University college In a number of countries, a university college is a college institution that provides tertiary education but does not have full or independent university status. A university college is often part of a larger university. The precise usage varies f ...

s in

Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...

(Danish: , ;the English term is also used) is a type of

higher education Tertiary education (higher education, or post-secondary education) is the educational level following the completion of secondary education. The World Bank defines tertiary education as including universities, colleges, and vocational schools ...

institution mostly offering medium higher education (MVU) and diploma courses, i.e., the ''

profession A profession is a field of Work (human activity), work that has been successfully professionalized. It can be defined as a disciplined group of individuals, professionals, who adhere to ethical standards and who hold themselves out as, and are ...

bachelor'' degree. For a full overview of institutions of higher education in Denmark, see List of universities and colleges in Denmark. Danish university colleges offer courses that can lead up to a bachelor's degree. University colleges also offer short higher education (KVU) degrees such as academy profession degree programmes (Danish: ) offered as business academies.

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 () 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 university colleges. Formally, UCN h ...

, VIA University College, University College Lillebaelt, West Jutland University College,

University College South University College South Denmark Internationalt > English">University College Syd > Forside > Internationalt > English/ref> () is a university college in the southern part of Denmark. It offers bachelor courses in various disciplines and has appr ...

, University College Sealand,

University College Capital University College Capital() is one of eight new regional organizations of different study sites in Denmark () offering bachelor courses of all kinds in Copenhagen and North Zealand. Profession School UCC was formed by the merger of Greater Copen ...

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

. Since 2008, there have been three mergers, reducing the number of university colleges to six * West Jutland University College and University College South Denmark on 1 May 2010, forming University College South Denmark *

and

on 1 March 2018, forming University College Copenhagen

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