52,891 have applied to higher education programmes via quota 2 system

52,891 applicants have submitted higher education applications by this year’s noon deadline on 15 March via the quota system. There are 1,484 fewer applicants than last year, corresponding to a decrease of 3 per cent.

- They are the talents that will bolster Denmark in the future. So it is satisfying to see that many have applied to higher education. It will be interesting to see which education programmes they have applied to. I hope that the young people have taken into consideration a combination of passion and consideration for graduate job opportunities, says Minister for Higher Education and Science Søren Pind.

The quota 2 system is for higher education applicants who are assessed on other criteria than their grade point average from high school education. The final applicant figures for quota 2 will be tallied next week.

The overall number of higher education applicants in 2018 will be published in July when the deadline for applications via the quota 1 system has passed.

For further information please contact:

Press Officer Trine Søndergaard, tel. +45 72 31 80 09, tri@ufm.dk

Facts

About applying via quota 2

All higher education applicants have applied via the optagelse.dk portal. The number of quota 2 applicants is a preliminary calculation. The final applicant figures will be known next week when those who e.g. applied without using NemID, are included in the tally.
Developments in the number of applicants via quota 2 are not necessarily an indicator for the overall applicant numbers to higher education. In the quota 2 system, applicants are accepted based on criteria determined by the individual educational institution.

About application and admission in 2018

15 March 2018: Deadline for applications via quota 2, as well as for applicants with international qualifications or applicants to programmes requiring an admissions test/interview.
5 July 2018: Deadline for applications via quota 1. The overall total higher education applications can then be tallied.
28 July 2018: All applicants receive a response to their application.

About application and admission in 2017

By the deadline on 15 March 2017, 54,375 had applied to higher education. After the final account of quota 2 applications in April, the final tally was 56,042. The overall total applicants for both quota 1 and 2 was 91,539 last year. A total of 65,165 people were admitted to a higher education programme.

Final applicant figures to higher education programmes via quota 2 i the period 2007-2017

2007: 27,403
2008: 22,197
2009: 24,622
2010: 32,831
2011: 37,796
2012: 38,683
2013: 50,084
2014: 52,396
2015: 55,415
2016: 56,794
2017: 56,042

Source: The Coordinated Admission System, Ministry of Higher Education and Science.