International Bachelor in Natural Sciences
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The programme
Three-year English-taught natural sciences bachelor. A one-year interdisciplinary basic section, then two bachelor subjects such as chemistry, physics, mathematics, computer science or molecular biology. About half the curriculum is project work.
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Degree: Bachelor's
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If you are from an EU country, an EEA country or Switzerland, you are not required to pay the application fee or tuition fees.
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If you are from an EU country, an EEA country or Switzerland, you are not required to pay the application fee or tuition fees.
Rank in chemistry, biology and mathematics Where Roskilde University ranks in world subject rankings. Lower is better. A subject ranking rates the university’s work in a subject across all its faculties, not one department or this programme, so every programme there in the subject shares it. Under each list, what it mostly rests on. The colour shows where the university stands among the other universities on this site, not among all universities in the world: green ahead of most, red behind most. The combined score averages those standings over the lists: 10 is ahead of all of them in every list, 1 behind all. So it compares only the universities on this site, and can change as more are added. Rankings mostly measure research, not teaching.
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timeshighereducation.com · physical sciences401–500 … Roskilde University
Where Roskilde University ranks in world subject rankings. Lower is better. A subject ranking rates the university’s work in a subject across all its faculties, not one department or this programme, so every programme there in the subject shares it. Under each list, what it mostly rests on. The colour shows where the university stands among the other universities on this site, not among all universities in the world: green ahead of most, red behind most. The combined score averages those standings over the lists: 10 is ahead of all of them in every list, 1 behind all. So it compares only the universities on this site, and can change as more are added. Rankings mostly measure research, not teaching.
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401–500 … Roskilde University
Can you get in?
- School diploma requiredVWO (Dutch pre-university diploma)
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ufsn.dk · lande og eksaminerVoorbereidend Wetenschappelijk Onderwijs (VWO) er adgangsgivende til videregående uddannelse i Danmark.
Der foretages en officiel omregning af de hollandske karakterer til en dansk omregningskvotient, og ansøgeren vurderes herefter til optagelse på lige fod med ansøgere med en dansk adgangsgivende eksamen i kvote 1 og 2.
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Ansøgeren skal opfylde eventuelle specifikke adgangskrav.
Voorbereidend Wetenschappelijk Onderwijs (VWO) er adgangsgivende til videregående uddannelse i Danmark. Der foretages en officiel omregning af de hollandske karakterer til en dansk omregningskvotient, og ansøgeren vurderes herefter til optagelse på lige fod med ansøgere med en dansk adgangsgivende eksamen i kvote 1 og 2.
ruc.dk · general admission requirement entry qualificationA foreign qualification which the Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science has assessed as comparable in level to a Danish upper secondary education
For you, Met: Your VWO diploma counts. - Required school subjectsEngels and wiskunde B and natuurkunde and scheikunde as a VWO exam subject
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ruc.dk · specific admission requirementsEnglish at Danish B-level: 210 hours
Mathematics at Danish A-level: 375 hours
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Physics at Danish B-level: 190 hours
One of the following subject combinations: Physics at Danish B-level and Chemistry at Danish B-level
Chemistry at Danish B-level: 190 hours
ufsn.dk · lande og eksaminerEngelsk 250 (300) Engelsk 250 (300) Engelsk 250 (300) Engelsk 250 (300)
Matematik B (B er højeste niveau dernæst A, C, D) 375 (450)
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Fysik 300 (360) Biologi 300 (360) Historie 275 (330) Historie 300 (330)
Kemi 275 (330) Kemi 275 (330) Økonomi 300 (360)
For you, Not yet clear: Enter your subjects to check. - Minimum subject gradesWiskunde B: at least 6; Natuurkunde: at least 6; Scheikunde: at least 6
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ruc.dk · specific admission requirementsIn addition to the required subject level, you must have received a passing grade in those subjects that are specific admission requirements.
ufsn.dk · lande og eksaminerBeståkarakteren er 6 på en skala fra 1 til 10.
For you, Not yet clear: No grade entered for wiskunde B. No grade entered for natuurkunde. No grade entered for scheikunde. - Minimum overall gradeNone
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ruc.dkYou must fulfil the following admission requirements: General admission requirement of an entry qualification Specific admission requirements for the bachelor's programmes
Roskilde University requires applicants to fulfil minimum grade requirements for admission to the International Bachelor in Social Sciences.
- Language level requiredEnglish: at least 6 for engels on your VWO list
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ruc.dk · specific admission requirementsEnglish at Danish B-level: 210 hours
Roskilde University does not accept English tests in order to fulfil the requirement of English at Danish B-level.
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In addition to the required subject level, you must have received a passing grade in those subjects that are specific admission requirements.
ufsn.dk · lande og eksaminerEngelsk 250 (300) Engelsk 250 (300) Engelsk 250 (300) Engelsk 250 (300)
Beståkarakteren er 6 på en skala fra 1 til 10.
For you, Not yet clear: English: enter your grade for engels. - Minimum ageNo published minimum age foundFor you, Met: No age restriction was found in the published admission rules.
- Extra stepsNone
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- Other requirementsNone
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ruc.dkYou must fulfil the following admission requirements: General admission requirement of an entry qualification Specific admission requirements for the bachelor's programmes
ruc.dk · additional specific admission requirements bachelors subjectsOne of the following subject combinations: Physics at Danish B-level and Chemistry at Danish B-level
Mathematics at Danish A-level
- Score needed to get in
How the score is worked out: Average of the Eindcijfers on the VWO diploma, converted to the Danish 7-point scale: 10 → 12.7, 9.9 → 12.7, 9.8 → 12.7, 9.7 → 12.7, 9.6 → 12.7, 9.5 → 12.7, 9.4 → 12.7, 9.3 → 12.7, 9.2 → 12.7, 9.1 → 12.7, 9 → 12.3, 8.9 → 12.2, 8.8 → 12.2, 8.7 → 12.1, 8.6 → 11.9, 8.5 → 11.8, 8.4 → 11.7, 8.3 → 11.6, 8.2 → 11.4, 8.1 → 11.3, 8 → 11.2, 7.9 → 11, 7.8 → 10.8, 7.7 → 10.7, 7.6 → 10.5, 7.5 → 10.3, 7.4 → 10, 7.3 → 9.7, 7.2 → 9.4, 7.1 → 9, 7 → 8.6, 6.9 → 8.2, 6.8 → 7.7, 6.7 → 7.2, 6.6 → 6.7, 6.5 → 6.1, 6.4 → 5.4, 6.3 → 4.8, 6.2 → 4.1, 6.1 → 3.5, 6 → 2.8.
Grades are rounded to whole numbers first, as on the diploma.
The university gives only these rows and does not say how averages between them convert, so a score between two rows is a range.
For you, Not yet clear: Enter your average to work out your score.
Applying
Where you apply
Through optagelse.dk, with course code 16015.
- Original upper secondary diploma
- Transcript of grades
- Exam results from the completed upper secondary education, if applicable
- Official English or Danish translation of any document not in English, Danish, Swedish or Norwegian
- Filled-in verification form (hours of instruction) for the subjects that are specific admission requirements
- Copy of the identification page of the passport
Dates
- 1 Feb 2027optagelse.dk opens for applications in 4 months
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ruc.dkYou apply online via optagelse.dk, which is open between 1 February and 15 March, 12 Noon (CET) each year.
- 15 Mar 2027Application deadline and upload of all required documents on optagelse.dk in 5 months
- 5 Jul 2027Document completion of the entry qualification (diploma), if not completed by the application deadline in 9 months
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- 28 Jul 2027Application decision (admission, conditional admission or rejection) sent in 10 months
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ruc.dk28 July We will send you the application decision (admission, conditional admission or rejection).
- 6 Aug 2027Accept or reject the offer in 10 months
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ruc.dk6 August Deadline to accept or reject the offer.
More about the programme
How places are given
- Cap on places (numerus fixus)
- How applicants are pickedIn 2026 applicants meeting the requirements with a minimum Danish GPA of 2.0 were guaranteed admission; no 2027 rule found.
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ruc.dk · international bachelor natural sciences intIn 2026, guaranteed admission to the International Bachelor in Natural Sciences is offered to applicants who fulfil the admission requirements and hold a minimum GPA of 2.0 on the Danish grading scale.
ruc.dk · guaranteed admission qualified applicantsThese GPA thresholds apply to the 2026 intake for the English-taught bachelor programmes listed above.
International Bachelor in Natural Sciences Minimum GPA: 2.0
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If you hold a general upper secondary examination from an EU/EEA country, your grades are usually convertible to the Danish grading scale
- Past admission numbers83 students were admitted in 2026.455 people applied in 2026.118 students were admitted in 2025.546 people applied in 2025.113 students were admitted in 2024.520 people applied in 2024.74 students were admitted in 2023.374 people applied in 2023.36 students were admitted in 2022.225 people applied in 2022.
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ruc.dk · adgangskvotienter bachelorInternational Bachelor in Natural Sciences Ansøgere i alt 2022: 225 2023: 374 2024: 520 2025: 546 2026: 455
Optagne i alt (kvote 1 og 2) 2022: 36 2023: 74 2024: 113 2025: 118 2026: 83
Once you have started
- First-year minimum to continue30 of 60 credits in the first year
Every course is worth a number of credits, which you earn by passing it; a full year is 60.
In the university’s words: The student must pass the first-year exam (30 ECTS: three of the courses BC1, BC2, BC4-8 and one of the projects BP1 or BP2) within the first year of study. A student who did not meet the first-year examination requirement must apply for readmission to resume the programme.
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public-ws.ruc.dk · currentthe student must pass the first-year exam within the first year of study. The first-year exam consists of 30 ECTS
ruc.dk · reenrollment and readmission bachelors programmeyou must apply for readmission, if you did not meet the requirements for the study start examination or the 1st year examination during your previous enrollment.
After you graduate
- Where graduates goMedicinal biologist, ecotoxicologist, data analyst, physicist, environmental consultant, software developer, QC professional or mathematician.What Roskilde University says its graduates go on to do; not measured.
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ruc.dk · international bachelor natural sciences intmedicinal biologists, ecotoxicologists, data analysts, physicists, environmental consultants, software developers, QC professionals, and mathematicians
- Where graduates went (measured)Of the 19,500 Danish university students who completed a bachelor's degree in 2015/2016, 16,250 (83%) were enrolled in a master's programme on 1 October 2016. This is all university bachelor's degrees nationally, not RUC International Natural Sciences; it counts who continued to a master's and says nothing about jobs.Measured from all all university bachelor's degrees in Denmark graduates in Denmark, not just this programme (2016). Past graduates, not a promise.
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dst.dk · NytHtmlAf de 19.500 universitetsstuderende, der i skoleåret 2015/2016 fuldførte en bacheloruddannelse, var 16.250 i gang med en kandidatuddannelse 1. oktober 2016. Det svarer til en andel på 83 pct.