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Study start at Software Engineering

We are ready to welcome you and guide you through the start of your studies on 30th of August for an introduction to international full degree students at the Faculty of Engineering on Campus Odense.

See your study start program

30th of August at 10-12: Introduction to international full degree students at the Faculty of Engineering

Where: U163

Programme:

  • Introduction and welcome by international coordinator Anne Nørby Petersen and study start coordinator Dorte Frølund Kromann
    • How to study in Denmark and at SDU
    • Study rules, course descriptions e.g.
  • Introduction to the e-learning platform itslearning by e-learning consultant Sara Kvist
  • Introduction to your programme coordinator
  • Break
  • Q&A in smaller groups with fellow students (student life hacks)
  • Guided tour at the Faculty of Engineering


Remember to register for courses before the start of the semester.
You can find information on where and how to register for courses in your admission letter.

See which courses you need to take in the first semester of your study programme.



As an engineering student, you must pass the compulsory study start test to be able to continue your master 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 Master. While the primary objective of the test is to determine whether you have started your master studies at SDU, the purpose of How to Master is to help you getting started with your master studies.

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

  • What is a Master’s programme?
  • What do your teachers expect from you?
  • How can you get a good start to your life as a Master’s student?
  • What support is there for Master’s students at SDU?
  • Which options do you have during and after your Master’s programme?

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 Master.

If you do not pass the reexamination, your enrolment at the university 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 Master no later than 6 February 2025, at 23.59. It is possible to complete the test more than once.
  • To pass the reexam you must complete How to Master no later than 16 February 2025 at 23.59. 

Access to SDU’s digital platform and How to Master

How to Master 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 cannot access SDU’s digital platform (itslearning) 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 Master, 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 should apply to the Academic Study Board for a dispensation.




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.



We have gathered a variety of resources to help your find your way around campus.

SDU Maps campus map and wayfinder is both map and directory for SDU Odense. It includes a search function to help you find conference- and classrooms among other things.

You can also download SDU Maps for your smartphone or tablet from the App Store or Google Play.

Remember to familiarize yourself with the current parking regulations. Via the link you will also find a map of campus parking spaces.

SDU Odense also dispose of facilities within Vidensbyen, Cortex Park and Winsløwparken at OUH.

Driving directions for SDU Odense.

Find the spaces designated to parking of bicycles.

Follow the construction of the Tramway.

The University Library Main Department is located at SDU Odense.

You can find the entrance at Gydehutten between U u59 and U62.

The Ved Siden Af café, which opened its doors in the spring of 2020, is your student café at SDU. This is your ideal spot for a cup of coffee, tea, hot chocolate or cold refreshments at favourable prices during breaks, either on your own or with your fellow students. Run by group of volunteers, the aim of the café isn’t to drive a profit, but to create a vibe that invites thorough study at our tall tables or cheerfulness in the lounge area.

The café is located right next to the Friday Bar Nedenunder, where you can sit during opening hours while studying, reading for your next lesson or beating your friends at backgammon.

Ved Siden Af was founded and is run by a group of dedicated students. If you’d like to make a difference for the student environment at SDU, become a volunteer and stand behind the bar while serving students their much-desired cuppa joy.

Join us for great coffee and lots of enjoyable moments while at SDU, and find us on Facebook!

Visit Studenterboghandelen (the Student Bookstore) that provides you with easy access to obligatory as well as complementary litterature -  as competitively priced as possible.

The webpage is only in Danish.

Rules to follow when you are at SDU Odense.

Students can book a room for study activities at SDU Odense.

Read the rules for room booking at SDU.

Lost property that is handed in at the Reception stays with us for 3 weeks, after which it will be sent to the office of lost property at Fyns Politi.

Opening hours for the Reception at Campustorvet:

Monday - Thursday: 8.00 a.m. - 3.30 p.m.

Friday: 8.00 a.m. - 3.00 p.m.

Grafisk Center is SDU´s in-house digital printing office. We provide a wide range of print services to staff and students at SDU.

Here you can see our products and order your printed matter.

At SDU Odense you have access to a bicycle repair shop that offers to fix your bicycle.

Opening hours: Weekdays from 8am to 4 pm.

The shop is located at the corner of Campusvej and Killerupvej just before the entrance to SDU Fitness.

The image shows what bicycle path leads to the bicycle repair shop.

SDU Odense offers a Room for reflection to students in need of a mental break or meditative or religious contemplation.

The room is located at the hallway between the “old” Friday Bar and Stenten.

Students at SDU Odense have access to the indoor swimming pool on weekdays between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m., but only at times when the pool is not used for lessons.

Contact Student Services at SDU Odense to get an access card for the pool and overview of the accessible hours.

Students and employees at SDU Odense and Odense University Hospital can sign up for membership at SDU Fitness.

According to the International Olympic Committee, the best athletics stadium in the world is located at SDU Odense. Best of all, the public has free access to the stadium.

 

Visit SDU's Friday bar Nedenunder (Downstairs) at entrance C.

Let go of a week's frustrations and meet other students over a bottle of cold and fairly priced beer every Friday from 2 p.m. - 11 p.m.

Information about safety for students.

If you haven’t got your Bachelor degree from the University of Southern Denmark, it’s very important that you order your student card as soon as possible. When you order it, you’ll receive an exam number, which you need for accessing the university’s IT facilities.

This also applies if you have got your Bachelor degree from the University of Southern Denmark but more than 90 days have passed since the grading of your last exam.

As a student at the University of Southern Denmark, you have access to the IT services of the University of Southern Denmark, including your student e-mail address, the Student Self Service portal and the e-learn platform Blackboard. 

We will send you an e-mail with information on the IT services of the University of Southern Denmark and on the access to these services to the e-mail address that you stated on your application. If you did not receive the e-mail within 1 week, please contact helpdesk@helpdesk.sdu.dk.

If you are not fully admitted to your master study programme, the courses that you need to pass, will be listed in your letter of admission.
You must send the documentation to the admissions office through www.sdu.dk/SPOC as soon as possible and no later than September 25th.

If you are studying for your bachelor at the University of Southern Denmark, and you do not expect to complete it before study start, you can apply for permission to follow master study courses without having completed your bachelor programme. You must apply no later than September 15th. Find out how to apply here.

At the University of Southern Denmark, you must register for the courses yourself before the semester begins. You will not be able to register for the courses until 3 days after you have ordered your student card.

You must register for courses in the Student Self Service portal. The deadlines are August 31 for autumn courses, and January 31 for courses in the spring semester.

Read more about course registration here

On SDU's digital platform you’ll find book lists for all of the subjects you will be taking in the upcoming semester. The book lists are often not released until just before the start of the semester.

Ask your lecturer for advice
It is always a good idea to ask your lecturers for advice on which literature you must make a priority to buy and which literature is considered to be of secondary importance and which you may not necessarily need to buy.

SDU has it's own bookstore
The university has its own bookstore. Sometimes you may also be able to borrow the books you need from the library, or buy them used from older students or at www.pensum.dk.  

If you did, what to do next depends on whether you completed your previous study programme or not.

Did you not complete your master's programme?

If you were previously admitted to a master's programme and you did not complete it, you must apply for credit transfer. This means that the courses which you have previously passed can be included in your new study programme, reducing the length of your new study programme proportionally.

Did you complete your master's programme?

If you have previously completed a master's programme, you may apply for credits.
Read more on credit transfer.

As a student at the University of Southern Denmark, you are responsible for keeping yourself updated on the rules of examinations, including exam registration and deregistration. You must know all applicable regulations and the university’s requirements for academic practice in relation to exam assignments. Read more about general examination regulations.

Do you know what student activity means?

As a university student, you must register for courses and exams yourself and you must pass a specific amount of ECTS every year. In addition to this, you must also complete your study programme within a specific period of time, and there are clearly defined rules for leaves of absence, among other things. Knowing the rules and keeping yourself updated on the university’s rules on student activity is your obligation. Read more about student activity.

Do you have a permanent physical disability or a mental disorder, which requires special support in relation to completing a university study programme, you can apply for Special Educational Support (SPS).

Are you eligible for SU? Read more about The Danish Education Grant and Loan Scheme.

Let us help you find accommodation in your city of studies. Read more about accommodation

Directory to your campus

In order for you to find your way around your campus, we have made a directory for our campuses.

Challenges in relation to your studies?

Your study secretariat and your faculty will help you overcome your study related challenges. Read more about student guidance service.

Student Services

At Student Services you will find the joint administrative services together. Read more.

Open for students 24/7

SDU's Library

The library's has a silver platter of resources for students. There is quick help via zoom, guides and guides for many topics and specific databases, good advice and tricks for effective search as well as courses and events from the library - right from "Put good commas!" over board game nights for "Getting started with Summon - The University Library's answer to Google".

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FAQ

Where and when is the start of studies?

The semester starts on 1 September. There may be study start activities in the days up to. See the detailed program here.

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Need help?

Here you will find your education coordinator and education secretary.


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