Practical Information

Law students

The Faculty has approx. 4500 students and it is the largest of Denmark's four law schools. It has 135 academic employees and 60 PhD fellows. The Faculty offers a strong international environment and is therefore able to attract academic staff from all over the world. Many of these have work and research experience from institutions like the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).

The Faculty also has about 400 part-time external lecturers who teach both at bachelor’s and master’s level. The external lecturers all have a law degree and work e.g. as lawyers, judges or heads of section in ministries.

 

The Autumn semester runs from the first full week of September to January 31st (including the exam period). Exams are held during December and January. For details about examinations, see examination periods in the course descriptions.

Orientation Day will be held on the Friday of the week preceding the first week of term.

The Spring semester runs from the first full week of February to June 30th (including the exam period). Exams are scheduled from mid-May until and including June 30th, with re-sits taking place in August.

Orientation Day will be held on the Friday of the week preceding the first week of term.

Public holidays during the academic year 2024/2025

Autumn holiday: Monday October 14th to Friday October 18th 2024 (week 42).

Christmas break: December 24th to January 1st (both days included)

Easter Break: April 14th to April 21st 2025 (both days included).

Ascension Day: May 29th 2025

Whit Monday: June 9th 2025

 

 

International exchange students who have previously followed a full law program for a minimum of 1½ years or preferably 2 years or more will be qualified to obtain admission. Only master level courses are open to exchange students. This means that Danish students have studied law for 3 years before they enter these courses, so the academic level offered to exchange students will correspond to master level studies. Please note that no undergraduate / bachelor level courses are available to exchange students.

Language Requirements

The English-taught courses are conducted at an advanced academic level, and you must therefore have a good command of English to be able to follow courses and participate in group discussions. We have no formal language test requirement, and it will always be the student's responsibility to have sufficient language skills from the beginning of the exchange.

 

 

It is our central International Office that handles the entire application procedure for both exchange and guest students. Please contact the International Office if you have questions about how to apply, residence permit, accommodation, etc.

 

 

If your university has an agreement with the University of Copenhagen, you must apply for an exchange at your home institution.

Partner universities are either:

  • European universities within the Erasmus+-scheme
  • Partner universities outside Europe with whom the Faculty of Law has an exchange agreement

See the list of all our partner universities.

It is your home institution that selects and nominates you to study at the University of Copenhagen.

You can apply as a fee-paying guest student if your home university does not have an exchange agreement with the University of Copenhagen.