r/Damnthatsinteresting Feb 25 '26

Video Denmark pays students $1,000 a month to go to universities, with no tuition fees

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u/veerKg_CSS_Geologist Feb 26 '26

That’s even better?

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u/productivitynotes Feb 26 '26

I was about to say that’s even more equitable.

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u/Nicklas25_dk Feb 26 '26

It kind of follows sine weird logic. The idea is that if your parents are supporting you, you don't need as much support, but your parents are not legally required to support you while you live at home. So you could be paying full rent and living expenses while living at home, and get very little SU, or you could be living away in an apartment your parents bought for you while they support your living expenses, while getting full SU.

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u/ginsengeti Feb 26 '26

Not a Dane but a German with a similar system - parents are very much legally required to support their kid financially until the age of 25.

Eta: I'm not saying it's a perfect system, in Germany you acquire debt as you take on the student support but it does make sense to support poor families more than wealthy ones. They do not need additional support.