Admission Requirements

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 programme in Agricultural Economics.

 

With a Bachelor's degree in

  • Agricultural Economics (jordbrugsøkonomi) / Environmental and Food Economics (miljø- og fødevareøkonomi) from University of Copenhagen

you are granted reserved access and guaranteed a place on the Master’s programme in Agricultural Economics if you apply in time to begin within 3 years of the completion of your Bachelor’s degree.

Learn about when and how to apply

 

 

You meet all academic requirements if you hold one of the degrees listed below. Learn about when and how to apply. Note, however, that you still need to document that you meet the programme's language requirements.

  • Agricultural Economics (jordbrugsøkonomi) / Environmental and Food Economics (miljø- og fødevareøkonomi) from the University of Copenhagen (previously reserved access)
  • Economics (økonomi) from University of Copenhagen, University of Southern Denmark or Aarhus University
  • Mathematics-Economics (matematik-økonomi) from University of Copenhagen or Aarhus University
  • Computer Science and Economics (datalogi-økonomi) from University of Copenhagen

Check which master’s programmes at UCPH your bachelor programme is pre-approved for admission - only available in Danish

 

 

If you have a Bachelor’s degree other than those listed above, you must submit additional documentation along with your application so we can evaluate whether or not you meet the admission requirements. Learn about when and how to apply.

If you have a Bachelor’s degree, Professional Bachelor's degree or equivalent from Danish or international universities you are qualified for admission if your programme includes the following:

  • Courses in economics corresponding to at least 37.5 ECTS credits, subject to the following distribution constraints:
    • A minimum of 22.5 ECTS credits within micro economics
    • A minimum of 7.5 ECTS credits within macro economics
  • Courses in statistics corresponding to at least 7.5 ECTS credits
  • Courses in econometrics corresponding to at least 7.5 ECTS credits
  • Courses in mathematics corresponding to at least 7.5 ECTS credits

If you have a Bachelor's degree in Natural Resources with the specialisation in Environmental Economics from University of Copenhagen you are qualified for admission if your programme includes the following:

We may also admit applicants who, after an individual academic assessment, are deemed to possess educational qualifications equivalent to those required above.

Qualifying degree and other courses/projects

When we assess whether you meet the admission requirements for the Master's degree program, Danish legislation only allows us to assess your Bachelor's degree. Consequently, you cannot study supplementary courses between Bachelor's and Master's degree programs in order to meet the admission requirements.

If you have passed courses/projects before you complete the qualifying Bachelor's degree, these can be included in the assessment, even though they are not part of the Bachelor's degree program.

  • It applies to courses/projects you have taken as single subjects and courses/projects you have taken as part of another study program.
  • A maximum of 30 ECTS credits of these courses/projects may be included.

If you only need the necessary ECTS credits in the field of econometrics to meet the admission requirement, you can be granted conditional admission. If you have been granted conditional admission, you must pass an approved econometrics course of at least 7.5 ECTS credits prior to your studies begin. The summer course Introduction in Econometrics has been approved. You must register for the course yourself.

You can apply to have another econometrics course approved by writing to studenterservices@science.ku.dk. In the email, you write the name of the Master's programme you want to apply for and write that you wish to apply to have another econometrics course approved in addition to an application for the Master's programme. Also, state when you plan on taking the course, and attach a course description.

 

 

Unless you have reserved access to the program you are applying for, you are required to document proficiency in English.

See language requirements

 

 

International Bachelor’s degree

You can only get an answer to whether or not your degree meets the admission requirement by applying for admission to the MSc Programme. Only the admission committee can evaluate whether you are qualified or not and they only do this once they have received your application.

Bachelor’s degree from Denmark

You are entitled to 1 pre-assessment for 1 study programme, where, based on an assessment of the documentation you have submitted, we will inform you whether you meet the admission requirements.

This is a service offered by SCIENCE, but it is not a service you have to make use of in order for you to apply for admission.

Read about pre-assessment

 

 

If the number of qualified applicants to the programme exceeds the number of places available, applicants will be prioritised according to the following criteria:

  • Total number of ECTS credits in relevant courses (micro economics, macroeconomics, international economics, agricultural economics, environmental- or resource economics, statistics, econometrics, mathematics)

Limitation on second degrees

If you have already completed a Master's degree, please check out the rules concerning a second degree.