Health and safety

Insurance/Health Insurance

We strongly encourage you to purchase general insurance (personal possessions, accident and liability) as well as a health insurance prior to your departure for Denmark. Contact your own international office for further advice on where to take out an insurance policy.

Alternatively you may take out an insurance policy with International Health Insurance (IHI) in Denmark. The IHI Study Abroad insurance covers for periods up to 24 months, and gives full protection in case of acute illness and injury. It also covers medical evacuation back to your home country, emergency repatriation and personal liability, among many other things. For further information please contact:

International

Health Insurance Danmark a/s Tel.: (+45) 33 15 30 99 E-Mail: ihi@(if you can see this please update your browser)ihi.com

With regard to general insurance (personal possessions, accident and liability), you may contact the following Danish insurance companies if you are not able to take out an insurance prior to your departure. The companies provide information in English if you give them a call:

• Nykredit Forsikring A/S Tel.: (+45) 70 15 96 33 www.nykredit.dk (website is in Danish)
• Alm. Brand Tel.: +45 35 47 47 www.almbrand.dk (website is in Danish)
• Tryg Forsikring Tel.: +45 70 11 20 20 www.tryg.dk (website is in Danish)

The Danish Health Security Act

The Danish Health Security Act covers students staying for more than three months. Note, however, that this does not cover the costs of medical evacuation back to your home country, emergency repatriation and personal liability. For this reason we encourage students to purchase general insurance as well. To be covered by the Danish Health Security Act, you must apply for the Health Insurance Card with the local civil registration office upon arrival. When you apply, you will be assigned a medical doctor in your area. If you have chronic medical problems requiring prescriptive medicine, it is a good idea to bring copies of your medical history issued by your local doctor. Please note that medicine is not free in Denmark.

When you register for your Health Insurance Card, you also get a personal identity number called a cpr-number.

Non EU/EEA and Non-Nordic Students

Students from non-EU/EEA and non-Nordic countries staying for more than three months should apply for a Health Insurance Card upon arrival. The certificate is valid six weeks after you have registered with the local civil registration office – "Folkeregistret". It is therefore strongly recommended that you as a minimum arrange for health insurance to cover any incidental medical bills for the first eight weeks of your stay.

EU and EEA Students

European students who are planning to stay for more than 3 months should bring the European Health Insurance Card from their local health insurance office. This card is proof that you are entitled to health insurance at home, and therefore it entitles you to apply for the regular Danish Health Insurance upon arrival in Denmark. It also entitles you to free medical care in Denmark until the Danish Health Insurance covers you. British students are covered under the Danish Health Insurance. If a British student requires medical assistance, before they receive their Health Insurance Card, they should show their passport to the doctor and refer to the special agreement with Denmark.

Nordic students

Nordic students are covered for up to six months by the Danish Health Security Act, if you need acute medical treatment. If you are staying for more than six months, you must bring the "internordiske flyttepapirer" and use these when applying for a Health Insurance Card.

For more information about moving within the Nordic countries, please see: www.hellonorden.org.

Cpr-number

When you have arrived in Copenhagen, you are required to register with the local civil registration office (Folkeregistret). To do so you must have your residence permit and a permanent address in Denmark. The civil registration office will provide you with a personal identity number, called a cpr-number, as well as a Health Insurance Card. The International Office will refer you to your local registration office. Your cpr-number is used to officially register that you are living in Denmark, but you will also find that banks, libraries, phone companies, sports associations etc. ask for your cpr-number if you wish, for example, to open an account or get a membership.