Internship — Healthcare Sector

You must be at least 18 years old but cannot have turned 35 at the time of applying. Please note that the age limit of 35 years does not apply to medical interns.

The internship must supplement the educational programme you have begun in your home country or in the country where you have been a legal resident.

You are allowed to do an internship within the healthcare sector even though you have completed your educational programme.

If you have completed your educational programme, you must have completed it recently.

Your internship host must be qualified to host and train an intern. If an approval of the place of internship is not issued within the field in question, your place of internship must submit a description of the internship’s training programme.

All public hospitals in Denmark are approved places of internship.

Your place of internship must state who will be responsible for you during the internship. Your place of internship must state whether they have experience with hosting interns and trainees.

Your place of internship must submit a description of your work tasks and training programme along with the application.

Your place of internship must appoint a person responsible for the internship, who in writing will declare that it is professionally sound to host you as an intern, and that your your work is carried out under the responsible person’s supervision and responsibility.

You must be employed on terms that follow the applicable Danish collective agreements. This includes being employed full time and typically working 37 hours a week.

You must be at least 18 years old but cannot have turned 35 at the time of applying. Please note that the age limit of 35 years does not apply to medical interns.

The internship must supplement the educational programme you have begun in your home country or in the country where you have been a legal resident. You are allowed to do an internship within the healthcare sector even though you have completed your educational programme.

If you have completed your educational programme, you must have completed it recently. If you completed the programme more than one and a half year ago, we will assess whether there continues to be a relation between the desired internship and your completed education. Information on your employment after completion of your educational programme will be included in the assessment.

If your internship is without pay, you must provide documentation of your ability to support yourself for the full period of your internship. You must have an amount at your disposal corresponding to DKK 7,426 (2026 level) for each month you will be staying in Denmark.

You can only work in the position and in the place of internship that you have been granted a permit to work in.

If you are offered a new internship, you must apply for a new permit. This also applies if you are offered a new position, e.g. as a herdsman, in the same workplace.

A Danish residence and work permit does not allow you to work in other Schengen countries.

Normally, you are not allowed to bring your family with you to Denmark with a residence permit as an intern.

If you are an intern within the healthcare sector, architecture or other fields, you can be granted a residence and work permit valid for up to 18 months. However, the validity period cannot exceed the length of the internship.

If your internship is extended, you can apply for an extension of your residence and work permit.