Exemption
When you apply for an exemption, you need a documented reason for the IT University to process your application. The reason may be unusual circumstances/illness surrounding your qualifying examination certificate, previous enrolment at the university, or applying for getting equivalent qualifications from another institution approved.
Read the list of possible exemption reasons below carefully before starting your exemption application form.
If you are applying for an exemption, you must attach your application form with your other application materials to Optagelse.dk no later than 15 March at 12.00 noon CET.
If you have not completed a qualifying exam, you need to argue how you meet the general admission requirement by other passed study activities. You must enclose relevant documentation, for instance:
- Diploma for alternative completed degree or certificate of competence
- Transcript of records and course descriptions for passed higher education courses
Please note: We do not consider work experience.
If you think your grade point average (GPA) has been affected by special circumstances, you need to describe the special circumstances and how they have affected your GPA. A special circumstance is unpredictable conditions which you have not been able to adjust to or take into consideration. For instance:
- Accident
- Sudden illness – physical or psychologically
- Sudden flare-up/aggravation of former known illness
- A disability, which has been diagnosed during or after the qualifying exam
- Death in the immediate family (children, spouse/cohabiting, siblings, parents, in rare cases grandparents)
You must enclose relevant documentation, for instance:
- Grades from your upper secondary school for each year
- Doctor’s note, which includes a time indication of the period, the professional assessment of how the situation has affected you
- Medical record for long-lasting illness
- Police report
- Death certificate/doctor’s note/documentation for long-lasting/terminal illness in the immediate family
- Specialist statement concerning test of dyslexia
If you do not meet one or more specific admission requirements, you need to argue how you meet the requirement(s) by corresponding qualifications. You must enclose relevant documentation, for instance:
- Transcript of records and course descriptions from higher education courses
Please note: The university does not have the legal basis to grant exemptions from the English test requirement for applicants holding an upper secondary school certificate from a country outside the EU/EEA. If you think your grades in Danish, English, or Mathematics have been affected by special circumstances, you need to describe the special circumstances and how they have affected your grade(s). A special circumstance is unpredictable conditions which you have not been able to adjust to or take into consideration. For instance:
- Accident
- Sudden illness – physical or psychologically
- Sudden flare-up/aggravation of former known illness
- A disability, which has been diagnosed after the qualifying exam
- Death in the immediate family (children, spouse/cohabiting, siblings, parents, in rare cases grandparents)
You must enclose relevant documentation, for instance:
- Grades from your upper secondary school for each year
- Doctor’s note, which includes a time indication of the period, the professional assessment of how the situation has affected you
- Medical record for long-lasting illness
- Police report
- Death certificate/doctor’s note/documentation for long-lasting/terminal illness in the immediate family
- Specialist statement concerning test of dyslexia
If you have previously been enrolled in the study programme you apply for, but your enrolment has been terminated by ITU, you must describe why the enrolment was terminated and argue how your situation has changed for you to be able to study again and complete the study programme this time. You must enclose relevant documentation, for instance:
- Doctor’s note with a time indication of the period and the doctor’s assessment of how the situation affected your abilities to study back then and in which extend you are affected by it now
- Transcript of records if you have passed courses at another study programme after the termination of enrolment at ITU
The Master’s Rule allows applicants who have completed a Danish or a foreign master's programme to be admitted to a new higher educational programme only in case of vacant study places. Normally, we have no vacant study places at the IT University of Copenhagen.
In special cases if you are no longer able to work within the field of the completed programme, the university can exempt you from the rule. Please note, you have to apply by 15 March at 12.00 noon CET.
If you have passed a deadline, you must explain how special circumstances have prevented you from meeting the deadline. You must enclose relevant documentation, for instance:
- Doctor’s note with a time indication of the period, which prevented you from meeting the deadline
How to apply
An application for exemption must contain a reason for applying for the exemption and relevant documentation.
- Start by telling us what you are applying for an exemption for by filling out this application form.
- Upload your explanation and documentation to your application via Optagelse.dk. Name the attachment 'Application for exemption'.
Early admission if you require special educational support
If you can document that you have a disability, you have the opportunity to receive a response to your admission application by June 30 at the latest. This is relevant for you if you wish to apply for Special Educational Support (SPS).
If you are granted early admission, the SPS guidance team at ITU will assist you in applying for SPS before your studies begin. However, the actual SPS support can only be initiated once you start your studies. Please note that early admission does not guarantee that you will be granted SPS. You can read more about SPS.
How to apply for early admission
- Upload documentation of your disability along with your admission application at optagelse.dk.
- Fill out this application form no later than May 1.
- Meet all admission requirements for the program no later than May 1.
- Apply to ITU as your first priority via optagelse.dk.
We offer you early admission if we assess that you will meet the admission quota in quota 1 or if you are among the applicants prioritized for admission in quota 2. You can only be granted early admission for your first-priority program.
We will send you the offer by June 30 at the latest, and you must accept the offer by July 5. As soon as you have accepted an early admission offer, you can apply for SPS. However, you will still only be able to apply for SU (student grants) from August.
If you want to ensure that we can process your early admission application in time, you must apply by May 1 if you are applying in quota 1. If you are applying in quota 2, you must apply by March 15 at 12:00 noon.
We will assess your early admission application based on the documentation you attach to your application via optagelse.dk.