Cost of Studying in Denmark (2027) for International Students

Denmark splits admissions by level: bachelor applications go through the national optagelse.dk portal with a 15 March deadline for international applicants, while each university runs its own master's admissions, most closing around 15 January for non-EU, non-EEA and non-Swiss applicants. Tuition applies only to those applicants and is set by university and programme, commonly EUR 10,800 to 17,300 a year, and a residence permit for study through SIRI is required before arrival.

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A non-EU/EEA/Swiss student budgets for three costs: the application fee, tuition, and living costs. The application fee is usually EUR 150 to 200, charged once per applicant per admission round and commonly deducted from the first tuition instalment on admission. Tuition is set by each university and, at most universities, by each programme; figures confirmed directly from university pages for this record range from about EUR 10,800 a year for humanities and social science programmes up to about EUR 17,300 a year for engineering, science and technology programmes, billed once or twice a year depending on the institution. SIRI asks a student residence permit applicant to document disposable funds of DKK 7,426 a month (2026 level), capped at DKK 89,112 for a 12 month permit, unless the tuition fee for a complete programme has already been paid in full, in which case this documentation is waived. This figure is a minimum for the residence permit application, not a survey of typical living costs, and actual spending on rent, food and transport in Copenhagen or Aarhus can run higher than the minimum.