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Mechanical Engineering

Applied mechanical engineering focused on product development, design, materials and sustainable construction, with a 20-week internship.

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Where
Horsens, Denmark
Degree
BEng
Length
3.5 years
Taught in
English
Starts
August
Apply by
15 March 2027
Admission
Limited places
More facts
Degree
BEng
Length
3.5 years
Taught in
English
Starts
August

Deadlines

  1. 15 March 2027, 12:00 CET*

    Applications close
    Sign the application (signature page if you have no MitID)
    Hard deadline
    Details

    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.

    Source

  2. 2 August 2027*

    Accept your place
    Hard deadline
    Details

    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.

    Source
All dates for this programme (5 more)

  1. 1 February 2027*

    Optagelse.dk opens for the 2027 intake
    Details

    The portal typically opens in early February. Confirm the exact date when the Agency publishes it.

    Source

  2. 1 March 2027*

    Have your IB coordinator register you for IB results
    Your own plan
    Details

    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.

    Source

  3. 5 July 2027, 12:00 CET*

    Last day to reorder priorities; documentation at some institutions
    Details

    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.

    Source

  4. 6 July 2027*

    IB results released
    Details

    After the Danish documentation deadline, which is why the results service exists.

    Source

  5. 28 July 2027*

    Offers and quota 1 cut-offs published
    Details

    Every programme's cut-off average is published the same day. Vacant places appear in the same week.

    Source

* Last year’s date, not yet confirmed.

Every date in Denmark

What it is

Three and a half years in Horsens. Needs Maths A, Physics B, Chemistry C and English B.

Degree and length
Degree

BEng

Length

3.5 years

Field

Engineering

What you need

  • Maths HL (AA or AI)At least a 3 (an IB 3 converts to 02, the lowest that reaches 02).Danish requirement: Mathematics A, minimum 02
  • Any IB EnglishAt least a 3 (an IB 3 converts to 02, the lowest that reaches 02).Danish requirement: English B, minimum 02

And one of these:

  • Physics (SL or HL)At least a 3 (an IB 3 converts to 02, the lowest that reaches 02). Danish requirement: Physics B, minimum 02
  • 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, minimum 02

And one of these:

  • Chemistry (SL or HL)At least a 3 (an IB 3 converts to 02, the lowest that reaches 02). Danish requirement: Chemistry C, minimum 02
  • 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, minimum 02

Check my subjects against it

Check it on en.via.dk

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
Sources (3)

Entry requirements and admission rules for Mechanical Engineering.

Open this to see the exact page each rule came from, when it was read, and whether a person has checked it.

  1. 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.

    Read 2026-09-23. Applies to the 2027 autumn intake.

  2. VIA University College institution

    Type Bachelor of Engineering Duration 3 years, 6 months Campus City Horsens Study start August [...] Mathematics equivalent to a Danish A-level English equivalent to a Danish B-level Physics equivalent to a Danish B-level or Geoscience equivalent to a Danish A-level Chemistry equivalent to a Danish C-level or Biotechnology equivalent to a Danish A-level [...] Each of the subjects above must be passed with a min. average of 2.0 on the Danish grading scale. [...] Motivational video [...] Grade point average of Mathematics equivalent to a Danish A-level and English equivalent to a Danish A-level [...] With a professional bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

    Mechanical Engineering (Horsens) is a 3.5-year Bachelor of Engineering starting in August. It needs Mathematics A, English B, Physics B or Geoscience A, and Chemistry C or Biotechnology A, each passed with at least 2.0.

    Read 2026-09-24. Applies to the 2027 autumn intake.

  3. VIA University College institution

    We offer English taught bachelor's and AP degree programmes in animation, construction, design, engineering and business! [...] Bachelor's degrees at University Colleges are called Professional Bachelor's degrees and generally have a stronger emphasis on practice.

    VIA's list of English-taught bachelor's and AP degree programmes, and its statement that bachelor's degrees at university colleges are professional bachelor's degrees.

    Read 2026-09-24. Applies to the 2027 autumn intake.

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