Registration for master's courses

Registration period for electives

Courses in the spring semester: Register 1-5 November
Courses in the autumn semester: Register 1-5 May 

Check for overlap in teaching and exams

Before you register for any courses, please check whether the classes or exam dates for the courses in question overlap. It is your responsibility to ensure that there are no overlapping activities. For this reason, before you register for any courses, please check for:

  • Overlapping classes in timetable.au.dk – you will be able to check this from 24 April
  • Overlapping exams in the exam schedule – you will be able to check this from 24 April

If you have to attend a compulsory course along with your elective course, you also have to remember to check for any overlaps between the compulsory course and the elective course.

Please be aware that your registration is binding.

Course clusters

After the deadline for registration, changes may occur in the schedules, which may cause classes and/or exam overlap. You can prevent overlapping activities by looking at the “course clusters for spring 2025”. (Available from October 15)

Courses in the same course cluster do not have any overlapping classes or exams. You are free to select courses from different clusters, but if you do this, you need to be highly aware that classes or exams might overlap.    

Allocation of places

If the number of registrations for a course exceeds the number of available places on that course, the places will be allocated by drawing lots. 

If you are not granted a place on one or more of your desired courses, you must register anew in the second registration period.

If you initially registered for three courses but are now only able to see two courses in your overview of registrations, you were not allocated a place on all your desired courses in the first round of registration. This means that you will be able to register for a third course in the second registration period.

Cancelling elective courses

All students who have been registered for their selected courses are bound by their choice. This means that you will not be able to cancel or change your registration for elective courses once the deadline for registration has expired, and the elective course is a binding part of your study programme.  

Dispensation to cancel registration 

You can apply for a dispensation to withdraw from or change elective courses, but only if exceptional circumstances exist and are deemed to impact your ability to complete the course. You apply for dispensation via mystudies.au.dk.

Contact

  • If you experience problems registering for courses in STADS or if you discover errors in your registration, please write to kandidat.bss@au.dk 
  • Do you need guidance in planning your courses/degree programme, please contact the student counsellors.