University College of Northern Denmark

University College of Northern Denmark (Danish: Professionshøjskolen University College Nordjylland; or UCN) is a university college based in the North Jutland Region of Denmark with campuses in Aalborg, Frederikshavn, Hjørring, and Thisted.^[2] The school was founded in 2007, alongside other university colleges in Denmark, through an act of parliament which merged several existing colleges.^[3]

As of October 2025, UCN is on of six university colleges in Denmark. The university college employs about 870 members of staff and approximately 8,500 students are enrolled.^[1] UCN offers 47 programs at vocational training, associate degree (erhvervsakademiuddannelse), and bachelor's degree levels.^[3] The largest programs are in teaching, nursing, and economics.^[4]

UCN was formally established on 3 July 2007 through the merger of CVU Nordjylland and Sundheds CVU Nordjylland. These institutions comprised several colleges, which were then overseen by UCN. These included four teacher training colleges: Hjørring Seminarium, Aalborg Seminarium, Socialpædagogisk Seminarium, Skipper Clement Seminariet; and four medical colleges: Sygepleje- og Radiografskolen i Aalborg, Vendsyssel Sygeplejeskole, Danmarks Jordemoderskole i Aalborg, and Fysioterapeut- og ergoterapeutskolen. Initially, UCN offered eight bachelor's degree programmes as well as a number of courses and continuing professional education courses in pedagogy and health.^[3]

On 1 January 2009, UCN merged with Nordjyllands Erhvervsakademi (The Business Academy of North Jutland), becoming the first university college in Denmark to offer business programs. On 1 July 2016, UCN took over the nursing, pedagogy and pedagogy assistant programmes from VIA University College.^[3]

La UCN no admite estudiantes internacionales en sus programas de grado; sin embargo, ofrece programas de intercambio semestrales en las áreas de negocios, educación social, salud y tecnología. Los cursos que se ofrecen incluyen: Tecnología Arquitectónica y Gestión de la Construcción , Ciencias de la Computación , Gestión de Exportaciones y Tecnología , Gestión Hotelera Internacional , Gestión de Marketing , Obstetricia , Enfermería , Terapia Ocupacional , Fisioterapia , Radiografía y Formación Docente .