Higher Commercial Examination Programme (HHX)
The Higher Commercial Examination Programme (HHX) started in 1888 on a private initiative at Niels Brock's Business College in Copenhagen with a structure, which in the main can be found in the course today. The range of subjects comprised both commercial and general subjects.
In 1920, the Rigsdag. the parliament of the time, adopted the first business college act, which i.a. entitled the Niels Brock Business College to call itself a "higher business school". This act introduced supervision of the activities of the business colleges, and the HHX became a State-controlled examination. In 1927, the first ministerial orders were issued regarding the content of the teaching which in all essentials dealt with the existing teaching.
The course was managed by the Ministry of Trade until 1965, when the responsibility was transferred to the Ministry of Education.
The HHX did not originally qualify for admission to universities and other higher education institutions in the university sector. The universities did not consider the general part of the programme sufficient. It was not until 1972 that the HHX was given the status of a university entrance examination in connection with a revision of the content and the introduction of more rigorous admission requirements. At the beginning of the 1970s, the programme was run by about half of the business colleges. By 1982, the course was offered at all business colleges.
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