Academic Year in Denmark

  Denmark

Copenhagen

Term: Academic Year 
Duration of Program: 7-12 months
Dates: 10-11 months departing January or July

Description: Academic Programs

The Danish equivalent of high school is divided among three different types of schools: gymnasiums offer general academic education, business schools offer business and commercial studies, and technical schools offer technical and vocational training. Based on your interests and qualifications, you will attend the type of school and have access to a curriculum that best suits your educational goals. Compulsory subjects will be Danish language and literature, history, and foreign languages. You will also be able to participate in a wide range of optional classes and may have the opportunity to participate in a school study tour in Europe.

As a YFU year or semester student in Denmark, you will participate in a five-day orientation with international students from different countries.

Youth For Understanding (YFU) International exchange, an educational, nonprofit organization, prepares young people for their opportunities and responsibilities in a changing, interdependent world. With YFU, high school students and recent graduates can choose a year, semester, or summer program in one of more than 35 countries worldwide.

Highlights: You will undoubtedly experience many moments of what the Danes call hygge, a special word for comfort that means an all-embracing feeling of warmth and well-being. Hygge may come when you are eating with your host family or laughing with friends at a club.

Danes consider themselves to be thoroughly modern, relaxed, casual, and tolerant. While Danish families usually own a car, a bicycle is a more popular mode of transportation. You may find yourself using one to get to school or to go out with friends. Gatherings of young people are generally informal - you may go to the movies, to someone's house, or to an ungdomsskole, disco, or café.

Live with a host family while attending school. Benefits include fluency in another language, knowledge of another culture, increased maturity, enhanced opportunities for the future, and lifelong friendships. Global Graduate: 13th Year Abroad programs available for recent high school graduates. College credit can be earned while on any YFU program.

Cost in US$: Inquire for more info.

Experience Required: no

Application Process Involves:

• In-Person Interview Required
• Letters of Reference
• Physical Exam/Health Records
• Written Application

Post Services Include:

• Re-Entry Debriefing at Home
• Alumni Network

Youth For Understanding USA's Mission Statement: Youth For Understanding (YFU) prepares young people for their responsibilities and opportunities in a changing, interdependent world.

Year Founded: YFU in 1951