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A semester in a company

Project-oriented course

Planning to stay and work in Denmark after graduation? Then we highly recommend that you do a project-oriented course in Denmark! It's great on your CV, and it can give you a taste of the job search process and life with a full-time job in Denmark. But how do you find a company, how do benefit the most out, and should you sign a contract?

A semester in a company

Project-oriented course

Planning to stay and work in Denmark after graduation? Then we highly recommend that you do a project-oriented course in Denmark! It's great on your CV, and it can give you a taste of the job search process and life with a full-time job in Denmark. But how do you find a company, how do benefit the most out, and should you sign a contract?

What do I gain from a project-oriented course?

  • You strengthen your professional self-confidence and self-understanding
  • Experience that you can later rely on for your job search
  • A network in Denmark, that can come in handy later
  • Insights into a lingo, a work culture, and other business know-how
  • You may learn what you would (and would not) like to work with

No matter what, you will learn a lot and test yourself and your knowledge in practice.

Many project-oriented courses lead to a thesis collaboration and maybe even later a job.

What is a project-oriented course?

"Project-oriented course" is the formal term for an internship in which you spend an entire semester at a workplace - typically on the 9th semester. At university, it's called project-oriented course.

You will be working at the company, together with the other employees and having your own assignments, based on your study programme and semester project.

3-5 months is the typical duration of the course.

It is an integral part of many programmes at AAU. You can see the specific requirements for the project-oriented course at your programme in your curriculum.

What can you do before, during and after

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