To offer more foreign students to stay and work

Located near doubling of foreigners in Denmark from 2008 to 2014 to take an academic degree is a step forward, but the government must do more to ensure that foreign students to stay and work, according to the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific E. Lunge Larsen.

International students now account for nearly one in 10 students in Denmark, having risen from 13,689 in 2008, 26,243 in 2014, a 92% jump.

10 of the biggest sending countries Norway (have 2,948), Germany (2,622), Romania (2,116), Sweden (1,579), Lithuania (1,347), Bulgaria (1,117), Poland (874), Hungary (873), and Italy and Iceland (both 727).

"It's good to have so many foreign students in Denmark, but we use our resources to educate them, we must also do more to stay and work in Denmark that upon graduation," Lunge Larsen said in a statement released to the press.

Therefore, to develop a strategy to ensure that the work begun in Denmark on international graduates to stay on, he said.

"We will not pay attention to all regions and major cities, so all they need to have access to the workforce of the company over Denmark."

He also said that in 2015 the Ministry DKK3 million (US $ 437,000) to hire graduates to work in the Danish regions and communities is being used to initiate pilot projects for higher education institutions.

Denmark shows that the declaration that the international graduates working conditions and decide whether to stay or leave specific job offer from abroad are also a powerful attraction factor he cited a report by a decisive influence on the other.

In 2012, 5,000 international graduate and foreign students responded to the survey were asked if they could be contacted in the future, and 4,727 of them were identified in a survey in the summer of 2014, of which 40% is sent to respond.

A survey report asked: "What are the important factors to stay in Denmark for international students upon graduation?"

The 2014 follow-up study of the respondents were still lived in Denmark, and Denmark have joined the workforce or remain in their home country or the other was designed to check the destination.

Respondents cited as a reason why they stayed in Denmark are the following factors: the balance between work time and leisure time in Denmark working life; wage levels; For professional development and challenges; and international exhibitions.

The reason for the exclusion of people were outside Denmark or a professional or social networks outside of a job offer.

The study broke down and the personal characteristics of the respondents found a Danish partner to increase the chance of staying; older graduate has a greater chance of staying; In order to increase the chances of staying in education after he worked with; Denmark has a good level of language. In addition, a higher proportion of graduates in technical studies or health was in Denmark.

Nordic students from other countries are less prone to remain in Denmark.

54% of respondents were working and 46% are looking for work. In total, 36% was applied for more than 40 jobs; 72% were working in the private sector and 22% in the public sector. Some 40% were working in companies with more than 100 employees.