Municipal primary and lower secondary school examinations

The municipal primary and lower secondary school examinations can be taken in the December/January examination period and the May/June examination period, respectively. You can only take an exam in a subject after your instruction in it has been completed.

• Overview of test dates for municipal primary and lower secondary schools (in Danish)

8th grade

In 8th grade (school year 9), you must take an examination in a mandatory practical/musical elective. That elective can be food science, crafts and design, visual arts, or music. The results of that examination will be included in the pass requirement for the municipal primary and lower secondary school leaving examination.

9th grade

In 9th grade (school year 10), you must take 5 mandatory examinations, of which 4 are mandatory exams and 1 exam is drawn at random. The 4 mandatory exams are: a written and an oral exam in Danish, a written exam in mathematics, and a common exam in physics/chemistry, biology, and geography. The Ministry of Education draws the exam that you must take as the randomly assigned exam. Each year, the exam is drawn from a pool consisting of the following subjects: English, German/French, social science, Christian studies/religion, history, and mathematics. All exams that can be drawn are oral exams. You will be informed which exams have been drawn 5 working days before the written exams begin. 

10th grade 

In 10th year (school year 11) you can take examinations in Danish, mathematics, English, physics/chemistry, German, and French.

The Head of your school shall inform you about the rules for the examinations that you are going to take. The Ministry of Education has prepared a student leaflet on examinations. 

• Information for pupils about tests (in Danish)

You or your parents must report your illness to the school as soon as possible. If you have been prevented from completing an examination due to illness, for example, you must take a new examination as soon as possible.

If you arrive late, the Head of your school will decide whether you can take the examination, or if you have to take it at a later date/time.

All pupils who leave municipal primary and lower secondary school after 8th year (7th grade) shall have a certificate. It is the Head of the school who issues certificates for the municipal primary and lower secondary school’s examinations and certificates for pupils who leave before the 10th and 11th year (9th and 10th grade) final exams.

• Certificates from municipal primary and secondary schools (in Danish)

If you have lost your municipal primary and lower secondary school-leaving certificate, you can get a copy of it through the self-service.

You can file an appeal against the examination process, including the internal and external examiners’ decisions and grading of the examination.

If you wish to file an appeal against the municipal primary and lower secondary school’s examinations, you must contact the head of the school, who will assess whether there are grounds for your appeal. If so, then they can decide that you may take a new examination or that your examination shall be regraded.

• Appeals and deadlines (in Danish) 

• Act on primary and lower-secondary schools (in Danish)
• Order on municipal primary and lower secondary schools (in Danish)

• Ministry of Education
• Overview of test dates for municipal primary and lower secondary schools (in Danish)