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University of Copenhagen

The first thing to know about the University of Copenhagen, for anyone finishing an IB, is that you cannot study there at bachelor level without fluent academic Danish.

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In English
0 programmes
City
Copenhagen
Next deadline
15 Mar 2027
Students
36,758

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.

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  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.

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All dates for this school (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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  4. 6 July 2027*

    IB results released
    Details

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

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  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.

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* Last year’s date, not yet confirmed.

Every date in Denmark

Taught in Danish

No English-taught bachelor's here for 2027.

What it asks of IB students

  • Recognises the IB Diploma
Where it says so

Its IB recognition statement

Worth knowing

There are no fully English-taught bachelor's degrees at the University of Copenhagen.

All 7 notes
  • There are no fully English-taught bachelor's degrees at the University of Copenhagen. UCPH's own bachelor page reads: "Kickstart your career at UCPH and explore 78 bachelor's degree programmes - all are taught in Danish" and, separately, "UCPH only offers bachelor's degree programmes taught in Danish." The programmes list below is therefore empty, and that is the accurate answer rather than an omission.
  • This is a bachelor-level fact only. UCPH runs around 120 master's programmes, many of them in English, so Copenhagen is a realistic destination after a bachelor's degree elsewhere — including after an English-taught bachelor at CBS, DTU, AU, AAU, ITU or RUC.
  • If you genuinely want UCPH at bachelor level, the route is Danish. Either take Danish A as your IB Language A or B HL subject, or plan to pass Studieprøven i dansk som andetsprog. Studieprøven is normally reached after roughly two to three years of Danish courses, so this is a decision to take in the first year of the Diploma Programme at the latest.
  • The converted 6.0 GPA floor sits on top of the language requirement, not instead of it. Both have to be cleared.
  • Quota 2 at UCPH involves a test and an interview conducted in Danish, Norwegian or Swedish — a further reason why applying without the language is not viable.
  • A, B and C are Danish subject levels, not grades. The 6.0 is a grade point average on the Danish 7-point scale.
  • Tuition fees for non-EU/EEA bachelor applicants are not confirmed here; ask UCPH.

Sources
  1. The University of Copenhagen teaches all 78 of its bachelor programmes in Danish. — checked 2026-09-22
  2. UCPH – Admission requirements (bachelor) — checked 2026-09-22
  3. UCPH – IB and other international diplomas — checked 2026-09-22
  4. UCPH – Quota 1 and quota 2 — checked 2026-09-22
  5. UCPH – Facts and figures — checked 2026-09-22