Student intake at Faculty of Science is record high
The Faculty of Science sees a 16,4 percent increase in admissions of new BA students
553 applicants have now accepted the offer to study a natural sciences bachelor's degree at the University of Southern Denmark - including Mathematics-economics, which administratively belongs to the Faculty of Business and Social Sciences.
This corresponds to an increase of 16.4 percent compared to last year, when 475 were admitted and accepted a place in one of the 12 degree programmes.
And the number of new Bachelor students is therefore also passing the previous record from 2019, when 537 applicants accepted their study places.
The 2024 intake is thus 3 percent better than the 2019 intake, when you zoom in on the natural sciences Bachelor programmes.
Although admissions are progressing overall, there are individual programmes which have a lower intake this year than last year, but each of the faculty's four departments is experiencing a positive development.
Compared to 2023, IMADA thus experiences an increase from 10 to 18 in Applied Mathematics, from 61 to 67 in Computer Science, from 27 to 35 in Artificial Intelligence, as well as a decline from 33 to 21 in Mathematics and from 40 to 36 in Mathematics-economics.
At BMB, Biomedicine advances from 78 to 92, while Biochemistry and Molecular Biology advances from 34 to 36.
The single Bachelor programme at the Department of Biology, Biology, goes from 54 to 65.
Last but not least, all four degree programmes at FKF experience progress. Thus, Pharmacy goes from 104 to 120. Physics goes from 19 to 29. Medicinal Chemistry from 6 to 9, and Chemistry from 9 to 25.
Mixed results for SDU Odense
Also the Faculty of Business and Social Sciences sees an increase in Bachelor intake at SDU Odense. Here, their intake increases by 43. On the other hand, the Faculty of Humanities, the Faculty of Health Sciences and the Faculty of Engineering have lower intakes at SDU Odense with, respectively, 44, 16 and 21 Bachelor students.
Therefore, the intake of new Bachelor students at SDU Odense increases this year by a total 44 people compared to last year and lands at 3175 - a growth of 1.4 percent.
Unfortunately, 3175 also corresponds to a decrease of 18.4 percent since 2018, when 3893 new Bachelor students were admitted to SDU Odense.
On the other hand, the Bachelor intake has reached new heights at SDU Sønderborg, where 606 have been admitted. This is 97 more than last year. Meanwhile, SDU Esbjerg goes from 100 new Bachelor students last year to 89 this year.
At SDU Kolding, there is also a positive development compared to last year, as 157 have been admitted here. In 2023, that number was 134.
SDU Slagelse no longer admits any new students.
Dive into the admissions statistics in the SDU Analysis Portal (external link).