STUDY IN DENMARK

Denmark is a popular destination for Nepali Students. Denmark is best for world-class education in areas such as engineering, life sciences, social sciences and IT. You can experience safe, friendly and innovation-driven environment. In most universities and colleges, more than 700 programmes and 1300 courses are taught in English. It has an innovative educational system of high international quality. Denmark is of course strong foundation for your future career.Therefore,studying in Denmark is pushing the boundaries, applying critical thinking, working with others and being creative.

Voted as the Happiest Country in the World, Denmark is the southernmost and smallest of the Nordic countries boarderd with Sweden and Norway in the north and Germany in the south. It is an archipelago made up of over 100 islands and a country that has more than twice the amount of bicyles than cars. In the city of Copenhagen, you can see people pedale more than 1.13 million km per day.

Denmark offers rich and diverse cultural and recreational opportunities, including music, theatre, cinema, art, museums and sports. Denmark is a gateway to other Scandinavian countries and rest of Europe. For example, it is only a few hours flight away in Berlin (1 hour), London and Paris (less than 2 hours) and Barcelona, Rome, Vienna and Prague (only few hours flight).

Famous for the brand name of Carlsberg, Noma - worlds best restaurant and companies like Danfos and Vestas, Denmark often is in the front line for green technology and tech to save energy.Also considered as the least corrupt country in the world, Denmark is currently fomous for its education in the international scenario.Reasons regarding this consideration are given below:

Some of the reason are:

Excellent Education: The Danish education system combines traditional academic excellence with innovative teaching that has the ability to empower you to think, experiment and collaborate your way to new ideas and greater knowledge.More than 600 programs and 13000 courses are taught in English in Denmark.The Danish education focuses on pushing the boundaries of students, applying critical thinking and working with others.Thus, students can gain the opportunity as well as ability to work independently as well as a team in a problem-solving environment.

Friendly and Safe Country: Danes might seem to be reserved at first, but you will ususally find them to be outspoken and fun loving. Use of irony is an integral part of the Danish culture. Denmark is a family-friendly society with low crime rates. Danes usually enjoy a balanced lifestyle with time for both work and leisure. According to a 2010 survey in Nature,scientists of Denmark rank as the happiest ones in the world.As an international student, you will too enjoy the opportunity to work as student in Denmark.

An Innovation Leader Country: Denmark ranks second after US in producing talent in the world as indicated by The Global Talent Index 2015.Denmark has been internationally recognized as a frontrunner in several industry and research areas such as greentech, biotech, pharmaceutic sciences, telecommunications, IT and designs. With its strong focus in the sustainable development, Denmark offers leading education and research in areas such as environmental engineering and sustainable planning.

Employment Prospectus: International students studying in Denmark can work 20 hours per week during the semesters and full time during the vacation periods.If you aren't a Danish speaker finding job would not be easy however, bars, restaurants and workplaces that require to speak foreign language skills can give you job without the requirement of Danish language. Upon graduation, students can search for jobs until the validity of their residence permit which usually remain for an addition of six months.

Higher Education In Denmark: In Denmark, Universities, Artistic Higher Education Institutes, University Colleges and School of Business Academies are the institutes that provide higher education. All higher education institutes in Denmark work on a set of guidelines of codes and conducts for recruietment, admission and education of international students. They all use the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS), which facilitates international transfer. This ensures that all students in Denmark obtain higher education of international quality and relevence.

 Easy and Affordable Transportation Services: The country is famous for its bike culture as more than 45% to 50% of the student’s use bikes for traveling and resultantly the country follows special traffic rules for the bikes as well. Another 20 to 25% of people use public transportation which is easily available. The public transportation pass may charge 45 to 50 euros per month. And if you plan for a weekend trip or holiday trip, being a student you can easily get a rental bike, car, and motorcycle at very affordable rates only.

Spouse Visa Allowed: Denmark is a country that allows the spouse to be a part of the entire education journey, once the individual i.e. the main applicant secures a student visa. The spouse can work full time in Denmark. The county also offers free education for the children. It’s just that your relationship criteria must be under the Danish marriage law. For this, at the time of the spouse application, you need to show that the spouse will be completely depended on the main applicant during their residence in the country and this statement must be signed by the spouse at the time of application.

Job Opportunities: After graduation, a student gets a six months visa extension to search for the job opportunity and during the study period students are allowed to work part-time for 20hrs a week. This working hour depends on the type of job and the job sector. If you have a work permit visa then you can work full time in Denmark. During your work permit visa duration, in case if you have not secured any job in Denmark then you can apply and avail the unemployment benefits offered by the country. An individual having a study visa is not allowed to get any benefits related to unemployment.

Top universities in Denmark

- Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
- Copenhagen Business School (CBS)
- University of Southern Denmark (SDU)
- University of Copenhagen (KU)
- IT University of Copenhagen (ITU)
- Aarhus University (AU)
- Aalborg University (AAU)
- Roskilde University (RUC)
- Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
- Copenhagen Business School (CBS)
- University of Southern Denmark (SDU)
- University of Copenhagen (KU)
- IT University of Copenhagen (ITU)
- Aarhus University (AU)
- Aalborg University (AAU)

University Colleges

- University College UCC
- University College of Northern Denmark (UCN)
- Metropolitan University College (MUC)
- University College Lillebaelt (UCL)
- Danish School of Media and Journalism (DMJX)
- University College South Denamrk
- University College Absalon
- VIA University College

Popular Courses in Denmark

• Business and Management
• Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, and Software)
• Computer Science and IT
• Environmental and Sustainability Studies
• Health Sciences
• Social Sciences
• Arts and Humanities
• Administration
• Arts
• Business Studies
•  Design
• Engineering
• Environmental Studies
• Fashion
• Natural Sciences
• Social Sciences
• Technology
• Tourism and Hospitality

Skill Shortage in Denmark

• Mechanical Engineer
• Building Engineer
• Environmental Engineer
• Energy Engineer
• Electrical Engineer
• Medical Consultant
• Medical Doctor
• Hospital Doctor
• Consultant Doctor/Chief Physician
• Dentist
• Surgical Nurse
• Anaesthetic Nurse
• General Nurse
• Radiographer
• Medical Laboratory Technologist
• IT Architect
• Programmer and System Developer
• IT Consultant
• Land Surveyor
• Pharmacist
• Pharmacologist
• Auditor
• Business Controller
• Financial Controller
• Business Analyst
• Psychologist

Average Incomes (per year)

The average minimum wage for all private and public sector is approximately DKK 230 ($31) per hour.

Tuition Fees

The tuition fee in Denmark may vary yearly depending upon the degree, city and the university.
- Affordable degrees: fees start from around 6,000 EUR/year.
- Average annual tuition: around 12,000-15,000 EUR/year.
- Highly specialized courses: can reach to over 35,000 EUR/year.

Scholarship

- Danish Government Scholarship
- University Scholarship

Study Intakes in Denmark

Spring intake - February
Fall intake - September

Documents (for offer letter)

Academic Documents
IELTS/PTE
Motivation Letter (Like SOP)
Marriage Certificate (In case of applying with Spouse) For Bachelors Dependent can apply together 

For visa apply 

Single Case
  
Academic Documents
IELTS
Passport (All Pages of Passport including the Front Cover & Back Cover)
Work Experience (If Incase of Gap in study)
Balance Certificate (16 lakhs Npr in Student Account) (1 Day Balance is enough)
Offer Letter 

Dependent Case

Academic Documents (Applicant Only)
IELTS (Applicant Only)
Passport (All Pages of Passport including the Front & Back Cover) (Both Applicant & 
Spouse)
Work Experience (If Incase of Gap in Applicant study) (Applicant Only)
Balance Certificate (32 Lakhs Npr in Student Account) (Should hold till Visa Decision of 
Applicant and Spouse)
Offer Letter
Marriage Certificate (In case of Court Marriage there must be stamp of Ministry of Foreign 
Affairs (Parrastra Mantralaya