Denmark Student Visa Interview Questions & Answers

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STUDENT VISA INTERVIEW | MOCK QUESTIONNAIRE WITH ANSWERS Q. Tell me about yourself. A: Well, My name is Bijaya Sagar Lamichhane, my date of birth is 16th of October 1992. I studied Hospitality Management for the past 5 years from intermediate level to bachelor and I want to be entrepreneur in this field. Under the circumstances, I am currently working in QFX Cinemas which is Venture Company of Team Quest, that invest and looks the management of Hospitality & Real state sector in Nepal. Q. Where will you be studying and what course will you be studying? A: I will be studying a 1 years Graduate Certificate in International Business in Neils Brock Copenhagen Business College. Q. What is the course start date please? A: The course start date is 19th of January 2016. (Ends: 16th December 2016) Q. What is total cost of 1 semester for your course? A: My purposed course cost DKK 45,000 for its first semester. Q. How much and when do you have to pay next installment for your semester fee? A: I have to pay DKK 40,000 for second semester in July 2016. Q. Why did you choose to do this course? A: I chose this course because having a degree in International Business will help me to prepare for admission in Masters Level and this degree will give me the skills and expertise to be a entrepreneur in future. Q. What do you know about your course? A: Pre-Master Graduate Certificate in International Business (GCIB) is 1 year full time course offered by De Montfort University, Leicester UK in Neils Brock, which strengthen knowledge and skills of student to prepare for admission at Masters Level. This is level 6 course which has 2 semester, in first semester there are 3 subjects and in 2nd semester there are 4 subjects. Q. What is your case order ID number? A: My Case Order Id is DW-2371-PT Q. Why did you choose this particular institution? A: Upon research, I came to the conclusion that the courses offered by this college for international students has designed and developed to turn out all level of graduates. Beside this, It is one of oldest and largest business institution in Denmark.

Denmark Student Visa Interview Questions & Answers

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Q. Tell about Neils Brock? A: Neils Brock Copenhagen Business College, simply referred as Neils Brock, is secondary school in Copenhagen, Denmark which was founded in 1881. This college is result of merger between two different institution; Copenhagen Business College & The Brockian Business School which were both founded in 1880s. This is largest business college in Denmark. Q. What do you know about De Montfort University? A: De Montfort University (DMU) is public research and teaching university situated in Leicester, UK which was established in 1870 as Leicester School of Art and gained university status in 1992. DMU is ranked 54th by Times University ranking for 2015. The 70% research of university was deemed “world leading” and “internationally excellent” in 2008. Q: Where is your institution located? A: Neils Brock Copenhagen Business College is located in Nørre Voldgade: Central

Denmark. Q. Why did you chose Denmark for your study? A: Well, I did research on this topic and found Denmark is one of the best study destination for international students for higher education. Most of the universities in Denmark are recognized for high performance and standard. Teachers of Denmark are known for their friendly behavior and the learning programs are also have been found very effective, compared to any other European country. Q. How much does it cost in total to live in Denmark for 1 month? A: Living in Denmark is costly high, it costs like DKK 4500 to DKK 5500 per month for all expenses. Q. Who is main sponsor of your study? A: My Parents are my sponsor for my study, specially my uncle and auntie is doing sponsor for my all expenses. Q. What is your parents’ source of Income? A: Well, my father is working as Marketing Officer in Manpower company. And my uncle is lecturer of Sociology in High School at my hometown. And my untie is running our private boarding school in our hometown, which was founded by my uncle and untie in 2003. Q. Where will you be living during your studies? A: I will be sharing an accommodation with my friend, who is currently staying and studying in Copenhagen.

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Q. How does your purposed course of study linked to your previous study? A: I studied hospitality management at university which is combination of Hotel, Tourism and Management. I had some management courses in my BSC HCM syllabus. As I wanted to be Hospitality entrepreneur in future, my purposed course of study will develop the management education as well as managerial skills, and this will help me to run my own business in Hospitality field in future. Q. Do you have any plans to travel while you are studying in Denmark? A: As a student of Hospitality Management, I’ve always been keen interested to travel to new places. In my first priority, I am planning to visit the tourist destination “The Danish Riviera”, Aahrus; one of the happiest city in the world and West Zealand: The Land of Vikings. Q. How did you find out about your institution before applying? A: When I planned to join Business course in Copenhagen, I did online study and I found Neils Brock is one of the good place to study my purposed subject. And I took help of education consultancy for document processing. Q. Do you have any relatives or friends staying there? Can you tell me what they do and where they live? A: Yes, I have one friend, his name is Sunstar Shrestha, with whom I will be sharing accommodation for few months. He is studying AP degree in Service, Hospitality & Tourism Management in Køge Campus in Copenhagen.

Q. What are your future plans after completing your study? A: Well, after completion of my study, I intend to apply for Job which is related to my educational background and start putting my academic knowledge into practical. After gaining experience, I will back to my country and start my own business in my home town. Q. What type of business you are planning to do in future? A: I am from Far-Western Region of Nepal, which is assumed as very rural and poor area of this country. People call it “Sudur Paschim” that means “Very Far Wes” but we call our place as “Sundar Sudur Paschim.” That means “Beautiful Far-West” Because most of the people are unknown about the true treasure hidden there. And that treasure is various undiscovered tourist destination of Far West. I specially want to promote “Khaptad” as tourist destination which is piece of the heaven left on this earth. I and my friends from same education background are planning to run business which will promote the tourist destination of far west and provide all the component of tourism in that place: Accessibility, Accommodation & Amenities to domestic and international tourists. We specially want to focus on Health tourism in Khaptad because Khaptad is renowned for its ecosystem, flora and fauna.

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Q. What do you know about Copenhagen? A: Copenhagen is capital city and most populated city of Denmark. Copenhagen was founded as fishing village in 10th Century and became capital city of Denmark and Norway in early 15th century. Since 21st century Copenhagen has been strongly developed in urban and cultural field because of major investment made in institution and infrastructure. Copenhagen is happiest place in the world because of its quality of living. It has stable economy in education services and social safety for both local and international citizens. Although it is one of the most expensive city in the world, it is also one of the most livable with its facilities of public transport and environment policies. Q. What do you know more about Denmark? A: The Kingdome of Denmark is sovereign country in Northern Europe bordered with Germany. People of Denmark in 8th century were known as Vikings. Vikings were the people who colonized, raided, traded and conquered in most of part in Europe. People of Denmark are considered as happiest people in the world. Denmark has highest employment rate in Europe (75%). Denmark is expected as world class education for higher level study in various field of such as engineering, business, social science and IT and Hospitality. Q. Why are you not studying in your own country or in India? Why did you choose Denmark for your study? A: As a matter of fact, tourism activities was emerged from European country, people of Europe travelled across the world to trade. Their movement created an opportunity in Hospitality Industry. Similarly, in present days European have been discovering new techniques of Hospitality business. So, most of the hospitality students prefer to study in European country, and Denmark is one of the best place for study as well as learn new techniques of tourism business. The interviewer types all your answer in computer so, you have to speak slowly with stopping in where your sentence ends. S/He will give you typed copy of answer to make correction. Feel free to ask and make correction of your spoken answer in the second last column of sheet. Sign the mock questionnaire and answer sheet and give it to interviewer.

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