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BEng · 3½ yrs · Kalundborg
University College Absalon · Denmark
Biotechnology
Engineering for biotechnological production: using cells and microorganisms to make medicines, food and fuels, and to treat waste water.
U.S. Department of Energy from United States · Public domain
- Where
- Kalundborg, Denmark
- Degree
- BEng
- Length
- 3.5 years
- Taught in
- English
- Starts
- September
- Apply by
- 15 March 2027
- Admission
- Limited places
More facts
- Degree
- BEng
- Length
- 3.5 years
- Taught in
- English
- Starts
- September
Deadlines
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15 March 2027, 12:00 CET*
Applications closeSign the application (signature page if you have no MitID)Hard deadlineDetails
Twelve noon, not midnight. Applies to every applicant with an international or IB qualification, whether the diploma was earned in Denmark or abroad, and whether you are aiming at quota 1 or quota 2.
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2 August 2027*
Accept your placeHard deadlineDetails
Set by each institution, a few days after offers: check the date in your offer. In 2026: Copenhagen 2 August, Southern Denmark 3 August, Aalborg 5 August. Dated here at the earliest known; a school that publishes its own date shows that instead.
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All dates for this programme (5 more)
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1 February 2027*
Optagelse.dk opens for the 2027 intakeDetails
The portal typically opens in early February. Confirm the exact date when the Agency publishes it.
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1 March 2027*
Have your IB coordinator register you for IB resultsYour own planDetails
Not an official deadline, but results must be authorised to travel before the documentation deadline. Get a receipt. Institution codes: Copenhagen 002600, Aarhus 000150, Aalborg 000148, Southern Denmark 000157.
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5 July 2027, 12:00 CET*
Last day to reorder priorities; documentation at some institutionsDetails
Priorities can be reordered until 12:00. Documentation deadlines are set by each institution: Aarhus and Aalborg accept documents until 5 July, Copenhagen wants them with the application on 15 March, and some academies set 1 April. Check each one you list.
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6 July 2027*
IB results released -
28 July 2027*
Offers and quota 1 cut-offs publishedDetails
Every programme's cut-off average is published the same day. Vacant places appear in the same week.
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* Last year’s date, not yet confirmed.
What it is
It is taught in Kalundborg with Novo Nordisk, Novonesis and Lundbeck nearby, and includes a five-month internship. Needs Maths A, Physics B, Chemistry B and English B, and every quota 2 applicant is interviewed.
Degree and length
- Degree
BEng
- Length
3.5 years, 210 ECTS
- Field
Engineering
What you need
- Maths HL (AA or AI)Danish requirement: Mathematics A
- Any IB EnglishDanish requirement: English B
And one of these:
- Physics (SL or HL) Danish requirement: Physics B
- Not open with IB: 1 Danish-only option Geoscience A: The official handbook leaves the IB column blank for Geoscience A. IB Geography HL is not automatically accepted; you would normally need a Danish supplementary course.The options above are the way in. Danish requirement: Geoscience A
And one of these:
- Chemistry (SL or HL) Danish requirement: Chemistry B
- Not open with IB: 1 Danish-only option Biotechnology A: The handbook publishes no equivalent for this subject.The options above are the way in. Danish requirement: Biotechnology A
How places are decided
DP Course Results are accepted. Meeting the requirements does not guarantee a place.
Requirements in full, and how places are allocated
On top of the subjects
- An admission interview (every quota 2 applicant, including IB applicants)
Sources (4)
Entry requirements and admission rules for Biotechnology.
Open this to see the exact page each rule came from, when it was read, and whether a person has checked it.
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Uddannelses- og Forskningsstyrelsen (Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science) national agency
IB-elever uden IB Diploma, men med mindst 18 point (Diploma Programme (DP) Course Results), har adgang til videregående uddannelser i Danmark på lige vilkår med ansøgere med den 2-årige hf-eksamen uden overbygning. Det kræver, at alle 6 IB-fag (3 HL-fag og 3 SL- eller 4 HL-fag og 2 SL-fag) er bestået med mindst karakteren 3. Det betyder, at de har adgang til at søge optagelse på erhvervsakademi- og professionsbacheloruddannelser gennem kvote 1 og 2. Ansøgere med et Diploma Programme (DP) Course Results på mindst 18 point og mindst karakteren 3 i alle fag kan derudover få adgang til en universitetsbacheloruddannelse gennem kvote 1 og 2 ved enten at supplere med enkeltfag efter samme regler som hf’erne eller tage deres IB-eksamen om for at få et IB Diploma – Retake.
DP Course Results (formerly the IB Certificate) of at least 18 points, with at least grade 3 in all six subjects and at least three subjects at HL, are a qualifying examination in Denmark on the same terms as a two-year hf without overbygning: they give access to erhvervsakademi- and professionsbachelor programmes through quota 1 and quota 2, and to a university bachelor only after two successive raises of upper-secondary subject level, at least one to A level, taken as hf-enkeltfag. Course Results under 18 points, or containing any subject at grade 1 or 2, are not a qualifying examination at all. A full IB Diploma of 24 points or more gives access to every higher education programme in Denmark.
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Professionshøjskolen Absalon institution
Professionsbachelor Diplomingeniør i bioteknologi [...] Læs til diplomingeniør i bioteknologi på dansk eller engelsk i tæt samspil med små og store verdensledende bioteknologiske virksomheder i Biotekbyen Kalundborg. [...] Studiestart 1. september.
Absalon lists the biotechnology diplomingeniør as a professionsbachelor, taught in Danish or English in Kalundborg, with a study start of 1 September.
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University College Absalon institution
Admission Interview : All quota 2 applicants must attend an admission interview to be for admission to the programme. [...] Foreign exams also include International Baccalaureate (IB), regardless of whether it has been taken in Denmark or completed in another country. [...] 15 March at 12.00 noon All quota 2 applicants All applicants with an international entry examination, including applicants holding an International Baccalaureate (IB) [...] Applicants who are citizens in an EU or EEA country have access to free higher education in Denmark and therefore do not need to pay tuition fee.
The Bachelor of Engineering in Biotechnology (Kalundborg) has a 15 March deadline for all applicants with an international exam, including the IB, interviews every quota 2 applicant, and charges no tuition to EU or EEA citizens.
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University College Absalon institution
Mathematics equivalent to a Danish A-level and Physics equivalent to a Danish B-level or Geoscience equivalent to a Danish A-level and Chemistry equivalent to a Danish B-level or Biotechnology equivalent to a Danish A-level and English equivalent to Danish B-level Admission interview All quota 2 applicants, including applicants with a foreign or international upper secondary qualification, must attend an admission interview to be eligible for admission to the programme. [...] The established quota distribution is for quota 1: 65% and quota 2: 35%
The Biotechnology BEng needs Mathematics A, Physics B or Geoscience A, Chemistry B or Biotechnology A, and English B. Every quota 2 applicant, including those with an international qualification, is interviewed, and places split 65/35 between quota 1 and quota 2.
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