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As an international staff member at Aalborg University you are asked to consider the following conditions. Please fill in this form as soon as possible.

Your full name (first and last):
Your CPRnumber[1]:

Earning paid holidays

The ordinary holiday system in Denmark operates with an “earning year” and a “holiday year”. The right to take paid holiday accrued during the calendar year of 2014 cannot be used until 1 May 2015 – 30 April 2016.

However, most international staff at the universities, who are newly recruited to Denmark, can choose to sign up for “concurrent holiday”. By choosing this option, you are able to take paid holidays while earning this right and you do not have to wait taking paid holiday as a new employee.

You can read more about holidaysand the specific rules for both general and concurrent holiday in the AAU Manual ( search for “holiday”). This is where you will also find the requirements you must meet in order to qualify for concurrent holiday. If you do not meet these criteria, you must earn and take holidays according to the general holiday rules.

If I am eligible for concurrent holiday, I would like to (choose one):

enrol in concurrent holiday (aimed at international staff).

enrol in the general Danish holiday system.

Pension contribution

According to the current Agreement for Publicly Employed University Graduates, academic employees receive an additional pension contribution of 17.1 % paid into a pension fund stated by the agreement.

Almost all international staff can choose to have the pension contribution taxed at the time of transfer to the pension fund and thereby have the possibility to withdraw the savings tax free at a later moment (a few pension funds do not offer this § 53 A option).

Some international employees can ask to be exempt from paying into a pension fund and instead have the pension contribution paid out as additional salary, according to an appendix of 2.11.2012 to the above-mentioned agreement.You can read more about pension and the rules for the 53 A scheme and pension exemption in the AAU Manual ( – search for “pension”). This is where you will also find the requirements you must meet in order to qualify for the pension exemption.

Please state your choice about pension by using the number 1 (your favourite choice), 2 and 3 (your least favourite choice) – click the number to change it.

I would like to:

have my pension contribution paid into a pension fund – § 53 A taxation (if possible).

have my pension contribution paid out as monthly salary (if possible).

have my pension contribution paid into a pension fund – regular taxation.

If you do not plan to take up residence in Denmark and have chosen § 53 A as priority 1 or 2, please state your place of birth (city, country)[2]:

Date: / Signature:

When completed, please return to International Staff Office/Human Resources.

[1]If you have not yet been given a Danish CPR No. (social security number), please state your birthday as dd-mm-yyyy.

[2] Required by the Danish tax authorities