Nordic Study

Independent consultancy • Recruitment • International relations

Recruiting international students to schools across the Nordics.

Nordic Study is the link between Nordic schools and international education agents, handling introductions, agreements and the practical coordination that turns interest into enrollments.

Let’s talk How it works

Nordic Study is founded by Rune Ditlev

Rune Ditlev

Rune Ditlev is an independent consultant and project manager specialising in international student recruitment for schools across the Nordic region. Drawing on more than twenty years' experience across a broad cross-section of the Danish education sector, he brings a precise, first-hand understanding of what schools genuinely need, and what their leadership can realistically expect from an international strategy.

His international outlook has been shaped over decades, through an internationally oriented career and a sustained personal engagement with cross-cultural exchange. A commitment to building understanding across borders has remained a constant throughout his work, underpinned by an extensive international network of schools and agents.

“I combine strategic thinking with hands-on execution, and I thrive in environments where change is already underway and organisations are actively transforming.”

How it works

Support for schools and agents, from the first introduction to enrollment and beyond.

Why recruit internationally?

Open the doors, and the effects reach further than any curriculum can capture. The value of cultural encounter is not always measurable in economic terms. Yet it is real, and it compounds. When schools build bridges and students form friendships across cultures, something more enduring emerges: an encounter with difference, an understanding of another person's reality, and international relationships that last well beyond the programme itself. That, fundamentally, is what international recruitment is for.

For partner schools

Whether you lead a folk high school, an efterskole or another institution seeking to recruit internationally, we provide a steady, thoroughly vetted pipeline of applicants, without requiring your own staff to invest time in building and maintaining an international network. We manage agent relations, applicant screening and follow-up on your behalf, so your team's attention stays where it matters most: on the students once they arrive.

Our network and agents

Direct access to Nordic schools, clear and current information on programmes, dates and admission requirements, and a single reliable point of contact who responds promptly and sees every application through to completion.

International transformation

We help schools translate ambition into an operational international strategy: moving from intention to a concrete plan, and from plan to execution. By raising the right questions early, we help leadership teams anticipate and resolve the obstacles most likely to derail an international initiative, before they become costly.

Targeted, strategic recruitment

For schools seeking to focus recruitment on specific countries or regions, whether the objective is a more diverse student body or other strategic priorities, we tailor our approach accordingly, drawing on our network to match the school's specific ambitions.

The economic case

Our agent network operates on one clear principle: students pay full tuition for their stay. International recruitment should deliver value on the financial side of a school's operations, not only the cultural one. Our model is built to ensure schools experience both.

Let’s talk

Whether you're starting from scratch or just want to tune up your recruitment, let's find the right way forward.