Academic excellence, creativity, innovative thinking, inspiring professors, and global partnerships. Sounds appealing? Then studying in Denmark might be the thing for you.
Denmark is where the Nordics meet the rest of the European continent. From beautiful and lively cities like Copenhagen to lots of charming towns scattered around the country. A peninsula and an archipelago, Denmark naturally has a strong connection to the sea. In fact, you can never be further than 50 km from the sea.
Denmark ranks highly in many international rankings of key indicators, such as the world happiness report, high GDP/capita, low levels of corruption, trust and many more. This all goes to show that people in Denmark enjoy a high quality of life with lots of freedom.
Today, Danish companies know that innovations and solutions are the best way to build wealth in a small country with few natural resources. Denmark's educational system helps: Danish children are brought up to challenge their teachers and parents, and to focus on teambuilding and creative approaches to problems.
That spirit of teambuilding carries over into working life. Denmark has an exceptional tradition of public-private collaboration when it comes to research and development. Furthermore, Danish universities rank among the top of the world, with engineering programmes that have been voted the best in Europe.
As an international student in Denmark, you will be a part of a large community of other international students from all over the world - and it will be really difficult to get bored!
Copenhagen
Danish, English
43,098 km²
5,977 million (2024)
Danish kroner (DKK)
About S$1,500-2,500 per month depending on your chosen city to study (Copenhagen being more expensive).
Denmark has 8 universities, 7 University Colleges, 8 Business Academies, and a number of Artistic Higher Education Institutions.
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Our higher educational institutions offer more than 600 English taught study programmes.
Non-EU citizens and non-exchange-students will have to pay an annual tuition fee estimated around S$9,000-S$24,000.
National and European programmes offer a wide range of scholarships for international students wishing to study in Denmark.
A student life in Denmark may contain living in dorms for the social experience, work or student-jobs, internships, hobbies, and sports- and fitness related activities.
Non-EU citizens will require a residence permit to work in Denmark post-graduation. Upon graduation from a Danish higher educational institution, a person may be granted a residence permit for up to 3 years for job seeking in Denmark.
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