Using your Danish qualifications abroad
If you need recognition of your Danish qualifications for studying or working in another country, you must follow the rules that apply in that country. This page gives you some advice on making your Danish qualifications clearly understood.
Documenting Danish qualifications
For information in English about a Danish qualification or about the Danish education system, various sources are available.
For curricula, course descriptions etc., please contact the awarding institution.
- Diploma Supplement – Higher education
- Certificate Supplement – Vocational education and training
- The Danish education system
- Grading system
- Recognised higher education institutions – List of Danish recognised higher education institutions since 2000
- Legalisation (authentication) of Danish documents
Studying abroad
If you are interested in studying outside Denmark, it is normally the institution to which you seek admission that will assess your Danish qualifications.
You may ask for information at the national recognition information office (see below).
For information about studying in another EU country, please visit:
Working abroad
If you want to work outside Denmark, you should first find out whether your occupation is regulated in that country.
If the profession is not regulated, you are free to seek employment. In some countries you can apply for an assessment of your qualifications. You can get further information from the national recognition information office (see the section below).
If the profession is regulated, you need to have your qualifications officially recognised by the competent authority.
Regulated professions in the EU/EEA
If you are a citizen of an EU or EEA country, you have certain specific rights in the other EU/EEA Member States. Visit the websites of the European Commission to find out:
European Professional Card – EPC
You can gain access to practising your profession by applying online for a European Professional Card (EPC) if you are:
- a nurse responsible for general care
- a pharmacist
- a physiotherapist
- a mountain guide
- a real estate agent.
See also:
National recognition information offices
For guidance concerning assessment procedures (outside the regulated professions) you can contact the following offices:
- ENIC/NARIC networks
Information about recognition of degrees in Europe, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Türkiye and Israel.
For information about recognition in other countries, you can contact the embassy or consulate of that country in Denmark or the Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science.