International Student Guide - Det Juridiske Fakultet

OTHER USEFUL INFORMATION
Accommodation
The International Office assists all exchange students who have applied in due time with
finding housing in Copenhagen but cannot guarantee housing for individual guest
students or Nordplus students. These students are, therefore, strongly advised to look for
a room on their own, as they are only eligible for housing, if there are available rooms at
the beginning of the semester. However, if you have to find accommodation in
Copenhagen yourself you will be able to find some useful tips and internet sites on the
homepage of the International Office:
http://.studies.ku.dk/housing/finding_housing_on_your_own/
The University of Copenhagen is not a campus university and we only have access to
very few rooms at different halls of residence (kollegier). Most students will therefore be
offered a room in a private home where the landlord is usually living as well, or in a
shared flat.
The rooms assigned by the International Office are all furnished rooms with access to
kitchen, toilet and bathing facilities. The typical monthly rent varies from DKK 2.500 to
3.500 per person.
You are always welcome to send an email to: Uint-housing@adm.ku.dkT
Banking / Credit cards
Savings account
In Denmark, as in many other countries, it is not a good idea to carry large sums of
money or to keep it at home. Therefore, you should consider opening a bank account in a
Danish bank. The largest and most frequent encountered banks are “Den Danske Bank”
and “Nordea”.
You just need your CPR-number and passport/ID-card to open an account.
Some of you may choose to open a savings account. If you do this we advise you to ask
for a coded (“mærke”) savings account. When you withdraw money from the account
you have to identify yourself by this code. Thus, should you ever lose the bankbook,
nobody else can withdraw money.
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