Non-regulated teaching positions

Teacher at a private primary and lower secondary school

You may apply for a teaching position at a private primary and lower secondary school without any authorisation from the Danish Agency for Universities and Internationalisation.

Teacher in vocational education and training

As a teacher in Danish vocational education and training (VET), you must fulfil the same educational requirements as for teaching subjects at the corresponding levels in the Folkeskole or in general upper secondary school.

In order to teach vocational subjects, you are required to hold a vocational qualification. Furthermore, you must have gained at least two years of professional experience and completed a pedagogical course.

Mother-tongue teacher

In order to take up a position as a mother-tongue teacher, you must fulfil the following requirements:

• a teaching qualification from your home country

• good proficiency in Danish

• Danish pedagogical training on top of your foreign teaching qualification.

Pre-school class teacher

The profession of pre-school class teachers (børnehaveklasselærer) is not regulated. However, in order to teach in the pre-school class of the Danish Folkeskole, you must have a qualification comparable to the Danish Bachelor in Social Education. The Danish Agency for Universities and Internationalisation can make an assessment that shows whether your non-Danish qualification is at the same level as the Danish social educator's qualification.

Read more about the social educator programme at Uddannelsesguiden.dk (in Danish).