When you apply for a programme, you must meet all the admission requirements, and the programme must have vacancies.

Submit your application via the application portal. Apply well in advance – thereby, you may avoid technical problems that often arise just before application deadlines.

How to use the application portal

1. Log in or register as a user in the application portal.
2. Fill in your application.
   
   
3. Transfer data from your previous programme by using the data transfer feature.
   
   
4. Upload any necessary documentation that was not transferred.
   
   
5. Send your application.
   
   
6. Remember to check your email for important messages from UCPH (including your spam filter) and in the application portal. It may be decisive for whether you get a place or not.
   See also the user guide to the application portal.

Response to your application

You will receive your application result via the application portal no later than:

Danish, EU/EEA and Swiss applicants

• 10 June (September-intake)

Non-EU/EEA applicants

• 1 May (September-intake)

Responses will be sent out continuously, so please keep an eye on your email where you will receive a notification when the response is ready in the application portal.

Deadline for accepting an offer of admission

Danish, EU/EEA and Swiss applicants

• 15 June

Non-EU/EEA applicants

• 7 days from the date that you receive the offer of admission.

Therefore, it is important that you keep an eye on your email.

You can apply for admission or readmission if:

1. You were a full-time student on the same master’s degree programme at UCPH or another Danish university.
   
   
2. It has been at least five months since you were withdrawn. You must therefore be withdrawn from the programme on 1 April in order to apply for readmission in the same year with study start on 1 September.
   
   
3. Your Bachelor's degree qualify for admission to and you meet the language requirements of the MSc degree programme to which you want to apply for admission.
   
   

Apply for readmission (former student at UCPH)

Apply for admission (new student at UCPH)

You can apply for re-enrolment if

1. The programme has vacant places.
   
   
2. You were a full-time student on the same master’s degree programme at UCPH or another Danish university.
   
   
3. You have passed the equivalent of one year of study on the programme you are applying for.
   
   
4. It has been at least five months since you were withdrawn.
   
   
5. Your Bachelor's degree qualify for admission to and you meet the language requirements of the MSc degree programme to which you want to apply for admission.
   
   

In case of re-enrolment, you will follow the most recent curriculum. If you have been enrolled under another curriculum, you might not get credit transfer for some of your passed exams. Please also note that your previous examination attempts and the study activity requirements that were in force when you were withdrawn from the programme will still apply.

Apply for re-enrolment

Credit transfer

If you have started on a bachelor’s or master’s programme without completing it, it is a legal requirement that you inform us about it and send documentation for completed courses and exams.
Read more about credit transfer from a previous programme

We need documentation from you to assess your admission qualifications and your abilities to complete the programme.

You can transfer a lot of your data from the previous programme by using the feature 'data exchange'. Remember to check which data will be transferred to make sure that we get all the necessary data, and you only need to upload missing documentation.

In the application portal, you upload documentation under ‘Requirements and prerequisites’, in accordance with the headings below:

Completed higher education programmes

• An overview of courses/subject elements. The overview must contain your grades, the amount of ECTS/credits/units obtained, the date you passed the respective exams and a signature from the issuing institution.

Non-completed higher education programmes

• An overview of courses/subject elements.  The overview must contain your grades, the amount of ECTS/credits/units obtained, the date you passed the respective exams and a signature from the issuing institution.

List of courses/subject elements

• An overview of the courses/subject elements that you expect to pass before 1 September (the start of the MSc programme at UCPH).
• If you was studying at a another university than UCPH, you must upload the curriculum for your current MSc programme.

Additional documentation

• Proof of English language proficiency on par with the Danish upper secondary school 'English level B'. Read more under "admission requirements" > "language requirements".
• Dispensation application if you apply for dispensation based on exceptional circumstances*

* Upload additional documentation if one of the following situations applies to you:

• You have used your examination attempts and have not met the study activity requirement of the programme
• You have used your maximum completion time.
• You apply for dispensation because of exceptional circumstances.
• If you were withdrawn from or were unable to continue on the programme, for example because you did not pass the first-year exam, you must upload documentation that your ability to complete the programme has improved significantly. You can only be admitted if we assess that you are able to complete the programme, or if the content of the course has been significantly changed.

Rules to be aware of

If you have started on a bachelor’s or master’s programme without completing it, it is a legal requirement that you inform us about it and send documentation for completed courses and exams.

Read more about credit transfer from a previous programme

You can apply for transfer if

1. You are a full-time student on the same master’s degree programme at another Danish university
2. You have passed courses – or will pass courses before study start – that are equivalent of one year of study on the programme you are applying for (see its current curriculum)
3. The programme has vacant places
4. Your Bachelor's degree qualify for admission to and you meet the language requirements of the MSc degree programme to which you want to apply for admission.

Apply for transfer

Dispensation

You can apply for dispensation if there are exceptional circumstances in your life of such a grave nature that you need to apply for a transfer before completing the first year of study. For further information, contact the student advisory service at the programme.

We need documentation from you to assess your admission qualifications and your abilities to complete the programme.

You can transfer a lot of your data from the previous programme by using the feature 'data exchange'. Remember to check which data will be transferred to make sure that we get all the necessary data, and you only need to upload missing documentation.

In the application portal, you upload documentation under ‘Requirements and prerequisites’, in accordance with the headings below:

Completed higher education programmes

• An overview of courses/subject elements. The overview must contain your grades, the amount of ECTS/credits/units obtained, the date you passed the respective exams and a signature from the issuing institution.

Non-completed higher education programmes

• An overview of courses/subject elements. The overview must contain your grades, the amount of ECTS/credits/units obtained, the date you passed the respective exams and a signature from the issuing institution.

List of courses/subject elements

• An overview of the courses/subject elements that you expect to pass before 1 September (the start of the MSc programme at UCPH).
• If you are studying at a another university than UCPH, you must upload the curriculum for your current MSc programme.

Additional documentation

• Proof of English language proficiency on par with the Danish upper secondary school 'English level B'. Read more under "admission requirements" > "language requirements".
• Dispensation application if you apply for dispensation based on exceptional circumstances*

* Upload additional documentation if one of the following situations applies to you:

• You have used your examination attempts and have not met the study activity requirement of the programme
• You have used your maximum completion time.
• You apply for dispensation because of exceptional circumstances.

Rules to be aware of

If you have started on a bachelor’s or master’s programme without completing it, it is a legal requirement that you inform us about it and send documentation for completed courses and exams.

Read more about credit transfer from a previous programme

You can apply for a change of programme if:

1. You are a full-time student on a master’s degree programme at a Danish university.

2. You have passed courses – or will pass courses before study start – that are equivalent of one year of study on the programme you are applying for.

3. The programme has vacant places.

4. Your Bachelor's degree qualify for admission to and you meet the language requirements of the MSc degree programme to which you want to apply for admission.


If you are no longer enrolled, you cannot apply for a change of programme. Instead you must apply for admission or readmission.

Apply for a change of programme

We need documentation from you to assess your admission qualifications and your abilities to complete the programme.

You can transfer a lot of your data from the previous programme by using the feature 'data exchange'. Remember to check which data will be transferred to make sure that we get all the necessary data, and you only need to upload missing documentation.

In the application portal, you upload documentation under ‘Requirements and prerequisites’, in accordance with the headings below:

Completed higher education programmes

• An overview of courses/subject elements. The overview must contain your grades, the amount of ECTS/credits/units obtained, the date you passed the respective exams and a signature from the issuing institution.

Non-completed higher education programmes

• An overview of courses/subject elements. The overview must contain your grades, the amount of ECTS/credits/units obtained, the date you passed the respective exams and a signature from the issuing institution.

List of courses/subject elements

• An overview of the courses/subject elements that you expect to pass before 1 September (the start of the MSc programme at UCPH).
• If you are studying at a another university than UCPH, you must upload the curriculum for your current MSc programme.

Additional documentation

• Proof of English language proficiency on par with the Danish upper secondary school 'English level B'. Read more under "admission requirements" > "language requirements".
• Dispensation application if you apply for dispensation based on exceptional circumstances*

* Upload additional documentation if one of the following situations applies to you:

• You have used your examination attempts and have not met the study activity requirement of the programme
• You have used your maximum completion time.
• You apply for dispensation because of exceptional circumstances.

Rules to be aware of

If you have started on a bachelor’s or master’s programme without completing it, it is a legal requirement that you inform us about it and send documentation for completed courses and exams.

Read more about credit transfer from a previous programme