Exchange Programmes
Looking for an undergraduate exchange course or a practical placement/internship through University College Absalon? Find out more below.
Accommodation (Panel content)
Please note that at University College Absalon we are not able to offer exchange students accommodation.
We will however, assist students in finding places to look for accommodation.
Erasmus Charter (Panel content)
Language requirement (Panel content)
You must document that you have an English level of B2 or higher in order to study at University College Absalon’s exchange programmes.
The following tests will be accepted:
IELTS
(Minimum score: 6.5)
Oxford Online Placement test
(Minimum score: 75 overall + 75 in each subtest)
You may document your English proficiency by completing and sending to international@pha.dk
MRSA screening requirements (Panel content)
Procedure for MRSA testing of non-Nordic* international students, who will be in clinical practice/internship in Region Zealand and come from non-Nordic countries
* Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Sweden, the Faroe Islands, Greenland og Åland
Risk situations associated with MRSA
- If you as a student within the last 6 months have had an internship at a foreign hospital, nursing home or similar institution outside the Nordic region (see above).
- If you as a student within the last 6 months have worked at an institution in Denmark and or the other Nordic countries, where there has been an outbreak of MRSA in the ward.
- If you have worked or stayed in cramped or poor hygienic conditions such as hostels for the homeless, asylum centers and foreign orphanages.
- If you have been hospitalized for >24 hours and / or had an invasive procedure performed at a hospital outside the Nordic region (regardless of duration, including outpatient procedures).
Test for MRSA
International students living outside the Nordic countries prior to an internship in Region Zealand:
- The test for MRSA must involve swabs from the nose and throat.
- The test must be performed in the home country.
- The test must not be older than 1 month.
- The answer must be in English.
- The international student must present a negative MRSA test on the 1st day at the clinical practice/ internship site.
- This presentation of test result is a prerequisite for the student to enter the Danish clinical practice/ internship.
Nomination - important info (Panel content)
Please note that even when you are nominated for a stay at University College Absalon you still have to apply for our courses on this website. This application needs to be assesed, which means that you are not guaranteed a spot at our education programmes until you receive a letter of acceptance from our international office.