You will be informed on an ongoing basis via your AU email and Blackboard. You can also find current information for students at Aarhus BSS on this page. In AU’s FAQ for students, you can find information that applies to all AU students.
You can now follow the current COVID-19 infection rate at Aarhus BSS, as we have chosen to publish the status of COVID-19 cases among students that are reported via the online form at Aarhus University.
Read the current infection numbers here
From Friday 21 May, 2021, all students enrolled in degree programmes at Aarhus BSS will be given full access to our campuses. As a student at Aarhus University, you have access to all buildings on campus during normal opening hours. Outside opening hours, you can enter specific buildings by using your student identity card as a key card, provided that the ID card has been activated as such. All study spaces and group rooms will be open for all students. However, the reopening will not change the exam form for the summer exams. Most of the exams in the spring semester 2021 will continue to be held online and in accordance with the exam schedules.
From Friday 21th of May there will be access to study spaces at Aarhus BSS. The study spaces can be used by all students and do not require advance booking.
From Friday 21th of May it will also be possible to book a group room for study group activities. The group rooms will be made available to all students via the booking system Resource Booker. You can access the resource Booker here
Yes, all AU Libraries are open. Read more on the AU Library website for practical information and opening hours.
As required by the public health guidelines, you must be able to present a valid ‘Covid passport’ when participating in activities on campus. There are cases where you may be exempt from the requirements for testing. Click here to see which and get an overview of AU'S guidelines for testing.
While on campus, students, employees and others must wear face masks or visors when moving around indoors. For example, this applies in canteens, in hallways and in other communal areas.
You can take off your face mask when seated in a space where there is enough room to comply with the social distancing requirement. For example, in classrooms, exam rooms, offices and communal areas.
Generally speaking, you do not need to wear a face mask or face shield in class or at exams.
There may be special guidelines for the use of face coverings in connection with practical/experimental teaching situations in which it is not possible to comply with the social distancing requirement at all times. In these contexts, follow the specific guidelines for the class.
According to the Danish Health Authority, some groups of people may be exempted from the face covering requirement, for example if they have respiratory problems. Read more here to find out if this applies to you.
Read more about guidelines for face masks on campus.
Student associations can apply for permission to host events of an academic-social character. Academic-social events are activities with academic content, which might also have a social purpose. See the AU guidelines for student association events here.
Up to and including 14 May 2021, the student associations at Aarhus BSS can host approved events at campus Mondays through Fridays 16:00-20:00 and during weekends 8:00-16:00.
As of Friday 14 May, student associations will have access to the campus every day between 8.00 and 20.00. This applies both in relation to holding/planning approved events and the student associations' normal activities (e.g. board meetings, etc.).
We ask all student associations to please use the application form at this web page (in Danish). Any questions regarding how to apply for and host events can be directed at the department.
Update: 21th May
Most exams at Aarhus BSS in the spring semester 2021 will be held online.
Some exams will be held physically on campus to the extent that the government's reopening plan and the authorities ' guidelines for responsible handling of COVID-19 make it possible. In this regard, practical exams in laboratories, clinics, workshops and examinations with no aids will generally be prioritised.
The exam schedules with time and place have been published, and you can find out which exams it is about. You can find the exam schedules on your study portal – studerende.au.dk – under "Exams"
In cases in which exams are held in person, such activities will be carried out in line with the current guidelines on responsible management of Covid-19 at institutions of higher education and with increased focus on the healthcare authorities' guidelines on the prevention of infection.
Please be aware that in order to attend an on-site exam at campus, you need to have been vaccinated or be able to present a negative COVID-19 test taken no more than 72 hours previously. If you cannot document a negative test or a vaccination, you will not be granted access to the exam. If this is the case, it will count as a used examination attempt. Please make sure to reserve/book time for a test well in advance of your exam. You can read more about the use of tests and find an overview of nearby test sites here. As a student at Aarhus University, one of your options is to use AU’s supervised self-testing sites.
If you have previously been infected with COVID-19 and can present documentation of a positive test result from a PCR test, this will be considered a valid COVID passport. However, the positive test result must be at least 14 days and no more than 180 days old when you present the documentation.
We want to make it clear that students, examiners, co-examiners and the examination supervision can feel safe when attending exams in person, and that all exams are conducted in accordance with the guidelines and precautions from the public health authorities. Specifically, this means that:
If you are unable to participate in an exam on equal terms with other students due to the current COVID-19 restrictions, you can apply for dispensation to withdraw from your scheduled exam and subsequently opt for a reexamination. Please submit an application for dispensation via mystudies.au.dk. If you are able to document that restrictions related to COVID-19 prevent you from participating in the regularly scheduled exam, the reexamination will not count as an extra examination attempt.
The university will carry out a specific assessment of your situation, considering circumstances such as:
If illness prevents you from taking an exam, please consult the following section in this FAQ: “I have fallen ill and cannot take the exam”.
If you are self-isolating because a close relation has COVID-19, if you experience symptoms of COVID-19 or if you suspect that you might be infected, please do not turn up for your exam in person. You can read the general guidelines for how to deal with self-isolation and suspicions of infection in the section “Symptoms and infection” on this page.
Written exam with in-person attendance
If you are to participate in an on-site written exam at Aarhus BSS, please do not turn up in person if you are self-isolating or experiencing symptoms of infection. Instead, you can request to withdraw from your regularly scheduled exam and participate in the next reexamination. This will not count as an extra examination attempt.
You can request to withdraw from an exam by submitting an application for dispensation via mystudies.au.dk no later than on the day of the exam. Here, you must request to withdraw from your regularly scheduled exam and participate in the next reexamination without using an extra examination attempt. Please attach a solemn declaration as documentation.
Oral exam with in-person attendance
If the exam in question is an oral exam and you deem yourself able to take the oral exam online, please contact the department before 07:00 on the exam day and ask about the possibility of converting your on-site oral exam into an online format. Please attach a solemn declaration as documentation. You are not allowed to turn up for your oral exam in person if you are infected with COVID-19.
You can find contact information for your department here:
· ECON: studadm@econ.au.dk
· Political Science: susanne@ps.au.dk
· BTECH: btech@au.dk
If it is not possible for the department to convert your oral exam into an online format, please send in a request to withdraw from your regularly scheduled exam and participate in the next reexamination without using an extra examination attempt.
You can request to withdraw from an exam by submitting an application for dispensation via mystudies.au.dk no later than on the day of the exam. Here, you must request to withdraw from your regularly scheduled exam and participate in the next reexamination. Please attach a solemn declaration as documentation.
Take-home written assignment
If your exam is a take-home written assignment and you deem yourself able to take the exam, you can participate on equal terms with other students. Otherwise, please follow the guidelines in the section “Written exam with in-person attendance.”
Please do not turn up for your exam in person if you have tested positive for COVID-19. You will not be able to participate in any in-person exams until you are able to present a valid Covid passport. If you deem yourself able to participate in your exam activity, please read on.
If you deem yourself unable to take your exam, please follow the guidelines for illness in relation with an exam on this page. You will find the information in the section “I have fallen ill and cannot take the exam.”
Written exam with in-person attendance
If you are to participate in an on-site written exam at Aarhus BSS, please do not turn up in person if you are infected with COVID-19. Instead, you can request to withdraw from your regularly scheduled exam and participate in the next reexamination. This will not count as an extra examination attempt. You can read more about how to submit an application for dispensation in case of illness in the section “I have fallen ill and cannot take the exam” on this page.
Oral exam with in-person attendance
If the exam in question is an oral exam and you deem yourself able to take the oral exam online, please contact the department before 07:00 on the exam day and ask about the possibility of converting your on-site oral exam into an online format. Please attach a solemn declaration as documentation. You are not allowed to turn up for your oral exam in person if you are infected with COVID-19.
You can find contact information for your department here:
· ECON: studadm@econ.au.dk
· Political Science: susanne@ps.au.dk
· BTECH: btech@au.dk
If it is not possible for the department to convert your oral exam into an online format, please send in a request to withdraw from your regularly scheduled exam and participate in the next reexamination without using an extra examination attempt.
You can request to withdraw from an exam by submitting an application for dispensation via mystudies.au.dk no later than on the day of the exam. Here, you must request to withdraw from your regularly scheduled exam and participate in the next reexamination. Please attach a solemn declaration as documentation.
Take-home written assignment
If your exam is a take-home written assignment and you deem yourself able to take the exam, you can participate on equal terms with other students. Otherwise, please follow the guidelines in the section “Written exam with in-person attendance.”
If you fall ill in connection with an exam at Aarhus BSS, you should report sick by submitting an application for dispensation via mitstudie.au.dk. This applies regardless of whether it is a Covid-19-related illness or some other illness.
As a general rule:
You can read more about what to do if you are ill during an exam on this page.
Aarhus BSS conducts all exams with in-person attendance in accordance with the guidelines for distancing, hygiene etc. from the Danish Health Authority. When these conditions have been met, it is safe to attend according to the authorities’ guidelines.
As a rule, you should therefore attend the exam just as your fellow students.
Naturally, you are welcome to bring your own protective equipment to the exam if you find it necessary or advisable.
Dispensation related to exams with in-person attendance
In the case of exceptional circumstances, you may apply for dispensation to have special initiatives for your on-site written exam, e.g. a private room or similar. If your medical doctor finds this necessary, please submit an application for dispensation via mystudies.au.dk as soon as possible.
Similarly, in the case of exceptional circumstances, you may apply for dispensation to have special initiatives for your on-site oral exam. If your medical doctor finds this necessary, please submit an application for dispensation via mystudies.au.dk no later than ten days before your exam.
In both cases, please remember to attach relevant documentation from your medical doctor.
If you are staying abroad at the time of examination, the following rules apply.
On-site written exam
If you are to participate in an on-site written exam at Aarhus BSS but are staying abroad at the time of examination, you can request to withdraw from the scheduled exam and opt for a reexamination. If this applies to you, please submit an application for dispensation via mystudies.au.dk no later than ten days before the on-site written exam. Please remember to attach relevant documentation which confirms your stay abroad at the time of examination. This could be a personal statement, flight ticket or similar.
On-site oral exam
If you are to participate in an on-site oral exam but are staying abroad, please follow the instructions from your department which you will receive via Blackboard and/or WISEflow before the beginning of the exam period.
Take-home written assignment
If the exam in question is a take-home written assignment, you can participate on equal terms with other students.
If you are to participate in an oral defence of your Bachelor’s project, Master's thesis or other assignment, the oral defence will be conducted online via Zoom in relation with summer exams 2021.
When you go to an oral exam, here are some tips and guidelines on how you can help ensure a good exam and limit your risk of infection with Covid-19:
Before you arrive at your oral exam:
Check the address where your exam is to take place.
Remember your student ID card – or some other valid ID with a photo, if you do not have a student ID card.
Remember that you must be able to present a negative COVID-19 test that is no more than 72 hours old, or documentation if you are exempted from the testing requirement.
When you arrive at your oral exam:
Arrive approx. 20 minutes before the specified time of your examination.
Remember to put on your face mask or visor before you enter the building.
Disinfect your hands when you enter the building and in the exam room.
Always keep an eye out for local guidelines that might be printed on posters, on the floor or other surfaces in the buildings where your exam is being held.
Avoid crowding outside the rooms – practice social distancing, and don’t congregate on stairs, in hallways and other places where queues tend to form.
Here is some good advice on how you can help to reduce the spread of COVID-19, when you attend a written exam on campus at AU:
Before you attend a written exam:
Check where on campus the exam takes place.
Remember you student card – or other valid photo ID, if you do not have a student card yet.
Check that you can log in to the digital exam system (Digital Eksamen or WISEflow).
Check the guidelines for the particular exam (are you allowed to bring specific aids to the exam).
Check your student portal for updates regarding COVID-19, testing and documentation.
Remember that test centres offering supervised self-tests are now set up on campus in Aarhus and Herning.
When you attend a written exam:
We recommend that you arrive in good time before the exam begins.
Remember that you must be able to present a negative COVID-19 test that is no more than 72 hours old, or documentation if you are exempted from the testing requirement. Members of staff or an external security company will carry out the checks. If you are unable to show the relevant documentation, you will not be able to participate in the written exam.
The recommended social distance requirement during the written exams is generally 2 meters. Remember this when queuing for check-in and when you move around in or outside the exam room.
Remember to put on a face mask or visor before entering the building.
There may be waiting time outside when you arrive at the exam halls at Trøjborgvej or Finlandsgade (in Aarhus), so make sure you are dressed according to the weather conditions.
Sanitise your hands when entering a building and the exam room.
Always keep an eye out for local guidelines on posters, on the floor or other surfaces in the buildings you enter.
Avoid crowding – practice social distancing, and avoid gatherings on stairs, in hallways and other places where queues tend to form.
Have your student card ready so that long queues can be avoided at check-in.
Follow instructions from the invigilators.
Before the written exam starts:
We recommend that you do not gather around the tables in the exam room, in order to maintain the correct distance to other students who needs to find an available seat.
Place your mobile phone and smart watch in your bag before the exam begins.
Remember to take everything you need for the exam from your bag, before the exam begins.
Place your student card on the table, so that it is visible for the invigilators during the exam.
There will be disinfectant wipes available at the individual table. Be sure to place the disinfectant wipes in the bin immediately after use.
When the written exam has begun:
Once the exam begins, we ask that you to listen to the instructions given by the invigilators.
If you have questions during the exam, simply mark by raising your hand.
Invigilators and IT-supports will wear a face mask or visor, and gloves if necessary, when assisting you.
Remember to wear a face mask or visor if you receive assistance, as it will not be possible to comply with the 2 meter rule in this situation. Remember that used face masks should not be placed on the table during the exam.
When the written exam is completed:
Make sure to clear your table and throw paper and trash in the bin.
Sanitise the table and chair thoroughly before you leave. Remember to sanitise your hands first.
Pay attention to your fellow students who might not leave at the same time as you.
Let the students closest to the exit leave first.
Avoid crowding – practice social distancing, and avoid gatherings on stairs, in hallways and other places where queues tend to form.
Follow instructions from the invigilators.
If you experience technical problems on the day of the exam, the guidelines below apply. You must follow these guidelines if you cannot log on to Zoom and get access to the waiting room well in advance of the start of the exam and if you experience technical problems during the exam, which prevent you from completing the exam.
AU’s rules on cheating at exams are the same as always. The university trusts that you as a student want to earn your grades honestly, and we expect you to familiarise yourself with the rules and follow them while taking exams in the new online formats.
Here are some issues you should be particularly aware of.
We recommend that you familiarise yourself with the exam schedule, which you find on your study portal under the menu item “Examination”. Here you can find out how your specific exam will be administered and whether or not aids are permitted in the exam.
If your exam takes place online, it can be a good idea to prepare yourself for an exam that will take place in completely new physical surroundings. Particularly oral online exams will be a unfamiliar format for most students. For that reason, it would be a good idea to practice the exam format as part of your preparation - preferably with a fellow student or your study group. It is all about making sure you feel comfortable with the format and the technical aspects. This will allow you focus on the academic content during the exam.
Here are some tips for how you can prepare yourself for your online exam.
You can read more about digital exams on your study portal under the menu items “Examination” and “Digital Exam”. Among other things, you will find an FAQ page with the most important questions and answers.
If your written on-site exam has been converted into a take-home assignment, it will be administered as an ordinary take-home assignment (WHAI) in WISEflow. See the guidelines for take-home assignments here.
If you have been granted additional time for an on-site exam that has now been converted into a take-home assignment of the same duration, the additional time will be added to your take-home assignment. Before the day of the exam, please check that the additional time is registered correctly in Wiseflow. If it is not registered correctly, you must contact the studies administration as soon as possible at bachelor.bss@au.dk or kandidat.bss@au.dk.
The latest reopening plan from the government makes it possible to prepare on-site teaching activities for the autumn semester. For this reason, we expect to be able to carry out on-site teaching on campus, but naturally with an increased focus on the applicable guidelines and recommendations from the health authorities at that time. We recommend that you check this page on a regular basis in order to keep up to date with the reopening of on-site teaching activities at Aarhus BSS.
A teacher may stream or record teaching that is part of an organised course as long as you are informed in advance. You will be informed via Blackboard.
Your teacher may also choose to publish recorded class sessions in the associated course forum in Blackboard, to which only you and your fellow students have access. If you as a student can be identified in the recording, your teacher may not make the recordings accessible to anyone other than the participants in the course in question without your consent. The recordings will be deleted after the end of the semester.
As a student, you may not record classes or share your teacher’s recordings of classes that are available in a course forum in Blackboard or on Panopto unless you have the consent of your teacher and your fellow students.
If you request that the class be recorded under the academic assistant scheme, as a general rule, the teacher should allow this, unless exceptional circumstances apply.
If you are unable to come to campus due to conditions directly related to the coronavirus, you can apply for an academic assistant, who will who will help you keep up with your coursework. Please note, if you are interested in applying for an academic assistant, you must be able to document the reason for your needs. The documentation may for example be a doctor's note documenting why you cannot attend onsite tuition. Read more at: academicassistant.au.dk
If you have symptoms of Covid-19, you may not participate in any in-person activities on the university’s campuses. If you start having symptoms while you’re on campus, go home as quickly as possible. You must self-quarantine at home and follow the healthcare authorities’ recommendations.
AU encourages you to use the official contact tracing app smitte|stop, which is designed to support more distant/peripheral contract tracing. The app is available for Android and iOS, but is currently only supported by iOS 13.5 or later.
If you have tested positive for Covid-19, you will be contacted by the Danish Patient Safety Authority to start contact tracing. It’s important that you
Subsequently, you may be contacted by a university staff member who will help clarify how the university can contribute to limiting the spread of infection. Aarhus University respects and protects the confidentiality of your data.
Please note that you must apply for a separate dispensation if your situation will affect any of your exams.
AU encourages you to use the official contact tracing app smitte|stop, which is designed to support more distant/peripheral contract tracing. The app is available for Android and iOS, but is currently only supported by iOS 13.5 or later.
If you have been in close contact with someone who has symptoms of Covid-19, you should be particularly vigilant about any symptoms you might develop yourself. You should also be particularly careful to follow the healthcare authorities’ guidelines to prevent infection:
Read more about close contacts on the Danish Health Authority website.
AU encourages you to use the official contact tracing app smitte|stop, which is designed to support more distant/peripheral contract tracing. The app is available for Android and iOS, but is currently only supported by iOS 13.5 or later.
If you have been in close contact with a person who has tested positive for Covid-19:
According to the public health guidelines, most people should be tested twice as a general rule. If you test positive, you must follow the guidelines described above in the section I have tested positive for Covid-19. What should I do?
Read more about close contacts on the Danish Health Authority website.
AU encourages you to use the official contact tracing app smitte|stop, which is designed to support more distant/peripheral contract tracing. The app is available for Android and iOS, but is currently only supported by iOS 13.5 or later.
If you need help structuring your everyday life with increased online learning and online exams, Studypedia has developed some good advice and information for you: studypedia.au.dk/online-studiearbejde/ eller https://studypedia.au.dk/eksamen. The advice is from the full lockdown in the spring of 2020.
You can also find overall tools for how to improve your life as a student at styrkditstudieliv.au.dk.
And of course, you are always welcome to talk to a student counsellor. On your study portal, you can read more about how to contact your local student counsellor.
You are always welcome to talk to a student counsellor about your concerns - even though face-to-face meetings are not possible at the moment. On this page, you can read more about how to contact your local student counsellor.
There are also other possibilities:
At the Student Counselling Service, you can get online and telephone counselling. In addition, AU Helpline and the university chaplains are ready to talk to you.
Read the university guidelines here
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2021.06.10 | Students
After the summer holidays, Blackboard will no longer be AU’s learning platform. It will be replaced by Brightspace. You must remember to download the content that you wish to save from Blackboard before 31 October 2021. Read on to find out how:
2021.05.26 | Students
Are you completing your degree this summer, or did you recently graduate from AU? Then join us for the virtual job fair Danish Academic Job Fair 2021 on Tuesday 8 June 2021 at 14:00-16:00 – where you might just meet you future employer.
2021.05.11 | Students
As student at Aarhus University you have the possibility of getting a supervised self-test for Covid 19.
Fill out and submit AU’s COVID-19 form to notify your local studies administration office.
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