On 26 July, 61,351 applicants will be offered a place in higher education, maintaining the same level as in 2023. There has been a slight increase in admissions to STEM programmes, while fewer students have been accepted for language, teaching, and social education programmes.
Today at 12:00 noon, the deadline for Quota 1 applications for a place in higher education expired. This year, 85,152 people have applied for a place in higher education. This means 1,079 more applicants than in 2023, representing a 1 percent increase.
The number of applicants for a place in higher education via quota 2 has increased by 4 pct. However, applications to the major professional degree courses in Social Education, Nursing, Teaching, and Social Work have once more fallen or have stagnated, a trend which deeply disturbs the Minister.
HM Queen Mary and the Minister for Higher Education and Science, Christina Egelund, will today present the coveted Elite Research Award to five young researchers for their outstanding research.
More students have been admitted to IT and engineering programmes, and there has also been an increase in the number of international students. The decline in enrolments for most welfare-related programmes has slowed down
The trend towards too few applications for the major welfare-related degree programmes continues, as revealed by the new application figures for places in higher education.
Quantum technology is expected to play an increasingly important role within fields such as healthcare, the green transition and cyber security.
Before the application deadline today, 51,944 people had applied for a place in higher education under the quota 2 system. This is a slight increase compared to last year, indicating a gradual return to the pre-COVID-19 level. Several degree programmes in the welfare sector are still challenged.
Five top researchers of international repute are to be honoured with the coveted Elite Research Award. HRH Crown Princess Mary and the Minister for Higher Education and Science, Christina Egelund, will present the five awards in the foyer of the Royal Danish Playhouse in Copenhagen.
Minister for Higher Education and Science Christina Egelund has appointed Anders Langballe as special advisor.
The latest OECD publication “Education at a Glance 2013” shows that higher education provides better opportunities for employment and a better income.
Andreas Mogensen will participate in a mission to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2015. His tasks will include testing new technology, which will affect future space missions and can help shed light on illnesses here on Earth.
Christina Egelund has been appointed as minister for the Ministry of Higher Education and Science.
60,034 applicants have been offered a place in higher education. Admissions to Nursing, Social Education, Social Work and Teaching are 14 % down on 2019. The Minister is concerned about the drop in admissions to study programmes of such central importance for our welfare society.
Tuesday 5 July, at 12 noon, was the deadline for this year's Quota 1 applications for a place in higher education. As was expected, the total number of applicants this year is lower than in recent years.
The Danish astronaut Andreas Mogensen is off on a space mission again. As a pilot this time and on a six-month mission. So far, the astronauts that have been pilots on SpaceX missions have all been Americans; now, for the first time ever, the pilot spot has been assigned to a Danish astronaut.
At the application deadline of 12 noon today, 48,801 people had applied for a place in higher education via quota 2. As expected, due to COVID-19 and intake reductions, the number of applicants has fallen after two years of record numbers.
The Minister for Higher Education and Science has written to all educational institutions, calling on them to suspend all educational, research and innovation cooperation with institutions in Russia and Belarus.
The EliteResearch Awards are presented to five researchers of outstanding international repute who over a broad scientific spectrum contribute new knowledge of vital interest to ourselves and the world around us. The five awards will be presented by HRH Crown Princess Mary and the Minister for Highe
Jesper Petersen will be assuming the post of Minister for Higher Education and Science from Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen.
This year, almost 67,500 applicants will be offered a place in higher education. This is the second highest number ever.
This year, 93,388 people have applied for a place in higher education. This is a slight decrease of 1 % compared to last year.
The Government (the Social Democrats), the Liberal Party, the Danish People's Party, the Socialist People's Party, the Conservatives and the Liberal Alliance have entered into an agreement to reduce the number of courses offered in English at higher education institutions.
There is good news for the 250,000 students in higher education throughout the country. From 21 May, their courses will be fully reopened. This is the result of a new agreement for the reopening of society, finally reached on the night between 17 and 18 May.
Five of Denmark's most talented young researchers will receive this year's EliteForsk awards. They are being honoured for their outstanding research findings; findings crucial to meeting the great societal challenges facing Denmark and the world.
There is good news for higher education. From Tuesday 6 April, it will be possible for students in their final semester following courses of education that involve a lot of practical elements to resume their studies with 50 % physical attendance.
60,718 people have chosen to apply to be accepted to higher education programmes via quota 2 before the application deadline today. This is the highest number ever, and 3,286 more than last year, when a record number of people applied for a place in higher education.
The agreement about the Research Reserve of DKK 3.1 billion for 2021 is in place.
In the weeks after the process of admissions to higher education, Study and Career Guidance Denmark has offered 570% more study guidance by phone compared to 2019. The Minister for Higher Education and Science is pleased that more people have used the extended guidance service offered this year.
Almost 70,000 applicants will be offered a place in higher education, making 2020 a record year. The Minister for Higher Education and Science is particularly delighted by the increased number of those offered places in welfare-related subjects, which have been given political priority this year.
94,604 people have applied for admission to higher education programmes. This is 5,850 more than last year, a seven percent increase.
In the wake of Wednesday's agreement concerning a further reopening of Denmark, a full opening of research in the public sector that requires in-person attendance will now be effectuated.
In the wake of Thursday's political agreement concerning the second phase of a controlled reopening, activities at institutions of higher education that require in-person attendance are to be reopened from May 18.
Minister for Higher Education and Science Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen is extending the extraordinary period of SU loans to July. This opportunity allows students on youth education and higher education programmes to apply for extra loans in connection with the COVID-19 situation.
56,688 have applied to higher education via quota 2 by the close of deadline today March 22. The closure as a result of COVID-19 may create challenges in relation to admissions tests and interviews, but work is ongoing to find stable solutions.
The Ministry of Higher Education and Science has decided to postpone the deadline for applications for admission to higher education via quota 2 by one week. The new deadline is Sunday, March 22, 2020 at 12 noon.
In light of the developments in COVID-19 infection levels in Denmark, the Ministry of Higher Education and Science, on the recommendation of the national health authorities, is sending students home. And recommending that employees at all higher education institutions work from home.
H.R.H. Crown Princess Mary and the Minister for Higher Education and Science Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen will present the EliteForsk prizes to five of Denmark’s best young researchers.
Hanne Meldgaard has been appointed as Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Higher Education and Science.
International experts have reviewed the Danish innovation system and stated that Denmark performs well but lacks an overarching strategy. The Minister for Higher Education and Science agrees and wants to implement a new, ambitious green pathway for Danish research and innovation.
All parliamentary parties have reached agreement for the Research Reserve for 2020, totalling DKK 1.925 billion. The agreement prioritizes more than DKK 1.5 billion for green research in areas such as agricultural transformation, environmentally-friendly transport and sustainable cities.
Five research teams from Denmark will receive grants worth a total of DKK 212 million as the European Research Council awards 37 research projects with “Synergy Grants. Researchers from Denmark are participants in five of the projects, of which two tackle climate change.
Minister for Higher Education and Science Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen has appointed David Tarp as special advisor.
65,714 young people have been offered a place on a higher education programme – 1 per cent more than last year. The Minister for Higher Education and Science is particularly pleased that more have been accepted to nursing education, also in regional centres.
The Minister for Higher Education and Science is pleased to see that 88,754 people have applied to higher education programmes. She had hoped more young people would have applied to pedagogy, teaching and nursing education and wants to ensure that these programmes are made even more attractive.
Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen has been appointed as minister for the Ministry of Higher Education and Science.
The Danish Government and all Parliament parties have passed the act to ensure more freedom and flexibility for university students.
The latest figures by the deadline of noon today show that there are 51,622 quota 2 high education applicants. Minister for Higher Education and Science Tommy Ahlers is pleased that so many have applied to higher education.
HRH Crown Princess Mary and the Minister for Higher Education and Science Tommy Ahlers will present EliteForsk awards to five of Denmark’s best young researchers.
The Minister for Higher Education and Science has appointed Tina Fanø, Executive Vice President in Novozymes, as the new chairwoman for Innovation Fund Denmark. Tina Fanø replaces Jens Maaløe, who has been chairman since 2015.
Minister for Higher Education and Science Tommy Ahlers has appointed David Dreyer Lassen, Professor in Economics, as the new chairman for Independent Research Fund Denmark as of 1 January 2019. David Dreyer Lassen replaces Professor Peter Munk Christiansen.
All parliamentary parties have agreed on the allocation of the research reserve for 2019. Denmark is moving forward with research investment into new technological options, environmental and climate research, and a considerable boost of excellent research.
From November 01, Stine Jørgensen will take up the role as deputy director general in the Danish Agency for Science and Higher Education. She comes to the agency from as a position as Associate Dean of Education at the University of Copenhagen.
Danish Minister for Higher Education and Science Tommy Ahlers and French Minister for European Affairs signed a joint declaration this week between the two countries.
It makes good business sense for Denmark when international students stay in Denmark and work here after graduation. But a study shows that 4 out of 10 leave the country as soon as they have their graduation papers in hand.
On July 28, 64,943 young people received word that they had been accepted to a higher education programme. Congratulations – now it's time to live out the dream, came the message from Tommy Ahlers.
89,700 young people have applied to higher education by today’s deadline. More young people want to be engineers and 17,752 have applied to STEM education programmes.
Minister for Higher Education and Science Tommy Ahlers has appointed Rasmus Bebe as special advisor.
He replaces Søren Pind who had held the position as minister since November 2016.
52,891 applicants have submitted higher education applications by this year’s deadline via the quota 2 system. The Minister for Higher Education and Science is pleased that so many young people want to improve and pursue and education.
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