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Increasing numbers of students availing of Erasmus

September 02, 2014
More and more Danish students are choosing to participate in exchange and internship programmes in Europe. In 2013, 10 per cent more students availed of the EU Erasmus programme.

Europe is becoming more and more appealing to Danish students – so much so that a record number of students decided to study abroad or undertake an internship with an international company as part of their education with support from the EU Erasmus programme.

In the 2012/2013 academic year, 3646 students received support from Erasmus to study abroad or undertake an internship in Europe. According to the European Commission’s Erasmus statistics that is more than a 10 per cent increase on the previous year.

By 2020, the Danish Government has a target of at least 50 per cent of all students studying or working abroad as part of their education. 

- Our students should be educated for the future. Following education, they will face a labour market where more and more companies have an international environment and where international competences, cultural understanding and language skills are essential to employers. It is therefore crucial that more students acquire these skills by spending some time abroad during their studies, says Minister for Higher Education and Science Sofie Carsten Nielsen. 

The increase in Danish students taking part in the Erasmus programme is greater than the European average which saw 6 per cent more Erasmus students in 2012/2013 than the previous year.

Erasmus students

  • The University of Copenhagen, the largest higher education institution in Denmark, is also the institution that contributed the most Erasmus students in 2012/2013.
  • VIA University College received more Erasmus students from other European countries in 2012/2013 than other Danish institutions.
  • Almost 270,000 students across Europe received support from the EU to study or take an internship abroad in 2012/2013, which is the greatest number of Erasmus students in Europe in a single academic year.
  • On 1 January 2014, the Erasmus programme was replaced by the EU new education programme for internationalisation and mobility, Erasmus+. 

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