Minister proposes three new laws to promote study abroad

By Jan Petter Myklebust. Danish Minister of Science, Innovation and Higher Education Morten Østergaard last week published three new law proposals aimed at increasing the number of Danish students studying abroad.
In 2009-10 there were 24,485 international students in Denmark, 62% studying for a full degree, while only 9,825 Danish students were studying abroad and only 35% of them for a full degree.
From 2006-09 the number of foreign students in Denmark increased by 40%, with 78% of incoming students being from another European country. In the same period, the number of Danish students abroad grew by 21%, with 47% of them studying elsewhere in Europe and 30% in the United States, Canada and Australia. Nearly 80% of Danish students taking a full degree abroad were studying social sciences and the humanities. More...