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Nexø, Bornholm · Denmark · Art academy

Royal Danish Academy – Architecture, Design, Conservation

The Royal Danish Academy is Denmark's national school of architecture, design and conservation, based in Copenhagen.

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In English: 1 programme
City: Nexø, Bornholm
Apply via: Optagelse.dk
Next deadline: 15 Mar 2027

Deadlines

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.
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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.
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All dates for this school (5 more)

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.
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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.
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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.
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6 July 2027*

IB results released

Details
After the Danish documentation deadline, which is why the results service exists.
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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.
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* Last year’s date, not yet confirmed.

Every date in Denmark

What you could study here

Crafts in Glass and Ceramics

Professional bachelor · 3¼ yrs · Nexø, Bornholm

Needs a test · Diploma or Course Results +1 more

Design and architecture

Worth knowing

The Crafts programme is taught in Nexø on Bornholm, but the second admission test and interview take place on the Academy's campus in Copenhagen.

All 2 notes

The Crafts programme is taught in Nexø on Bornholm, but the second admission test and interview take place on the Academy's campus in Copenhagen.
Grades play no part in admission. The whole intake goes through quota 2, and places go to the highest scorers in two admission tests.

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