Territorial Review Copenhagen - Region Hovedstaden

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left Copenhagen to go to a foreign country. This has left Copenhagen with a
net annual inflow of around 800 people, without taking into account interregional
migration flows within Denmark. Large net outflows from
Copenhagen went to Sweden (probably attracted by cheaper housing) and
the United Kingdom over 2000-07; while in the same period, Copenhagen
witnessed a net inflow from several countries, mostly from Germany,
Poland, India and China. 24 No information is available on the qualifications
of these people. It is important to note in order to avoid brain drain, the skill
level of incoming migrants should be at least similar to those of Danes
leaving the country. We have not been able to establish whether this is the
case, but as labour markets for talented people have become increasingly
global, it is growing more likely that talented Danes will migrate to global
cities that are prominent in certain economic sectors, for example, to
London in global finance.
Universities in Copenhagen and the Danish education system
Copenhagen‘s institutes of higher education include five universities,
ten schools of fine arts and culture and numerous university colleges. Of
these universities, educating around 65 000 students per year, two are broad
multi-faculty universities, three are single-faculty universities and one is a
business school. The Øresund Region includes 12 universities, around
150 000 students, 12 000 researchers and 6 500 PhD students (Øresund
University, 2008). Main institutes in Copenhagen are the University of
Copenhagen, the Copenhagen Business School and the Technical University
of Denmark. The University of Copenhagen is the oldest university, with a
very broad range of disciplines. The university awards more than 2 000
degrees each year, including 450 degrees in the humanities and 500 in
mathematics, chemistry, computer science, geography and biology.
Copenhagen Business School awards around 800 degrees per year, of which
90% are masters in economics and business administration. The Technical
University of Denmark awards about 700 degrees per year (OECD, 2005). A
university reform has merged several universities into larger ones.
The multi-faceted tertiary education system is considered to contribute
to the competitiveness of the Danish labour market. Universities have much
flexibility in the types of courses they can offer. The Danish tertiary
educational system includes several highly differentiated streams, including
short, medium and long tertiary education courses. Short tertiary education
primarily leads to specialised degrees supplementing professional education.
Most of these programmes target the private sector and are characteristically
development-based. Medium tertiary education primarily targets professions
in the public sector. Programmes are typically development-based and
research-related. Long tertiary education targets specific job functions on