You work in Denmark

You are an EU/EEA citizen and work in Denmark

You may apply for equal status with Danish students and apply for state education grant (SU) if you are an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen, and:

1) You are a worker or self-employed person in Denmark under EU law and will continue to work while studying.

Read more about being a worker or self-employed person under EU-law

2) You have retained your status as a worker under EU law on the basis that you:

have previously been a worker or a self-employed person in Denmark and there is continuity (a connection in terms of time and content) between your work in Denmark and the education programme for which you are seeking SU (e.g. you have worked as a nursery assistant and choose to study to become a nursery teacher immediately afterwards), or
have been a worker or a self-employed person in Denmark, but in need of retraining after becoming involuntarily unemployed due to particular structural conditions on the labour market or for health reasons (e.g. you have worked as a physiotherapist, but have developed rheumatoid arthritis and can no longer work in this role and therefore need to undergo retraining).

Read more about when you meet the conditions for either continuity or retraining.

Worker

By “worker or self-employed person” we always mean individuals who can be regarded as workers in Denmark under EU law because they fulfil the rules of EU law regarding effective and genuine work in Denmark.

Read more about when you can be regarded as a worker under EU law:

Residence in Denmark for Union citizens and EEA nationals

Worth knowing

If you are granted equal status with Danish citizens, please be aware that you fall within the scope of the rules of how much you are allowed to earn each year next to your studies. If your private earnings exceed a set amount, you have to repay some of the grants and loans received that year plus 7%.

Read more about how much you are allowed to earn (in Danish)