programme, you supplement you
basic chemistry education with a range
of advanced chemistry courses such as
spectroscopy and molecular modelling,
as well as a variety of elective courses
in, for instance, organic chemistry,
which provide experience in medical
chemistry and the development of new
pharmaceuticals. You can also take
some health science courses in pharmacology and physiology.
The MSc programme in Chemistry consists of 25 ECTS of recommended and
mandatory courses within molecular
modelling, spectroscopy and organic
chemistry.
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The 60 ECTS Master thesis at the MSc
programme in Medical chemistry gives
you plenty of time to specialise in a topic within medical chemistry. The thesis
is carried out with a supervisor and it is
concluded with an oral presentation.
All science MSc programmes contain a
perspectival module where it is possible
to take an internship, go abroad on exchange or to specialise by following
elective courses.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Mr. Rune Wulff Christensen,
rwc@sdu.dk
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Master of Science
FURTHER INFORMATION
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Molecular
Bioscience
The MSc programme in Molecular bioscience at the University of Southern
Denmark teaches you about cellular reactions, proteins and their functions,
and the genetics of organisms.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
The technological and scientific advances
move the boundaries for what is academically possible. Human DNA – the 3 billion building blocks of life – are now
known and will come to revolutionise
biochemistry and molecular biology.
The next challenge will be to map out
the function of genes.
In the MSc programme in Molecular bioscience you will be taught about cell reactions, proteins and their functions
and the genes of organisms. These are
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central areas in the research of both
cancer, diabetes and infectious diseases.
The department researchers collaborate
with some of the largest biotech and
pharmaceutical companies, and the
programme gives you the opportunity
to combine academic challenges with
fighting disease.
CONTENT
The MSc programme in Molecular bioscience consists of 15 ECTS mandatory
courses within modern trends and technologies in molecular cell biology.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Mr. Rune Wulff Christensen,
rwc@sdu.dk
International Brainstormer
All science MSc programmes contain a
perspectival module where it is possible
to take an internship, go abroad on exchange or to specialise by following
elective courses.
The 60 ECTS Master thesis at the MSc
programme in Biomedicine gives you
plenty of time to specialise in a topic
within chemistry. The thesis is carried
out with a supervisor and it is concluded
with an oral presentation.
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FOCUS ON A
HEALTHY
LIFESTYLE”
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Name: Aleksandra Amaladass
Home Country: Poland
Study Programme: Molecular Bioscience MSc
Campus: Odense
WHY DID YOU CHOOSE DENMARK?
The interesting courses offered in English was what caught
my eye. As well as the international outlook and research
network in the field of science. English is used so extensively it is almost a second native language to the Danes. Also,
the bicycling culture and focus on a healthy lifestyle were
two aspects that appealed to me and completed the overall picture of what I thought would be an enriching and
fruitful experience.
WHY THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK?
In addition, the course that I chose was offered on the main
campus in Odense, which is known to be a student friendly
city with a big number of international students.
HOW ARE THE TEACHERS/LECTURES?
THE STUDY ENVIRONMENT?
Teachers are surprisingly informal, which works in a positive sense because the students are at ease raising questions which might normally appear too silly to be asked in
an environment that is very stern. The teachers are open to
discussions and arguments.
It is a huge university offering a variety of different courses
with flexibility in terms of combining various courses to constitute the degree. Also, the scientific equipment and techniques used are modern and the instructors/ professors often have had a global experience and networks for
research.
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Nanobioscience
The MSc programme in Nanobioscience at the University of Southern
Denmark teaches you how to utilise biological molecules in the
construction of nanomaterials with a wide range of applications.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
Nanobioscience is a scientific interdisciplinary field, in which techniques on a
nano-scale are used to understand and
utilise the construction of nature and
the molecular principles and structures
which are the cornerstones of all biology. The purpose of Nanobioscience is
for instance to use biological molecules
for constructing functional nano-materials
with a long list of groundbreaking uses.
The master’s programme in Nanobioscience is an interdisciplinary programme
in the borderline territory between
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Chemistry, Physics, Biotechnology and
Nanoscience. The programme has a
solid scientific basis and gives you a
broad range of employment opportunities in fields such as research, teaching
or industrial development in Denmark
or abroad.
CONTENT
The MSc programme in Nanobioscience consists of 20 ECTS mandatory
courses within Spectroscopy, Inorganic
Chemistry, Supramolecular and nanochemistry and Nanobioscience tecnology.
All science MSc programmes contain a
FURTHER INFORMATION
Mr. Rune Wulff Christensen,
rwc@sdu.dk
International Brainstormer
perspectival module where it is possible
to take an internship, go abroad on exchange or to specialise by following
elective courses.
The 60 ECTS Master thesis at the MSc
programme in Nanobioscience gives
you plenty of time to specialise in a topic within chemistry. The thesis is carried
out with a supervisor and it is concluded
with an oral presentation.
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Physics
SCIENCE
Our MSc programme in Physics combines theoretical and experimental
physics and challenges you in the basic laws of science and their application.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
The study of Physics deals with phenomena ranging from the smallest elementary particles to cosmos. Between
these extremes are atoms, molecules,
compounds and liquids with a multitude
of properties, which physicists describe
and utilise. Last, but not least, there is
an important mediation aspect, both
within and outside the various institutions of education.
Our programme enables you to independently analyse physical problems
using a combination of experimental
and theoretical techniques. You will also
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achieve the academic qualifications
needed to participate in further research
and to explore the world around you.
CONTENT
The MSc programme in Physics consists
of 30 ECTS of mandatory courses within
Quantum Physics, Statistical Physics,
Experimental biophysics and Laser
physics and laser spectroscopy.
The 60 ECTS Master thesis at the MSc
programme in Physics gives you plenty
of time to specialise in a topic within
chemistry. The thesis is carried out with
a supervisor and it is concluded with an
oral presentation.
All science MSc programmes contain
a perspectival module where it is possible
to take an internship, go abroad on exchange or to specialise by following elective courses.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Mr. Rune Wulff Christensen,
rwc@sdu.dk
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HUMANITIES
HUMANITIES
If you are into media, communication and language, you
can combine new fields of research and traditional study
programmes at the Faculty of Humanities. Academics
around the world are impressed with the faculty’s interdisciplinary approach and progressive research.
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HUMANITIES
Business, Language
and Culture (Chinese)
This programme provides you with the skills necessary for conducting
business negotiations with Chinese partners.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
CONTENT
China is rapidly becoming a great power
in the globalised economy and has in a
short time become a superpower in industrial development, space engineering,
and science. China’s political role has
grown immensely and with more than a
billion inhabitants China is an important
partner in inter-state trading with European businesses. As a Bachelor in
Business, Language and Culture (Chinese) you can become a key decisionmaker in the international cooperation
with China.
The programme provides you with the
skills necessary for conducting business
negotiations with Chinese partners. It
combines business economics courses
and courses on language proficiency,
culture and social studies, and business
communication. The programme requires
no previous knowledge of the Chinese
language. The first two years of study
include an intensive course on the Chinese language. The bachelor programme
is a 4-year programme and in order to
optimise the language proficiency of the
student the programme includes a year’s
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Michael Rudolph,
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stay at an institution of higher education
in China. You will be educated to occupy
business functions requiring economic
insight as well as advanced language
and communicative skills in Chinese.
You will be studying at an international
programme which attracts students
from across the globe. The language
of instruction is English.
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International Business
Administration
and Modern Languages
HUMANITIES
Obtain a mix of economics and linguistic skills and go international!
PROGRAMME PROFILE
The BA in International Business Administration and Modern Languages in
Flensburg and Sønderborg combines
business economics and business language (English combined with either
German or Danish) and qualifies you
for internationally oriented jobs in private
enterprises as well as in public organisations.
The programme has been established
in cooperation with the University of
Flensburg and is based in Flensburg
and Sønderborg. This means that it has
a significant international profile, both
in terms of the subjects taught and in
terms of the study environment. And
last, but not least, the international pro-
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file is reflected in the double degree
which you will obtain upon graduation:
a Danish as well as a German Bachelor
degree.
CONTENT
The BA in International Business Administration and Modern Languages is the
study programme for you if you want to
combine studies in business language
with studies in business economics.
Faced with growing political, economic,
cultural, and social globalisation, business
employees will have to be able to work
across national and linguistic borders.
volved in the international activities of
business enterprises, and it will qualify
you for performing the communication
and mediation tasks arising in connection with such activities. You will obtain
the skills you need via foreign language
training, knowledge of social conditions,
and knowledge of the sociological and
economic factors influencing decisionmaking processes in various cultures.
Please note that the programme requires
an intensive Danish course which the
student must pass before classes begin in
September.
This BA will qualify you for analysing,
evaluating, and solving the tasks in-
FURTHER INFORMATION
Ella Mølgaard, elm@sdu.dk
sdu.dk/international_business_language
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HUMANITIES
Modern Languages
and Intercultural
Communication
Studies crossing national and linguistic borders.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
This BA study programme crosses national and language borders, since you will be
studying in an intercultural environment
in which teachers as well as students are
of different nationalities. In addition to the
Danish students, there are also many
students from Germany.
Speaking your foreign languages will
therefore be part of everyday life on
campus.
CONTENT
The BA in Modern Languages and Intercultural Communication is the right
choice for you if you work with languages, culture, people, language teaching,
and intercultural communication.
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The programme will train theoretical
and practical aspects of language and
provide you with the tools for solving
language and communication problems
in businesses and organisations as well
as for teaching foreign languages to
adults.
The combinations of foreign languages
offered are: English/German for students
whose native language is Danish, and
English/Danish for students who do not
have Danish as their native language. In
case you want to study English/Danish,
you need to be very good in German.
After having studied in Sønderborg for
the first three semesters, you may spend
either a study or an internship period
abroad. This will give you a unique
chance to test your skills and to see
how far they can take you.
Please note that the programme requires
an intensive course in Danish which the
student must pass before classes begin
in September.
Choose this study programme if you
want to experience the world while you
are studying.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Ella Mølgaard, elm@sdu.dk
sdu.dk/en/Uddannelse/Bachelor/
IVK_sprog_kultur_formid
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HUMANITIES
American
Studies
What does it mean to be an American? Is there a shared American culture,
or is that just something Europeans imagine? Study the global superpower
- and get the chance to experience it yourself.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
CONTENT
Because of the global reach of the United
States, most Europeans have the impression that they “know” America, which is
often perceived as a single culture, with
little recognition of the complexity and variety that are characteristic of the nation.
American Studies is a two year MA programme that focuses on the world’s leading superpower. It looks at culture, politics, economics, literature, and society in
a country of more than 300 million inhabitants in fifty distinct states.
Your teaching will be about American
society, culture, history, business, technology, race relations, and immigration,
as well as analysis of the media, literature, and film.
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During the first semester all students
must take three courses, one in history,
one on literature, and a seminar on theory and method.
During the second and third semesters,
you will be able to choose elective courses that deal with a range of topics that
reflect the faculty’s research interests.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Charlotte Granly, granly@sdu.dk
The majority of these courses are in participating departments, including history,
political science, English, media studies,
religion, journalism, marketing, as well as
American Studies itself.
During the third semester you also have
the option of studying abroad at a European or an American university. The program has regular exchange agreements
with a number of universities.
The fourth semester is spent writing
your Master’s thesis under the supervision of a faculty member.
www.sdu.dk/american_studies
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Business, Language
and Culture
(Sønderborg/Flensburg)
HUMANITIES
Extend your knowledge in the areas of business economics and business
language.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
Working in business enterprises or
organisations with an international orientation, one may seldom rely on solid
knowledge of economics and business
conditions alone. Mastering foreign languages and being able to cope with the
challenges of foreign cultures is equally
important, for instance when negotiating
agreements on financial or other matters.
The Master of Science in Business,
Language and Culture offers you the
opportunity to extend your knowledge
in the areas of business economics and
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Master of Science
WHERE
Sønderborg/Flensburg
business language. Faced with growing
political, economic, cultural, and social
globalisation, business employees will
have to be able to work across national
and linguistic borders.
guage competences in English, Danish
and/or German with the study of social
conditions as well as economic and
sociological factors influencing decisionmaking processes in various cultures.
CONTENT
You will find an intercultural study environment in Sønderborg and Flensburg,
in which foreign languages are not just
a study programme, but an integral
part of your everyday life.
This Master degree will provide you with
a high level of qualifications for analysing,
evaluating, and performing the tasks involved in the international activities of
business enterprises, tasks in which
communication and mediation skills
often play an important role. Thus the
study programme combines foreign lan-
FURTHER INFORMATION
Ms. Helle Hede Hansen, hhh@sdu.dk
www.sdu.dk/msc_business_
language_culture
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HUMANITIES
Business, Language
and Culture (Negot)
This programme enables you to negotiate in a global context by
providing you with business know-how, cultural expertise and practical
communicative skills.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
CONTENT
The increasingly global character of
business and politics requires graduates
who can communicate effectively across
languages and cultures. This programme
enables you to use a foreign language
and become an expert in international
business. Your knowledge of economics,
communication and culture means that
you can become a key decision maker
in global organisations.
The programme – which combines
business economics courses with
courses in culture, social studies, and
business communication – provides you
with the skills necessary for conducting
business negotiations with foreign partners. The programme offers three specialisation areas, each of which combines courses offered by strong and
relevant research environments from
the Faculties of Humanities and Business and Social Sciences.
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FURTHER INFORMATION
Ms. Hjørdis Albrektsen,
hal@language.sdu.dk
International Brainstormer
• T he specialisation in international relations focuses on international political and NGO relations
• The specialisation in international economics focuses on tendencies in international macroeconomic development
• T he specialisation in human resource
management focuses on international
organisational and HR relations and
interpersonal communication
• T he specialisation in international
sales management focuses on international business channels
• T he specialisation in international
communication management focuses
on international communication and
branding
• T he specialisation in global marketing
management focuses on marketing
and culture
sdu.dk/en/Uddannelse/Kandidat/Negot
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”OH, IT’S GREAT! MY
ADVICE TO EVERYONE
IS TO GO ON AN
EXCHANGE ABROAD!
IT MAY BE SCARY IN
THE BEGINNING, BUT
IT WILL CHANGE YOU
FOREVER”
Read the full testimonial at
HUMANITIES
/studentsatsdu
Name: Jekaterina Kovalkova
Country: Latvia
Study Programme: Business, Language and Culture MSc
Campus: Odense
HOW IS THE STUDY ENVIRONMENT?
BEST EXPERIENCE?
Lectures are really diverse and with up-to-date information.
Teachers are friendly and eager to help, I felt like they were
my friends. There are plenty of projects, presentations and
group work, which is great, because it helps you to get to
know new people and study the problem from different perspectives.
For me the best experience was living with my flatmates. I
always lived alone and I couldn’t imagine sharing a house
with FIVE other people and only one bathroom! I thought:
it’s going to be a nightmare. In reality, it turned out to be the
exact opposite! Maybe I was lucky, but my flatmates became my real friends.
WHAT IS IT LIKE BEING AN INTERNATIONAL
STUDENT?
TELL US ABOUT LIVING IN DENMARK.
Oh, it’s great! My advice to everyone is to go on an exchange abroad! It may be scary in the beginning, but that
will change you forever.
I’ve learned that there’s no such thing as bad weather for
cycling and there’s no such thing as an inappropriate outfit
for cycling. I’ve learned that rain is just rain, wind is just
wind and it shouldn’t affect your plans. I’m used to cycling
in minus 23 degrees, or in heavy rain, still wearing a miniskirt and heels!
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“BEING IN AN
INTERNATIONAL
ENVIRONMENT HAS
GIVEN ME DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVES
AND CULTURAL
KNOWLEDGE”
HUMANITIES
Read the full testimonial at
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Name: Joana Marciano
Home Country: Portugal
Study Programme: International Business, Language, and Culture (Negot)
HOW ARE THE TEACHERS/STUDY ENVIRONMENT?
At first many things surprised me, among them the
teachers being called by their first name and the fact
that there was beer in the vending machines! It has
been a very positive experience studying here. Classes
are dynamic and teachers expect students to prepare
before each class to get the most from each topic.
Some of the professors are not Danish either, so you
really feel the international environment. Regarding the
conditions, the university has study rooms open 24/7,
a bright library and many pleasant spots to study. The
peacefulness found in any of these places is a plus for
the students here.
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WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE AN INTERNATIONAL
STUDENT IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY?
It’s a different experience from studying in Portugal. To
be a student outside your country, language and culture
you need a mix of curiosity, tolerance and problemsolving skills. Since it’s the second time I’m studying
abroad, I feel that being in an international environment
has given me change of perspectives and cultural
knowledge; these experiences change the way I face
the world.
WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO
WHEN YOU ARE NOT IN CLASS?
I enjoy my free time by walking around the city, going
for a beer at the end of the day or exercising at the gym
or the pool at university. I also take the time to improve
my Danish!
“IT CAN BE VERY
CHALLENGING, BUT
THAT IS WHAT MAKES
THIS ADVENTURE
AMAZING AND
EXCITING.”
Read the full testimonial at
HUMANITIES
/studentsatsdu
Name: Vania Wandisa HernándezSuazo
Home Country: Honduras
Study Programme: Master in Business, Languages & Culture – Human Resource Management
WHY DID YOU CHOOSE DENMARK?
I was searching for a full degree Master programme taught
in English and Denmark came to my attention because of
its high quality education.
HOW ARE THE TEACHERS/LECTURES?
THE STUDY ENVIRONMENT?
The teachers are open-minded, well-prepared, and available for any help the students need. The lectures are mostly interesting and some are based on student presentations
and class discussions. I think the student-teacher relationship
is informal and this makes it easier to participate in class. It
is a very pleasant and diverse study environment with facilities accessible at any time.
WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE AN INTERNATIONAL
STUDENT IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY?
I think it is fantastic! It can be very challenging, but that is
what makes this adventure amazing and exciting. You
get to learn from your experiences that somehow contribute to your self-development. The great thing about it is
that you get to meet people from different countries, getting the opportunity of creating life-lasting friendships and
moments. It is not the first time I´ve been an international
student, and if someone has the opportunity of being one, I
would totally recommend it!
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HUMANITIES
Business, Language
and Culture (Chinese)
The Master’s Programme for those who want to trade and negotiate
with the most important trade partner of Europe: China.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
The EU is China’s biggest trade partner,
and both Danish and other European
enterprises are present in China. The
potential is huge and experts indicate
that we have far from finished with
China. As a matter of fact, we have
only just begun.
Danish firms look for employees with
skills in both business economics and
Chinese language and culture. With a
Master in Business, Language and Culture (Chinese) you will obtain the qualifications sought-after by many Danish
and international enterprises that work
in China or trade with the Chinese.
With this programme you will:
• Build specialist knowledge in the areas
of business marketing and management in international settings and be
able to identify and analyse scientific
problems in this field using the appropriate theories and methods
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• Build up specialist knowledge of
modern Chinese culture and society
especially in the field of intercultural
communication with China and be
able to identify and analyse scientific
problems in this field using the appropriate theories and methods
• Develop confidence with the Chinese
language and its use in business relations with China.
CONTENT
The programme builds upon the skills
acquired by students during their BA
negot (Chinese) degree (i.e., skills acquired in the areas of business economics, marketing and national economics
on the one hand, and Chinese language,
society, culture and communication on
the other).
50% of the courses are within the disciplines of culture, society, economy, and
communication and language skills in
Chinese. The other 50% of the courses lie
within the business administration field
FURTHER INFORMATION
Michael Rudolph,
rudolph@sitkom.sdu.dk
International Brainstormer
with emphasis on business organisation
and marketing in relation to the international market. Also included are electives
from Humanities and Business and Social Sciences, which give students some
latitude in influencing their course profile, for example by taking these courses
abroad or doing them as part of an internship.Teaching takes place in smaller
classes, through lectures, student presentations, discussions, written exercises,
group and project work.
You will be studying at an international
programme which attracts students
from across the globe. The language of
instruction is English but some of the
Humanities courses are also taught in
Chinese.
During the third term, there are opportunities for study or work experience in
China as the semester consists entirely
of electives.
sdu.dk/ma_negot_chinese
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HUMANITIES
Read the full testimonial at
/studentsatsdu
Name: Veronika
Country: Latvia
Study Programme: Business, Language and Culture (Chinese)
Campus: Sønderborg
WHY SDU?
First of all, I’ve planned to study in another country for a
while. So I asked people who finished school and went
abroad about their opinions, experience and recommendations. I expected people to be amazed by England, but no,
there were quite a lot of positive opinions about Denmark.
Tolerant society, job opportunities, high quality of education
and, let’s be honest, the most attractive thing is that you
don’t need to pay tuition fees! WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE AN INTERNATIONAL
STUDENT IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY?
It’s like being an improved version of a normal student. You
learn much more about life and you gain the feeling that all
ways are opened for you, that there are so many different
things in life and you don’t have to spend all your life in your
hometown, you can go wherever you want. It definitely makes
me more independent and tough. Of course I’m improving my
social skills, I know people from various countries, it really
broadens the mind, modifies views, some stereotypes are
completely broken when some are approved. Generally, what I
can say is that I gain experience in many aspects of life.
WHAT SURPRISED YOU THE MOST ABOUT
STUDYING IN DENMARK?
Parties organised by the University – this is something really
unusual. And the food in canteen is... EDIBLE! So I can say
that after 12 years of hell I’m finally in Heaven!
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HUMANITIES
English MA
Do you wish to achieve in-depth knowledge about the language and culture
which dominates the globalised world in terms of business, technology,
science and culture?
PROGRAMME PROFILE
In line with internationalisation and the
spread of the internet, there is a growing
need for employees with skills in English, both in the public sector and in private businesses. . It is therefore a myth
that a degree in English is directed
solely at a future teaching at high
school level – a fact that is also evident
in the revised syllabus for English. During
the programme, you have the chance to
acquire specialist knowledge in a variety
of self-chosen disciplines. This degree
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Master of Arts
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provides an in-depth course in English
language and culture with emphasis on
the United Kingdom, Ireland and USA
but with reference both to cultures of
the remainder of the English-speaking
world such as South Africa, Canada
and Australia and to the international
language of our time.
CONTENT
You will acquire both a practical and
a theoretical foundation, and this will
allow you to become more closely acquainted with the culture of Englishspeaking countries. The MA in English
is an academic study where you will
learn to understand and communicate
complex issues especially relating to
British and American culture, language,
literature and society.
The course will give you the opportunity
to develop your basic knowledge of the
English language, both written and oral.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Claus Schatz-Jakobsen,
csj@sdu.dk
sdu.dk/en/Uddannelse/
Kandidat/Engelsk_odense
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Middle East Studies
HUMANITIES
Eager to explore the Middle East? This programme gives you a key
understanding of the region, its cultures, politics and religions.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
The Middle East consists of several
states and communities – each with its
individual culture and future. With Morocco to the west, Iran to the east, Yemen
to the south and Iraq and Turkey to the
north, the region is increasingly interacting with the rest of the world. In
this period of rapid cultural, political,
religious, social and even technological
changes, professionals who understand
the region’s complexity are highly
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Master of Arts
sought-after. The programme offers an
overview of the social and cultural issues facing the Middle East today. You
will get to grips with the key issues that
shaped the region’s past and will shape
its future.
CONTENT
This two-year programme spans a range
of disciplines, including political science,
sociology, history, economics, anthropology, cultural analysis and history of
FURTHER INFORMATION
Ms. Lone L. Pedersen, lonelp@sdu.dk,
middle-east@hist.sdu.dk
religion. You get the chance to explore
the region first-hand through work experience. This compulsory part of the
programme can be spent in a business,
government agency or non-governmental organisation based in, or with links
to, the Middle East. During the final
semester you complete your thesis. You
can also study courses as independent
modules to form part of another study
programme.
sdu.dk/middle_east_studies
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Odense
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HUMANITIES
International Business
Communication and
Communication Design
Add expertise in communication design to your competence profile.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
This is the study programme for you if
you want a career in language, culture
and communication in enterprises or
organisations with a need for employees
who can combine advanced communication skills in English, German, or Danish
with insights in cultural communication
processes as well as in the linguistic
interaction taking place in a technical
environment.
The study programme, which is the first
of its kind in Denmark, represents an
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Master of Arts
expansion of the competences which
can be obtained through existing MA
programmes in foreign languages and
business communication.
CONTENT
The MA in communication design has a
dual focus. On the one hand, you will
gain strong competencies in handling
foreign language communication tasks
in general. On the other hand, you will
obtain specialised skills in document
and communication design, including a
cross-disciplinary focus on user-centred
FURTHER INFORMATION
Student advisor, bask@post.sdu.dk
design and linguistic action between
humans and technology. Instead of
researching technology, we study how
people use technology in order to develop ideas for innovation. An example
of a future occupation could be usercentred design projects in which you
would cooperate, throughout the design
of a technical product, with the product
development, marketing, information,
and customer services departments of
the enterprise.
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Sønderborg
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International Tourism
and Leisure Management
HUMANITIES
Work across the globe with this programme, which enables you to manage
international tourism.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
CONTENT
Tourism is the fastest growing industry
in the world today, with nearly 700 million travellers a year. With this figure
expected to double by 2020, the industry needs experts who can ensure that
holiday and leisure time is fun, safe and
sustainable. This programme equips you
for top management in private and public organisations in tourism, leisure and
culture in Denmark and abroad. With
cross-cultural communication skills and
management expertise, you can plan,
develop and analyse projects across
the world.
International tourism and leisure are the
main themes of this programme. It
combines subjects from Business and
Social Sciences – marketing, business
economics and project management –
and Humanities – culture studies and
strategic communication. Classes consist of projects, lectures, fieldtrips and
online activities. You will critically examine the meanings and practices of sustainable tourism development, strategic
communication, experience design, innovation, and tourism economics. You
will work with a range of scientific meth-
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Master of Arts
FURTHER INFORMATION
Ms. Janne J. Liburd, liburd@sdu.dk
odologies and tools to create innovative
models or solutions to complex tourism
situations. During the third semester
you may choose to do an internship or
study at a partner university. In the final
semester you write your thesis on a subject of your choice.
www.sdu.dk/tourism_leisure
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International Brainstormer
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HUMANITIES
Maritime
Archaeology
Man’s interaction with the sea dates back to the beginning of time. In
recent years, marine archaeologists have discovered vital clues to early
civilisations by examining historical remains once lost at sea. As new
technology advances the search, many more discoveries lie ahead.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
CONTENT
The postgraduate programme in Maritime
Archaeology is designed for students
who are interested in a professional
career in maritime archaeology and heritage management. Based in Esbjerg on
the Danish North Sea coast, the programme is internationally oriented and
all teaching is in English.
The two-year masters programme was
created with employability in mind. Our
aim is not just to provide an education
in maritime archaeology, but to prepare
you for a career in this field. The course
is structured around skills which are
necessary in the fields of heritage management, consultancy and archaeological
contract work, but also benefit students
who want to follow a more traditional
research oriented career path.
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Master of Arts
WHERE
Esbjerg
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FURTHER INFORMATION
Mr. Thijs Maarleveld,
t.maarleveld@hist.sdu.dk
As an add on you have the opportunity
to obtain an internationally recognised
commercial SCUBA diving qualification
at very low cost. As an approved commercial diving school, the masters programme can issue the Danish “SCUBA
erhvervsdykker” certificate (equivalent
to HSE SCUBA).
sdu.dk/maritime_archaeology
/pages/Maritime-ArchaeologyProgramme-University-of-SouthernDenmark/74292388918
Tourism
Management
HUMANITIES
The European Master in Tourism Management (EMTM) is a fully integrated
elite programme taught at the University of Southern Denmark, University of
Ljubljana (Slovenia) and University of Girona (Spain). The programme aims
at qualifying graduates to deal with the huge challenges and opportunities
connected to international tourism.
PROGRAMME PROFILE
CONTENT
Tourism is a social and economic phenomenon, which calls for a holistic
approach to tourism education where
broader aims of the industry and society
are explicitly addressed in the curricula.
The EMTM programme provides students
with a far-reaching and integrated understanding of the multiple disciplines
and paradigms of international tourism,
which are bound together through the
framework of sustainability.
As an EMTM student you will spend one
semester at three European universities
before writing your final thesis. In your
first semester you will be attending the
University of Southern Denmark where
you will be introduced to the conceptualisation of tourism development with
particular attention to sustainability,
strategic communication and economics. For your second semester you will
study at the University of Ljubljana
where you will learn about policy instruments, indicators and management
tools available for tourism policy and
strategy design, with emphasis on environmental issues in tourism development. You will spend your third semester at the University of Girona where you
will come to understand and effectively
manage organisational networks, consumer relations and innovation processes.
ERASMUS MUNDUS EUROPEAN MASTER IN TOURISM MANAGEMENT
Erasmus Mundus is the European Commission’s flagship programme in the field of
higher education cooperation and mobility.
The aim is to promote Europe as a global
centre of excellence in higher education, to
enhance the career prospects of students
and to promote intercultural understanding
and sustainable development through
cooperation with countries outside Europe.
The Erasmus Mundus programme provides
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European Master
WHERE
Kolding
generous scholarships for highly-qualified
European and third-country candidates to
follow an Erasmus Mundus Masters or PhD
programme.
The European Master in Tourism Management has been selected by the EU Commission as an Erasmus Mundus Master within
the new Erasmus Mundus II framework.
The programme aims to promote Europe as
FURTHER INFORMATION
Ms. Janne J. Liburd, liburd@sdu.dk
www.emtmmaster.net
a global center of excellence in higher education, to enhance the career prospects of
students, and to promote intercultural understanding and sustainable development
through cooperation with countries outside
Europe. Highly-qualified European and
third-country candidates can apply for
Erasmus Mundus scholarships.
sdu.dk/en/Uddannelse/Kandidat/
European_master_in_tourism_
management
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DEADLINES AND
HOW TO APPLY
BACHELOR
AUTUMN ENROLMENT
15 March
MASTER
AUTUMN ENROLMENT
February 1: Non-EU/EEA citizens
April 1: EU/EEA and Swiss citizens and non-EU/EEA citizens
with residence permit in Denmark
SPRING ENROLMENT
If relevant – check on our website whether the degree you
are interested in has spring enrolment.
August 1: Non-EU/EEA citizens
November 1: EU/EEA and Swiss citizens and non-EU/EEA
citizens with residence permit in Denmark
HOW TO APPLY
The application form is accessed online. The application
form along with a step-by-step guide on how to apply can
be found on our website.
Please go to www.sdu.dk/en and follow the instructions
given there.
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CONTACT INFORMATION
CAMPUSES
ODENSE
(Main Campus)
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Denmark
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ESBJERG
Niels Bohrs Vej 9-10,
6700 Esbjerg,
Denmark
Tel +45 6550 1103
SØNDERBORG
Alsion 2,
6400 Sønderborg,
Denmark
Tel +45 6550 1102
KOLDING
Universitetsparken 1,
6000 Kolding,
Denmark
Tel +45 6550 1000
SLAGELSE
Sdr. Stationsvej 28,
4200 Slagelse,
Denmark
Tel +45 6550 1000
Call us at:
+45 65 50 10 00
Visit us at:
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Email us at:
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BACHELOR DEGREE PROGRAMMES ODENSE Global Management and Manufacturing //
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Culture (Chinese) // English MA // Middle East Studies // International Business Communication and
Communication Design // International Tourism and Leisure Management // Maritime Archaeology //
Tourism Management