Qualifying Exams from Denmark

This page is about qualifying exams from Denmark, Greenland, the Faroe Islands and exams from Duborg-skolen and A.P. Møller-skolen.

Applicants from the Faroe Islands and Greenland: please notice remarks at the bottom.

Danish qualifying exam that makes you eligible:
To be eligible you need a qualifying exam. In a Danish context this is a “studentereksamen (stx)” or similar. The following diplomas meet the requirements:

  • Danish ”Almen studentereksamen” (stx)
  • Danish “Erhvervsfaglig studentereksamen” (eux)
  • Danish ”Højere forberedelseseksamen uden overbygning” (hf)
  • Danish ”Merkantil studentereksamen” (hhx)
  • Danish ”Teknisk studentereksamen” (htx)
  • Equivalent exams from Greenland and the Faroe Islands
  • Exams from A.P. Møller-skolen and Duborgskolen
  • Danish "Gymnasiale indslusningskurser for fremmedsprogede" (GIF)
  • Danish ”Eux 1.del som sidestilles med hf uden overbygning”
  • Danish ”Steiner-hf”


Requirements for subjects and grade point average
The Royal Danish Academy has no requirements regarding number and composition of subjects in your Danish qualifying exam. Also we have no requirements regarding level of subjects and grade point average.

However, to be eligible for the Crafts programme you need English at level B (Danish standard). Most Danish exams from Upper Secondary School meet this requirement.

Upload of diploma and transcript on optagelse.dk
Your grades are automatically transferred to the Academy via a national database, if you passed your qualifying exam after 2005. Do you hold an older diploma, you must upload this.

Applicants with diploma from the Faroe Islands, Greenland, A.P. Møller-skolen or Duborg-skolen must also upload diploma as grades are not automatically transferred.
If you finish high school this year, you must follow instruction on optagelse.dk.

Applicants from Faroe Islands
If your grades are from previous grading scale, the Academy will convert your grade point average to the current Danish grading scale.

Applicants from Greenland
If your grades are from previous grading scale, the Academy will convert your grade point average to the current Danish grading scale.

It is not possible to apply for the Crafts programme via “Den grønlandske særordning”.