You can apply for admission to a school of nursing using the Danish application form published by "Koordinerende Tilmelding" (KOT).
You can print an application form or it can be obtained at all institutions of higher education, at high schools, business schools, and at the labor exchanges. Foreigners have to apply by March 15th at the latest.
Nursing education starts twice a year: about September 1st and February 1st.
Please note that you can only apply once a year even if you decide to apply for either the fall or spring term.
If you have a foreign degree, you need to have passed a test in Danish. Futhermore you must also have at least one of the entrance examinations mentioned below:
- a foreign degree, which is comparable to a grade from a Danish grammar school, college, or high school or
- an entrance degree to the higher social- og carestudies with C level in Danish, D level in English and C level in natural sciences or
- 4 subjects of higher preparatory examination: A level in Danish, B level in English, and A level in biotechnology or B level in mathematics or physics or chemistry or biology, C level in civics or psychology.
Contact student counselling at the local school of nursing to receive more information on the test for applicants with Danish as a second language.
Edited 3. april 2011
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