🇩🇰 Study & students

As of 1 October 2026, third-country students in state-approved professional bachelor's, bachelor's, part-time master's, and master's degree programmes in Denmark (including those in Erasmus Mundus, Erasmus+, and Nordic Master joint programmes) who submit their application on or after this date will be eligible for a residence permit for job seeking for up to 1 year after completing their educational programme. Accompanying family members (spouse, cohabiting partner, registered partner, and children under 18) of these students will no longer be able to be granted a residence permit under these rules, regardless of when their application is submitted. If the student's application was submitted before 1 October 2026, but the family member's application is submitted on or after this date, the family member cannot be granted a residence permit, except for children under 18 whose application is submitted on or after 1 October 2026, but the student's application was submitted before 1 October 2026. PhD students and Turkish citizens covered by the Association Agreement between the EU and Turkey are not affected by these changes and retain previous rights regarding job-seeking permits (3 years) and family reunification.