Applicants to be guaranteed acceptance to Science
As you know, from 2017 new admission requirements and test-based admission are being introduced to the study programmes at NAT. In this respect, the Faculty of Science had wanted to introduce guaranteed quotients on all Bachelor study programmes, applicable from 2017. This has now been approved by SDU's Council for Education.
The background for introducing guaranteed quotients is multifarious. However, the primary consideration is for the applicants.
"At Science, we want the applicants to have transparency in the admission procedure, and that it is not too complicated or difficult. With the introduction of the guaranteed quotient, it will be very simple: Applicants who meet the requirements will be accepted. It can be an extra motivational factor in high school, so the most talented students will work hard to increase their grade point average enough to be guaranteed admission to their preferred study programme," explains Head of Education and Communication Niels Kring.
The guarantee quotient will ensure that a student with a grade point average corresponding to the guarantee quotient will always get a place on the study programme. It will also give applicants a better chance to prepare for their forthcoming study period in relation to finding accommodation and orienting themselves in a new city.
Another purpose of the guarantee quotients is to enable Science to attract the right students to our study programmes.
"With the guarantee quotients and the new test-based admission we would like to say to applicants that at Science there is a focus on finding the right match between applicant and study programme. Studying Science at SDU is demanding; it is not just something you choose if you fail to get into other study programmes or universities. With the introduction of the guarantee quotients, we are sending a clear signal that at SDU you can really use your grades for something. It is a good signal, which hopefully will attract more talented students. If on top of that we can ease the burden for some of the applicants by removing the test from Quota 2, then of course we would like to do that. Therefore, we are also very pleased that the Council for Education approved our proposal," concludes Niels Kring.
The guarantee quotient means that an applicant is guaranteed a study place by means of a given quotient established by the individual study programme. In practice, this will mean that if there are 100 applicants to physics who have an grade point average of 8 or higher, we are required to admit all of them.
However, the Faculty thinks there will not be as many as this, but if it does happen, it willonly be a positive problem as there will then be talented students in an in demand area.