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Exchange Possibilities in the academic year 2023/2024

Design School Kolding accepts exchange students in the 2nd semester, which runs from mid January 2024 – end June 2024. The exchange will take place on 2nd year BA, 4th semester.

Applications can be made for exchange visits on the following lines of study: Accessory Design, Fashion Design, Textile Design, Communication Design, and Industrial Design, You can find a list of courses to your right.

Selection Principles
Our students are the most important treasure we have and we see exchange students as “our” students while they take part in our education. Therefore, welcoming exchange students at our institution is of great importance to us. In order to provide the best possible training for our exchange students we have a selection process where we try to match the student’s wishes and talent with the courses we offer.

At Design School Kolding a student is not just another student but an individual person that we spend many days and hours with. As a small institution, we have to be very careful in our selection process and cannot guarantee seats for all students applying from our partner institutions as both local and exchange students are allocated a place with a desk at our institution. Therefore, we recommend that students consider alternatives in case we are not able to offer them a place.

The selections process builds on:

• A match of wishes for education from the student and the possible courses we offer
• Level of the student’s skills, as we need to make sure that the student will benefit from our programs • Available seats, as we only have a certain capacity. That number can vary as it depends on how many local students there are in the class already.

Nomination
The nomination should be done by the institutional or departmental coordinator of the home institution or by an assistant at the International Office or faculty. Only nominations within the deadline are accepted. Nomination deadline is 1st October. Nominations should be send to the following email: af@dskd.dk

Application Process
After being nominated you can start your application by clicking on the picture at the top of this page. Our online application system will then open for you. Our application system will open 1 September and will close again 1 October. During your application process you will be asked under which category you apply for. Either Erasmus, Nordplus, Institutional or Individual Applicant. The four categories are described below.

Application Deadline
Application deadline is 1st October 2023. You can start to upload your application from 1st September.

After the deadline, the applications are assessed by the committees on above mentioned lines of study using the above selection principles and an answer is given by the International Office by e-mail within 1 month of the application deadline.

List of exchange partners
Design School Kolding works with national and international partner institutions concerning joint projects, student and teacher exchanges and research. Download the list to the right which contains the exchange partner list. Please read the information booklet for further practical information on residence permits, etc.

Students studying at one of the cooperative institutions in the Cirrus network can apply for a student exchange under the Nordplus programme.

Applications must include:

• A covering letter containing information about the desired field of study, semester, reasons for choosing Design School Kolding and the purpose of the exchange
• Portfolio
• CV
• Passport photo
• Copy of passport/ID
• Your latest Transcript of Records
• Visit the Cirrus website for an application form for the Nordplus grant: http://cirrus.artun.ee/, fill it out and include it in your application

Students studying at an institution with whom Design School Kolding does not have an exchange agreement can apply for a guest visit.

If the student does not have EU nationality, a tuition fee of 7,000 Euro per semester will apply. This is payable immediately after confirmation of admission.

Applications must include:

• A covering letter containing information about the desired field of study, semester, reasons for choosing Design School Kolding and the purpose of the exchange
• Portfolio
• CV
• Passport photo
• Copy of passport
• Your latest Transcript of Records
• If the applicant concerned is not a student any longer, evidence of prior education must be enclosed