09 - Denmark - Organisation of the academic year
There are none general directives in the area of long-cycle higher
education prescribing the organization of the academic year. The
institutions organize the academic year due to their own priorities.
The academic year therefore varies between institutions and further at
faculty- and course level. Though are the application dates and
announcement of enrolment for new Bachelor degree students, which are
coordinated across the universities, common. The day of announcement of
enrolment is the 28th of July.
First year Bachelor students are
typically invited to participate in introduction classes from mid
August and usually the universities begin their official teaching
programmes in the first week of September. Programmes admitting
students twice a year often commence second round in February.
Generally,
the faculties organize the academic year in either two terms: autumn
and spring, frequently with teaching periods from September to the
beginning of December followed by examinations in January and
thereafter teaching from February to around May and examinations in
June, or in a structure where the teaching are organized in short
intensive periods with examinations at the end of each period.
The
ordinary teaching/instruction is seldom scheduled in July, but there
are several institutions offering courses, which can be a part of the
students’ final degree, during July and August.
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Date: 2009
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