Admission Office

University College Absalon

Sdr. Stationsvej 30
4200 Slagelse

Web: www.phabsalon.dk

Phone: 7248 1010

E-mail: [email protected]

How to apply for the International Honours De-

gree in Teaching
User guide for admission
Content

How to apply for the International Honours Degree in Teaching ................................... 1

Introduction .............................................................................................................. 3
Free education or Fee ........................................................................................................... 3
Contact information ............................................................................................................. 4
Application website ................................................................................................... 5
How to login without a Danish CPR-number ................................................................ 7
Information about you ............................................................................................... 9
Admission requirement ............................................................................................ 14
Bonus for early study start ................................................................................................... 15
Graduation date ................................................................................................................. 16
Choose education .................................................................................................... 17
Standby ............................................................................................................................. 19
Preapproval ........................................................................................................................ 20
Special permission ............................................................................................................. 20
Relevant courses ................................................................................................................ 21
Add education .................................................................................................................... 22
Upload and attached your documentation ................................................................ 23
Approve your application ......................................................................................... 25
Change your priority list ........................................................................................... 29
How to delete your application ................................................................................. 30

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Introduction
The International Honours Degree in Teaching is an English-language study course under
the Danish Professional Bachelor Degree in Teaching. If you wish to apply for the education
you have to apply in Danish. This step by step-guide will take you through the admission
process.

We have described the process in English, and marked all the Danish words with red writing.

Free education or Fee

The International Honours Degree in Teaching is part of The Danish Professional Bachelor’s
Degree in Teaching. The following rules apply for foreign applicants:

You are a citizen from a EU/EEA country or have a permanent/with the

possibility of permanent residence permit for staying in Denmark

If you a citizen from EU/EEA and Switzerland or have one of the below mentioned
residence permits you are eligible for free higher education in Denmark:
• Permanent residence permit in Denmark
• Temporary residence permit in Denmark, with the possibility of a
permanent residence permit.
• Residence permit as the accompanying child of a non-EU/EEA parent
holding a residence permit based on employment (§9a and §9m of the
Danish Aliens Act - text in Danish)

You are a citizen from outside the EU/EEA and does not have a residence permit
that gives you access to free higher education

If you are a citizen of a country from outside the EU/EEA and either have a
residence permit for staying in Denmark temporarily or no residence permit at all,
but plan to commute to Denmark from your home country, you can apply for
admission to the Teacher Education as a self-paying student.

Self-paying students are themselves responsible for their stay in Denmark.

Admission to one of University College Absalons Danish educational programmes
does not give the self-paying student access to Denmark or permits for staying in
Denmark.

We can help you if you wish to apply for a student visa, but we cannot guarantee
that you will receive a student visa. You can read more about this on the site
Nyidanmark.

As a self-paying student your admission will be on the condition, that you pay for
the 1st Semester of the education before study start.
You must fulfill the same admission requirements as other applicants and you will
receive answer to your application ultimo July

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Contact information
If you have any questions, regarding admission for the International Honours Degree in
Teaching you can contact the Admission Office by e-mail [email protected], or by phone
+45 72481010 Monday-Thursday at 10-12 am and 1-3 pm.

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Application website
To apply for the International Honours Degree in Teaching you will have to apply through
the Danish application form via www.optagelse.dk.

Step 1: Go to www.optagelse.dk. Now you are at the frontpage of

www.optagelse.dk where you apply for admission to higher education in
Denmark.

Click on apply for higher education /søg vidgåerende uddannelsen – The pink
button.

Step 2: Click on apply for higher education /søg vidgåerende uddannelsen – The pink
button.

Step 3: When you click on the button apply for higher education, a window will
open. Here you have to answer whether or not you have a Danish CPR-num-
ber.

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 If you do not have, a Danish CPR-number click on no/nej, and press
next/næste. Then go to the chapter about how to login without a Danish
CPR-number.

If you do have, a Danish CPR-number click on yes/ja, and press next/næste.

Then you will have to use your Nem-ID to login. After you have login, then
go to the chapter about information about you (page 8).

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How to login without a Danish CPR-number
If you do not have a Danish CPR-number, you will have to use a link to apply for admission
via www.optagelse.dk.

Step 1: After you have indicate that you do not have a Danish CPR-number, a new
window will open. You will need to enter your e-mail and press OK.

You receive a message saying that you are now a registered user on
www.optagelse.dk. An e-mail containing a link has been sent to your e-mail.
You can only apply for admission via this link.

Step 2: Login to your e-mail account and open the e-mail from www.optagelse.dk.
Click on the link or copy it into a browser. You have to use this link every
time you want to enter your application.

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 It can take up to 30 minutes before you receive the e-mail. If you do not re-
ceive the e-mail, try looking in your spam-folder.

Step 3: The first time you click on the link, a new window will open. Here you have
to enter your:
• First name(s)/Fornavn(e)
• Sir name/Efternavn
• Birthday/Fødselsdato
Date/Dag, Month/Måned, Birth year/Fødselsår
• Gender/Køn
Male/Mand or Female/Kvinde

When you have fulfilled the information box, enter Ok.

Please note: You only have to fill out this information the first time you enter your appli-
cation trough the link.

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Information about you
You have now logged in to www.optagelse.dk, and will be able to fill out the application
form.

The application form will lead you through four sections of information.
1. Information about you/oplysninger om dig
2. Your entrance exam/adgangsgrundlag
3. Which education you want to apply for/uddannelsesvalg
4. Documentation/bilag

The first time you login, you are directed to the first section that contains information about
you/oplysninger om dig. In this page, you have to fill out your personal information.

Please note: You will not be able to change your information in this section (Information
about you) when you have approved the information and have moved on to
the next section.

Step 1: Enter your personal information in the section: information about

you/oplysninger om dig.

Step 2: The information you entered in the previous section, is used to create a per-
sonal constructed CPR-number. It is not possible to change the CPR-Num-
ber. Your first name(s)/Fornavn(e) and sir name/Efternavn is also copied, but
can be edited.

Please note: If you have login with a Danish CPR-number, the above-mentioned infor-
mation will be fill out from the population register.

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Step 3: Type in your home address. You have to enter your:
 Street name/Vej
 Postal code – Zip code/Postnummer
 City/town/By
 Country/Land

Please note: If you have login with a Danish CPR-number, the above-mentioned infor-
mation will be fill out from the population register.

Step 4: Enter your contact information. It is important that the information is cor-
rect. The educational institution you are applying admission to will not be
able to contact you, with questions regarding your application.

Enter your:
 Phone number/Fastnetstelefon and Mobil
 E-mail – (If you have applied without a Danish CPR-number your e-mail
is already registered based on the e-mail you used when you became a
user of www.optagelse.dk)

Step 5: Enter your citizenship/Statsborgerskab.

If you choose another country than Denmark, you have to answer whether
you have a residence permit in Denmark. If you have a residence permit en-
ter yes/ja, and if you do not enter no/nej.

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Please note: You have to be a Danish/European/ Nordic citizen or have to have a specific
residence permit in Denmark to get free education in Denmark. Read more
in the section about Free education or Fee (page 3).

Important: If you not are a European/ Nordic citizen but inform us that you have a resi-
dence permit, you have to upload a copy of the permit to your application,
otherwise you have not documented that you fulfil the requirement for free
education in Denmark and you will be a self-paying student.

You are a self-paying student if you not are a European/ Nordic citizen and
do not have a special residence permit for free education in Denmark.

If you are a European / Nordic citizen, you do not have to document your res-
idence permit.

Step 6: Please inform us if you previously have been admitted to a higher education.

If you previously have been admitted to a higher education, enter yes/ja.

If you have not been admitted to a higher education before, enter no/nej.

If you enter yes to the above-mentioned question, you have to inform us if

you have a higher education from Denmark.

If you do have a higher education from Denmark, enter yes/ja.

If you do not have a higher education from Denmark, enter no/nej.

If you earlier stated that you previously have been admitted to a higher edu-
cation please fill out this box (picture below). You can enter the sheet if you
click on the pencil.

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 You have to type in the following information about the higher education
you previously have been admitted to:
 The name of the education/Uddannelsens navn
 The name of the institution/Uddannelsesstedets navn
 The year you begin/Årstal påbegyndt
 The year you departure or the year you expect to departure/Årstal fuld-
ført uddannelse/forventet fuldførelse af uddannelse
 The year you interrupted your education/Årstal afbrudt
 Number of past/expect to past ECTS points/Antal beståede/forventet
beståede ECTS-point
 Are you still admitted/Stadig optaget

When you are done, click on the checkmark.

If you want to change your information, click on the pencil again. If you want
to delete your answer click on the trash icon. If you want to fill out a new
box, because you have been admitted to more than one higher education,
click on the plus icon.

You have to document the information you have given regarding your ad-
mittance to higher education. Please attach the documentation by clicking
on upload documentation/tilføj bilag, and upload the documentation.

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Step 7: To save the information click on the save button/gem, at the top of the page.

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Admission requirement
In this section, you have to fill in information about your upper secondary education, or
other education that makes you eligible for admission to the Honours Degree in Teaching. If
you have not completed an upper secondary education, please type in what other education
you want to apply for admission for the International Honors Degree in Teaching with.

Please note: You will not be able to change your information in this section (admission
requirements) once you have approved the information and have moved on
to the next section.

Step 1: Click on the section ‘admission requirement/adgangsgrundlag’

Step 2: You have to inform us which type of upper secondary examination you have
completed. Click on admission requirement/adgangsgrundlag and choose
one of the following categories of examinations:
 Danish upper secondary examination/Dansk gymnasial eksamen
 The International Baccalaureate/International Baccalareaute
 Foreign qualifying examination/Udenlandsk eksamen
 Vocational Training Examination/Erhvervsuddannelse
 Qualifying examination for the Engineering/Adgangseksamen for
ingniøruddannelser
 Another admission requirements/Andet adgangsgrundlag
 No qualifying examination/Ingen adgangsgivende eksamen

Please note: Please note that you only have to choose the International Baccalaureate if
your IB examination is from Denmark.

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Step 3: If you choose ‘foreign qualifying examination’ you have to state which kind
of admission requirements you which to apply for admission with. There-
fore, choose one of the following examinations:
 The International Baccalaureate/International Baccalareaute
 All other foreign examination/Alle andre udenlandske eksamener

Step 4: Now you have to fill out information about your examination. Please enter:
 What country your qualifying examination is from? /Hvilket land er din
adgangsgivende eksamen fra?
 What type of examination? /Hvilken?
 The year you completed your examination/Eksamensår

Bonus for early study start

If you have an upper secondary examination with a grade average from 2017, 2018 or 2019,
you are entitled to a bonus for early study start.

After converting your grade average according to the Danish 7th grading scale, your grade
average is multiplied with 1,08. The average is calculated with one decimal. The educational
institution will conduct the adjustment.

If you have a qualifying upper secondary examination from 2013, 2014, 2015 or 2016 you can
apply for extension of the bonus for early study start, but only if you fulfil the specific re-
quirements.

If you want to apply for extension for the early study start bonus, you have to click on the
box ‘Fristforlængelse af bonus for tidlig studiestart samt tildeling af ekstra SU’ (marked with
red below). You also have to write a dispensation-letter and upload it to your application.
Upload the dispensation-letter in the section ‘documentation/bilag’.

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Graduation date
You have to inform us, if you have not yet finished your qualifying upper secondary exami-
nation, when you apply for admission to the International Honours Degree in Teaching.

If you graduate before the 5th of July, 12.00 (Noon) click on: ‘Jeg er i gang med et supplering-
skursus og afslutter inden 5. Juli’, (the box at the top).

If you graduate after the 5th of July, 12.00 (Noon) click on: ‘Jeg er tilmeldt et suppleringskur-
sus, som jeg forventer at afslutte efter d. 5. Juli’, (the box at the bottom).

Step 4: Leave the page with admission information by clicking on save/gem at the
top of the page.

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Choose education
In this section, you have to choose the education you want to apply for admission to.

Step 1: Click on the section choose the education/uddannelsesvalg.

In this section, you will be able to choose which educations you wish to apply
for. You can apply for eight different educations. Make sure that you priori-
tize your educational choices.

Step 2: Click on Add an education to your priority list/tilføj uddannelse til din pri-
oriteringsliste.

You will now enter a page where you can search through your educational
options.

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Step 3: To apply for the International Honours Degree in Teaching, click on show
more options/vis flere muligheder.

Step 4: Now you can search for a specific KOT number. In the box marked with red
(Søg efter fx uddannelsessted) you type in the KOT number for the Interna-
tional Honours Degree in Teaching: 46070.

Step 5: To see more information about the International Honours Degree in Teach-
ing, click on the arrow at the left.

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Step 6: If you want to apply for the International Honours Degree in Teaching, you
have click on choose/vælg (marked with red).
.

When you have chosen an education, you have to go through a number of

steps, before you can add the programme to your priority list.

Standby

Step 7: You have to indicate whether you wish to apply for a standby seat or not.
Standby is a waiting list system, but there is only a limited number of seats
available.

Please note: If you are offered a standby seat you will not receive other offer of admis-
sion.

If you want to apply for a standby seat, click on yes/ja.

If you do not want to apply for a standby seat, click on no/nej.

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Preapproval

Step 8: You have to inform us if you have been given a preapproval/tilsagn from last
year.

If you have a preapproval, click yes/ja, and upload the preapproval letter you
have received.
If you do not have a preapproval, click no/nej.

Special permission

Step 9:
If you do not have a qualifying examination, you can apply for admission
trough a special permission. If you wish to apply for special permission click
no/nej.

If you have a qualifying examination, click on yes/ja.

If this is the first time you apply for special permission or if you have not re-
ceived approval for admission through special permission before, click on
Jeg har endnu ikke fået en særlig tilladelse til at søge om optagelse, men øn-
sker med denne ansøgning at søge om optagelse med særlig tilladelse.

If you have previously obtained approval to apply for admission to Interna-

tional Honors Degree via special permission, click on Jeg har tidligere fået
særlig tilladelse til denne uddannelse.

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 You have to enter the special permission journal number/journalnummer and
the date/dato you received the special permission.

Relevant courses

Step 10: If you currently are participating or are planning to participate in a relevant
supplementary course, you have to fill out the textboxes in supplementary
courses/suppleringskurser:
 Type/Type
 Courses/Fag
 Level/Niveau
 Character oral/Karakter mundtlig
 Character writing/Karakter skriftlig
 Month and year for passing or expected passing/Måned og år be-
stået/forventet bestået

Before you can write in the textboxes, you have to click on the pencil.

When you have fill out the textboxes, you have to click on the tick.

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Add education

Step 11: When you have filled out your application, you have to add the chosen edu-
cation to your priority list. You do this by clicking on: Add education to your
priority list/Tilføj uddannelse til din prioritetsliste.

The education is now added to your priority list. You can change your appli-
cation until you have approved the application.

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Upload and attached your documentation
In this section, you have upload and attach documentation to your application.

Step 1: Click on documentation/bilag. In the bottom you can click on upload docu-
mentation/tilføj bilag.

Step 2: When you have clicked on upload documentation/tilføj bilag, you are able to
search for the relevant documentation on your computer.

Please note that the documentation has to be uploaded in PDF.

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Step 3: When you have identified the relevant documentation, you have to give the
file a relevant name, and click on OK.

Step 4: A box will appear stating that the documentation has been uploaded and
you have to attach the documentation to each of the educations on your pri-
ority list that the documentation has relevance to. Click on OK.

Step 5: You attach the documentation to the relevant educations on your priority
list by ticking of the numbers that the documentation should be attached to.

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Approve your application
When you have added the education you wish to apply for admission to, to your priority list,
you have to approve your application. You approve your application by printing and signing
the signature page. You have to send the signature page to each of the educational institu-
tions where you have applied for admission. When the educational institution have received
your signature page, they are able to download your application.

Please note: The educational institution must receive your signature page before the
deadline. The deadline is the 15th of March, at 12.00 (noon).

Step 1: Click on the section choose the education/uddannelsesvalg. You will be able
to see all the educational programs that you have added to your priority list.
It is in this section you have to approve your applications.

Step 2: Choose the application you wish to approve. Click on approve and print/god-
kend og udskriv.

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 The first time you approve an application, you will receive a warning. You
will no longer be able to change the accessed information you specified
when you started the application. You will no longer be able to access and
change your application, when you approve.

If you have finalized your application, click on yes/ja.

If you want to change some of your entered information, click on no/nej, and
change the information.

Please note: After you have approved your application, you can still change your priority,
upload documentation and delete the application. This is possible until the
5th of July, 12.00 (Noon).

Step 3: When you have approved by clicking yes, it is important that the box below
is appearing. When the box appears, click on signature page/un-
derskriftside.pdf.

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Step 4: You have to print and sign the signature page before you send it to the edu-
cational institution.

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Step 5: You can send the signature page by post or by e-mail. You can see University
College Absalon’s contact information under the section contact infor-
mation (page 3).

Step 6: Now the application is approve and marked with an envelope.

When the educational institution have received the signature page and
downloaded the application, the closed envelope change to an open enve-
lope.

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Change your priority list
If you apply for more than one education, you have to priority your applications. You can see
your current priority list under the section choose the education/uddannelsesvalg.

You can change your priority list until the 5th of July, 12.00 (Noon).

Step 1: Click on the section choose the education/uddannelsesvalg, on this section

you can see your priority.

Step 2: The arrows in the left side of the page, you can use changing your priority of
your applications.

Step 3: If you change your priority list after you have approved your applications,
you will be warned. If you wish to continue the changes, press yes/ja, and if
you do not wish to continue the changes, press no/nej.

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How to delete your application
If you wish to delete your application, you can do that under the section choose the educa-
tion/uddannelsesvalg. You can delete your application before the 5th of July, 12.00 (Noon).

Step 1: If you click on the trash icon, you delete the application from your priority
list.

Step 2: When you try to delete an approved application, you will be warned. If you
wish to delete the application, click on OK. If you do not want to delete the
application, click on regret/fortryd.

Please note: If you delete your application, you cannot regret this.

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