The VET system

The rules behind all VET programmes — from the education order and EUV for adults to school-based training, the training agreement, AMU and VEU. Each article has its sources and a quiz.

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The education order — this is where your objectives are from 1 August 2026The VET system · 6 minFrom 1 August 2026, the competence objectives for vocational education and training are no longer in the executive order but in the education order (uddannelsesordning). Here is the difference, who writes the order, an example from the service assistant programme — and what applies if you started before.EUV — when you are over 25The VET system · 7 minIf you are 25 or older, you take a VET programme as EUV — VET for adults. The school assesses what you can already do and puts you on one of three tracks. And you are not alone: 59% of those who became skilled workers in 2025 were 25 years or older.Without an apprenticeship: school-based training step by stepThe VET system · 6 minIf you have not got an apprenticeship when the basic course ends, you can continue in school-based training on 58 programmes. Here are the requirements, the timing, the money and the words the law uses today.The training agreement: probationary period, termination, AUB and complaintsThe VET system · 7 minA training agreement is an employment with special rules. Here are the probationary period, the rules for cancellation, the school's deadlines, the AUB reimbursement to the company and the ways you can complain as a student.AMU and VEU: courses for adults in workThe VET system · 7 minAdult vocational training courses (AMU) are short courses for adults in work. Here is the system behind them: common competence descriptions, individual competence assessment, VEU allowance and travel allowance — with the 2026 rates and the figures from Statistics Denmark.EPX and GF+: what will change towards 2030?The VET system · 6 minIn February 2025, the parties agreed on a new upper secondary programme, EPX. EUX, GF1, the two-year HF and Year 10 are to be abolished as independent options, and the ambition is for the first students to start in August 2030. Here is what the agreement says, what it does not say and what applies today.