Graduation 2026: Meet our new candidates

Foto: Karina Tengberg

On 4 August, this year’s fashion graduates presented a spectacular catwalk show as part of Copenhagen Fashion Week. Watch or rewatch Cut From Many Cloths.

Friday 19 June was a true day of celebration: More than 250 newly graduated Master’s students were honoured and received their diplomas as a visible testament to years of hard work.

When the Royal Danish Academy opens its doors to this year’s Graduation Exhibition, more than 250 projects present the new generation of architects and designers.

See the graduation projects of the new architects

tredelt banner som viser stol i træ, telefonskærm med grafik og tekstiler i collage

See the graduation projects of the new designers

Group portrait of people seated and standing in a bright workshop with shelves, tools, and industrial lamps in the background

Bachelor Exhibition: The students from the Royal Danish Academy's Professional Bachelor programme, Crafts in Glass and Ceramics, give shape to new narratives - ranging from the decadent and sensually overwhelming to explorations of the potential of nature.

On 4 August, this year’s fashion graduates presented a spectacular catwalk show as part of Copenhagen Fashion Week. Watch or rewatch Cut From Many Cloths.

Friday 19 June was a true day of celebration: More than 250 newly graduated Master’s students were honoured and received their diplomas as a visible testament to years of hard work.

When the Royal Danish Academy opens its doors to this year’s Graduation Exhibition, more than 250 projects present the new generation of architects and designers.

See the graduation projects of the new architects

See the graduation projects of the new designers

Architecture Graduate: Auderødlejren 2.0

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Helene Engehagen and Rigmor Zinck talk about their joint graduation project, which explores the former military barracks at Auderødlejren.

Graduation projects

More graduation projects

Material and Technique in Portraits by Jens Juel and their Correlation to Degradation Patterns

Design Graduate: Against Externalities

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Cecilie Kvorning talks about her graduation project, in which she has made the needs of pigs a key consideration in the design of the physical environment for Danish pig production.

Graduation 2026

Dear Graduates...

"You might feel insignificant and useless, because you have yet to amass experience. This may seem daunting, but I hope you can regard these as challenging obstacles which revitalise and enhance your skill sets. Because you are capable of something that others aren’t. There is a great need for the ideas that you have come up with for a more sustainable, socially just world. More than ever before, the world needs people like you."

Read Lene Dammand Lund's speach to the graduates