More than 750 students offered a study place on a natural Sciences degree programme in Aarhus
Degree programmes at the Faculty of Natural Sciences have once again proven popular this year. However, as expected, the mumber of admissiom offers at Aarhus University has decreased compared to last year, due to a reduction in the number of study places available across the faculties on the university.
At midnight, thousands of eager applicants were able to open their admission letters from Aarhus University. For 6,763 of them, the letter brought the welcome news of an offer of admission.
Among them, 751 applicants have been offered a place on a natural sciences degree programme.
“It is always a great pleasure for me to warmly welcome our new students after the summer break, and this year is no exception. I am delighted that so many students want to immerse themselves in the natural sciences,” says Kristine Kilså, Vice-Dean for Education at the Faculty of Natural Sciences.
Overall, the number of admission offers at Aarhus University has decreased by nine percent, as fewer study places have been made available. This trend is also reflected at the Faculty of Natural Sciences, where 810 applicants were offered a place on one of the faculty’s 15 bachelor's degree programmes last year. This year, that number has fallen by seven percent.
IT Programmes in High Demand
Several bachelor's degree programmes at Aarhus University continue to attract applicants with very high admission cut-off grades. At the Faculty of Natural Sciences, the leading programmes are the three English-taught IT degrees: Computer Science, with a cut-off grade of 11.4; Data Science, with 11.2; and IT Product Development, with a cut-off grade of 10.1.
These three programmes are also among those that have seen the largest increase in admission cut-off grades across the university from 2025 to 2026. One reason is the significant reduction in the number of places offered on international degree programmes.
This year 82 fewer than last year were offered a place on one of these three programmes, and more than 350 qualified applicants were rejected.
“I am disappointed that we have had to turn away so many qualified applicants to our English-taught IT programmes, especially when these are exactly the kinds of skills that society is asking for. We wish we had the capacity to educate even more international students,” says the Vice-Dean.
The final intake figures may still change, as a small number of degree programmes continue to have available places that can be applied for during the coming month.