The
Danish Gymnasium offers a 3-year general academically-oriented
upper secondary programme which builds on the 9th-10th form of the
Folkeskole and leads to the upper
secondary school exit examination (the
studentereksamen). This qualifies a student for admission to
higher education Preparatory, subject to the special entrance regulations applying to the individual higher education programmes. Colloquially
gymnasium refers to what is formally called
STX.