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New shorter master's degree and business master's degrees

Official title (in Danish): Lov om ændring af universitetsloven, lov om akkreditering af videregående ud­dan­nelses­in­sti­tu­tion­er og forskellige andre love (Kandidatuddannelse på 75 ECTS-point, nye er­hvervskan­did­atud­dan­nelser og andre elementer fra aftale om reform af uni­versitet­sud­dan­nelserne i Danmark m.v.)

Act · L 172 (2024-25) · Lov nr. 754 af 20.06.2025 · Forsknings-, Uddannelses- og Di­git­al­iser­ings­min­is­ter­iet

In short

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  • What changes:
    • Universities can offer master's degrees worth 75 ECTS points and flexible business master's degrees.
    • The 1-year academic top-up degree and the academic business top-up degree will be abolished.
    • Students admitted before 1 January 2027 can, however, complete their degree under the old rules.
  • Who: The act applies to universities and students on master's degrees. It also applies to people who work and study at the same time, and to foreign students from countries outside the EU/EEA who are admitted to a part-time business master's degree and have an employment contract for relevant work carried out alongside their studies.
  • When: The Act entered into force on 1 July 2025. Some parts will enter into force on 1 January 2027.

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The case at the Danish Parliament (ft.dk)

Source: Retsinformation.dk

Translated from Danish · The Danish version and the original source apply.

Summary by the Danish Parliament (in Danish)

Med forslaget vil universiteterne bl.a. få mulighed for at udbyde kan­did­atud­dan­nelser med en normering på 75 ECTS-point og at udbyde fleksible er­hvervskan­did­atud­dan­nelser med en normering på 75 eller 120 ECTS-point. Som følge heraf vil den 1-årige akademiske over­bygn­ing­sud­dan­nelse og den akademiske er­hvervso­v­er­bygn­ing blive afviklet. Forslaget berører desuden godkendelse­spro­ced­ure for de nye uni­versitet­sud­dan­nelser, ret til dagpenge og stud­ieo­p­hold­stil­ladelse til udlændinge fra lande uden for EU/EØS m.m. Forslaget følger op på dele af aftalen af 27. juni 2023 mellem regeringen, Socialistisk Folkeparti, Dan­marks­de­mokraterne, Liberal Alliance og Det Konservative Folkeparti om rammerne for reform af uni­versitet­sud­dan­nelserne i Danmark, 1. forligstillæg af 24. august 2023 om et kandidatudvalg og 3. forligstillæg af 19. december 2024.

Source: Folketinget (ft.dk). Reproduced unchanged.

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  1. Introduced · 25 March 2025
    Status in the Danish Parliament: Fremsat
    Folketingets Åbne Data – sagstrin: fremsættelse
  2. Passed · 27 May 2025
    Status in the Danish Parliament: 3.beh./Vedtaget
    Folketingets Åbne Data – sagstrin: 3. behandling (vedtaget)
  3. Stadfæstet · 20 June 2025
    Status in the Danish Parliament: Stadfæstet
    Folketingets Åbne Data – lovnummer 754 (stadfæstet)
  4. Partly entered into force · 1 July 2025
    Status in the Danish Parliament: Stadfæstet
    Retsinformation.dk – LOV nr. 754 af 20-06-2025: »Loven træder i kraft den 1. juli 2025, jf. dog stk. 2.«
  5. The rest enters into force · 1 January 2027
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