Admission requirements

Study group. Photo: Sara Galbiati

Admission to a master’s degree programme in Security Risk Management requires at minimum successful completion of a qualifying and recognised university degree equivalent in level and content to a Danish bachelor’s degree in the field of Social Science

If you have completed a bachelor’s degree or are enrolled in the final semester of a bachelor’s degree programme you are eligible to apply for the master’s degree programme in Security Risk Management.

You are required to document proficiency in English according to your background; see the language requirements.

Assessment of academic qualifications

Solely the applicant’s bachelor degree will be considered when the applicant’s academic qualifications is assessed. This means that it is not possible to complete supplementary courses in order to meet the specific admission requirements.

The only exception to this is activities that have been passed before the bachelor degree was finished. These courses can either be a part of a previous education or taken as single courses. But no more than 30 ECTS credits like this can be taken into account in the assessment.

Improved grades are not considered

Any improved grades are not considered. This is due to the fact that in Denmark it is not possible to improve grades in courses that has already been passed on the Bachelor's degree programme. Thus, if you have been awarded more than one grade in the same course, we will only consider the grade that you were awarded the first time that you passed the course when calculating your grade point average.

All applicants from non-Danish universities must, consequently, upload a complete transcript showing all examination attempts, the date of each examination attempt and the appurtenant exam result. If the applicant is unable to obtain a complete transcript from the home university, a confirmation that the applicant's transcript does not contain improved grades issued by the current home university is required instead.

Random checks of the applicant's basis for admission may also be made to the home university. In the case of admitted students, any fraudulent information in terms of grades may result in the student being deregistered from the degree programme in case of admission without entitlement.

However, any grade awarded on the basis of an appeal against the original grade will be considered. In this case, it must be clearly stated that this is an improved grade as a result of a complaint. Any such grade must be made available to the Faculty no later than the deadline for applications. Otherwise, the grade can only be considered in subsequent application rounds.

Random checks of the validity of international exam results will be carried out.

Please contact the Student Advisory Service, if you are in doubt about the rules or have questions about your entry qualifications.

 

 

 

In order to be admitted into the Master’s programme in Security Risk Management, applicants must fulfil the following requirements:

 

Degrees that do not qualify for admission

The following degrees do not qualify for admission and will not be taken into consideration:

  • Marketing (fx. Marketing Management)
  • Engineering (fx. Civil Engineering, Mining Engineering, Chemical Engineering)
  • Communication and Media studies
  • Public Accountancy
  • Language studies
  • Psychology
  • Geography
  • Public Relations
  • Tourism studies
  • Art studies
  • Journalism
  • Social Work
  • Science degrees (biology, chemistry, technology, mathematics etc.)

As a rule of thumb a degree in business studies does not qualify. However, applicants whose business degree contains an international, sociological, organizational, political or cultural perspective might be taken into consideration depending on the total amount of ECTS/credits within social sciences.  

As a rule of thumb a degree in the humanities does not qualify. These include History, Philosophy, Literature and Cultural studies. However, applicants whose humanities degree contains half or more of ECTS/credits within the social sciences might be taken into consideration.