Non-European applicant

The most important deadline for international applicants is 15 March at 12:00 noon CET. For European applicants, there is a related documentation deadline on 5 July at 12:00 noon CET.

Get an overview of all important deadlines

When you apply for admission to the bachelor programmes at ITU, you need a qualifying examination.

See the list of qualifying international examinations and qualifying Danish examinations

Each BSc programme has specific requirements that you must meet to apply for enrolment. The requirements concern a list of subjects, their levels and your obtained grades.

See the requirements for each programme

For the 2023 admission, applicants with the following quotients were offered admission in quota 1. Please note that the GPA (Grade Point Average) changes from year to year.

• Data Science: 6,8
• Digital Design and Interactive Technologies: 8,7
• Global Business Informatics: 8,3
• Software development: 7,6

Quota 1 and quota 2
Denmark has a quota system for admission. If your GPA is not high enough for admission in quota 1, you can apply through quota 2 and be assessed on other criteria. At the IT University, we ask you to write a motivational cover letter that can be assessed as part of your application.

All our international applicants must apply on the quota 2 deadline on 15 March at 12:00 noon CET and we recommend you attach a motivational cover letter. This may allow you to be assessed in both quotas and will improve your chances.

Non-European applicants are required to pay a tuition fee when studying in Denmark. As part of your application submission, you will also need to pay an application fee.

Learn more about being a fee-paying applicant

If you do not meet one or more of the specific admission requirements for the programme you wish to apply for, you can take a supplementary course.

See the options for supplementary courses

When you apply for an exemption, you need a documented reason for ITU to process your application. The reason may be unusual circumstances surrounding your qualifying examination certificate, previous enrolment at the university, or if you are applying for approval of equivalent qualifications from another institution.

Read the rules on exemption

Please pay the application fee and upload a copy of your receipt alongside your application on Optagelse.dk. Your application will not be assessed until the Admissions Office has established that the application fee has been paid.

Payment must be made to the following bank account:

Account holder:
IT-University of Copenhagen
Rued Langgaards Vej 7
DK-2300 Copenhagen S

Danske Bank
Holmens Kanal 2-12
1092 Copenhagen K

SWIFT/BIC DABADKKK

Banking account number: 0216 4069053815
IBAN: DK2602164069053815

Please note the following on the transmission “USB Fee”.

Refund policy

• If your application is successful, the application fee will be deducted from the first tuition fee payment that you make to the IT University of Copenhagen.
• If your application is unsuccessful, or if your application is successful but you choose not to accept the admission offer, a refund will not be given.
• A direct refund of the application fee is only possible if you have made one or more payments of the application fee without having submitted the relevant number of applications, or if you have paid the application fee even though you are exempt from it. Once you have submitted an application, you are liable for the application fee, even if you cancel the application. This means that if you pay the application fee, but change your mind about applying, you can only get a refund if you have not yet submitted the application. If you wish to request a refund, please contact sap@itu.dk.

EU/EEA/Swiss citizens do not have to pay the application fee.

If you hold one of the following residence permits, you are also exempted from paying the application fee:

• Permanent residence permit ("Permanent opholdstilladelse")
• Permanent residence permit in another Nordic country (Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Greenland, the Faroe Islands) and you continue to live in the specific country during your studies
• Temporary residence permit with the possibility of achieving a permanent residence permit ("Midlertidig opholdstilladelse m.m.f. varigt ophold")
• Residence permit in as an accompanying child ("medfølgende barn")
• Residence permit as a convention refugee incl. family members ("Opholdstilladelse som konventionsflygning", jf. udlændingelovens § 7, stk. 1, og § 8, stk. 1)
• Residence permit as a foreigner with protection status incl. family members ("Opholdstilladelse som udlændinge med beskyttelsesstatus", jf. udlændingelovens § 7, stk. 2, og § 8, stk. 2)
• Residence permit as a foreigner with temporary protection status incl. family members ("Opholdstilladelse som udlændinge med midlertidig beskyttelsesstatus", jf. udlændingelovens § 7, stk. 2, og § 8, stk. 2)
• Residence permit according to the EU/EEA regulations ("EU-opholdsbekandgørelsen")
• Residence permit under the Special Act on displaced persons from Ukraine

If you are in the process of applying for one of the above residence permits, but you have not yet obtained one, you must pay the application fee.

If you have one of the above residence permits that exempt you, it is very important that you upload documentation for it when you apply on Optagelse.dk.

EU/EEA residence permits

If you are a non-EU citizen with permanent residence in another EU/EEA country, you are not exempt from paying the application fee or the tuition fees.

If you are unavailable during the application process, you can authorize another person to act on your behalf. You give permission by filling in a power of attorney form and upload it to your application on Optagelse.dk.

The Danish Immigration Service will ask students from outside the EU/EEA countries to demonstrate funds before issuing a residence permit. Please find further information about residence permit on the web page of New to Denmark.

You may be exempted from paying a tuition fee if you have one of the following residence permits in Denmark:

• Permanent residence permit ("Permanent opholdstilladelse")
• Permanent residence permit in another Nordic country (Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Greenland, the Faroe Islands) and you continue to live in the specific country during your studies
• Temporary residence permit with the possibility of achieving a permanent residence permit ("Midlertidig opholdstilladelse m.m.f. varigt ophold")
• Residence permit in as an accompanying child ("medfølgende barn")
• Residence permit as a convention refugee incl. family members ("Opholdstilladelse som konventionsflygning", jf. udlændingelovens § 7, stk. 1, og § 8, stk. 1)
• Residence permit as a foreigner with protection status incl. family members ("Opholdstilladelse som udlændinge med beskyttelsesstatus", jf. udlændingelovens § 7, stk. 2, og § 8, stk. 2)
• Residence permit as a foreigner with temporary protection status incl. family members ("Opholdstilladelse som udlændinge med midlertidig beskyttelsesstatus", jf. udlændingelovens § 7, stk. 2, og § 8, stk. 2)
• Residence permit according to the EU/EEA regulations ("EU-opholdsbekendgørelsen")
• Residence permit according to the Withdrawal Agreement between the United Kingdom and the EU ("Familiemedlem til en britisk statsborger" jf. §2 i bekendtgørelse nr. 1700 af 23. november 2020)
• Residence permit under the Special Act on displaced persons from Ukraine

Documentation

If you hold one of the exempted residence permits, you have to enclose documentation for this. Based on the documentation submitted, the Student Affairs and Programmes will grant or deny exemption. We accept the following documentation:

• A scan of your residence permit letter 
• A scan of your residence permit card (both front and back page)
• A scan of the page in your passport showing your residence permit

Please note that no scholarships are available for BSc students at the IT University.