Documentation

Documentation Checklist

Use the check list below to ensure that you have uploaded the correct documentation to your application at Optagelse.dk:

• Your upper secondary school exam certificate: We must have your final certificates by the given deadline. Check your country under International applicants for more information.
   
• Applicants with a non-EU/EEA educational background: Documentation showing that you have the correct level of education to fulfil the general and specific entry requirements (including courses descriptions where relevant). Please check Entry requirements for more information about achieving the correct level.
   
• Supplementary courses: Upload your final certificate(s) for any supplementary courses or tests you may have taken.
   
• Residence permit/receipt for Application Fee: For non-EU/-EEA/-Swiss citizens only. For further information please refer to the section for International Applicants.
   
• Nationality: You must upload a copy of your passport, which clearly indicates your nationality, when you apply. If you have dual nationality, then you must upload copies of both passports.
   
• Activities in Quota 2: You must upload any documentation to your application under ‘attachments’ by 15 March 12 noon (CET) at the very latest.
   
• Motivational Essay: Applicants in Quota 2 applying to certain programmes, all applicants with a non-EU/-EEA/-Swiss educational background and all dispensee applicants must upload their motivational essay(s) (see Selection quotas for more information).
   
• Translation: If your documentation is issued in Danish, Swedish, Norwegian or English, no translation is required. If your documentation is issued in any other language than the languages mentioned above, you must provide us with a copy of the documentation in the original language as well as a translation. 
  
  The translation of diplomas/grade transcripts that serve as documentation for your educational qualifications should be made by an authorised translator, whereas you are welcome to translate other documents, such as course descriptions, documentation for your work experience or your extra-curricular activities yourself. Remember to upload both your own translation and the documents in the original version.
   
• Miscellaneous: it is your responsibility to upload documentation for any other activities / parts of your application that you wish to have taken into consideration.
   

NB: You must also remember to carefully read the receipt information in connection with your application to Optagelse.dk in order to double check whether or not you need to upload any extra documentation.

Re-takes due to illness
If you have been ill for your final Upper Secondary School exam and will finish it in August instead, you are to upload documentation for this before 5 July 12 noon CET, and we will assess your application when the results are available.

The final day for sending the diploma is 15th September, 12:00 noon CET.

Final certificates after 5 July
If you get your final diploma/certificate after 5 July, there will be a very short extended deadline to upload the diploma to your application on www.optagelse.dk. After this date, we do not accept diplomas and they will not be processed.

In 2025, we expect the deadline to be 7 July 2025 at 23:59 CET. Please remember to stay updated on our website in case the deadline changes.

If you are completing your upper secondary degree this year and you expect to get your diploma after the announced extended deadline, you should consider waiting until the next application round to apply.