Royal Danish Academy – Architecture, Design, Conservation · Denmark
Crafts in Glass and Ceramics
An artistic and entrepreneurial professional bachelor in glass and ceramics, taught in the workshops in Nexø on Bornholm.
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- Where
- Nexø, Bornholm, Denmark
- Degree
- Professional bachelor (PBA)
- Length
- 3.25 years
- Taught in
- English
- Starts
- September
- Apply by
- 15 March 2027
- Admission
- Limited places
More facts
- Degree
- Professional bachelor (PBA)
- Length
- 3.25 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 lasts 3 years and 3 months, with about 16 places a year. Grades do not decide admission: an online test with a mini portfolio, then a test and interview in Copenhagen, do.
Degree and length
- Degree
Professional bachelor (PBA)
- Length
3.25 years
- Field
Design and architecture
What you need
One of these:
- Any IB English Danish requirement: English B
- An accepted English test instead (for example IELTS Academic 6.5)
Check it on royaldanishacademy.com
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 online admission test with a mini portfolio, then a test and interview in Copenhagen if invited
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Entry requirements and admission rules for Crafts in Glass and Ceramics.
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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Royal Danish Academy – Architecture, Design, Conservation institution
A lot of high school diplomas from EU and EØS and a number of internationally recognized exams of the type "Baccalaureat" (like IB and EB) are considered equivalent to a Danish "stx" (3-year high school), and we have no further requirements regarding contents and level of subjects apart from English at level B [...] We have no requirements as to specific subjects or subjects at certain levels or grade point average except for applicants with a vocational diploma.
An IB counts as equivalent to a Danish stx. Apart from English B, there are no subject, level or grade-average requirements.
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Royal Danish Academy – Architecture, Design, Conservation institution
The Royal Danish Academy's Programme of Crafts in Glass and Ceramics is one of Europe's leading programmes in its field. The programme is rooted in the strong Danish tradition of craftsmanship in glass and ceramics and is offered as a Professional Bachelor Programme at Bornholm
Crafts in Glass and Ceramics is a professional bachelor programme taught in English on Bornholm.
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Royal Danish Academy – Architecture, Design, Conservation institution
Applicants for English-taught programmes at the Royal Danish Academy must have proficiency in English equal to the level English B in Danish secondary school. It is not possible to apply for a dispensation for this requirement [...] Applicants with a high school degree from Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland or an IB who have passed the equivalent of English at B-level (Danish level), must submit diploma and transcript. Applicants, who do not have the required level, must take a language test. [...] IB English B (SL) [...] IELTS Academic and online: 6.5 with a minimum score of 6,0 in each subcategory. Cambridge English C1 Advanced: 180
Applicants need English at Danish B level. An IB meets it with English B at SL or higher; otherwise TOEFL, IELTS Academic 6.5 or Cambridge C1/C2 at 180. No dispensation is possible.
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Royal Danish Academy – Architecture, Design, Conservation institution
The course of admission for the Crafts programme includes three steps: 1. An application on optagelse.dk 2. Online admission test with preparation. Mandatory. 3. Admission test in Copenhagen for invited applicants. Mandatory. Applicants with highest scores from online test will be invited for a test and an interview on Campus Copenhagen. We invite approx. 30-35 applicants. Offer of study places are granted to applicants with the highest scores after the final admission test. We offer 16 study places and 1 standby place. [...] Your mini portfolio should consist of a maximum of three pages
Admission has three steps: the optagelse.dk application, a mandatory online admission test with a three-page mini portfolio, and a mandatory test and interview in Copenhagen for the 30 to 35 highest scorers. It offers 16 places and one standby place.
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Royal Danish Academy – Architecture, Design, Conservation institution
March 2027 15th.: 12.00 CET. Deadline for applying on optagelse.dk, including dispensations. [...] 18th: 12:00 CET Deadline for signing up for digital test with preparations. Participation mandatory. April 2027 [...] 3rd: Online admission test. 9 AM to 5 PM. Online from home. [...] May 2027 2nd: 9 AM to 5 PM. Admission test and interview in Copenhagen for invited applicants. [...] 28th: Offers of study places are sent. [...] September 2027 1st : official opening of study year.
For 2027: apply by 15 March at 12:00 CET; sign up for the online test by 18 March; online test on 3 April; test and interview in Copenhagen on 2 May; offers on 28 July; study year opens 1 September.
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Royal Danish Academy – Architecture, Design, Conservation institution
Citizens from non-EU/EEA countries and UK nationals (following Brexit) are required to pay tuition fee at higher education institutions in Denmark. Citizens from the Nordic countries and EU-countries do not pay tuition fee. [...] For the autumn semester 2026 fees are: - DKK 2.678,00 for ceramic students - DKK 3.346,00 for glass students Fees for spring and autumn semester 2027 will be announced in March 2027.
EU and Nordic citizens pay no tuition; non-EU/EEA and UK citizens do. Every student pays a material fee each semester (autumn 2026: DKK 2,678 for ceramics, DKK 3,346 for glass).
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Royal Danish Academy – Architecture, Design, Conservation institution
Application deadline: 15 March 12:00 CET, including upload of signature page. Intake is 100% quota 2, which means that applying involves participating in two admission tests. The first is online and the second takes place on Campus Copenhagen. [...] We enroll approx. 16 students a year from all over the world. In 2024 we had 159 applicants and in 2025 the number was 136. The professional Bachelor programme in Crafts in Glass and Ceramics is a 3 year and 3 months education in the fields of glass and ceramics.
Crafts in Glass and Ceramics lasts 3 years and 3 months. The whole intake is through quota 2, with two admission tests (one online, one on the Copenhagen campus). About 16 students start each year; there were 159 applicants in 2024 and 136 in 2025.