1. No category

Payment of tuition fees
for students from outside
the EU/EEA
studying in Denmark
Peter Grønnegård
Danish Agency for Higher Education
Helsinki 7 May 2015
My presentation
1.
The introduction of tuition fees in 2006
2.
Consequences and explanations
3.
The Danish Government’s objectives and
initiatives
4.
Perspectives
Slide 2
Background
White Paper to the Danish Parliament on
strengthening internationalisation of
the education programmes (2004)
Problem
Large number of students from countries outside
the EU/EEA enrolled in Academy profession
programmes and Professional bachelor
programmes
Objective
— Qualifying the demand
— Achieving balance between the wish to attract
more international students
— Controlling additional expenditures
Slide 3
Background
White paper to the Danish Parliament about
strengthening internationalisation of the education programmes (2004)
Proposals
◦ To eliminate the so-called ”meter-based” grants
for students from outside the EU/EEA and to
implement tuition fees
◦ To establish a scholarship scheme for highly
qualified students from countries outside the
EU/EEA
Slide 4
Bill 2005
• Elimination of ”meter-based” financing of
programmes for students outside the EU/EEA. PhD
programmes not be affected
• Implementation of 2 scholarship schemes
— Academy profession programmes/Professional bachelor
programmes
— University Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes for
students enrolled in a full degree programme – Cost
neutral
• Decentralised administration and possibility of
charging tuition fees higher than the actual
expense
• Act effective in August 2006
Slide 5
Number of full-degree students –
international students in Denmark and
Danish students abroad
25 000
22 175
19 964
20 000
17 708
15 212
15 000
13 137
10 052
10 892
11 767
8 888
10 000
7 856
6 352
5 000
4 212
4 068
3 923
3 596
3 149
3 196
3 474
3 726
4 019
4 278
3 252
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
0
2002
2003
International students in Denmark
Danish students abroad
Student mobility, incoming and outgoing
study periods and traineeships
12000
10000
9860
9155
9367
9015
8044
8000
7147
International students in Denmark
6000
Danish students abroad
4000
2000
0
2010/11
2011/12
2012/13
Slide 7
Number of international students by area of origin
30 000
25 000
23 945
21 587
20 000
19 453
17 358
Nordic Countries
Other EU/EEA
15 112
15 000
Non EU/EEA
13 106
12 922
12 095
11 804
10 908
8 877
8 431
7 845
5 000
3 362
2 042
1 161
280
3 810
2 686
1 439
942
0
2003
2004
Total
10 354
10 039
10 000
Unknown
4 249
440
2005
5 666
5 821
5 818
5 648
22 843
532
4 687
4 970
3 469
388
33194
3 369
3 218
2 923
2 769
2 784
314
360
338
509
890
3 468
1 882
6 169
5 365
5 065
4 358
2 338
414
2006
252
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Slide 8
Admission of international students distributed by
area of origin, 2005-2012
1800
1600
1625
1400
1484
1461
1200
1210
1235
1147
1119
1000
1031
Non EU/EEA
800
600
400
200
0
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Slide 9
Number of tuition fee paying students
from countries outside EU/EEA
2012
2013
Universities
724
695
Academies of professional
higher education and
University Colleges
611
545
1,335 (48 %)
1,240 (44 %)
In total
Students in higher education in DK 2014
Students paying tuition fee
International students
Danish students
Total: 269,000 students in higher education
1,300 tuition-fee-paying studens
Slide 11
Tuition fees for international students
“Practices in the Nordic countries regarding the implementation of tuition
fees for international students.”
Oxford Research A/S – December 2012 for the Nordic Council of Ministers
Slide 12
Implementation at Danish universities, 2012
AAU
AU
SDU
KU
DTU
RUC
CBS
ITU
Price
Min. 1 x
grant
Min. 1 x
grant
1 x grant
1 x 2 grant
Min. 1 x
grant
Min. 1 x
grant
Min. 1 x
grant
1 x grant
Level of
Decision
Decentralised
Centralised Centralised
Decentralised
Centralised
Centralised Centralised Centralised
Application fee
Yes
No
No
No
Yes,
(€150)
No
Yes,
(€150)
No
Source: Oxford Research’s datacollection 2012
Slide 13
International students (full degree)
Subject area
2005
2009
% change
Humanities
14 %
15 %
+9%
Natural Science
18 %
19 %
+5%
Social Studies
28 %
33 %
+ 17 %
Health Science
15 %
13 %
- 12 %
Technical Science
25 %
20 %
- 21 %
Source: Ministry of Higher Education and Science
Slide 14
Enrolment of non-EU/EEA students
by area of origin
2005/06
2006/07
2007/08
2008/09
2009/10
% change
(2005/06 – 2009/10)
Africa
155
114
88
135
184
+ 19 %
Asia
1073
703
757
1113
961
- 10 %
Europe outside
EU/EEA
112
51
85
95
104
-7%
North America
55
40
59
53
72
+ 31 %
South America
54
23
24
36
51
-6%
Source: Ministry of Higher Education and Science
Slide 15
Oxford Research – ”The modified U-curve”
Drop in the number of international
students due to
• New demands on financial capacity
• “The shock-effect”
• Competition
Followed by a significant rise because of
•
•
•
•
•
Consolidation in the market
Scholarships
Marketing
Better introduction of the students
More international programmes
Slide16
”Denmark – an attractive study destination”
Action plan for strengthening the internationalisation of higher education II, April 2014
Vision
To attract and educate the most talented people from all over
the world – and to retain them in Denmark after completing
their studies
Problem
Fewer and fewer young people from countries outside
Europe studying in Denmark
Goal
20 pct. of the new international students from outside the
EU/EEA by 2020 (in 2012: 12 pct.)
Slide 17
Initiatives
• New grant programme
• Collaboration with private foundations and
businesses
• Expansion of the “Study in Denmark” website
• Summer school courses
• Adjustment of grants for courses in Denmark under
the Cultural Agreements Programme
• Easier access to apply for student resident permits
• Etc.
Slide 18
Perspectives
Tuition fee for international students opens the
door for tuition fees for Danish students
Still a challenge to attract students outside the
EU/EEA to Denmark – but we keep on trying!
• Ambitious 2020 goal
• The initiatives in “Denmark – an attractive study destination”
• New study on educational export within higher education to
be published soon
• Nordic Council of Ministers: Conference in the autumn 2015
on educational export
Slide 19