While the higher education programmes in Denmark are experiencing a massive decline in the number of quota 2 applications this year, the decrease in the number of applicants for DTU programmes is more modest—according to the most recent figures from the coordinated enrolment system.
For Denmark as a whole, a 20 per cent decrease is noted, while DTU has received only 4 per cent fewer applications and 6 per cent fewer first priority applications than in 2021.
“This is a modest decline that we hope will persist up until the quota 1 deadline on 5 July 2022,” says Lars D. Christoffersen, Dean of Undergraduate Studies and Student affairs, Senior Vice President, at DTU, adding:
“We expect to see fewer quota 2 applications this year after the corona pandemic, where many young people dropped their gap year and instead applied for higher education.”
BSc programme experiencing slight increase
The decrease in the number of quota 2 applications is offset by a 1 per cent increase in bachelor programme applicants. Similarly, an overall decrease of 4 per cent in the number of first priority applications for the BSc programme is offset by a percentage increase in the study programmes Design of Sustainable Energy Systems, Data Science and Management, and General Engineering.
There are also indications that the applicants for the study programmes Environmental Engineering (previously Environmental Technology) and Data Science and Management (previously Strategic Analysis and Systems Design) have found it easier to identify with the new names as both programmes have seen an increase in the total number of applications after the name change.
Optimism despite decline
For the BEng programme, there has been an overall decline of 11 per cent and a 10 per cent decline in the number of first priority applications.
“However, I’m optimistic about the BEng programme as we do receive quite a lot of applications for the programmes Arctic Civil Engineering, Process and Innovation, and Architectural Engineering. A slight improvement is also seen in Healthcare Technology and Food Safety and Quality,” says Lars D. Christoffersen.
Foreign applicants usually apply for admission by the quota 2 deadline, but this year Ukrainians and other refugees from the war in Ukraine are exempt from the quota 2 deadline that fell on 15 March this year. Instead, they may apply right up to the quota 1 deadline on 5 July 2022.
All applicants for both quota 1 and quota 2 will receive an answer to their application on 28 July 2022.
