Work permits for students in higher educational programmes

As a student in a state-approved higher educational programme you receive, in addition to your residence permit, a work permit that allows you to work for 90 hours per month and full time through June, July, and August.

The limited work permit is also valid during the 6 month or 3 year job seeking period granted to you, after you have completed your studies. 

If you applied for a residence permit before 2 May 2025 as a student in a non-state-approved higher educational programme that has an advisory statement from the Danish Evaluation Institute (EVA), you will be granted a limited work permit along with your residence permit. If you applied for a residence permit on or after 2 May 2025, you will not be granted a work permit.

Your residence card will state if you have the right to work, and if so, to what extent.

Illegal work

If you work illegally, e.g. work more than the number of hours that you are allowed to, SIRI may revoke your residence permit or refuse to extend it. This also applies, if you continue to meet the conditions for your residence permit, e.g. that you are studying actively.

Depending on the extent of the illegal work, SIRI can either revoke your residence permit or give you a warning. The warning will be in effect for 2 years. The period starts the day we issue the warning. If you continue to work illegally during the warning period SIRI may revoke your residence permit.

If you work illegally in Denmark you also risk deportation, and both you and your employer may be punished by fine or prison.