Recognition of foreign qualifications

It may be helpful to obtain an assessment of your educational qualifications. The assessment can make it easier for a Danish employer to understand your qualifications. It can also show whether you have the level of education required for access to studies in Denmark.

The assessment offered by the Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science is a brief statement saying what your foreign qualification corresponds to in Denmark: which educational level and, if possible, which field of education. The Agency assesses completed qualifications at all levels.

The assessment is free of charge and normally takes 1 to 2 months from the time you send the application and the required documentation.

Find out more about assessments and how to apply:

• Guide to diploma recognition – Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science

There are more than 100 regulated professions in Denmark, for instance doctor, nurse, municipal schoolteacher and fork lift truck driver. If you are to work within one of these professions, you need to contact the Danish authority in charge of the profession.

Check the list to see if your profession is regulated in Denmark and find out how to apply for professional recognition:

• List of regulated professions – Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science

The individual educational institution decides whether you meet the specific requirements for admission to a particular study programme, for instance with regard to the level of subjects passed and grade point average.

Please contact a student advisor at the educational institution to enquire about the suitability of your qualification.

Find out about having your qualification recognised in the Danish education system:

• Continuing your education – the Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science

Qualification assessments from the Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science

You cannot appeal to any other administrative authority against the content of an assessment made by the Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science. However, the Agency may choose to conduct a new assessment if you present new information that changes the basis for the assessment.

Admission to studies

If your application for admission has been rejected and you want to complain about legal matters, the educational institution must receive your appeal within 2 weeks.

• Complaints Manual concerning educational institutions under the Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science

Credit transfer

If you disagree with an educational institution's decision on credit transfer of foreign qualifications or study periods, you can file a complaint within 4 weeks.

• Appeals regarding credit transfer of foreign qualifications or study periods – Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science

• Danish legislation on assessment and recognition of foreign qualifications – Ministry of Higher Education and Science

Get more information about assessment and recognition of foreign qualifications:

• Guide to diploma recognition – Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science