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Roskilde University at a lake in Trekroner in Denmark.

Roskilde · Denmark · Research university

Roskilde University

Roskilde University was set up in 1972 to experiment with how knowledge is taught, and it still works differently from every other Danish university.

Leif Jørgensen · CC BY-SA 4.0

In English
3 programmes
City
Roskilde
Apply via
Optagelse.dk
Next deadline
15 Mar 2027

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.

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All dates for this school (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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  4. 6 July 2027*

    IB results released
    Details

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

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  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 you could study here

  • Last year: 30 IB points

Bachelor in Global Humanities

BA · 3 yrs · Roskilde

Needs Language ab initio SL or another language · History +1 more

Humanities

What it asks of IB students

Last year's cut-offs: 30–32 IB points, by degree.

Where it says so

Its IB recognition statement

Worth knowing

RUC's structure is the thing to understand before applying.

All 5 notes
  • RUC's structure is the thing to understand before applying. You apply to a broad programme, not to a named subject. Year one is a shared interdisciplinary basic studies section; years two and three are spent on two bachelor subjects you choose at the end of year one. Your degree title is the combination.
  • Because the subject choice happens after you arrive, the entry requirements listed here are for the programme as a whole. Individual bachelor subjects can carry additional requirements — RUC publishes these separately under 'Additional specific admission requirements for bachelor's subjects' (https://ruc.dk/en/additional-specific-admission-requirements-bachelors-subjects). Check the subject you have in mind before you assume you qualify.
  • About half of all study time at RUC is group project work rather than taught classes and written exams.
  • RUC states hour minimums as well as levels for each required subject, for example English 210 hours, Mathematics A 375 hours, Chemistry 190 hours, Biotechnology A 400 hours, Geoscience A 400 hours. If your IB subject hours fall short you may be asked to supplement.
  • The guaranteed-admission GPAs quoted here are 2026 figures and are not the same thing as a quota 1 cut-off; RUC does not publish quota 1 cut-offs for these programmes on its English pages.

Sources
  1. RUC – Bachelor programmes — checked 2026-09-22
  2. RUC – International Bachelor in Natural Sciences (int) — checked 2026-09-22
  3. RUC – International Bachelor in Social Sciences (int) — checked 2026-09-22
  4. RUC – Bachelor in Global Humanities (int) — checked 2026-09-22
  5. RUC – Specific admission requirements — checked 2026-09-22
  6. RUC – Guaranteed admission for qualified applicants — checked 2026-09-22
  7. RUC – Application deadlines — checked 2026-09-22
  8. RUC – Application fee and tuition fees — checked 2026-09-22
  9. RUC – About Roskilde University — checked 2026-09-22