Practical Placement

An essential virtue of VIA University College and our students is to put theoretic results into use in the ‘real world’ outside the gates of the University College. We are practical-minded with a project-oriented approach to teaching. This is greatly appreciated by both graduates and partners in the business life and public administration.

Local companies are very pleased with our graduates and, to a continuously wider extent, we get the same kind of positive feedback from both foreign-based companies and Danish companies operating abroad. This good relationship between our students and the business life or public institutions is established long before graduation, as it is essential for all of our students to get practical experience.

The period of practical placement can vary between 3 months and one full semester.

Practical placement abroad
Students going abroad for their practical placement are met with the same demands and offered the same counselling as students who carry out their practical placement in Denmark. In advance of the practical placement, the student and the company/host institution must prepare and agree on learning objectives and a placement schedule. These must be approved by the Placement Coordinator at the University College as part of the student’s study programme. Students applying for an Erasmus grant for their practical placement may ask for advice from the International Office concerning practical arrangements – accommodation, insurance, etc. – but they will be responsible for making the arrangements themselves.