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Study start at Software Engineering

Our study start mentors Maciej, Zuhao, Levente, Dominik, Rita, Timothy and Kornelia are ready to welcome you and guide you through the start of your studies. You will meet them the 29th of August at the Orientation Days on Campus Sønderborg.

See your study start program

Programme for the Orientation Days 29 + 30 August 2024

 

29 August- Meet up at SDU, no later than 08.45 and find a seat in the concert hall 

09.00  Welcome to SDU, Henrik Bindslev, Campus Dean

09.10     Welcome to SDU, Simon Jebsen, Associate Professor, The Faculty of Business and Social Science

09.20    Welcome to SDU, Andrei-Alexandru Popa, Assistant Professor, The Faculty of Engineering

09.30   Welcome to Campus Sønderborg, Student Tamara Miková, European Studies and Student Zuzanna Paulina Jozkow, Engineering, Innovation and Business  

09.45   Introduction to the Intro Team and study start events

10.00   Introduction to Engineering Studies

10.30    Introduction to your study programme - concert hall

11.30    Lunch Break

12.30   Tour around Alsion - meeting point outside the concert hall

13.30    Social Activities

16.00   Concert in the concert hall

 

30 August- Meet up at SDU, no later than 08.45 and find a seat in the concert hall 

09.00   SDU Education, Per Boisen, Head of SDU Education Sonderborg/Flensborg

09.15     Emergency plan, Lene Hviid Petersen, Campus Coordinator

09.30   Introduction to SDU Research & Innovation Organization (SDU RIO), Ken Holm Thomsen, Lone Søvad Madsen and Anja Saaby Soto

09.45   Networking Strategies - SDU RIO

12.00   Introduction to the Library, Martin Præsteskov, SDU Library Sønderborg

12.30   Lunch Break

14.00   Activity Day - Intro Team

 



To get to know each other a little better already, we have created this Facebook group, which you can join.

As a new engineering student, you must pass the compulsory study start test to be able to continue your studies. The study start test must be completed at the start of the semester and you have two attempts to pass the test.

The study start test consists of completion of the e-learning course How to Uni. While the primary objective of the test is to determine whether you have started your studies at SDU, the purpose of How to Uni is to help you get a good start at your studies.

In How to Uni, you will learn the answers to:

  • What kind of place is SDU?
  • What do your teachers expect from you?
  • How can you get a good start to your life as a university student?
  • Which IT systems will you need as a student at SDU?
  • Which rules do you need to be aware of?

If you do not complete the course within the stipulated deadline, you will have a second attempt (reexamination). The reexamination also consists of completion of How to Uni.

If you do not pass the reexamination, your enrolment will be annulled. Please note that once you have been disenrolled due to a failed study start test, you cannot be re-enrolled on the same study programme later on, unless the university considers that your prerequisites for completing the programme have improved considerably.

How to pass the Study Start Test

  • To pass the exam you must complete How to Uni no later than 4 September 2024, at 23.59. It is possible to complete the test more than once.
  • To pass the reexam you must complete How to Uni no later than 14 September 2024, at 23.59.

Access to SDU’s digital platform and How to Uni 

How to Uni will be available on SDU’s digital platform (itslearning) during August.

If you are new to SDU, you need your username and password to the IT systems at SDU. To get these, you must activate your account at https://password.sdu.dk/newstudent.

For further information about access to IT services, please see the contact information below.

Go to How to Uni in Itslearning

Contacts

If you have not received a student email or experience other IT problems, please contact SDU IT on email helpdesk@helpdesk.sdu.dk or phone +45 6550 2990.

If you can access the digital platform but not the course How to Uni, or you have problems arriving in time for semester start, please contact the key persons at your programme.

If you are prevented from completing the study start test, you must apply to the Academic Study Board for a dispensation.





The course is free and is aimed at students accepted at one of the University of Southern Denmark's engineering study programmes who would like to repeat key areas of high school level mathematics and improve their elementary arithmetic skills before the semester begins. Furthermore you get the opportunity to meet fellow students and experience English as teaching language in Mathematics.

Practical information

The courses will be held 2 times at SDU Sønderborg.

  • Math Brush Up Team A from Thursday 15 August to Wednesday 21 August 2024 inclusive.
  • Math Brush Up Team B from Thursday 22 August to Wednesday 28 August 2024 inclusive.

By registering for one of the courses, SDU expects you to participate in the whole course and be motivated. You should bring with you writing utensils and ruler. The course will be held in English.

Registration

You register for the course per mail to sign_on@sdu.dk no later than Saturday 10 August. The mail must be sent from your student mail (the e-mail address you receive at admission.)

You will receive further practical information regarding the course 1 week in advance via ItsLearning (SDU´s intranet).

Any questions about the course before application

Contact Dorthe Wildt Nielsen at dwn@sdu.dk or on 65 50 16 09.

If you have passed courses on a previous bachelor programme and are now admitted to a BSc (Eng) or BEng study programme, you must apply for credit transfer for these courses.

If you have passed courses on a previous master programme and are now admitted to a MSc (Eng) study programme, you must apply for credit transfer for these courses.

If your application of starting credits is approved, the previously passed courses will be transferred to your new study programme, either as obligatory or elective courses.

Which Courses Can Be Transferred?

Only credits for courses, that are relevant on your new study programme, can be transferred. Before you apply for credit transfer (=fill in and submit the application form) it is a good idea that you research in to options and select the courses, that seem to give the same qualifications as the courses, you already have passed. Please get acquainted with your new curriculum. You find it here. Please note that you can also get credits transferred for courses, you have NOT applied for to be transferred.

When should I, at the very latest, apply for starting credits?

You should apply for transfer of starting credits immediately after you have been accepted your offer of enrolment, and on 1st October (for study start in September) / 1st March (for study start in February) at the very latest.  

How do I apply for transfer of starting credits?

  • Log in onhttps://spoc.sdu.dk and choose Studyboard -> Credit Transfer -> Starting Credits
  • Fill in the application form “Starting credits”
  • List all the courses, you have passed, on the left hand side of the form
  • List all the courses, you wish to be substituted on your new study programme, of the right hand side of the form
  • Don’t forget to upload obligatory documentation:
  1. Course descriptions for all the courses you have passed on the previous study programme. The course descriptions must be in pdf-format. It is not sufficient to link to the descriptions, the pdf-file must contain all the necessary information about the course in question in text format.
  2. Evidence for the passed cousres (transcript of records).

You upload the files by browsing the correct file, clicking on first “upload file” and then “ok”.

The first assessment

Your programme coordinator assesses your application together with the academic staff on your new study programme.

Positive assessment

If your programme coordinator considers, that credits can be transferred for the courses, you have passed previously, you receive information about this on your SDU-mail. The assessment will be sent automatically to the Academic Study Board. If you have not attached verified (signed and stamped) documentation for passed courses to your original application, you must do this now. Please send the verified documentation as soon as possible to studienaevn@tek.sdu.dk. However, it is not necessary to attach verified documentation, if the previous courses have been passed at SDU.

Your programme coordinator may also counsel you to register for courses placed on later semesters, if you get many credits transferred. Thus, you can register for the correct courses right from the start, and possibly shorten your study time.

Negative assessment

If your programme coordinator considers, that the courses you have passed on your previous study programme are not relevant on the current study programme, you receive information about this on your SDU-mail. You do not need to do anything further, unless you disagree with the asseessment of your programme coordinator. If you disagree with the asseessment and wish to sustain your application for credit transfer, you should send the assessment of the programme coordinator to the Secretariat of the Academic Board, studienaevn@tek.sdu.dk.

The Academic Study Board Processes the application

The Secretariat of the Academic Board will contact you via your SDU-mail, if further documentation in the case is necessary. Once the Secretariat is fully informed, the application will be processed at the next coming meeting of the Academic Study Board.

When can I expect to receive the final decision?

Your application will be processed at the next coming meeting of the Academic Study Board once the Secretariat has received all the necessary documentation in the case. You can expect to receive the decision of the Academic Study Board to your SDU-mail within 20 working days after the meeting of the Academic Study Board, where your case has been processed. The result of the decision of the Board is visible on the student self service (https://sso.sdu.dk) a couple of weeks later.

Should you have any questions about the application process, please contact your programme coordinator.

What happens, if I do NOT apply for starting credits?

Should you neglect the application for starting credits, even though you previously have passed relevant courses, you can be reported to the vice-chancellor for violating the Disciplinary Measures of SDU.



Campus Guide and facilities

In the directory for SDU Sønderborg, you can download a map of Alsion and calculate a route.

Café Alsion is open Monday to Friday from 7.30-14.00.

Find contact information on their website (in Danish)

The campus library administrates the loan of books and journals from both its own collections and the other collections of the University Library of Southern Denmark. Read more about the SDU Sønderborg campus library

Students can book rooms on MitSDU

Find more information regarding rules for the use of rooms online.

Rules to follow when you are at SDU. 

If you have lost or found property please contact the Alsion janitor's office at the main entrance. Lost property delivered in the office will be stored for a period of 3 weeks.  After that the property will be forwarded to the Lost Property Office at the local police station.

Useful information and links to start your Student life at SDU Sønderborg

It is important that you order your student card as soon as possible. 

Order your student card here.

Bachelor's and Master's student: You will receive your student card during study start.

Lifelong learning student: Your student card will be sent to your address as listed in the Danish national register.

 

As a student at SDU, you have access to the IT facilities provided by SDU. This includes your student mail address, the Student Self Service portal and the e-learn platfom itslearning.

We do  expect you to check your student mail regularly and itslearning daily regarding your lectures etc.

How to enter SDU's digital Universe?

An e-mail with detailed information about the IT facilities of SDU will be send to you via the mail address you stated in your application.

In case you have not received this mail within 1-2 weeks, please contact our Helpdesk.

As a student at SDU, you need to keep yourself updated on the rules of examinations, exam registration and de-registration.

You must know all applicable regulations and the university's requirements for academic practice in relation to examination assignments.

Find your study programme at MySDU and read about examination.

Do you know what study activity means?

All our students must register and pass a specific amount of ECTS each year. In addition to this, you must complete your study programme within a specific period of time. Among other things, there are clearly defined rules for leave of abscence.

Knowing the rules and keeping yourself update on SDU's rules on student activity is your obligation only.

All time schedules can be found on SDU's learning platform - itslearning

 

We are here to help you in case you have a mental or neurological diagnosis, a physical disability, dyslexia or dyscalculia.

Find the counselling services at SDU here. 

 

Find the process illustrated here.

How to apply for your residence permit, civil registration number and your doctor:

Step 1: Book a timeslot for your meeting with the municipalities – special opening days for SDU students: 10 and 13 September:

  • From 2 August and on, you can book a meeting with SIRI + Citizen Service (Borgerservice) via the link specifically offered for students in Sønderborg:

https://scandic.cleverq.de/public/sites/5/appointments/index.html?hash=34308c98d7&lang=en&service_id=55

Step 2: Apply for your residence permit:

  • Fill in the online application form here (at latest 5 September).

    The application form includes a page for self-declaration support. It is not necessary that you fill in this part, but to move on with your application, you must upload an empty document.

    The certificate of enrollment is not necessary either, SDU has already provided SIRI with all needed information.

    You must enclose your passport or ID card (both front and back side) to your application.

    After you have finished your application, you receive a reference number. It is stated on the last page once you have sent your application. You need the number for step 4.

Step 3: Apply for your CPR-number, doctor (yellow card) and information about MitID and e-boks:

  • Fill in the online entry form via the webpage (deadline: 5 September).

    (If you are under 18 years, your parents must sign a consent form)

    • You must upload following documents to the form:
    • Passport or personal ID certification
    • Civil status document if you are married/divorced/widowed.
    • A rental agreement or a written confirmation by the person whose residence you live at.

    The application form includes a page for uploading your residence permit. It is not necessary that you fill in this part, but to move on with your application, you must upload an empty document.

  • Important, at the end of your application you are given a receipt number. You must send this number to: folkeregister@sonderborg.dk (deadline: 5 September) – in the subject of your email, state: Registration SDU + date for your appointment.

 

Step 4: Show up for your meeting:

  • Show up in person at SIRI + Citizen Service (Borgerservice) for your time slot booked under step 1.

Address: Borgen, Holger Drachmanns Plads 5, 2 floor.

Remember to bring your original passport/ID card + rental agreement + reference/receipt numbers!

Further information for new citizens

Check out the information for new citizens in Sønderborg and the page Life in Denmark.

 

 

Guideline for registration at the Citizen Service for non-EU students:

As a non-EU citizen, you must register at the Citizen Service to get your cpr. number, doctor (yellow card) etc.

Please follow the instructions here:

  • Fill in the online entry form you find on this page.

     

  • You must upload following documents to the form - and also bring the original documents to the meeting with Citizen Service (Borgerservice):

    (In the end you will get a receipt – please save your receipt number!)

  • Residence permit
  • Passport or personal certification
  • Civil status document, if you are married/divorced/widowed.
  • Birth certificate of children
  • A rental agreement or a written confirmation by the person whose residence you live at.
  • Important, in the end of your application you will be given a receipt number. The receipt number you must send by email to: folkeregister@sonderborg.dk  in the subject of the email you must write: Registration SDU Non-EU

     

    Please state in the email whether you want to visit Citizen Service in Sønderborg, Gråsten or Nordborg.

    Citizen Service will contact you within 2-3 weeks with information about your appointment to visit Citizen Service in person.

    Please remember to bring your the original documents to your meeting!

    • You find the opening hours for Citizen Service here:

    https://sonderborgkommune.dk/soenderborg-kommune/kontakt-soenderborg-kommune

     

Find information on student housing in Sønderborg here.

Find your campus

SDU Education Sonderborg/Flensborg

Questions regarding your studies can be answered at SDU Education Sonderborg/Flensborg  or we will tell you who can give you an answer.

Facebook

Meet your fellow students starting 2024 on Facebook - already now.

 

Find information on emergency management for Campus Sønderborg here.

You can find general information on Sønderborg here:

Visitsonderjylland.com and GOTO Sønderborg

 

Most Danes love their bikes - you should try as well

We recommend that you buy a bike for your transportation needs. You can get around with your bike through Sønderborg in no time . All dorms are approx. 5 - 10 minutes away from University, the same applies to the City Centre.

 

Bring your car to Denmark

As a student you can bring your car to Denmark and use it up to two years with your foreign license plates. Please note, that you cannot drive your car for more than 185 days per year if you bring it along. You must register your car. 

Find information on the rules and complete the necessary form here. 

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