Our assessments

Level assessment and equivalence assessment

When an application for an assessment is submitted, the Danish Agency for International Education will normally make an assessment of the level of a completed foreign educational programme compared with levels in the Danish educational structure (level assessment).

A level assessment compares a completed foreign educational programme with a Danish educational level. The assessment is an overall comparison of the learning outcomes of which the foreign educational programme and the Danish educational programme respectively are an expression, and it is consequently not a comparison of the individual subjects of the educational programmes.

In cases in which the agency regards this as relevant, the agency will make an assessment of foreign qualifications in relation to a given Danish educational programme (equivalence assessment). An equivalence assessment normally includes an assessment of the supplementary subjects and practical training periods needed to equate an individual's foreign qualifications with a given Danish qualification.

The type of assessment that is made will depend on what the agency regards as most relevant seen in relation to the qualifications that the applicant wishes to have assessed and in relation to the purpose of the assessment.

The agency may – typically in connection with equivalence assessments – base its assessment on a consultation of an educational institution or other consultation parties. Educational institutions are under an obligation to participate in the assessment when they receive a request for this from the agency. The expert opinion from the consultation party is to include an assessment of the supplementary subjects and practical training periods needed to equate an individual's foreign qualifications with a given Danish qualification.

General information about the assessments

The assessment is made free of charge, but it does not include any other costs, for example for translation of documents.

If the assessment does not concern the applicant's own qualifications, the applicant must enclose documentation of consent from the person in question to obtain an assessment. However, this does not apply if the application is submitted by a municipal authority or another public authority that is responsible for the integration of foreigners as part of its case handling and administrative work.

Documentation requirements and other conditions for the assessment are stated in the application form, which has been prepared on the basis of the Assessment of Foreign Qualifications etc. Order.