If you are staying in Aarhus for a short period of time, there are several accommodation options. To have the best options to find suitable accommodation, it is important to start looking for accommodation as early as possible and before coming to Denmark.
The Aarhus University International Housing Office offers information and assistance in finding accommodation. The Housing Office has accommodation for stays between 1-12 months.
Find private accommodation on your own
You can stay in one of the 12 guest rooms located at the Department of Mathematics.
For information about booking and prices, please visit the Guest Department's website.
If you prefer staying at a hotel, hostel or bed & breakfast, you can book accommodation online at Visitiaarhus.com.
If you stay in Denmark for less than 3 months, you will not be covered by Danish national healthcare and only have the right to emergency treatment. You need to sign private health insurance.
Depending on your country of origin, we strongly recommend you to take out private health insurance.
We srongly recommend you to take out private health insurance.
If you have a blue European health insurance card, we recommend that you bring it with you. With this card you will be entitled to Danish healthcare on equal terms with other Danish citizens. Read more about EU health insurance
If you are covered by the public healthcare system in your home country, you will be entitled to Danish healthcare on equal terms with other Danish citizens. Normally you will not be asked for proof of coverage.
Read more about Danish healthcare
A residence and work permit is not necessary.
A work and residence permit is not necessary.
A work and reseience permit is required, however, to work and conduct research in Greenland or at the Faroe Islands.
Various rules apply according to your position at Aarhus Univeristy, whether you will be employed or not employed and whether you will be a PhD student or a researcher. Read more about the rules for non-EU/EEA citizens
The Gues Researcher Support assists non-employed guest researchers and non-employed, non enrolled PhD students at Aarhus University to apply for residence and work permits. Read more about the Guest Researcher Support
Aarhus University provides personal on-the-job injury insurance. This will cover you if you sustain an injury while you are working.
However, it is your responsibility to take out private insurance on certain areas such as health, travel and personal liability to cover you while you are staying in Denmark.
In order to take out insurance in Denmark, usually you need a CPR number (civil registration number). If you stay in Denmark for less than 3 months, you cannot get a CPR number, and therefore it is difficult to take out private insurances in Denmark.
Thus, we strongly recommend you to take out travel insurance before coming to Denmark.
Aarhus University cooperates with the private insurance company Bupa Global, which provides world coverage on health and travel insurance. It is possible to take out insurance for less than 3 months without a CPR number.
Read more about private insurances under On arrival
You must not register with an address in Denmark when you stay in Denmark for less than 3 months.
If you will be paid by Aarhus University, you need to register for a tax card with the Danish taxation authorities (SKAT). Read more about tax registration
If you stay in Denmark for up to 3 months, you may not be fully tax liable in Denmark. The rules depend on whether your stay is funded by a fellowship or as pay from the university, your residence during the period and other factors.
If you need to extend your stay after 3 months, various rules and regulations apply.
If you came without a visa or with a short-term visa, you have to apply for a work and residence permit.
Please note that you may not carry out any work while your application for a residence and work permit is being processed.
If you came with a work and residence permit, you need to apply for an extension of the permit.
The application for a work and residence permit or an application for an extension of a permit must be submitted before the expiry of your 3 months' stay.
You must register at the Citizen Service in order to get a Danish CPR number, which is obligatory for stays longer than 3 months.
You must apply for a registration certificate at the Regional State Administration (Statsforvaltningen).
The application for a registration certificate must be submitted no later than 3 months after you come to Denmark, which means before your 3 month's stay expires.
We recommend you to register at the Citizen Service in order to get a Danish CPR number, which is recommended for stays longer than 3 months and obligatory for stays longer than 6 months.
We recommend you to register at the Citizen Service in order to get a Danish CPR number, which is recommended for stays longer than 3 months and obligatory for stays longer than 6 months.
if you decide to stay in Denmark for more than 3 months, you will need to register with the Danish tax authorities, and your tax liability to Denmark will be assessed. Normally, if you stay for more than 3 months and take up residence in Denmark, you will be fully tax liable to Denmark. If you are assessed to be fully tax liable to Denmark, this will also include the past 3 months.
