The deadline to apply for summer schools abroad through AU 2023 has passed. But there is still options to apply independently, outside AU's agreements.
One of these options are through Circle U. in Pisa, you can read more about the Circle U Summer School "European Summer School in Sensory Neuroscience" in Pisa and apply here.
Application deadline is June 1.
Here is the list of exchange programmes you can apply for for the summer 2023. All 2023 programmes are on-site.
| University | Country | City | Spots | Level | ECTS |
| Humboldt Universität | Tyskland | Berlin | 3 | BA/MA | 5 |
| King's College | England | London | 6 | BA | 7,5 |
| University of Leeds* | England | Leeds | 3 | BA | 10 |
| University of Gothenburg | Sverige | Gøteborg | 2 | BA | 7,5 |
| Linköping University | Sverige | Linköping | 6 | BA | 7,5 |
*Please notice that for this programme at University of Leeds, there is a mandatory package that you cannot opt out from, it includes:
Accommodation, breakfast and lunch, Monday to Friday, module field trips, weekend excursions, social activities, The Edge sports centre premium membership, Free transport service to the University from Manchester Airport and Leeds Bradford Airport during the LISS arrival period.
It costs £1,850 (approx.15.000 DKR.) With everything it includes it is our experience that you would not be able to do it cheaper on your own anyways, considered that it includes many meals and housing fee, in a city with rather high living costs (this only applies to the University of Leeds programme).
| University | Country | City | Spots | Level | ECTS |
| SMU | Singapore | Singapore | 9 | BA | 6 - 7,5 |
| Nanyang Technological University | Singapore | Singapore | 8 | BA | 5 - 7 |
| Fudan Nordic Centre | Kina | Shanghai | 3 | BA/MA | 5 |
| Fudan Summer Session | Kina | Shanghai | 4 | BA | 4 - 12 |
| CUHK | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 5 - 10 | BA | 6 - 12 |
| Peking University | Kina | Beijing | 2 | BA | 5 - 10 |
| Hokkaido Summer Institute (NEW!)* | Japan | Sapporo | * | BA/MA | * |
| Hong Kong Baptist University (NEW!)** | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 10 | BA | 4-12** |
| University | Country | City | Spots | Level | ECTS |
| Université Laval | Canada | Quebec | 6 | BA | 6 |
We do not have a limit to how many we can send to Hokkaido, so if you can obtain an advance approval from your board of studies you can apply directly to Hokkaido (though only after you have confirmation from us, you still have to apply in our system first, but this is a formality). So, there’s a really good chance that you can get in to Hokkaido Summer Institute if you obtain the advance approval. Please be aware that it requires some work and time from your side, since Hokkaido offers many “small” courses than you can combine in different ways. Their courses are one or two credits, one credit equals 45 hours and your board of studies will most likely require 28 hours for one ECTS Credits. This means that you should aim at putting together Hokkaido courses for at least 4 credits to reach a number of hours that your board of studies will most likely approve as 5 ECTS credits.
If you do some work and spend time looking at their courses this is a great option! You still need to apply for this in our system first, we will then send you info on how to apply for Hokkaido after March 5th, but please note that their deadline is March 15th, so you need to be prepared to apply directly to Hokkaido with rather short notice after March 15th.
Also please notice that the International Center at AU cannot provide further guidance in regards to advance approvals and which courses can / can not be approved for your study, you need to contact your local study counsellors if you have specific questions regarding this.
Please notice that at Hong Kong Baptist University there is a mandatory accomodation fee of 1600 USD, which is approx. 11.000 Dkr. It covers accomodation for four weeks and a social programme. It is not possible to refuse this package if you get a seat at Hong Kong Baptist University
At this university you may enroll in two courses maximum. One course can be either 2 or 3 credits and one credit is approx. 2 ECTS credits.
In order to go on a summer exchange programme you need to be able to obtain credits for your courses and in order to obtain credits, you must first gain an advance approval of the courses you are interested in taking at the specific summer school. You have to attach the advance approval to your application for the programme. This is why this step comes before actually applying for the programme.
When you apply for advance approval, the board of studies will give you its academic assessment of whether the course(s) concerned can form part of your degree programme.
Advance approval is granted based on the academic content of the course concerned. You are responsible for ensuring that courses for which you have gained advance approval do not overlap with other parts of your degree programme, including teaching, exams and your thesis.
You can apply for advance approval via MYSTUDIES:
When you apply, you must enclose the following:
If you can’t get hold of a course description before the deadline, you should send your application before the deadline and state that you will be sending the course description at a later date.
The board of studies is responsible for deciding whether to grant your application for preapproval.
In order for the board of studies to assess if a course can be approved in advance, you must attach a sufficient course description.
If the course description does not meet the requirements for content and form, you will be asked to obtain additional information on the course, which will delay the processing of your application.
A course description must contain:
The formal requirements:
In general
At many universities, the course descriptions are available via the university's website.
In some cases, however, it is not possible. A confirmation with the missing information must be sent from a lecturer or administrative staff at the university.
As a general rule, the board of studies requires a course description to conduct their assessment.
You must submit your application for the exchange programme online via the application system MoveON.
Deadline to apply is March 5th.
Always read the descriptions of the summer schools you want to apply to very carefully. Also, remember to check whether some of the universities demand documentation for your language skills.
Please note that you increase your chances of being granted an exchange place abroad if you apply broadly.
The application to AU is for internal use only. If you are granted an exchange place, you will also be required to apply to the host university. You will automatically receive more information about this by email.
If you are allocated an exchange place, you will automatically be nominated to the host university. You will then have to complete an application to your host university. You will be informed about the application to the host university by email from AU or directly from your host university.
Please note that being recommended for an exchange place is no guarantee of admission to your host university. During the process of applying to the host university, a situation may arise which AU was not able to foresee when allocating the exchange place. At the end of the day, the host university decides whether to admit you or not.
Once you have been accepted to your host summer school it’s time to start planning the journey and book accomodation and transport. In this stage you will most likely receive a lot of detailed pre-arrival information from your host university, which may include information on accommodation options, air port pick-up, social activities etc. it varies from summer school to summer school what they offer before you arrive but all our partners in general has a high information level for students about to arrive for their summer school, so please read and orientate yourself in the information you will receive from them. That is the best way to prepare for your arrival.
Did you not find any interesting places or courses from our list of free summerschool destinations? Then there’s plenty of options to go to a summer school abroad on your own. Almost any major or medium sized university will have an English taught summer school in one way or another.
The easiest ways to find them is to either just google summer schools in Europe or which part of the world you are interested in, or to go directly to one of the many online portals for summer schools, such as this one: www.summerschoolsineurope.eu
Going on your own means that you are arraning everything yourself, including paying the tuition fee the summer school might charge for their courses.
If you get a pre-approval for a self-arranged summer school you may be eligible for the Danish state scholarship for study abroad
Usually our semester partner universities also offer a discount for AU students, if we receive information about such discounts for certain destinations, we will post them in the table below.
In that case, you can still apply, and you can still get a spot. You will then have to forward us the preapproval when you get it.
Suppose you are unable to get the preapproval before the application deadline. In that case, you should upload the receipt you got when you applied for the preapproval instead of the preapproval in the application system. A receipt can be a screenshot of the e-mail you received when you applied for preapproval.
You have to apply online before March 5. You apply via this link.
You need preapproval for the course and space in your study program. The courses you take at a summer university will replace those you would otherwise take at AU. You will need to make an application to the study board to allow you to have the summer course replace an elective course, an IV elective, or a third type, depending on the academic regulations covering your degree programme.
It is difficult to predict how the interest will be for each university. For that reason, we are unable to say anything specific about the chances of getting a seat.
However, suppose your study board allows some flexibility in selecting the courses. In that case, we estimate that the chances of getting a seat are pretty good, and we have quite a few seats available. We will do what we can to help you secure a spot at a different university if you do not get a seat.
Yes, you can. You and your friend just need to be sure to have the same priorities and you will need to write the name of the person you are applying with in the “Other information” box. If there are more applicants than spots for the university/universities, you are applying for and we will have to allocate seats according to grade point average, it will be the grade average of the one with the lowest grade average that counts.
This means that by applying together with another student, you agree to the fact that we, on paper, juxtapose your grade average with your co-applicants grade average.
We will allocate the seats based on GPA and an assessment of the likelihood that you can get credits at the respective university with your study programme.
So, before March 5rd you can upload either one of these three documents
a) A pre-approval
b) A receipt that you have applied for a pre-approval
All applicants with either one of these documents in their application will be considered equally and allocated based on GPA and the expected likelihood of you getting a pre-approval (if you don’t have one by March 5rd).
You will receive an answer to your application before March 15. This way, if you do not get a seat, you will be able to apply for a summer course at AU (deadline: March 15th) or regular semester courses between May 1-May 5.
If you do not get a spot, you will be able to apply for a seat at one of the universities you did not apply for, provided there are seats available. The possible rejection letter will include information on how to do this.
Yes. But be aware that depending on what you study, there can be a requirement that you have at least 20, 25 er often even 30 ECTS left in your study programme in order to be able to get a semester exchange seat.
So if you are thinking about going abroad for a semester, then carefully consider how many ECTS you should obtain from a summer school abroad. If you for instance get 15 ECTS credits during a summer school exchange, you might not be able to go on semester exchange. So please check the guidelines for semester exchange concerning your specific study programme.
That we “give you a spot” at a university is unfortunately no guarantee that you can get a seat in a specific course at the host university. Some courses can be cancelled or become fully booked. This unfortunately means that you will have to apply for a new preapproval with the study board for the course you are accepted to by host university. Some courses may also be cancelled at the host university, in which case you may have to switch courses.
You are always welcome to send us an e-mail at summeruniversity@au.dk.
However, if your questions are of a more academic character, such as “can I get this course pre-approved for my studies at AU?” or “what kind of courses at AU could this course replace..”, we may not be able to answer since we do not have in-depth knowledge of all study programmes. We therefore suggest that you go to your course specific student counsellor with such questions.
We know that some universities, e.g Kings College only offers 7,5 ECTS credit courses and if you need a 10 ects credit course in order to have it transferred to AU this can be challenging.
At some universities it may also be necessary to combine more courses in order to get the required amount of ects credits (at Hokkaido for example, where most of the courses are less than 5 ects credits.) in such case the study council may decide that a given combination of courses at said university will be transferred as one block of 5 or 10 ects credits.
Yes, but you must wait to apply for Summer University at AU until you receive an answer on your application for summer courses abroad.
You will receive an answer on your application for summer courses abroad before the deadline for applying for the courses at AU, which is March 15th. Therefore, please wait to apply for the AU courses until you have received an answer as to whether you will get a spot abroad.
The spots at AU Summer University are not first come, first served. Therefore, it is not a disadvantage for you to wait to apply for the spots at AU until you have received the answer on your application for courses abroad. However, it is recommended that you familiarize yourself with the application process and find the subject you can and want to apply for, if you do not get a spot abroad.
Unfortunately, not many universities offer summer courses at a Masters level in general. We have no influence on which courses our partners offer, and therefore unfortunately we cannot offer more spots for Master’s students at this time.
In addition to the above mentioned summer schools, which you can apply for via AU's exchange agreements, there are also three Summer Schools held by Circle U, which you as an AU student can apply for.
You must apply to these three summer schools yourself via Circle U and follow their guidelines for applications and admission.
Please note that the deadline for all three Circle U summer schools is February 28th.
At summeruniversity@au.dk, we unfortunately cannot help with questions about these three summer courses, but we refer you to this link where you can find all the information you need.
You can travel abroad on Summer University on your own. Almost all academic subjects are offered in almost every country at a Summer University. The easiest way to find information about summer schools is searching on the internet, try searching for “summer school” or “summer university”.
Furthermore, the following link is a link to a website, where you can find summer schools in Europe: www.summerschoolsineurope.eu
If you travel on your own, remember that you probably need to pay a course fee besides the expenses for the travel and cost of living. If your stay is approved in advance by the study board, you can search for a scholarship to cover (some of) the course fee here: https://studerende.au.dk/su/udlandsstipendium/
Remember to look up the price and requirements before you apply for a summer university course!
Lastly, you will have to apply for an advance approval. You can read mora about this under Step 2.