NARIC guide on Higher Education Systems in the European Union

III. Special types and forms of final qualifications in higher
education
Qualifications for practical pursuit of specific professions
Some professions are regulated by law and require an official author-isation and eventually additional training specific to the
profession on top of the higher education course of study.
Authorisation and appointment
Occupational therapists and physiotherapists: After completion of the course, the school issues a certificate of
authorisation on behalf of the National Board of Health.
Midwives: After completion of the course, students receive authorisation from the National Board of Health and are able to
work as midwives.
Doctors: Authorisation to work independently as a doctor is granted by the National Board of Health to persons who have
been employed for a total of 18 months as a registrar in registrar positions approved for this purpose by the National Board of
Health. The employment must include six months’ surgery, six months’ internal medicine and six months’ employment as an
assistant to a general practitioner. In special cases the latter can be replaced by employment at a clinical hospital ward.
Dentists: In order to gain authorisation from the National Board of Health, dentistry graduates must have completed a oneyear
period of assistantship in an authorised dentist’s practice or the municipal dental service.
Lawyers: Appointment as a lawyer requires a law degree and a three-year period of employment as a solicitor’s clerk or
similar. This three-year period is a practical law training period where graduates will be dealing with actual legal problems.
Chartered surveyors: For appointment as a chartered surveyor by the Danish Commerce and Companies Agency, the
candidate must have passed a Danish surveyor’s examination followed by at least three years’ general registry duties in the
employment of a practising chartered
surveyor or similar work.
Chartered accountants: Appointment by the Danish Commerce and Companies Agency as a chartered accountant requires
that the candidate has successfully undergone the following education and training: (1) an HA course, an HD course or the
cand.oecon. course, all of them in specific subjects; (2) the cand.merc.aud. course (within the last eight years); (3) at least
three years’ employment in the practice of a chartered accountant; (4) the chartered accountants’ examination.
Translators and interpreters: The Danish Commerce and Companies Agency appoints sworn translators and interpreters
upon successful examination from the Copenhagen Business School in those languages where no cand.ling.merc. courses are
offered. The cand.ling.merc. and cand.interpret. degrees in the major languages fulfil the educational conditions for being
appointed sworn translators and interpreters.
Veterinary surgeons: Authorisation to work independently as a veterinary surgeon is granted by the Danish veterinary
service to persons who have completed the Danish cand.med.vet. degree or a similar foreign degree.
Professional postgraduate teacher training for upper secondary schools, commercial and technical colleges, etc.
The professional five-month postgraduate teacher training programme (Pædagogikum) for upper secondary schools and HF
takes place within the first two years of employment after the award of a candidatus degree. It is composed of a practical and
a theoretical course, each of which must be passed individually. The practical course takes place at an upper secondary school
or a similar institute, where the candidate teaches under the supervision of permanent staff members.