07 - Denmark - Registration and/or tuition fees

Access to public sector education is in general for free. An exception is admission to the adult education system, where students have to pay tuition fees which covers part of the costs of the education.

The government’s system of financing education and training is almost exclusively based on the so-called taximeter system, a comprehensive financing system based on per capita grants (cash-per student) to institutions. The grants are calculated primarily on the recorded student activity measured as their participation in courses/examinations. The taximeter rate varies according to subject field and level of education.

Students do not have to make any compulsory financial contributions to the student unions or to medical care.

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Date: 2009
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