“International workers are of the utmost importance for the Danish industries”

A few day ago, on the 15th floor of the Mærsk Tower in Nørrebro, hundreds of students, expats, and industry-representatives, had gathered for Copenhagen Capacity’s life-science career event. The goal of the event was to link expats and international students with Danish life science companies, for the benefit of both parties. “International workforce has become vital for the Danish industries,” said the organizers.

Christoffer Friis Christensen

Dec 6, 2024

The last two decades have shown a great increase in the number of international students who choose to complete their degrees in Denmark. While statistics show that there were 7500 international students in Denmark in 2004, the year 2018 showed an increase of more than 200%, with the number increasing to 22.000. More importantly, studies […]

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