Student Handbook

Introduction to the SUFONAMA Student Handbook

Welcome to the SUFONAMA Student Handbook – your trusted companion through your SUFONAMA studies.

This handbook aims to give you an overview of the most important issues as you move further along in your SUFONAMA studies.

In some sections you’ll find extensive descriptions of the topics, while in others you’ll find less information. You may not find all the answers to your questions in the handbook, but you’ll find references to where you can find more information on the topic – or who to contact about it.

The handbook is built in a chronological order, so topics that will be relevant for you before you start your studies will be in the beginning – and the topics that will be relevant for you when you graduate will be at the very end. Sometimes you may have to shuffle back in the handbook to refresh your knowledge on a given topic.

We hope you find it useful.

Please feel free to reach out to us on sufonama-science@adm.ku.dk, if you have suggestions on how to improve the handbook.

Introduction to SUFONAMA

Financial and Legal Matters

Before Arriving in Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen)

UCPH oversees the admission of all SUFONAMA students to the programme. As part of this process, you will be enrolled at UCPH, and you will stay enrolled at the university through your entire study period until you’ve graduated.

This means that you can make use of all services for UCPH-students when you are a SUFONAMA student – even when you are studying at your second-year university.

You can read about student life and services on UCPH Study Information.

Studying at University of Copenhagen

Preparing for your Second Year of Studies

Making Preparations for the Second Year

In the spring semester on your first year of studies, you can begin preparing for your second year of study. This is also when your second-year university will contact you regarding enrolment.

This section will take you through what you need to know about preparing for your second year of study before you leave UCPH and Copenhagen.

Studying at your Second-Year University

Issuing of Diploma

As SUFONAMA is a double degree, you will get a diploma from

  • University of Copenhagen
  • your second-year university.

The process of issuing the diploma varies from partner university to partner university. However, before each university can issue your diploma, you need to ensure that 120 ECTS credit is recorded at each university.

By now you should already have applied for a credit transfer from UCPH to your second-year university. If you have done this, you will now have 120 ECTS recorded with your second-year university. If you haven’t done this, please see this section for instructions.

Now you must ensure that the 60 ECTS credits from your second-year university are transferred to UCPH, so you’ll also have 120 ECTS recorded with UCPH as well. For that you need a certified transcript of records from your second-year university.