Instructions for the KOT application
You must apply for admission to Design School Kolding through the Coordinated Application (KOT). Your application must be submitted digitally with NemID via optagelse.dk.
- Application deadline quota 2 via optagelse.dk: 15 March at 12 noon
- Application deadline quota 1 via optagelse.dk: 5 July at 12 noon
You can find instructions for the digital application on optagelse.dk. If you do not have a Danish civil registration number www.optagelse.dk will provide instructions on how to apply.
What happens after we receive your quota 2 KOT application?
If you qualify for admission, we will email you about the further admission process.
Be sure to enter a valid email address that you use frequently as we will be sending you important information throughout the admission process.
Study programme
You can only apply to be accepted to one study programme. It is important that you indicate which of the four study programmes you are applying for. You do that in point 3 (study programme) on the KOT application.
At bachelor level we offer the following programmes:
There’s joint application and admittance to the Accessory Design and Industrial Design programmes and joint teaching during the 1st semester.
What should I upload as attachments to my application?
If you have passed the Danish general upper secondary examination your diploma will automatically be attached to your KOT application if you passed the exam in 2004 or later. If you have an international degree or your Danish degree is prior to 2004 you must upload your diploma as an attachment to your KOT application.
Note: If you sit for your qualifying exam in the summer of 2024 we must receive the documentation that you passed the exam no later than 5 July 2024 at 12.00.
Applying without NemID
If you do not apply through NemID (Danish digital ID) you will receive a signature page on www.optagelse.dk when you have completed your application. You must date and sign the page and email the signature page to optagelse@dskd.dk. Your application is not valid and will be rejected unless we receive the signature page by the application deadline.
Exemption or similar
If you apply for an exemption from a qualifying examination or other circumstances you must upload your application and documentation as attachments to your KOT application.
Merit
If you have taken courses or completed programmes on the bachelor level (point 9 in the KOT application) you must also upload proof hereof. More information is available in the section about ‘merit’. Remember you have an obligation to disclose all relevant information.
Proof of Folk High School attendance, work experience, internships, extracurricular activities, trips abroad, etc. are irrelevant to your application to the design programme, so do not upload those.
Application for standby admission
Design School Kolding has set aside a small number of standby places (waiting list places) which you can apply for when you apply for admission to the school.
The standby positions are awarded to those applicants whose admission criteria are just below what is required for admission. If an admitted applicant backs out his place is offered to the applicant who has been awarded standby admission. If you have been awarded standby admission but are not offered a place in the programme your standby admission will au-tomatically be converted into an acceptance for a place in the programme the following academic year, for the line of study you have requested. However, you still have to apply for admission the following year. Read more about standby admission under FAQ.
Special considerations
In case of certain types of handicap the school can take special considerations into account during the admission process. If you request special considerations you must attach the necessary documentation to your application. The application must be received no later than 15 March at 12.00 noon.