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Completion – Bachelor’s degree programmes

Completion – Bachelor’s degree programmes

The Bachelor’s degree programme lasts three years, and students are admitted via the Coordinated Registration Service (KOT) at the University of Aarhus once a year, commencing their studies on 1 September (although students of medicine can also commence their studies in the winter). If you would like to know more about the Bachelor’s degree programmes at the University of Aarhus, please consult our study pages.

Subject area

  2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Humanities 3-year Bachelor            
  Study start (KOT) 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
 

Number of study starters (=100%)

840 980 1025 1067 1084 988
  Completed in 4 years or less (%) 1 42 41 37 49 47 50
  (- Completed in 3 years or less, %) 2 17 19 20 27 35 38
  Still active after 4 years (%) 3 24 25 23 16 13 13
  Dropped out of subject area (%) 4 34 34 40 35 40 37
Science 3-year Bachelor            
  Study start (KOT) 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
 

Number of study starters (=100%)

554 506 541 517 527 583
  Completed in 4 years or less (%) 1 34 38 41 42 46 45
  (- Completed in 3 years or less, %) 2 12 15 15 19 21 22
  Still active after 4 years (%) 3 23 24 19 20 18 17
  Dropped out of subject area (%) 4 44 38 40 38 36 38
Social sciences 3-year Bachelor            
  Study start (KOT) 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
 

Number of study starters (=100%)

880 852 862 913 971 948
  Completed in 4 years or less (%) 1 55 61 61 59 58 60
  (- Completed in 3 years or less, %) 2 34 37 35 35 37 38
  Still active after 4 years (%) 3 14 9 8 12 10 8
  Dropped out of subject area (%) 4 31 30 31 29 32 31


Footnotes

1 Completed in prescribed time + 1 year or less. This figure is calculated by monitoring a single year group of students. Students completing their degree programme within the subject area for which they were admitted in the prescribed time + 1 year or less are included here. Students switching to another subject area are included in the figure for “Dropped out of subject area”.

2 Completed in prescribed time or less. This figure is calculated by monitoring a single year group of students. Students completing their degree programme within the subject area for which they were admitted in the prescribed time or less are included here. Students switching to another subject area are included in the figure for “Dropped out of subject area”.

3 Still active after prescribed time + 1 year. This figure is calculated by monitoring a single year group of students. Students who are still registered on a degree programme within the subject area for which they were admitted after the prescribed time + 1 year are included here. Students switching to another subject area are included in the figure for “Dropped out of subject area”.

4 Dropped out of subject area. This figure is calculated by monitoring a single year group of students. Students who are no longer registered on a degree programme within the subject area for which they were admitted after the prescribed time + 1 year are included here. Students switching to another subject area are included here.