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Completion – Master’s degree programmes

Completion – Master’s degree programmes

The Master’s degree programme lasts two years, and students are admitted to the University of Aarhus on an ongoing basis, typically commencing their studies on 1 September or 1 February. Students are admitted on the basis of a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Aarhus or from another institution of education in Denmark or abroad. If you would like to know more about the Master’s degree programmes at the University of Aarhus, please consult our pages on advanced studies programmes.


Subject area

  2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Humanities 2-year Master            
  Study start 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
  Number of study starters (=100%) 335 471 582 629 545 562
  Completed in 3 years or less (%) 1 31 31 33 27 31 43
  (- Completed in 2 years or less, %) 2 3 6 8 6 7 10
  Still active after 3 years (%) 3 52 59 51 53 54 46
  Dropped out of subject area (%) 4 17 10 16 20 15 11
Medicine

6½-year Master (currently prescribed: 6 years)

           
  Study start 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
  Number of study starters (=100%) 226 220 270 290 297 305
  Completed in prescribed time + 1 year or less (%) 1 52 50 59 53 52 57
  (- Completed in prescribed time or less, %) 2 8 7 9 10 12 19
  Still active after prescribed time + 1 year (%) 3 29 28 22 25 27 25
  Dropped out (%) 4 19 21 19 22 21 18
Science 2-year Master            
  Study start 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
  Number of study starters (=100%) 23 213 223 377 347 433
  Completed in 3 years or less (%) 1 46 53 51 55 64
  (- Completed in 2 years or less, %) 2 12 12 17 16 24
  Still active after 3 years (%) 3 47 38 41 43 29
  Dropped out of subject area (%) 4 7 9 8 2 7
Dentistry 5-year Master            
  Study start 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
  Number of study starters (=100%) 49 62 64 67 66 66
  Completed in prescribed time + 1 year or less (%) 1 78 73 69 70 71 68
  (- Completed in prescribed time or less, %) 2 67 56 55 55 58 58
  Still active after prescribed time + 1 year (%) 3 2 5 9 10 12 8
  Dropped out (%) 4 20 23 22 20 17 24
Social sciences 2-year Master            
  Study start 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
  Number of study starters (=100%) 620 664 637 642 628 644
  Completed in 3 years or less (%) 1 54 54 50 52 53 63
  (- Completed in 2 years or less, %) 2 22 22 18 19 20 24
  Still active after 3 years (%) 3 39 39 43 41 38 33
  Dropped out of subject area (%) 4 8 6 8 7 9 4
Theology 6-year Master (now divided into Bachelor/Master)            
  Study start 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
  Number of study starters (=100%) 141 144 161 137 121 95
  Completed in prescribed time + 1 year or less (%) 1 5 8 9 13 17 23
  (- Completed in prescribed time or less, %) 2 1 3 4 2 3 8
  Still active after prescribed time + 1 year (%) 3 44 38 33 31 24 18
  Dropped out (%) 4 51 54 58 56 59 59

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.