University College South Denmark

University College South Denmark is a university college in the southern part of Denmark. Its two main campuses are in Esbjerg and Haderslev, with smaller satellite campuses in Kolding and Aabenraa. The register puts the student body at more than 6,500 and the staff at around 700. The Wikipedia entry gives approximately 5,900 students and 700 employees.

The institution was founded in 2011, when University College South and West Jutland University College were merged. University College South itself had been formed on 1 January 2008, replacing the former CDE Sønderjylland, and had offices in Esbjerg, Kolding, Haderslev, Aabenraa and Sønderborg.

The register describes the study programmes as cross-disciplinary and cross-professional, with special emphasis on internationalisation, research and innovation. Courses listed in the Wikipedia entry include teaching, nursing, physiotherapy, midwifery, biomedical science, ergotherapy, pedagogue, social work, public administration, nutrition and health, graphic communication, business language and IT-based marketing communication, and media and sonic communication with a sound design track. Several are taught at more than one campus. The knowledge centre areas named there cover the teaching profession, learning resources and evaluation, knowledge management and competence, health promotion, pedagogy and welfare innovation, special social pedagogy and social work, and sound design and sound marketing.

The Study in Denmark register lists one English-taught degree programme at the institution, a bachelor's degree in curriculum and instruction. That is the programme to look at if you are an international applicant searching the register for English-taught options here.

For an international student, the practical steps are standard for this type of institution. Undergraduate applications go through optagelse.dk. Master's applications go directly to the institution. Students from outside the EU/EEA need a residence permit via SIRI. Study is free for EU/EEA and Swiss students, while others pay an institutional fee.