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Close to a doubling of foreign nationals to the academic degree in Denmark from 2008 to 2014 is a step forward, but the government should do more to ensure that foreign students to stay and work, according to the Minister of Higher Education and Science Seven Lune Larsen.

International students now make up nearly 10 students in Denmark, after having risen from 13,689 in 2008 to 26,243 in 2014, a jump of 92%.

10 biggest countries are sending Norway (2948), Germany (2,622), Romania (2116), Sweden (1579), Lithuania (1347), Bulgaria (1117), Poland (874), Hungary (873), while Italy and Iceland ( and 727).

"It's good to have so many foreign students in Denmark, but when we use our resources to educate them, we also need to do more to stay and work in Denmark after graduation," said Lune Larsen in a statement in the press,

So he began to work on developing a strategy to ensure international graduates to stay in Denmark, he said.

"We will focus on all areas, not just the major cities, so that enterprises throughout Denmark must have access to the workforce they need."

He also said that the ministry in 2015 used DKK3 million (US $ 437,000) for higher education institutions to undertake pilot projects on how graduates can be hired to work in the Danish regions or communities.

In a statement he cited a new report that shows that working conditions in Denmark have a decisive influence on whether international graduates decide to stay or leave, and that concrete offers of work from abroad are also a powerful factor retreat.

Some 5,000 international graduate and exchange of students who answered the survey in 2012 were asked if they could be contacted at a later stage, and 4,727 have been identified and sent a questionnaire in the summer of 2014, of which 40% responded.

Research for the report asked: "Which factors are important for international students to stay in Denmark after graduation?"

2014 follow-up study was designed to see if the subjects are still living in Denmark, and joined the workforce or left Denmark for his homeland or another destination.

Factors cited by respondents as reasons why they stayed in Denmark are: balance between work time and free time in the Danish working life; wage levels; access to professional development and challenges; and exposure to international training.

Reasons for people who leave are: a job offer outside Denmark or professional or social network outside Denmark.

The study broke down the personal characteristics of respondents and found that the Danish partner has increased the chances of staying; Senior graduate more likely to stay; having worked with the study increases the likelihood of stay; as well as having a good knowledge of the Danish language. In addition, most of the graduates with technical or medical degrees remained in Denmark.

Students from other Nordic countries are less likely to remain in Denmark.

Respondents, 54% were working and 46% are seeking work. Overall, 36% is applied for more than 40 jobs; 72% worked in the private sector and 22% in the public sector. About 40% worked in companies with more than 100 employees.