Upper secondary school educations comprise: in Denmark
* , which is a three-year course and ends with the university entry examination. At some schools (student courses), the programme can be completed with two years of full-time study. The aim of the programme is to prepare students for higher education. The programme also seeks to provide a general education. This means that pupils must learn to relate to the outside world, their fellow man, nature, society and to their own development. To be accepted, as a minimum requirement you must have passed the municipal primary and lower secondary school 9th-class final exam. You may be asked to sit an entrance exam, or the upper secondary school can accept you on the basis of an academic assessment.