10 - Denmark - Branches of study, specialisation
Since 2003 the two-cycle system of a Bachelor- and a Master level has
been fully implemented in the Danish long-cycle higher university
education system.
A university programme normally consists of a
3-year Bachelor degree programme corresponding to 180 ECTS, followed by
a 2-year programme leading to the Candidatus-degree (Master’s level)
corresponding to 120 ECTS. In branches such as medicine the 2-year
programme is extended to 3 years.
Doctoral studies are fully
implemented as third cycle leading to the PhD degree. All doctoral
programmes are structured programmes whish include both taught courses
and independent research. The programmes are planned as 3-years
programmes (180 ECTS). An alternative to the division between the
Master level and the doctoral studies is to combine the two programmes
after one year of Master studies. Whereas the first route to the
doctoral degree is named the 3+2+3 model, the second is the so-called
4+4 model.
Students choose their main branches of study when
they commence their Bachelor studies. The Bachelor studies must lead to
specific competencies within the field of studies suitable for
employment and further specialised studies at Master level. All
graduated Bachelor students are guaranteed admission to Master studies
within their field of specialisation.
If the student combines
two different specialisations such as History and Danish or Mathematics
and Physics with the aim of obtaining qualifications to teach in the
Danish Gymnasium, the studies will be prolonged with 30 ECTS.
The
Master level are generally finalised with a Master’s thesis of 30 ECTS.
The thesis may, if it has an experimental character, be extended up to
60 ECTS.
At the universities, the above mentioned degree
programmes can be taken in a wide variety of different branches e.g.:
the humanities (eskimology, applied linguistics, phonetics, languages,
comparative literature, rhetoric etc.), natural sciences (statistics,
actuarial science, astronomy, geophysics, meteorology etc.), social
science (economics, political science, business economics, anthropology
and sociology etc.), law, theology, health sciences (medicine,
dentistry, human biology), technical studies (engineering etc.).
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Date: 2009
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