In general, there are two sets of rules according to which you can apply for equal status: Danish rules or the rules of EU law.

Depending on the rules under which you apply, there are different conditions that you must fulfil: 

• Equal status according to Danish rules
• Equal status according to EU law 

Questions about equal status?

Please contact the Danish Agency for Higher Education directly. You can find contact information at su.dk.

If you want to apply for SU you have to fill out an application form at su.dk via the online system minSU ("my SU").

Please note that it can take up to several weeks before you receive an answer from the Danish Agency for Higher Education. The answer will be sent to you via Digital Post.

You can read more about digital post on www.su.dk.
The Danish Agency for Higher Education handles all applications on equal status for SU.

When you start your education, you are granted SU corresponding to the education’s prescribed duration in months.

If you are admitted to your first higher education course no later than two years after your first completed qualifying exam, you will receive SU to the prescribed duration of the education + 12 extra grant portions. If you have taken your bachelor degree abroad we do not have the information concerning your qualifying exam, in this case you must apply for the extra 12 grant portions on minSU (the application is called ”støttetid” and you can find it under “Søg SU – Støttetid”).

If you are admitted to your first higher education course later than two years after your first completed qualifying exam, you can apply for dispensation for the 12 extra grant portions in special circumstances. You can read more at SU(this page is only in Danish).

We get a lot of inquiries from EU citizens who want to apply for SU as EU-workers. Here is a list of things you should be aware of:

• You must be under employment 10-12 hours a week, which in effect means at least 10 hours a week and at least 43 a month.
• Your job must be continuous. This means that meeting the requirements for one month only is not enough. You must present a contract.
• Internships do not count as work.
• If you change jobs, you must present your new contract to the Danish Agency for Higher Education.
• You are entitled to six weeks of paid vacation per year. If you have taken vacation, you must send a sworn statement from your employer. The statement should document that you have taken vacation in accordance with the Vacations Act’s (ferieloven) rules, or you can send print from FerieKonto documenting the vacation period.
• The Danish Agency for Higher Education checks how much you have worked each month. This means that by not fulfilling the requirements for hours and pay for a few months you risk being charged with repaying your SU.

As a student at Aalborg University, you can obtain a public transportation pass known as "Ungdomskort" (Youth Pass). Use the pass throughout the Northern Denmark ticket rate region, and receive discounts on the price of your travel in Denmark in general.

Apply and find more information at https://www.ungdomskort.dk/ungdomskort/ 

If you have a residence permit from SIRI
If you are a foreign citizen outside the Nordic region or EU/EEA and have a residence permit in Denmark as a student, you should be aware that it may have consequences for your right to stay in Denmark if you receive an Ungdomskort or mileage allowance. You may risk losing your residence permit - for example, if you are in Denmark for a study or exchange program.

Remember that it is your responsibility to comply with the rules that apply to your right to stay in Denmark - also in relation to the fact that you are not allowed to receive public assistance for subsistence. If you have questions about the rules on residence permits in Denmark, you must contact the immigration authorities. You can read more at nyidanmark.dk 

Study activity control
In March the Agency for SU will conduct a study activity control. The students that do not fulfill the rules about study activity will receive a letter from the Agency in the beginning of April 2025.  If you receive a letter in your e-box informing you that your SU will stop due to lack of study activity, you can read more about the rules here - Studieaktivitetskontrol  (in Danish). Lack of study activity means that you have not passed enough ECTS points compared to the number of SU portions that you have received. 

You can see your study progression at minSU - ”Se din SU – Studiefremdrift”. 

Delay due to illness, work within university boards or special circumstances. 
If your delay is due to illness, work within university boards or special circumstances you can apply for extra portions of SU. If you are granted extra portions of SU your study activity requirements will be reduced and you have the opportunity to keep your SU – you can find more information regarding extra portions of SU here (in Danish). 

If we receive your application for extra portions of SU before the deadline for consultation, which is 16 April 2025, 12 noon the decision about lack of study activity will be postponed, while we handle your application. This means that you will receive SU while we handle your application. If we receive your application after the deadline 16 April, your SU can be resumed, but at the earliest from the month, in which we receive your application. Notice that the processing time for applications is about 3-6 weeks. 

Being delayed 
If your SU is stopped due to lack of study activity and it is not due to the above-mentioned reasons you can re-apply for SU when you have passed the number of ECTS-points mentioned in the letter that you have received. 

An example: If you pass the ECTS points mentioned in the letter, in June, you can re-apply for SU in June. Your application will be approved when we can see that the ECTS-points have been registered in STADS.  Notice that you have to re-apply for SU on “minSU” by the end of the month, where you want to receive SU (minSU/RET DIN SU/Genoptag SU). 
 

The final date for applying for SU and SU loan in 2024 is 5 December 2024. 
 
The deadline for approving the SU loan on “minSU” for 2024 is 15 December 2024. 
 
Notice that if you already receive SU, you do not have to reapply for SU. 
 

Deadlines for SU applications:   
Deadline for applying for SU is the last day of the month, this means that if you want to apply for SU for January the deadline on minSU is 31 January.  The final date for applying for SU in December is 5 December. If you apply after 5 December, you can at the earliest receive SU in January the year after.   
  
 The deadline for approving the SU loan for 2024 is 15 December 2024.   
  
Notice that the 5 December deadline only applies to students who are not already granted SU in December 2024, this means that if you receive SU you do not have to reapply for SU.   
   
Letter about the SU for 2025:  
In the end of November, you will receive a letter in your e-Boks informing you of your State Educational Grant and Loan Scheme for 2025. Notice that you must approve the loan plan for 2025 if you still want to receive the loan in 2025 . Please notice, that you can only approve it from 1 December 2024 at minSU). 
   
SU reform – new rules regarding SU  
New rules regarding SU for higher education have been passed. The new rules will have consequences for your SU from January 2027, if you start a new higher education from 1 July 2025 or later. “A new education” also includes starting a master programme after having passed a bachelor programme. You can read more about the new rules on SU-reform (in Danish only)  
    
SU – rules and different kinds of support  
You can read about the SU rules and different kinds of support on English | SU and State Educational Grant (SU) at AAU  
  
You can among other things read about:    

• Study activity control - Twice a year a study activity control is conducted, as you are only allowed to be 6 months delayed (30 ECTS points)  
    
• Additional portions of SU – You can apply for additional portions of SU, if you are delayed in your studies due to illness, work within university boards or other special circumstances   
    
• Extension of SU – You can apply for additional portions of SU if you have a professional bachelor’s education, a two-year minor or propaedeutics. If the prescribed duration of your bachelor’s education and your master’s education surpasses 5 years (58 SU grant portions)   
     
• Parental SU rates (“fødselsstøtte”)  - You can apply for parental SU rates if you are having a child  
     
• Transportation discounts – You can apply for a youth card (“ungdomskort”) and in some cases Mileage Allowance. You can read more about these discounts here
    
• SU grants and duration of the support  
     
• Special Educational Support (SPS). SPS is an offer to students with disabilities, read more on SPS  
   

On English | SU you will also find the self-service system “minSU”, where you can check your SU, the duration of the support and study activity demands.  Contact the SU office:  
If you have any questions regarding your SU please contact us – see SU contact information.   
  
On English - su.dk you can find further information on SU.   
   
Please note: The SU Office at Aalborg University is closed from 23 December until 2 January    

SU Reform – new rules regarding SU

New rules regarding SU for higher education have been passed.

The new rules will have consequences for your SU from January 2027, if you start a new higher education from 1 July 2025 or later. “A new education” also includes starting  a master programme after having passed a bachelor programme.

You can read more about the new rules on SU-reform (in Danish only)

SU   

Remember to apply for SU for your Master’s programme if you complete your Bachelor´s programme this summer   
SU is granted for a certain study programme. Your Bachelor´s programme and your Master´s programme are considered two different programmes.     

If you expect to complete your Bachelor’s programme before the end of August 2024, and you are admitted to a Master’s programme starting 1 September 2024, you must remember to apply for SU for the Master’s programme as from July if you wish to receive SU in the summer period (July and August). If you wish to apply for SU for your Master´s programme as from July, you can apply via minSU 1 June 2024 at the earliest, since you can apply for SU only one month in advance. If you wish to receive SU in the beginning of July, you must apply no later than mid-June since a processing time of two weeks must be expected. It is not possible to apply for SU retroactively and for that reason you must apply for SU as from July no later than 31 July 2024. You are not eligible for SU during the summer if you graduate from your Bachelor´s programme in May or earlier. In this case you can apply for SU for your Master´s programme as from September.   

If you are granted exemption to sign up for Master´s programme courses while completing your Bachelor´s programme   

If you are granted exemption to sign up for Master´s programme courses while completing your Bachelor´s programme, please note that you are enrolled in the Bachelor´s programme, which means that you are only eligible for SU for the Bachelor´s programme. In this case you must prolong your Bachelor´s programme on minSU - ”Ret din SU – Forlæng uddannelsen”. If you do not have any SU portions left for your Bachelor’s programme, you may apply for a completion loan (“Slutlån” in Danish). Once you have completed your Bachelor’s programme, you can apply for SU for your Master’s programme.    

If you are delayed in your Bachelor´s programme or your Master´s programme   
If you are delayed in your programme, you must prolong your programme on minSU ”Ret din SU – Forlæng uddannelse”. Please note that if you hold a public transportation card “Ungdomskort” or if you receive transportation grants “kilometerpenge”, you must re-apply for these when prolonging your programme.   

You will receive SU support as long as you have enough SU portions or completion loan (“slutlån” in Danish) and at the same time fulfill the rules regarding study activity.   

Completion Loan 
You can apply for completion loan (“slutlån” in Danish) if have you have used up all your SU portions and not finished your study programme. You can receive a completion loan for a maximum of 12 months or 24 months. On minSU you can check have many months of completion loan you can get (minSU/Se din SU/ Klippekort"). You can read more on State Education Loan

Scholarship for study abroad  
If you are planning to study a semester abroad (and it is not part of an AAU cooperation agreement) you can apply for a special grant for the tuition fee or part of the tuition fee. Please note that you must be entitled to the SU portions to apply for the scholarship. You can read more on Scholarships for study abroad

Questions regarding SU   
You will find the answers to most of your questions at su.dk or on AAU SU Office website . If you have further questions regarding SU, you are welcome to contact us.  If you have questions regarding equal status, you need to contact the Agency of SU (Uddannelses- og Forskningsstyrelsen) through digital post.   

SPS   

Special Educational Support (SPS)    

SPS is an offer to students with disabilities. If you have a mental or neurological diagnosis, a physical disability, dyslexia or dyscalculia you can apply for special educational support (”SPS”). Different facilities or perhaps a mentor can be granted with the purpose of meeting your specific needs in regard to studying. You can read more about SPS at spsu.dk and Special Educational Support (SPS) at Aalborg University

You can read more about SPS here

If you would like to hear more about special educational support (SPS) you can also write to sps@aau.dk or call us Tuesday and Thursday from 10-12 (Phone 9940 9430). Your enquiry will be considered confidential.   

Please note: 
SU and SPS s closed from 15 - 26 July 2024.