University of Copenhagen

General information

• Location: Copenhagen, Denmark. The university has four campuses in Copenhagen and one in Taastrup.
• Founded: 1479
• Language of instruction: all bachelor's programmes are taught in Danish. Many of the texts you read are in English, but lectures, seminars and exams are in Danish. English-taught programmes exist mainly at master's level.
• Main fields: health and medical sciences, humanities, law, natural sciences, social sciences and theology – the university has 6 faculties and offers 78 bachelor's programmes. In 2025 it had 36,758 students.
• Length of a bachelor's degree: 3 years, 180 ECTS
• Fee for EU/EEA students: no tuition fee for citizens of the EU/EEA

Deadlines

Applications go through the Danish central system Optagelse.dk. For applicants with a Bulgarian or other foreign diploma the dates are:

• 15 March, 12:00 noon (Danish time) – application deadline for quota 1 and quota 2. The 5 July quota 1 deadline you may see on programme pages applies only to applicants with a Danish diploma.
• 5 July, 12:00 noon – by this date you must meet all admission requirements, including the Danish language test, and upload your documents.
• 15 August – latest date for uploading your final diploma, but only if you submit a letter from your school confirming that you will sit your exams before 5 July and receive the diploma later.
• 28 July – you find out whether you have been admitted.

Requirements when applying from Bulgaria

Danish: because all bachelor's programmes are in Danish, you need academic-level Danish. For applicants with a foreign diploma this usually means passing Studieprøven i dansk som andetsprog with at least 02 in each of the 3 parts of the exam. For Medicine and Dentistry the minimum is 7 in each part. An alternative is passing a supplementary Danish A course. In practice this means learning Danish to a high level before you apply.

Quota 1 and quota 2:

• Quota 1 – based only on your grade point average converted to the Danish scale. A Bulgarian diploma qualifies for quota 1 if the converted average is at least 6.0; with 5.9 or less you can only apply in quota 2.
• Quota 2 – a separate quota 2 test (taken in Danish, you register for it in March) and, if you pass, an oral or written interview in Danish, Norwegian or Swedish.

Subjects: each programme has its own subject requirements at Danish levels A, B or C. The university checks whether the subjects on your Bulgarian diploma are equivalent, so you upload transcripts showing the levels and, in some cases, the number of hours taught.

Bachelor's programmes in English

There are none – all 78 bachelor's programmes at the University of Copenhagen are taught in Danish.

Programmes – bachelor's

The cut-off scores below are the lowest grade averages admitted in quota 1 in 2026. They are a guide only, not a requirement for future years.

Medicine (Medicin)

• Duration: 3 years, 180 ECTS; to qualify as a doctor you then continue with the master's (kandidat) programme in medicine
• Location: Nørre Campus, Copenhagen. A separate track is also offered in Køge.
• Language: Danish
• Danish requirement: Studieprøven with at least 7 in each part
• Subject requirements: Danish A, English B, Mathematics A and one of these combinations: Physics B + Chemistry B, Physics B + Biotechnology A, Chemistry B + Geoscience A, or Chemistry B + Biology A + Physics C
• 2026 admission: cut-off 10.5 in quota 1 (standby 10.2); 496 students admitted from 2,850 applications
• Entrance exam: there is no separate exam in quota 1; quota 2 uses the quota 2 test

Psychology (Psykologi)

• Duration: 3 years, 6 semesters, 180 ECTS
• Location: City Campus, Copenhagen
• Language: Danish, with a lot of reading in English
• Subject requirements: Danish A, English B, Mathematics B and one of History B, History of Ideas B, Social Studies B or Contemporary History B
• 2026 admission: cut-off 11.0 in quota 1 (standby 10.9); 274 students admitted from 3,023 applications

Law (Jura)

• Duration: 3 years, 180 ECTS
• Location: South Campus, Copenhagen
• Language: Danish
• Subject requirements: Danish A, English B and one of History B, History of Ideas B, Social Studies B or Contemporary History B
• 2026 admission: cut-off 9.3 in quota 1 (standby 9.0); 807 students admitted from 3,260 applications