About the programme
University College Absalon offers an international honours degree as part of the Danish Professional Bachelor’s Degree in Teacher Education.
The increased number of international schools worldwide is creating a high demand for teachers with intercultural competences. As a response to this demand, University College Absalon offers an honours degree with an international focus, but also opening up your opportunities to teach in the Danish school system.
The first two years you will be taught in English, but along with the studies in English, you will learn Danish. At the end of the second year you must pass a Danish Language Test, as the two last years will be taught fully in Danish.
Why choose the International Honours Degree in Teaching?
The International Honours Degree is much more demanding, but it opens the door to extraordinary opportunities during and after your education:
- You will get many opportunities to develop an international teaching profile
- As an international student, you will get a unique opportunity to base your teacher education on Danish pedagogical traditions and principles
- As part of an international programme, your studies will be enriched by the diversity of your fellow students
- Extra studies will be credited to your diploma
- You will have an attractive job profile for all internationally minded schools – in Denmark and across the world!
- With this degree you will also be able to work and teach in the Danish school system.
In order to graduate with honours you must
- Spend one semester studying abroad or have a teaching experience abroad
- Take three teaching subjects, of which English is mandatory
- Pass the special 3-hour admission test for the Honours Degree
- You have to gain 240 ECTS plus honours within the four years study window
- Study minors taught in Danish
Internship / Teaching Experience
Along with the studies you combine theory and practice through the four periods of teaching experience at a school.
Teaching experience includes:
First year:
At the first year of studies you are an intern in the same Danish local school one day a week.
Second year:
One block of internship at an International school in Denmark.
Third year:
One block of internship at a school in Denmark or abroad.
Fourth year:
One block of internship at a school in Denmark or abroad.