Denmark

Denmark’s higher education system is one of the best known in Northern Europe and it is renowned for its excellence and innovation. Danish higher education comprises universities, university colleges and academies of professional higher education. 

There are five types of institutions offering higher education programmes:

• Danish Business academies offerin g professionally oriented short cycle and first cycle degree programmes;
• University Colleges offering professionally oriented first cycle degree programmes;
• Maritime Education and Training Institutions offering professionally oriented short cycle and first cycle degree programmes;
• General and specialised research universities offering first, second and third cycle degree programmes in academic disciplines;
• University level institutions offering first, second and third cycle degree programmes in subject fields such as architecture, design, music, and fine and performing arts.

Most of the higher education institutions are regulated by the Ministry of Higher Education and Science.

In Denmark, a large number of study programmes are taught in English with all examinations being conducted in English. The programmes in English are taught at various levels and are of varying lengths. The Danish official website ug.dk/ has a short description of programmes taught in English.

Applications to undergraduate higher education in Denmark are coordinated centrally, but assessed locally at the higher education institutions.
This means that you don't apply directly to any single educational institution, but through the national admission website: optagelse.dk/

Danish Higher Institutions: studyindenmark.dk/study-options/higher-education-institutions