Admission requirements

Admission to a Master’s degree programme African Studies requires at minimum successful completion of a qualifying and recognised university degree equivalent in level and content to a Danish Bachelor’s degree.

If you have completed a Bachelor’s degree or are enrolled in the final semester of a Bachelor’s programme you are eligible to apply for the Master’s degree programme in African Studies.

You are required to document proficiency in English either by

  • 1) Proof of English language proficiency level B (Danish secondary school) with a weighted grade point average of at least 3,0 or
  •   2) Acceptable TOEFL, IELTS or Cambridge Advanced English test scores no more than two years old or
  • 3) Proof that English is your native language or
  •  4) Proof that English was the language of instruction in your prior education at bachelor level.

See the full language requirements.

 

 

 

 

If you hold one of the degrees listed below, you are considered to meet all academic admission requirements and have direct access to apply to the Master’s degree programme in African studies.

      • BSc in Political Science, Geography. Antropology, Public Health from a Danish University.
      • BA in History, Religion, International Studies, Cultural Studies from a Danish University.

Check which master’s programmes at UCPH your bachelor programme is pre-approved for admission to.  Please note that the admission tool is only available in Danish.

 

 

 

 

 

To be admitted to the programme, you must hold a recent and relevant Bachelor’s degree and meet the language requirements.

Academic requirement

Students with a bachelor’s degree in other fields related to African Studies may be considered qualified for admission. Admission will only be granted if applicants, after a thorough assessment by the Assessment Committee, are deemed to possess educational qualifications equivalent to those required to qualify for admission. The applicant must have passed at least 30 ECTS within the fields of political science, anthropology, geography, history, religion, international studies, cultural studies or public health.