Jacob Christensen

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Admissions Reviewed

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KOT released the numbers for applications and admissions to post-secondary education programmes in Denmark yesterday. If we look at the numbers for political science (Copenhagen, Århus, Odense)/social science (Roskilde)/public administration (Ålborg), the numbers for 2007 and 2008 are as follows:

  Appliciations   Admissions  
  2007 2008 2007 2008
Copenhagen 344 279 213 215
Odense 104 65 80 62
Roskilde 662 449 636 507
Ålborg 126 67 139 75
Århus 271 232 235 228

Note that I have only included first-preference applications.1 In any event, applications are down some 15-20% in Copenhagen and Århus, 32% in Roskilde, 37% in Odense and a staggering 46% in Ålborg. Copenhagen and Århus have managed to keep up admissions, but unless something happens next year, political science/public administration programmes at the smaller universities could very soon be facing a severe economic crisis.

  1. Also, programmes in Roskilde are organised differently – public administration is not as big as you might be led to believe by these numbers []

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