Wondering if you need to pay application and tuition fees?
Students from outside the EU are generally required to pay tuition and application fee (with a few exemptions). EU/EEA and Swiss citizens are not liable to pay fees.
Find more information about fees, terms of payment and exemptions below.
Non-EU/EEA/Swiss citizens must pay an application fee of 150 EUR (1.125 DKK) to have your application(s) processed
The application fee covers up to three applications at Aarhus University. Please note that the Danish universities charge application fees individually.
The application deadline for non-EU applicants was 15 January 2026, and the web shop is now closed.
If you are a non-EU/EEA/Swiss citizen (or hold a British national overseas passport) you must pay tuition fee.
The annual tuition fee rates are subject to change, also for enrolled students.
Once you are enrolled in a study programme, you must pay the tuition fee before each semester start.
If you receive credit transfer for previous studies, your tuition fees will be reduced. You will pay reduced tuition fees in the semester(s) in which you have been granted the credit transfer.
Study start 1 September
| Semester | When will you receive payment information? | Payment deadline |
| 1st semester | Shortly after you have accepted your offer of admission | Before semester start 1 September |
| 2nd semester | Late December | Before semester start 1 February |
| 3rd semester | Late July | Before semester start 1 September |
| 4th semester | Late December | Before semester start 1 February |
Study start 1 February
| Semester | When will you receive payment information? | Payment deadline |
| 1st semester | Shortly after you have accepted your offer of admission | Before semester start 1 February |
| 2nd semester | Late July | Before semester start 1 September |
| 3rd semester | Late December | Before semester start 1 February |
| 4th semester | Late July | Before semester start 1 September |
All payments are made via the AU web shop. You can pay in two ways:
Credit card
Bank transfer. You must order the invoice yourself via the AU web shop
Please note that you yourself are responsible for your payment.
Tuition fees are paid per semester (30 ECTS)
We do not accept payments in instalments
Please complete your payments early in order to avoid delays
You can have other people make the payments for you but make sure that your name is listed on the payment in the webshop
Invoices are issued with DKK – you can use a currency converter to make a bank transfer with a different currency than stated on your invoice, or you can use the webshop receipt in which the amount is stated in EUR.
Do not make a bank transfer before you have ordered an invoice in the AU Webshop!
Do not attempt to make many payments if you are experiencing issues. Please contact us instead.
Are you withdrawing from your programme?
You can receive a full tuition fee refund if you contact us before study start and request the refund. No refund is made after the start of a semester.
The refund will be made as soon as possible after you have contacted us. It can take 1-2 weeks to process.
If your tuition fee payment was made by a third party on your behalf, and you request a refund, the refund will be issued to the credit card or bank account of the payer, not you. In this case, it is your own responsibility to make sure that you will be able to retrieve the funds from the third party in question. It is not possible to request the refund to be made to a different bank account.
If you are granted special leave, you will not pay tuition fees for the semester(s) in which you are on leave.
However, if your special leave is granted after the semester start date, the tuition fee will not be refunded. It will instead be transferred to the semester in which you return from leave.
After you return from leave, your payment of tuition fees resumes as normal.
Please note that you will never have to pay tuition fees for more semesters than the official length of your studies.
If you are granted a permanent residence permit in Denmark/in an EU-country that becomes valid after 1 March (for the Spring semester) or after 1 October (for the Fall semester), you must still pay the tuition fee for the entire semester.
If your permanent residence permit becomes valid before 1 March in the spring semester or before 1 October in the autumn semester, you can contact us for a refund of the tuition fee you have already paid for that semester. You must submit valid documentation for your new residence permit.
If your residence permit becomes valid after these dates, the tuition fee cannot be refunded for that semester.
You are required to notify us if your residence permit changes, and you are no longer exempt from paying tuition fees. Starting from the next semester, you will have to pay a tuition fee.
If you are a non-EU/EEA student with a residence permit in the EU/EEA, but without EU/EEA citizenship, you cannot be exempted from paying tuition fees.
The above is stipulated pursuant to Section 3 of the Ministerial Order no. 912 of 25 June 2025 on funding and auditing at Danish universities, including amendments and explanatory notes.
Once you have a Danish CPR number, health insurance is covered by the Danish state. Read more about health insurance and other insurances.
Once you have paid your tuition fees, you can apply for a student residence permit.
To obtain your student residence permit you must:
Learn more about how you apply for a student residence permit.
You must make your tuition fee payment via the AU Web shop.
You have received an email from the AU Admissions Office with a direct link to the web shop. Please follow the following instructions.
Please click the link you have received to open the web shop.
The page will look like this:
Click on “Add to Cart” and your shopping cart will now show that one tuition fee payment has been added.
Please check that it is the correct web shop for your study programme.
Click your shopping cart and check that you have only chosen “1” in “Qty”.
Click “Proceed to Checkout”.
You will now need to click “Create an Account”.
Only fill in “First Name” and “Last Name” as well as “Email” and “Password”.
Do not fill in “Tax/VAT Number”, “EAN nr.” nor “Attention”.
Customer Login
Please make sure to confirm your e-mail address before you proceed. The confirmation email is sent to the email address you have registered.
Once this is done, you will receive a “Welcome to AU web shop” email. You can now proceed with the payment.
Next you fill in the customer/student information under “Address Book”.
When your contact info is filled out, you can go to payment check-out.
Payment check-out
You can now choose to make the payment with a credit card or with a bank transfer via an invoice.
We recommend paying with a credit card if possible as these payments are processed faster.
However, if you choose to pay via bank transfer, you must order the invoice yourself via our web shop.
Below you will find instructions on how to either pay by credit card (A) or on how to order the invoice (B) via the web shop.
Click the “Business / Paying student” box.
Please list your name (applicant/student name that the tuition fee payment refers to) in the “order comment” box.
Pick payment method “Nets Easy Payment”.
Now click “place order”.
Payment information / credit card payment
Please list your credit card information.
Read and accept the terms and conditions to continue to payment. Click Pay XXXX EUR/DKK at the bottom to complete the payment.
It is not possible to pay the tuition fee in installments.
It is unfortunately not possible to pay with a Danish bank account.
This is the guide on how to order the invoice via our web shop.
Click the “Business/Paying student” box.
Please list your name (applicant/student name that the tuition fee payment refers to) in the “order comment” box.
Select the payment method “Invoice”.
Accept terms and conditions by checking the box.
Click “place order”.
An invoice will now be sent to the e-mail address you have listed in your payment. Please note that it may take a few days to receive the invoice.
When you receive the invoice, you can make the payment via bank transfer. Please note that it may take up to two weeks for us to receive a payment via international bank transfer.
It is not possible to pay the tuition fee in installments.
