KEA has 25 full-time programs and more than 200 modules within our various continuing education areas. Here you can find figures about our students and KEA in general.
KEA in numbers
KEA in numbers
5471
Full-time students
4468
Participants on continuing education*
481
Employees
Sources: UFM Datavarehus, SIS data, KEA annual report. 2022
*Please note, that some individuals participate in more than one course each year.
These individuals will be represented in the number one time pr. course.
Applications and intake - full-time*
| 2023 |
2065 6661 |
| 2022 |
1955 6309 |
| 2021 |
2261 8847 |
| 2020 |
2197 8744 |
| 2019 |
2095 7723 |
Number of applicants
Number of intake
Sources: KOT and KEA, 28 July 2023
*Please note, that the numbers only represents the summer intake
Full-time students
| 2022 |
5471 2411 1804 |
| 2021 |
5696 2750 1750 |
| 2020 |
5439 2584 1759 |
| 2019 |
5313 2501 1816 |
| 2018 |
5299 2462 1748 |
| 2017 |
5330 2544 1778 |
| 2016 |
5256 2627 1967 |
Number of full-time students
New full-time students
Graduated full-time students
Source: UFM datavarehus, 2022
Incoming and outgoing exchange
115
students from KEA took a semester abroad in 2022
134
international students took a semester at KEA in 2022
Source: KEA annual report 2022
Full-time students and their background
Gender distribution
Women 43%
Men 57%
Source: UFM Datavarehus, 2022
Age distribution
| < 20 years | 2% | |
| 20-24 years | 47% | |
| 25-29 years | 31% | |
| > 30 years | 17% |
Source: UFM Datavarehus, 2022
Education background
| Higher general examination (STX) | 37% | |
| Higher education | 17% | |
| Vocational upper secondary education | 15% | |
| Higher preparatory examination (HF) | 7% | |
| Higher commercial examination (HHX) | 7% | |
| Higher technical examination (HTX) | 5% | |
| Other higher examinations | 4% | |
| Elementary school | 6% |
Source: UFM Datavarehus, 2022
Internships
All students at KEA are offered an internship during their programme.
| Workplace internship | 92% | |
| International internship | 5% | |
| Entrepreneurial internship | 3% |
Sources: KEA's internship evaluation and internship contracts, fall 2022 + spring 2023
89%
of our students say that they have developed professionally through the internship
95%
of KEA's internship companies are generally satisfied with interns from KEA
Sources: KEA's internship evaluation and internship contracts, fall 2022 + spring 2023
From KEA to employment
34%
of KEA's graduates get a job through their student job, internship or final project with a company
80%
of KEA's graduates are employed in the private sector
79%
of graduates get their first job within 6 months of graduating
37%
of KEA's graduates have management responsibilities in their current position
Source: Danmarks Studieundersøgelse – Dimittender, UFM/Epinion 2021
