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These statistics contains yearly data about the activity on bachelor and long-cycle higher education in Denmark. This includes the number of entrants, the number of completed and the number of active students. Bachelor and long-cycle higher educations are defined from Statistics Denmark's education classification DISCED-15 as all educations classified on level 60 and 70. The statistics are divided by education and the students' age, sex, ancestry and national origin.
Data description
The statistics about bachelor and long-cycle higher educations shows the number of students on bachelor and long-cycle higher educations in Denmark. The statistics are a part of the Student Register and is publicized yearly. In StatBank Denmark, you can sort by students per 1 October, completed students and new students distributed by educational fields, age, ancestry, national origin and sex (see under "Begreber og definitioner").
Classification system
Bachelor and long-cycle higher educations is defined from Statistics Denmark's education classification DISCED-15 as all education classified on level 60 and 70. The levels in DISCED-15 for higher education are classified according to the main fields regulated by law. A description of these can be found at: DISCED.
Sector coverage
Not relevant for these statistics.
Statistical concepts and definitions
Enrolled: Persons enrolled at an education per September 30th in a given year.
Entrants: Persons beginning their education in the period between October 1st and September 30th the following year.
Completed: Persons completing their education in the period between October 1st and September 30th the following year.
Statistical unit
Persons.
Statistical population
Persons who have been enrolled on a bachelor or long-cycle higher education in Denmark which is publicly regulated. In detail, this means that the Ministry of Higher Education and Science or another ministry has set the rules for the education through a law or an executive order. Since 2007 private education giving access to public grants is also included.
Reference area
Denmark.
Time coverage
The current time series in StatBank Denmark covers the time period from 2005 and onwards.
Base period
Not relevant for this statistics.
Unit of measure
The measuring unit is the number of persons.
Reference period
The newest data collection was for the period of 1 October 2024 - 30 September 2025.
Frequency of dissemination
Yearly.
Legal acts and other agreements
Act on Statistics Denmark Section 6 and Section 8(3).
Regulation (EC) No 452/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2008 concerning the production and development of statistics on education and lifelong learning.
Cost and burden
The respondent burden is minimal. Data are collected from local school-based administrative registers.
Comment
Further information can be found on Statistics Denmark's homepage Fulltime education, or by contacting Statistics Denmark directly. On the homepage, notes about historic revisions of the statistics can be found.