your roadmap
The whole journey from Nepal to Denmark, end to end — with one deadline that governs the year and one payment that starts everything downstream.
Seven stages built around 15 January. Denmark does not run a meaningful late round, so missing that date costs a year rather than a term.
Shortlist English-taught programmes
Over 500 exist. If staying to work matters, check the Positive List now — your field decides how easy that becomes.
English test
To the level your programme states.
Apply by 15 January
Through optagelse.dk, plus any institution-specific steps.
Admission, then accept
Decisions come in spring.
MoEST NOC, then pay tuition
Nepal's approval first. Paying is what makes your university initiate the ST1 — and it waives the separate funds requirement.
Complete the ST1, give biometrics
SIRI emails you the link. Biometrics are in person — confirm the nearest location for Nepal.
Arrive, register for CPR
Then the yellow health card, MitID, a bank account and enrolment.
Danish student housing is limited relative to demand, particularly in Copenhagen, and much of it is allocated through waiting lists rather than applications.
Kollegium (student halls)
The cheapest option, allocated by waiting list. Register the moment you are admitted.
Housing foundations
Municipal and institutional providers where waiting time is the currency.
Private rental or room
More expensive, and beware deposit scams aimed at arriving international students.
On the cold and the dark: Denmark's winter is milder than Finland's but the short daylight is a real adjustment from Kathmandu. Buy proper winter clothing there rather than carrying it — it is better suited and often cheaper.
First priority: register at your local Borgerservice for a CPR number and the yellow health card — in Copenhagen, International House handles much of this together
Then: set up MitID, the Danish digital ID, for online and government services
And: open a Danish bank account, which is considerably easier once you have a CPR number
In Copenhagen, International House handles much of this in one place. The CPR number is the key to Denmark — healthcare, banking and public services all depend on it, so treat registration as your first week's main task.
The exact rule: up to 90 hours a month from September to May, and full-time in June, July and August
And a serious warning: unauthorised work risks permit revocation and an entry ban
That 90-hour monthly limit is measured, not estimated — and the consequence for breaching it is not a fine. Unauthorised work risks permit revocation and an entry ban, which would end not just the degree but the three-year establishment card waiting at the end of it. Danish wages are high enough that the legal hours are worth having; the extra ones are not worth the risk.