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Exchange students

How many Danish students go on an exchange stay abroad, and how many foreign students go on an exchange stay in Denmark? This set of statistics includes exchange stays and internships and can be disaggregated by sex, destination to or from Denmark, duration, field of education and destination/sender region.

Selected statistics on Exchange students

This page shows selected popular statistics on the subject of Exchange students. In Statbank Denmark, you can find more data and compile your own statistics.

Development in number of exchange students since 2010

This figure shows the yearly number of exchange students from Denmark to other countries and from other countries to Denmark.
More about the figure
Last update
27.8.2024
Next update
16.4.2025
Source data

Data related to exchange students (credit mobile students) are collected by Statistics Denmark in form of annual reports from the educational establishments offering higher ordinary educations. The data reports are to be dispatched to Statistics Denmark in an electronically format. The reporting methods vary, mainly by Excel-sheets or directly via system-to-system.

Exchange students by region

This figure shows to which regions Danish students go on exchanges, and from which regions Danish universities receive exchange students.
More about the figure
Last update
27.8.2024
Next update
16.4.2025
Source data

Data related to exchange students (credit mobile students) are collected by Statistics Denmark in form of annual reports from the educational establishments offering higher ordinary educations. The data reports are to be dispatched to Statistics Denmark in an electronically format. The reporting methods vary, mainly by Excel-sheets or directly via system-to-system.

Exchange students by main field of education

This figure shows the number of exchange students by main field of education.
More about the figure
Last update
27.8.2024
Next update
16.4.2025
Source data

Data related to exchange students (credit mobile students) are collected by Statistics Denmark in form of annual reports from the educational establishments offering higher ordinary educations. The data reports are to be dispatched to Statistics Denmark in an electronically format. The reporting methods vary, mainly by Excel-sheets or directly via system-to-system.

Exchange stays by duration

This figure shows the duration of exchange stays in intervals of 0-3, 4-6, and 7-12 months. 
More about the figure
Last update
27.8.2024
Next update
16.4.2025
Source data

Data related to exchange students (credit mobile students) are collected by Statistics Denmark in form of annual reports from the educational establishments offering higher ordinary educations. The data reports are to be dispatched to Statistics Denmark in an electronically format. The reporting methods vary, mainly by Excel-sheets or directly via system-to-system.

On the statistics – documentation, sources and method

Gain an overview of the purpose, contents and quality of the statistics. Learn about the data sources of the statistics, the contents of the statistics and how often they are published.

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Foreign Students

The purpose of this statistic is to give a description of Danish students' study visits abroad and foreign students' study visits in Denmark within the field of higher ordinary education.

Need more data on Exchange students?

You can go on searching on your own in Statbank Denmark. Find more detailed figures, e.g. the specific education programmes the exchange stays are a part of. 

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