Study Design in Denmark: programmes, fees and entry requirements

Denmark has 6 undergraduate programmes in Design at 6 universities in 2 cities. At public institutions EU students typically pay no tuition fee; non-EU students €18,000 a year (€10,800–€18,000).

Always check current information on the official website of the university before you apply.

All Design programmes in Denmark

ProgrammeUniversityCityLanguageLengthEU fee / yearNon-EU fee / yearEntry score
Professionsbachelor, visuel kommunikationDanish School of Media and Journalism (København)CopenhagenDanish—€0——
DesignerDesign School KoldingKoldingDanish3 yr€0—11.4 (2026)
Professionsbachelor, smykker, teknologi og businessErhvervsakademi København (EK) (København)CopenhagenDanish—€0——
DesignerRoyal Danish Academy – Architecture, Design, Conservation (København)CopenhagenDanish3 yr€0€18,00010.9 (2026)
Professionsbachelor, grafisk kommunikationUniversity College South Denmark (Kolding)KoldingDanish—€0——
Designkultur med rum og æstetikUniversity of Southern Denmark (Kolding)KoldingDanish—€0€10,800—

How admission works in Denmark

You apply through Optagelse.dk, the national portal of the Coordinated Admission (KOT): you can list up to 8 programmes and receive at most one offer, at your highest possible priority. You need a qualification on a level with the Danish upper secondary leaving certificate plus each programme's specific requirements, and Danish-taught programmes require proof of Danish. Where there are more applicants than places, quota 1 selects by grade point average (the score shown is the quota 1 cut-off on the Danish 7-point scale) and quota 2 by criteria set by the institution. For the 2027 intake Optagelse.dk opens on 1 February 2027; the deadline is 15 March 2027 at 12:00 for quota 2 and for anyone with a foreign or international (IB) diploma, and 5 July 2027 at 12:00 for quota 1 with a Danish diploma; answers come on 28 July.

See also: Study in Denmark · Design in other countries

Sources

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