IB Pathways
Vigreux column on a round-bottom flask, all connected to a condenser

Aalborg University · Denmark

Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology

Chemistry and biotechnology taught together, with a lot of laboratory time in Esbjerg and a lot of computer modelling of chemical and biological processes.

Lazar.zenit · CC BY-SA 4.0

Where
Esbjerg, Denmark
Degree
BSc in Engineering
Length
3 years
Taught in
English
Starts
September
Apply by
15 March 2027
Last cut-off
Any IB DiplomaDanish 3.3 · 2026 intake
More facts
Degree
BSc in Engineering
Length
3 years
Taught in
English
Starts
September

Deadlines

  1. 15 March 2027, 12:00 CET*

    Applications close
    Sign the application (signature page if you have no MitID)
    Hard deadline
    Details

    Twelve noon, not midnight. Applies to every applicant with an international or IB qualification, whether the diploma was earned in Denmark or abroad, and whether you are aiming at quota 1 or quota 2.

    Source

  2. 2 August 2027*

    Accept your place
    Hard deadline
    Details

    Set by each institution, a few days after offers: check the date in your offer. In 2026: Copenhagen 2 August, Southern Denmark 3 August, Aalborg 5 August. Dated here at the earliest known; a school that publishes its own date shows that instead.

    Source
All dates for this programme (5 more)

  1. 1 February 2027*

    Optagelse.dk opens for the 2027 intake
    Details

    The portal typically opens in early February. Confirm the exact date when the Agency publishes it.

    Source

  2. 1 March 2027*

    Have your IB coordinator register you for IB results
    Your own plan
    Details

    Not an official deadline, but results must be authorised to travel before the documentation deadline. Get a receipt. Institution codes: Copenhagen 002600, Aarhus 000150, Aalborg 000148, Southern Denmark 000157.

    Source

  3. 5 July 2027, 12:00 CET*

    Last day to reorder priorities; documentation at some institutions
    Details

    Priorities can be reordered until 12:00. Documentation deadlines are set by each institution: Aarhus and Aalborg accept documents until 5 July, Copenhagen wants them with the application on 15 March, and some academies set 1 April. Check each one you list.

    Source

  4. 6 July 2027*

    IB results released
    Details

    After the Danish documentation deadline, which is why the results service exists.

    Source

  5. 28 July 2027*

    Offers and quota 1 cut-offs published
    Details

    Every programme's cut-off average is published the same day. Vacant places appear in the same week.

    Source

* Last year’s date, not yet confirmed.

Every date in Denmark

What it is

The projects lean towards the green transition, sustainability and pollution control. It is a small intake — 24 places in 2026 — so you will know everyone on your year.

Degree and length
Degree

BSc in Engineering

Length

3 years, 180 ECTS

Field

Engineering

What you need

  • Any IB EnglishDanish requirement: English B
  • Maths HL (AA or AI)At least a 4 (an IB 4 converts to 4, the lowest that reaches 4).Danish requirement: Mathematics A, minimum 4

And one of these:

  • Physics (SL or HL)+Chemistry (SL or HL) Danish requirement: Physics B + Chemistry B
  • Not open with IB: 2 Danish-only options Biotechnology A: The handbook publishes no equivalent for this subject.Geoscience A: The official handbook leaves the IB column blank for Geoscience A. IB Geography HL is not automatically accepted; you would normally need a Danish supplementary course.The options above are the way in. Danish requirement: Physics B + Biotechnology A / Geoscience A + Chemistry B

Check my subjects against it

Check it on en.aau.dk

How places are decided

Places are ranked; last year's cut-off was 21 IB points. Asks for the full IB Diploma.

Requirements in full, and how places are allocated
Sources (2)

Entry requirements and admission rules for Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology.

Open this to see the exact page each rule came from, when it was read, and whether a person has checked it.

  1. AAU – Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology institution

    Read 2026-09-22. Applies to the 2027 autumn intake.

  2. Uddannelses- og Forskningsstyrelsen (Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science) national agency

    IB-elever uden IB Diploma, men med mindst 18 point (Diploma Programme (DP) Course Results), har adgang til videregående uddannelser i Danmark på lige vilkår med ansøgere med den 2-årige hf-eksamen uden overbygning. Det kræver, at alle 6 IB-fag (3 HL-fag og 3 SL- eller 4 HL-fag og 2 SL-fag) er bestået med mindst karakteren 3. Det betyder, at de har adgang til at søge optagelse på erhvervsakademi- og professionsbacheloruddannelser gennem kvote 1 og 2. Ansøgere med et Diploma Programme (DP) Course Results på mindst 18 point og mindst karakteren 3 i alle fag kan derudover få adgang til en universitetsbacheloruddannelse gennem kvote 1 og 2 ved enten at supplere med enkeltfag efter samme regler som hf’erne eller tage deres IB-eksamen om for at få et IB Diploma – Retake.

    DP Course Results (formerly the IB Certificate) of at least 18 points, with at least grade 3 in all six subjects and at least three subjects at HL, are a qualifying examination in Denmark on the same terms as a two-year hf without overbygning: they give access to erhvervsakademi- and professionsbachelor programmes through quota 1 and quota 2, and to a university bachelor only after two successive raises of upper-secondary subject level, at least one to A level, taken as hf-enkeltfag. Course Results under 18 points, or containing any subject at grade 1 or 2, are not a qualifying examination at all. A full IB Diploma of 24 points or more gives access to every higher education programme in Denmark.

    Read 2026-09-23. Applies to the 2027 autumn intake.

None of these sources has been checked by a person yet.

Other degrees at AAU