SDU collaborates with local language centers to provide Danish lessons for our international employees. The Danish lessons are based on the employee’s daily life at SDU and are supplemented through practical exercises and close cooperation with Danish colleagues.
Please also note that there are special regulations regarding the achievement of Danish language competencies for international employees in permanent positions.
As of 1 April 2019, the Executive Board has set new guidelines for all international employees in permanent positions employed from 1 April 2019 onwards. For this group, it is mandatory to actively participate in Danish language training and to achieve Danish language skills equivalent to B2 on the European Framework of Reference (CEFR) within a period of 5 years from their date of permanent employment. See SDU’s language policy.
In special cases, the deans may grant full or partial exemptions from the requirement to participate in Danish language training, including time frame and level. You can find the application form here.
If you are interested in learning basic Danish before arriving in Denmark, you can sign up for our free online "pre-arrival" course.
Please contact Jane Vinter Moscoso, jvmo@aofjobogdansk.dk .
Odense Municipality will ask you to pay a deposit of 2000 DKK. This deposit is determined by government regulations. The deposit will be refunded when you pass your module test within a certain timeframe.
You can receive free instruction in our Danish Language Course for a maximum of 3.5 years within a timeframe of 5 years from the date of your arrival in Denmark. Please note that strict rules apply during these 5 years.
Please note that the right to free Danish language training is organised as a voucher and that the voucher expires after 60 months (5 years). In this way, you are entitled to 3.5 years of Danish language training within 5 years from your date of arrival.
Each module must be completed within a set time frame. If the time frame of one module is exceeded, this will impact the next module, which will ultimately limit the possibility of completing the entire course. It is therefore important to support our international employees in completing their Danish language training. The details of the time frames for each module will be explained by the language consultants in the different classes.
The time frame begins 30 days after your arrival in the country, even if you do not attend classes. The time frame also includes holiday periods.
Therefore, it is very important that our international employees are enrolled in the Danish language course as soon as possible. See the registration procedure below.
As an accompanying partner, you can choose to participate in a Danish course at either AOF or SDU. Odense Municipality will ask you to pay a deposit of 2000 DKK. This deposit is determined by government regulations. The deposit will be refunded when you pass your module test within a certain timeframe.
Register by contacting Jane Vinter Moscoso via e-mail jvmo@aofjobogdansk.dk. Remember to explicitly mention that the registration concerns a spouse/partner.
No later than 2 months after a new international employee has received their CPR number, their contact information should be sent to language consultant Jane Vinter Moscoso, jvmo@aofjobogdansk.dk - who will ensure that the employee is contacted by the language consultant at AOF Job and Dansk for an assessment interview. Please note that this also applies if the employee wishes to postpone the start of their Danish language corse.
The language consultant at AOF Job og Dansk will provide information about the legislation at the assessment interview.
New classes will be scheduled at SDU on an ongoing basis.
If there is a need for particularly intensive teaching courses, SDU HR offers one-to-one training in collaboration with AOF Job and Dansk. The course will be individually adapted and tailored to the needs of the individual employee. Typical needs include:
- Linguistic supervision and feedback in work-related contexts, such as management tasks, teaching, student supervision and patient interviews (SUND)
- Building subject-specific vocabulary
- Improving basic language skills - both written and oral
- Improving pronunciation
Contact Dorthe Magnussen, doma@sdu.dk formore information
Price: DKK 850 per lesson. As the employee’s department will pay for the training, it is important to secure approval from the department.
Watch six short and fun videos about Danish grammar and pronunciation: “Grammar for Dummies” (external site - in Danish only).
Learn the Danish language - AOF Job & Dansk
Language Training Courses and meeting places
For further information about SDU’s language policy, please visit our website or contact Betina Rohr, betr@sdu.dk.
Contact
Danish courses on SDU Esbjerg
For information and registration, pleace contact Dorthe Magnussen, Arbejdsmiljø og Udvikling, SDU HR
Danish courses on SDU Kolding
For information and registration, pleace contact Dorthe Magnussen, Arbejdsmiljø og Udvikling, SDU HR
Danish courses on SDU Sønderborg
For information and registration, pleace contact Dorthe Magnussen, Arbejdsmiljø og Udvikling, SDU HR
Danish courses on SDU Odense
If you have any questions, you are very welcome to contact Dorthe Magnussen, Arbejdsmiljø og Udvikling, SDU HR
For more information about SDUs Language policy please se our website.