International Student Guide - Det Juridiske Fakultet

If you are taken ill before an Examination
If you are taken ill before an examination and not able to sit the examination, you have
the possibility of getting a make-up examination at a later time.
In order to have a make-up examination you have to file a request with The Faculty of
Law, The Student Counselling Centre within 3 (three) working days after the examination
together with a doctor’s notice certifying that you were not able to sit the examination at
the said time. Requests filed after the deadline will not be accepted.
If possible, The Student Administration will try to arrange a re-exam before the exchange
student goes back home. If a make-up examination cannot be arranged in December (nor
May for spring term exams), you are free to come back at a later stage to take the makeup
examination.
If you are staying for two terms and you are taken ill at an exam in December a make-up
examination may be arranged in the next ordinary examination period (May or June,
respectively), if a make-up examination cannot be arranged in December.
Inquiries concerning make-up examinations can always be addressed to The Student
Counselling Centre, as The Faculty of Law will do whatever we can in order to help and
assist you.
The Faculty of Law
With approximately 4.000 students it is the largest of Denmark’s three law schools. The
staff is divided into two groups - around 50 full-time professors and associated professors
and 400 part-time external lecturers. To this number, librarians, secretaries, research
fellows as well as those studying for Ph.D. and Dr.jur. Degrees should be added.
The Degree Structure
Legal education is divided into two parts: The first “basic” part the BA degree requires a
study of three years and consists of a number of mandatory courses: Family Law, Law of
Obligations, Property Law, Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Criminal Law, Law
of Procedure, Public International Law, European Community Law, Legal History, Legal
Sociology and Legal Philosophy. The major examinations are taken after the first, second
and third year. Most of the examinations are written. The successful completion of this
first 3-year part is considered equivalent to an English Bachelor’s Degree (B.A. / B.Sc.).
The second part of the Danish cand.jur.-curriculum is a 2-year study of “master level”
(kandidatuddannelsen) courses. During this phase students study 3 courses per term (each
course is equivalent to 34 hours per term). Three courses are considered to be the full
work-load for one term.
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