Admission requirements
- Upper secondary school leaving certificate/high school exam or
- The International and the European Baccalaureates or
- Danish Admission course for Engineering programmes
General admission requirements:
In addition to the admission requirements, all applicants must also meet the following general admission requirements:
- Mathematics equivalent to a Danish A-level (min. 375 hours*) and
- Physics equivalent to a Danish B-level (min. 200 hours*) or Geoscience equivalent to a Danish A-level (min. 375 hours)* and
- Chemistry equivalent to a Danish C-level (min. 75 hours*) or Biotechnology equivalent to a Danish A-level (min. 375 hours*)
*1 hour = 60 minutes. Study hours during the final three years in upper secondary school.
Applicants must have passed the above-mentioned subjects with a minimum average weighted grade of 02. If you are applying with a foreign exam, your grades will be converted into Danish grades.
Non-Danish applicants must include a copy of the original exam certificate and a transcript of records plus a state-authorised translation of their transcript of records in either Danish or English.
Admission with special permission
If you do not fulfil the entry requirements, you can apply for admission with special permission. Read more here.
Verification form
Applicants who hold a non-Danish entry qualification must fill in the verification form in order to verify the hours of instruction of every needed subject during the final three years of upper secondary school as well as last received grade. This helps us convert your qualifications to Danish levels. The verification form must be stamped and signed by your previous school in order to be accepted. The form must be submitted with your application at optagelse.dk.
Download Verification form (pdf).
You can visit the website of the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science to find help or to have your qualification evaluated by the Ministry before applying.
English proficiency certificates
All applicants will have to document English equivalent to a Danish B-level with a minimum average weighted grade score of 3.0 (min. 210 hours, 1 hour = 60 minutes during the final three years in upper secondary school). Use the verification form for this. The grades from the applicant’s High School Diploma will be converted into Danish grades.
Please note: In cases where applicants cannot meet the Danish B-level requirement or grade conversion is not possible, the applicant may provide other documentation. Please find an overview of accepted language test certificates and test scores here.
Maths syllabus
Applicants with non-Danish entry qualifications must also fill in the mathematics form by ticking off the topics included/not included in your previous studies.
If your secondary school mathematics syllabus does not include all topics listed, you may be required to participate in a two-week compulsory mathematics course at VIA University College before study start. Please find more information in the Course description (pdf).
Download Mathematics form (pdf)
You can visit the website of the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science to find help or to have your qualification evaluated by the Ministry before applying.
Conditional acceptance
Conditional acceptance means that you can apply for admission to the programme even though you do not fulfil the admission requirements at the time of application. Contact the student counsellor for more information.
Assessment of your application
All applications will be evaluated individually. In addition to good exam results from your previous studies, we will also take in to account other qualifications, such as:
- Stays abroad
- Work experience
- General motivation
Credit transfer
Students who have completed relevant study activities at an institution of higher education may be allowed to transfer their credits to VIA, which may exempt the student from exams/courses of a study programme.
Read more about credit transfer at VIA University College.
NB: We reserve the right not to create classes in the event of too few applicants.