Educational programmes in Denmark

You can be granted a residence permit to follow a higher educational programme (a complete programme or as a guest- or exchange student), a PhD programme (a complete programme or as a guest), a course at a folk high school or 1 year of a basic or youth study programme.

In order to be granted a residence permit, you must be admitted to a publicly accredited educational institution.

Here you can see which educational institutions are approved to offer higher educational programmes.

Here you can see which educational institutions are approved to offer basic and youth study programmes.

Here you can a list of approved folk high schools in Denmark.

You cannot be granted a permit to study at a private educational institution.

You cannot be granted a permit to follow a private educational programme (e.g. to train as a pilot)

In addition, it is required that the educational programme itself must be approved by a state authority, or that the Danish Evaluation Institute has assessed that a residence permit can be granted to students who will be studying at the educational programme in Denmark.