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Bachelor's Degrees in English in Denmark: Programmes, Fees and How to Apply

Fee figures: catalogue of 6 October 2026.

Denmark teaches many master's degrees in English, but its bachelor's programmes are overwhelmingly in Danish. The English-taught ones are few, concentrated in business, engineering and computing, and competitive. This guide shows where they are, what they cost and how to apply.

How many programmes, and where

Our catalogue lists 44 bachelor's programmes taught in English, out of 582 in Denmark. All are at publicly funded institutions, and about a dozen institutions offer them:

Copenhagen and Sønderborg have the most programmes, followed by Aarhus and Vejle.

Which fields

Almost everything falls into three groups: engineering (mechatronics, electronics, software, energy and chemical engineering), business and economics, and computing, including data science and artificial intelligence. Outside these there are only a handful of programmes, for example in global humanities, European studies, anthropology, cognitive science and glass and ceramics. In our catalogue, medicine, law, nursing and teacher education are offered only in Danish.

What it costs

Citizens of the EU, the EEA and Switzerland pay no tuition: €0 in our catalogue. Everyone else pays a fee set by each institution:

Per year, non-EU students
Lowest€7,438
Typical€16,456
Highest€22,000

The lowest fee is for economics and business administration at Aalborg University. The highest is for the crafts programme in glass and ceramics at the Royal Danish Academy. CBS, for comparison, charges €6,500 a term. Engineering and computing programmes cost more than business ones at most universities. Some institutions also ask non-EU applicants for an application deposit. Who is exempt, and other costs, are in how much it costs to study in Denmark.

How to apply

All bachelor's programmes, in Danish or English, go through one national portal, Optagelse.dk:

  1. The portal opens in early February. You can list up to eight programmes in order of priority, and you are offered a place on the highest one you qualify for.
  2. With a foreign or international diploma, including the IB, you must apply by 15 March at 12:00 noon. The later July deadline is only for applicants with a Danish diploma.
  3. Places are split into quota 1, by grade average, and quota 2, by criteria each institution sets, such as a motivation letter, a test or an interview. Foreign applicants are considered in both if their grades can be converted.
  4. Answers arrive at the end of July.

Check each programme's specific requirements: most ask for mathematics at a set level. In the 2026 admission round, for example, International Business at CBS required Mathematics B, a social science subject at B level and English at A level. The full process is in how to get into a university in Denmark, and IB students should read IB Diploma: university admission in Denmark.

Non-EU students then apply for a residence permit, which normally takes two months, so the late-July answer leaves little slack.

English requirements

Every programme expects English at least at the level of the Danish upper-secondary course "English B", and some English-taught programmes, such as those at CBS, ask for "English A". Study in Denmark gives IELTS 6.5 as the usual equivalent of English B and 7.0 of English A, but each institution decides which tests and scores it accepts. See IELTS and TOEFL for European universities.

Do you need Danish?

Not for the degree itself. Outside the university it helps. Non-EU students may work 90 hours a month from September to May and full time in June, July and August, and Danish widens the choice of part-time jobs and internships. If you plan to stay in Denmark after graduating, start learning it early.

Where to look next

Official sources

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