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The mission of Business Academy SouthWest is to provide the students with education at the highest possible quality. Further more it is the aim to carry out the educations in close co-operation with local business and industrial companies as well as international companies. Consequently Business Academy SouthWest has concluded agreements with several national and international businesses and education institutions.
The academy is mainly financed by the Government and all programmes at the academy are approved by the Danish Ministry of Education. Although the academy has institutional autonomy, we must follow general regulations concerning teacher qualifications, award structures, study programmes and quality assurance. This sets a nationwide quality standard for higher education in Denmark.
What you can study here
Click and browse through the list of study programmes offered at the institution
Computer Science (AP)
Computer Science includes subjects such as general business knowledge, system development and internet technology. In the final project you will develop an IT system for a company.
The programme gives you knowledge about e.g. system design and usability, data structures and computer architectures.
Name: Computer Science (Advanced Computer Studies)
Type: Academy Profession Programme
Duration: 2 years and 3 months
European transfer credits: 135 ECTS
Language: English
In the Computer Science programme you learn to develop software, that is, the contents that make up various IT programmes.
You will gain knowledge about existing standard systems and how to develop new ones from, for example, a given enterprise's special needs. You learn as well, how to programme and work with others in a team.
The programme takes 2 years and 3 months to complete and consists of the following subjects:
- General Business Knowledge in an IT Perspective: Project Management and Organisation, Business Economics, E-business and IT Strategies.
- Systems Development: Systems analysis, Systems design, Usability, Methodology and Development Strategies.
- Programming: Algorithms and Data Structures, Problem-solving, Object-oriented Design Patterns and Architectures, Programming languages, and Databases.
- Internet Technology: Operating systems, Concurrency control, Security and Safety, Computer Architectures, Networks and Network Architecture.
You finish the programme with a major final project, in which you develop a specific IT-solution for an existing company.
Teaching varies between lectures and classroom instruction. In addition, there is often project work with other students. Students are encouraged to participate in class discussions.
Computer Science is an Academy Profession (AP) Programme rated at 135 ECTS. The qualification is called an AP Degree - an Academy Profession Degree.
Educational Institutions
You can study Computer Science at Business Academy Copenhagen North, Centre for Vocational Education Lolland Falster, Roskilde Business College, UCN in Aalborg and Business Academy Southwest.
Entry Requirements
General admission requirements for international students include one of the following international certificates:
- The Danish/French Baccalauréat (DFB), the European Baccalaureate (EB), the International Baccalaureate (IB), the Option Internationale du Baccalauréat (OIB) or another foreign qualifying examination certificate that can be equated with a Danish upper secondary school leaving certificate
In addition, there can be prerequisites for English and mathematics proficiencies at predefined levels.
Contact the educational institution you wish to apply to for detailed information on entry requirements and required English proficiency levels.
To find out how you can get your foreign certificate assessed for recognition here in Denmark, see the Danish Agency for International Education.
Admission
The application deadline is March 15 for a course start in September. Admission is handled through The Danish Coordinated Application System. You can apply via optagelse.dk.
A few educational institutions offer a course start in February. Applications are sent to the institution. For more information on application deadlines, contact the institution.
Exchange students should contact their own educational institution for information on application procedures and deadlines.
Tuition
All students are required to pay a tuition fee, except those coming from a Nordic and EU country, or from Liechtenstein.
Tuition is free for students in an exchange programme.
Contact the educational institution for specific information.
Semester Start
An academic year is made up of two semesters, which begin around September 1 and February 1.
For further information
You can find information on practical issues related to your study visit in Denmark with Danish Agency for International Education:
Design and Technology
The programme contains subjects such as the design process, aesthetics, trade and communications. You can choose one of three study profiles: design, trade and production.
You learn how to use IT in connection with design and construction, and you gain insight into the production phases of design.
Name: Design and Technology
Type: Academy Profession Programme
Duration: 2 years
European transfer credits: 120 ECTS
Language: English
In the programme, you gain insight into the design process from the point when an idea is conceived to when it ends as a finished product in stores.
The programme is divided into a common curriculum, which lasts 1 year, as well as a profile part and a specialisation part, each lasting 6 months.
In the first two semesters, you are instructed in eight compulsory subjects: the Design Process, Value Philosophy, The Enterprise, Aesthetics, Technology, Man and the Environment, Trade and Communications.
In the third semester, you will choose one of the programme's three profile areas:
- Design, where you learn to assess design in broad contexts, and use of IT in the design and construction processes
- Trade, where you learn to evaluate an enterprise's purchasing and marketing activities in broad business-related contexts - with or without the use of IT
- Production, where you learn to assess the control of logistics, production, work environment and quality as well as using IT in problem solving
In the fourth semester, you choose a specialisation.
Teaching varies between lectures and classroom instruction. In addition, there is often project work with other students. Students are encouraged to participate in class discussions.
Design and Technology is an Academy Profession (AP) Programme rated at 120 ECTS. The qualification is called an AP Degree - an Academy Profession Degree.
Educational Institutions
You can study Design and Technology at KEA Design/business in Copenhagen, EUC Syd in Sønderborg, University College of Northern Denmark in Aalborg and at TEKO design + business in Herning. Entry Requirements
General admission requirements for international students include one of the following international certificates:
- The Danish/French Baccalauréat (DFB), the European Baccalaureate (EB), the International Baccalaureate (IB), the Option Internationale du Baccalauréat (OIB) or another foreign qualifying examination certificate that can be equated with a Danish upper secondary school leaving certificate
- A business programme within fashion or another relevant academic programme
In addition, there can be prerequisites for English and mathematics proficiencies at predefined levels.
Contact the educational institution you wish to apply to for detailed information on entry requirements and required English proficiency levels.
To find out how you can get your foreign certificate assessed for recognition here in Denmark, see the Danish Agency for International Education.
Admission
The application deadline is March 15 for a course start in September. Admission is handled through The Danish Coordinated Application System. You can apply via optagelse.dk.
A few educational institutions offer a course start in February. Applications are sent to the institution. For more information on application deadlines, contact the institution.
Exchange students should contact their own educational institution for information on application procedures and deadlines.
Tuition
All students are required to pay a tuition fee, except those coming from a Nordic and EU country, or from Liechtenstein.
Tuition is free for students in an exchange programme.
Contact the educational institution for specific information.
Semester Start
An academic year is made up of two semesters, which begin around September 1 and February 1.
For further information
You can find information on practical issues related to your study visit in Denmark with Danish Agency for International Education:
Marketing Management
You will be introduced to such subjects as International Marketing, Financial Management, Organisation and Logistics and many more.
The programme gives you a thorough academic knowledge of the corporation's many work functions with emphasis on marketing.
Facts
Name: Marketing ManagementType: Academy Profession Programme
Duration: 2 years
European transfer credits: 120 ECTS
Language: English
About the Programme
Marketing Management is a 2-year programme, which is based on applied science, providing a combination of economic, communicative and cultural subjects with major focus on international marketing.
The programme is a combination of theory and practical experience with many projects and case studies from existing companies.
Compulsory subjects are:
- International Marketing
- Global Communication
- Project Management
- Organisation and Logistics
- Design
- Financial Management
- Global Economics and Development
- International Business Law
Some shools offer specific streams, for example:
- Business Economics and Statistics
- Communications
- Entrepreneurship
In addition, there may be special elective combinations. Therefore, inquire at the individual school.
The specialisation period in the 4th semester may consist of either a work placement in a company in Denmark or abroad or theoretical studies at an institution of higher education in Denmark or abroad.
The final project should demonstrate the ability to work independently and methodologically with a complex problem within the area of marketing and is usually done in cooperation with a company.
Teaching varies between lectures and classroom instruction. In addition, there is often project work with other students. Students are encouraged to participate in class discussions.
Read more about Danish teaching methods at www.studyindenmark.dk.
Marketing Management is an Academy Profession (AP) Programme rated at 120 ECTS. The qualification is called an AP Degree - an Academy Profession Degree.
Educational Institutions
You can study Marketing Management at Niels Brock in Copenhagen, Business Academy Southwest in Esbjerg and Sønderborg, VIA University College in Horsens, International Business Academy in Kolding, Business Academy, Copenhagen North in Lyngby, EA LiIllebælt in Odense, EA Dania in Randers, Roskilde Business College Roskilde in Roskilde, EA Dania in Viborg, UCN in Aalborg, and Business Academy in Aarhus.
Entry Requirements
General admission requirements for international students include one of the following international certificates:
- The Danish/French Baccalauréat (DFB), the European Baccalaureate (EB), the International Baccalaureate (IB), the Option Internationale du Baccalauréat (OIB) or another foreign qualifying examination certificate that can be equated with a Danish upper secondary school leaving certificate
- A relevant business programme within trade, office administration or finance
In addition, there can be prerequisites for English and mathematics proficiencies at predefined levels.
Contact the educational institution you wish to apply to for detailed information on entry requirements and required English proficiency levels.
To find out whether the level of your foreign certificate satifies the general entry requirements, see the Danish Agency for International Education.
Admission
The application deadline is March 15 for a course start in September. Admission is handled through The Danish Coordinated Application System. You can apply via optagelse.dk.
A few educational institutions offer a course start in February. Applications are sent to the institution. For more information on application deadlines, contact the institution.
Exchange students should contact their own educational institution for information on application procedures and deadlines.
Tuition
There is a tuition fee for all full-degree students, unless you are a student from an EU/EEA country, or from Switzerland.
Students within an exchange programme are not required to pay tuition.
Contact the individual institution for more specific information.
Semester Start
An academic year is made up of two semesters, which begin around September 1 and February 1.
Danish Qualification framework
The programme is graded at level 5 in the Danish Qualification Framework for Lifelong Learning. The Qualification Framework contains levels 1-8 and defines the expected learning outcome of an education programme. Read more about Qualification Framework for Higher Education.
For further information
You can find information on practical issues related to your study visit in Denmark with Danish Agency for International Education, using either of the following links:
Multimedia Design and Communication
You will be introduced to such subjects as Communication, Dissemination, Visualisation, Concept Development etc.
In the programme, you work with new technology and learn to design, plan and create, for example, websites. You also learn to control and administer a multimedia production.
Name: Multimedia Design and Communication
Type: Academy Profession Programme
Duration: 2 years
European transfer credits: 120 ECTS
The programme in Multimedia Design and Communication takes 2 years and contains a compulsory part and an elective part. In the compulsory part, you go through courses in the following subject areas:
- The Business
- Communication and Dissemination
- Visualisation and Concept Development
- Interaction Development
In the course of the programme, you will learn to comprehend organisational structures and processes in connection with multimedia development.
You will work across disciplines with, among other things, communication and dissemination theories, construction of websites, graphic design, audio/video and 3D animation, aesthetics, marketing, journalism, IT systems and data communication.
In the elective part, you must specialise in one of the four subject areas.
In your final examination project, you solve a concrete problem for a company in connection with a placement in that company.
Teaching varies between lectures and classroom instruction. In addition, there is often project work with other students. Students are encouraged to participate in class discussions.
Multimedia Design and Communication is an Academy Profession (AP) Programme rated at 120 ECTS. The qualification is called an AP Degree - an Academy Profession Degree.
Educational Institutions
You can study Multimedia Design and Communication at Busines Academy Copenhagen North, International Business Academy - Erhvervsakademi Kolding, Lillebaelt Academy of Professional Higher Education, Centre for Vocational Education Lolland Falster, Zealand Institute of Business and Technology - Campus Køge, Business Academy SoutWest, Zealand Institute of Business and Technology - Campus Slagelse, Multimedia Design and Communication, Copenhagen School of Design and Technology (KEA) and University College of Northern Denmark in Aalborg.
Entry Requirements
General admission requirements for international students include one of the following international certificates:
- The Danish/French Baccalauréat (DFB), the European Baccalaureate (EB), the International Baccalaureate (IB), the Option Internationale du Baccalauréat (OIB) or another foreign qualifying examination certificate that can be equated with a Danish upper secondary school leaving certificate
- A relevant business programme
In addition, there can be prerequisites for English and mathematics proficiencies at predefined levels.
Contact the educational institution you wish to apply to for detailed information on entry requirements and required English proficiency levels.
To find out how you can get your foreign certificate assessed for recognition here in Denmark, see the Danish Agency for International Education.
Admission
The application deadline is March 15 for a course start in September. Admission is handled through The Danish Coordinated Application System. You can apply via optagelse.dk.
A few educational institutions offer a course start in February. Applications are sent to the institution. For more information on application deadlines, contact the institution.
Exchange students should contact their own educational institution for information on application procedures and deadlines.
Tuition
All students are required to pay a tuition fee, except those coming from a Nordic and EU country, or from Liechtenstein.
Tuition is free for students in an exchange programme.
Contact the educational institution for specific information.
Semester Start
An academic year is made up of two semesters, which begin around September 1 and February 1.
Further Information
You may find a list of courses taught in Danish at the Danish Ministry of Education website:
You can find information on practical issues related to your study visit in Denmark with Danish Agency for International Education:
- Where you will study
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- Business Academy SouthwestGrundtvigs Allé 886400 Sønderborg
Denmark
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