Finance and fees
You must pay the application fee if you are a NON EU/EEA citizen, unless you hold a residence permit that exempts you from paying application fee. See the exemptions explained below.
Please note that EU/EEA citizens are not required to pay application fee.
Brexit
Please note that from 1 January 2021 British citizens are required to pay application fee and tuition fee due to Brexit.
Payment instructions
All application fees payments are made through our Webshop.
The application fee is 150 EUR (1150 DKK). One application fee covers all applications (max 3) to Aalborg University for the specific intake.
When you have completed the payment, you will receive a receipt to your email. Please upload the receipt to all your applications in the Application portal.
We will refund the application fee if you are admitted and begin your studies at Aalborg University. The refund will always be reimbursed to the credit card that was used in application fee webshop.
Exemptions for paying application fee
You are exempt from paying application fee if you hold a Danish upper secondary school exam, a Danish Bachelor’s degree (minimum 180 ECTS), a Danish Master's degree or one of the following Danish residence permits:
Please check your residence permit letter to see which type of residence permit you have.
- A permanent residence permit.
- A residence permit with the possibility of a permanent residency.
- A temporary residence permit with a view to temporary residence in Denmark after the Danish Aliens Act, Consolidation section 7 (1, 2 and 3), and section 8 (1 and 2).
- A temporary residence permit with a view to temporary residence permit or with the possibility of a permanent residency after the Danish Aliens Act, Consolidation section 9 (1), or section 9 c (1) as a result of a familiar association to a foreigner with a residence permit after section 7 (1 and 2) or section 8 (1 and 2)
- A residence permit after the Danish Aliens Act, Consolidation section 9 m (1) as an accompanying child of a foreigner, who hold a residence permit based on employment etc. after the Danish Aliens Act, Consolidation section 9 a.
- A residence permit after Danish Aliens Act, Consolidation section 9 b (1) (foreigners with humanitarian protection status)
- A temporary residence permit pursuant to Law no. 2055 of 16 November 2021 regarding persons who in Afghanistan have provided support to Danish authorities etc.
- A temporary residence permit in Denmark pursuant to Law no. 324 of 16 March 2022 regarding persons who have been displaced from Ukraine.
Students who have obtained EU status pursuant to the Executive Order on Residence in Denmark for Aliens Falling within the Rules of the European Union (the EU Residence Order) are not required to pay application fee.
We will refund the application fee if you are admitted and begin your studies at Aalborg University. The refund will always be reimbursed to the credit card that was used in application fee webshop.
Beside this, the application fee is non-refundable for all reasons. Once you have submitted an application, you are liable for the application fee, even if you cancel the application. This means that if you pay the application fee, but change your mind about applying, you can only get a refund if you have not yet submitted the application.
The application fee only covers the intake for which you have applied/made the payment and cannot be transferred to another intake.
Students from outside EU/EEA countries are required to pay tuition fees in order to study at Aalborg University unless you hold one of the residence permits mentioned below.
Please note that students from EU/EEA countries are not required to pay tuition fees.
Brexit
Please note that from 1 January 2021 British citizens are required to pay tuition fee due to Brexit. However, If you are an UK citizen and you - before 1 January 2021 - are residing permanently in Denmark in accordance with the EU rules on free movement you are exemted from paying tutiion fee. For further information please visit the website of Danish Ministry of Immigration and Integration.
Tuition fee covers expenses related to lectures, guidance, supervision and exams. In case you do not pass a course you are eligible for two re-examinations
Payment instructions
Newly admitted students
You will receive payment instructions in a separate letter right after your offer of admission. The payment deadline is approximately 14 days after you are informed about your admission. Please note that this deadline cannot be extended.
If your bank requires name and address of the beneficiary of the transfer order to complete it, please use the following:
The Admissions Office
Aalborg University
Fredrik Bajers Vej 1
9220 Aalborg East
Denmark
Currently admitted students
When admitted to Aalborg University you will be charged a tuition fee prior to each semester.
The payment deadline is 1 month before semester start, thus 1 January for the spring semester and 1 August for the autumn semester.
Exemptions for paying tuition fee
You are exempt from paying tution fee if you hold one of the following Danish residence permits:
Please check your residence permit letter to see which type of residence permit you have.
- A permanent residence permit.
- A residence permit with the possibility of a permanent residency.
- A temporary residence permit with a view to temporary residence in Denmark after the Danish Aliens Act, Consolidation section 7 (1, 2 and 3), and section 8 (1 and 2).
- A temporary residence permit with a view to temporary residence permit or with the possibility of a permanent residency after the Danish Aliens Act, Consolidation section 9 (1), or section 9 c (1) as a result of a familiar association to a foreigner with a residence permit after section 7 (1 and 2) or section 8 (1 and 2)
- A residence permit after the Danish Aliens Act, Consolidation section 9 m (1) as an accompanying child of a foreigner, who hold a residence permit based on employment etc. after the Danish Aliens Act, Consolidation section 9 a.
- A residence permit after Danish Aliens Act, Consolidation section 9 b (1) (foreigners with humanitarian protection status)
- A temporary residence permit pursuant to Law no. 2055 of 16 November 2021 regarding persons who in Afghanistan have provided support to Danish authorities etc.
- A temporary residence permit in Denmark pursuant to Law no. 324 of 16 March 2022 regarding persons who have been displaced from Ukraine.
Students who have obtained EU status pursuant to the Executive Order on Residence in Denmark for Aliens Falling within the Rules of the European Union (the EU Residence Order) will not be charged tuition fees.
Exchange students from partner universities outside EU/EEA will not be charged tuition fees.
Students from outside EU/EEA countries are required to pay tuition fees in order to study at Aalborg University (see rates below).
Please note that students from EU/EEA countries are not required to pay tuition fees.
Aalborg University reserves the right to adjust the tuition fees if necessary. Tuition rates are subject to ministerial decisions, and we set and adjust them accordingly. If fees differ you will be required to pay the difference prior to your enrolment to Aalborg University.
Tuition fee rates for one semester 2026
- Advanced Power Electronics (Esbjerg)
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Architecture, MSC in Engineering (Aalborg)
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Bioengineering (Cand.polyt) (Esbjerg)
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Biomedical Engineering and Informatics (Aalborg)
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Biotechnology (Aalborg)
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Building Energy Design
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Chemical Engineering (Esbjerg)
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Chemistry (Aalborg)
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Computer Engineering / AI, Vision and Sound
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Computer Engineering / Networks and Distributed Systems
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Computer Science (IT) (Aalborg)
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Culture, Communication and Globalization (Aalborg)
27.800 DKK / 3725 EUR - Cyber Security (Copenhagen)
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Economics and Business Administration / Finance (Aalborg)
27.800 DKK / 3725 EUR - Economics and Business Administration / International Business (Aalborg)
27.800 DKK / 3725 EUR - Economics and Business Administration / Marketing and Sales (Aalborg)
27.800 DKK / 3725 EUR - Economics and Business Administration / Business Data Science (Aalborg)
27.800 DKK / 3725 EUR - Electronic Systems (Aalborg)
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Energy Engineering / Electrical Power Systems and High Voltage Engineering (Aalborg)
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Energy Engineering / Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Technology (Aalborg)
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Energy Engineering / Mechatronic Control Engineering (Aalborg)
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Energy Engineering / Power Electronics and Drives (Aalborg)
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Energy Engineering / Thermal Energy and Process Engineering (Aalborg)
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Energy Engineering / Wind Power Systems (Aalborg)
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Entrepreneurial Business Engineering (Aalborg)
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Geography (Aalborg)
39.550 DKK / 5295 EUR - International Relations (Aalborg)
27.800 DKK / 3725 EUR - International Relations / Global Refugee Studies (Copenhagen) - closed from 2025
27.800 DKK / 3725 EUR - Indoor Environmental and Energy Engineering (Aalborg)
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Industrial Design, MSc in Engineering (Aalborg)
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Information Studies (Copenhagen)
39.550 DKK / 5295 EUR - Innovative Communication Technologies and Entrepreneurship (Copenhagen) - closed from 2025
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Lighting Design (Copenhagen)
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Management Engineering / Operations and Innovation Management (Aalborg)
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Management Engineering / Operations and Supply Chain Management (Aalborg)
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Mechanical Engineering / Biomechanical Engineering
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Mechanical Engineering / Design of Mechanical Systems(Aalborg)
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Mechanical Engineering / Electro-Mechanical System Design (Aalborg)
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Mechanical Engineering / Manufacturing Technology (Aalborg)
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Medialogy (Copenhagen)
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Medialogy (Aalborg)
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Medicine with Industrial Specialisation / Biomedicine (Aalborg)
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Medicine with Industrial Specialisation / Medical Market Access (Aalborg)
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Medicine with Industrial Specialisation / Translational Medicine (Aalborg)
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Nordic Master in Visual Studies and Art Education (Copenhagen)
39.550 DKK / 5295 EUR - Nordic Master in Sustainable ICT Solutions - closed from 2025
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Physics and Technology / Nanobiotechnology
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Physics and Technology / Nanomaterials and Nanophysics
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Robotics (Aalborg)
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Risk and Safety Management (Esbjerg)
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Service Systems Design (Copenhagen)
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Software (Copenhagen)
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Sound and Music Computing (Copenhagen) - closed from 2025
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Structural and Civil Engineering (Aalborg)
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Surveying and Planning, MSc in Technology (Aalborg) - closed from 2024
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Surveying and Planning, MSc in Technology (Copenhagen) - closed from 2024
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Surveying, Planning and Land Management, cand.geom. (Aalborg)
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Surveying, Planning and Land Management, cand.geom. (Copenhagen)
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Sustainable Cities (Copenhagen)
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Sustainable Design (Copenhagen)
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Sustainable Energy Engineering / Offshore Energy Systems (Esbjerg)
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Sustainable Energy Engineering / Fluids and Process Systems (Esbjerg)
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Sustainable Energy Engineering / Power-to-X Systems (Esbjerg)
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Techno-Anthropology (Copenhagen)
39.550 DKK / 5295 EUR - Techno-Anthropology (Aalborg)
39.550 DKK / 5295 EUR - Tourism (Aalborg)
27.800 DKK / 3725 EUR - Urban Design, MSc in Engineering (Aalborg)
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Urban Design, MSc in Technology (Aalborg)
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Urban, Energy and Environmental Planning / Cities and Sustainability (Aalborg)
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Urban, Energy and Environmental Planning / Environmental Management and Sustainability Science (Aalborg)
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Urban, Energy and Environmental Planning / Sustainable Energy Planning and Management (Aalborg)
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Urban, Energy and Environmental Planning / Urban Planning and Management (Aalborg)
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR - Water and Environmental Engineering (Aalborg)
57.850 DKK / 7745 EUR
Before study start
If a student wishes to withdraw from Aalborg University prior to the commencement of studies the paid tuition fee will be refunded in full.
The first month after study start
If a student withdraws from Aalborg University within the first month of the semester, i.e. February in regards to the spring semester and September in regards to the autumn semester, only part of the tuition fee will be refunded.
If a student withdraws from Aalborg University due to not receiving a study and work permit in time, the full tuition fee will be refunded.
Later than one month after study start
If the student withdraws from Aalborg University later than one month after the commencement of studies the student will not be eligible for a refund.
Who can get a scholarship?
Each September intake, Aalborg University grants a limited number of scholarships to individually selected applicants from non-EU/EEA countries based on strategic considerations and academic qualifications. Academic qualifications transcend national borders and are essentially global. The scholarships are financed by the Danish Government and awarded by Aalborg University.
All non-EU applicants are automatically considered when applying to a master’s programme. Therefore, it is not possible to apply for a scholarship separately.
Please note, Aalborg University only grants a limited number of scholarships - approximately 15 each year. We do not advise you to rely solely on receiving a scholarship when applying for a master’s degree at Aalborg University.
What is included in a scholarship?
A scholarship consists of a tuition fee waiver and a monthly stipend aimed at covering living expenses during the four semesters of your master's programme.
The stipend rate for new students in 2026 is 11,225 DKK / 1503 EUR per month. Please note that you might be required to pay tax - read more here.
Be aware that the scholarship might not cover all your living expenses in Denmark. You may need to supplement your monthly stipend with your own savings, a student loan from your home country, or a student job. If you wish to learn more about living in Denmark (living costs etc.) you can read more here.
The stipend is paid for four semesters, which is the standard duration of a master’s degree. If your studies are prolonged, you will not receive further stipends beyond the first two years of study.
When will the scholarships be granted?
We will inform all applicants about the scholarship decision by the beginning of July at the latest, though it may be earlier. If you receive a scholarship, you will be informed about the details in a separate letter in the Application Portal.
We cannot guarantee that the scholarship decision will be made before the deadline for paying tuition fees. If you are required to pay a tuition fee and are subsequently granted a scholarship, your tuition fee will be refunded.
Please note, if you are granted a scholarship, you might not receive the stipend from the 1 September, as you must have a Danish CPR-number, a NemKonto, and be registered with the Danish tax authorities before we can pay the stipend. In that case, the stipend will be paid retroactively.
If you are a foreign citizen, you must fulfil specific conditions in order to be granted equal status with Danish citizens and receive state educational grant (SU).
You can read more here.
Below we have gathered two links with information about the living costs in Denmark.
Travel insurance
Aalborg University strongly recommends that you take out a travel insurance for the full period you plan to stay in Denmark prior to leaving your home country. A general travel insurance will cover you against expenses in connection with illness, injuries, medical and dental treatment and usually also in case of theft.
Health insurance before you obtain a residence permit
Aalborg University strongly recommends that you take out a health insurance covering the first 4 to 6 weeks you spend in Denmark, since you are not eligible to free medical treatment until you receive your CPR-number health card.
Health insurance after obtaining a residence permit
Once you have obtained a residence permit, i.e. if you are staying in Denmark for at least three months, you are automatically included in the Danish Health Insurance Scheme which gives you the right to free medical treatment by general practitioners and in hospitals – but not by dentists.
When you register at the Citizen Service Center you will receive a personal registration number, which also serves as your health insurance number. After your registration you will receive a health insurance card. Remember always to bring the card along when you see your doctor or your dentist. The name, address and phone number of your chosen doctor will be printed on the card.
If your stay in Denmark will last less than three months you are not automatically covered by the Danish Health Insurance Scheme. The rules applicable vary according to nationality.
Accident insurance
Aalborg University also recommends that you take out a personal insurance to cover your stay in Denmark. Particularly students with laboratory work should ensure that they hold an insurance that covers accidents involving laboratory work. This insurance covers hospital and rehabilitation costs if you get injured in accidents – e.g. accidental fall or work/laboratory accidents.
Contact
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