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are called ''professionshøjskoler'' (literal translation: ''professional college''). Danish university colleges offer profession specific tertiary education, also known as medium higher education (MVU) and diploma courses, but do not offer university education at postgraduate level. For a full overview of institutions of higher education in Denmark, see

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. Danish university colleges offer courses that can lead up to a bachelor's degree. Some university colleges also offer individual short higher education (KVU).

History

In July 2007, the Danish Parliament passed a new law regarding the Danish university colleges. The Ministry of Education under Section 50 of the Act on university colleges established the following eight colleges, which were established in January 2008:

University College of Northern Denmark University College of Northern Denmark ( da, Professionshøjskolen UCN) were formed under the Danish act on university colleges for higher education, which was adopted by the Danish parliament in 2007. Today, the sector is composed of six universi ...

VIA University College VIA University College is a university college ( da, professionshøjskole) organisation in Central Denmark Region, Denmark, established in January 2008. It is present in the region with a total of eight campuses. History The university colleges ...

University College Lillebaelt University College Lillebaelt (Danish: UCL Erhvervsakademi og Professionshøjskole) is one of the eight regional organizations of different study sites in Denmark ( da, professionshøjskoler) offering Bachelor courses of all kinds in the southw ...

West Jutland University College West Jutland University College ( da, Professionshøjskolen University College Vest) was one of eight new regional organizations of different study sites in Denmark ( da, professionshøjskoler) offering bachelor courses of all kinds in the wester ...

University College South University College South Denmark Internationalt > English">University College Syd > Forside > Internationalt > English/ref> ( da, University College Syddanmark) is a university college in the southern part of Denmark. It offers bachelor courses in ...

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University College Capital University College Capital( da, Professionshøjskolen UCC) is one of eight new regional organizations of different study sites in Denmark ( da, professionshøjskoler) offering bachelor courses of all kinds in Copenhagen and North Zealand. Profess ...

Metropolitan University College The Metropolitan University College ( da, Professionshøjskolen Metropol), also referred to as Metropolitan UC or MUC, is a university college offering a range of bachelor's degree and academy profession degree programmes in Copenhagen, Denmark. A ...

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