250 out of the 500 master’s degree programs will be shortened from 2 years to 1 year and 3 months if the proposed reform is approved in Parliament.
- There will be four types of master degrees:
- (a) one year and three months with a clear labor market aim
- (b) two years for specialized jobs or research
- (c) three years for jobs with a high degree of specialization
- (d) four years vocational masters which you can take while working.
- The government wants to increase the number of vocational master programmes – 5000 study places from which 2500 will be in English.
- An yearly increase of 1100 study places in English from 2024 until 2028. A yearly increase of 2500 study places starting from 2029.
- The reform will reduce spending by 950 million DKK which will potentially be returned to the educational sector via an increase of quality.
- The Social Democratic mayors of the four largest cities in Denmark are against the higher education reform.
