General information
Application rounds are held twice a year.
Autumn round:
- In late September, the full exchange offer for the next academic year will be presented on our Study Abroad portal.
- Application deadline is 1 November (2026: extended to 15 November)
- If you have passed 30 ECTS at a university level before the deadline, we encourage you to apply in the autumn round to secure a place as soon as possible.
Spring round:
- In early February, the updated exchange offer with remaining and new places for the next academic year will be presented on our Study Abroad portal. The application platform also opens.
- Application deadline is 1 March.
Check out our step-by-step application guide for our best tips and tricks, as well as detailed instructions on how to apply.
For overseas exchange places, it is possible to receive a grant from SDU’s Internationalisation Fund. You will automatically receive more detailed information if you are offered an exchange place eligible for this grant. The grant is currently 12.000 DKK for a semester’s exchange, except for the UK where the grant is 8.000 DKK (2026).
Allocation of places
The International Office will seek to award you the highest possible priority on your list when allocating places. Find more information on how we prioritize applications on our Allocation of places page.
Current Application Round: Autumn Round 2026
Overseas places for exchange in the academic year 2027/2028 (autumn 2027 and spring 2028).
Find the exchange offer on our new Study Abroad portal. You can list up to 5 priorities in your application, and you can apply for both European and overseas places in the same application. Please see our step-by-step application guide for our best tips and tricks, as well as detailed instructions on how to apply.
Please note that the application platform is not quite ready yet
For now, we recommend that you complete step 1 and step 2 in our step-by-step application guide, so you are ready when the application platform opens.
As soon as the application platform opens, it will be announced on these pages, as well as on the Study Abroad portal.
The deadline for applying in the Autumn Round 2026 has been extended to 15 November, 2026.
Important documents
Below you can find important documents that you will need in connection to your exchange.
- Credits to ECTS table (please note that this list is only a guideline. Your Study Board makes the final decision. )
- General Learning Agreement*
- Danish Grading Scale
* Learning agreement is not mandatory documentation for the International Office at SDU, but it might be required by some partner universities.