How to apply as a student or a former student

Billede af studerende

If you are enrolled or have been enrolled in a master's degree programme, you must find out whether you are to apply for

  • admission/re-admission
  • re-enrolment, transfer or change of programme.


Do you have a master degree? - please read more

Apply for admission

You must apply for admission if you have passed less than the first year of study on the programme you are applying for.

If you have passed exams corresponding to the first year of the programme you are applying for, you still need to apply for admission, if you have passed exams as:

  • part of a part-time programme (including single subjects)
  • part of a programme at an educational institution outside Denmark.

If you have previously studied the same MSc programme

  • You need to be disenrolled from the programme no later than 1 April to be able to reenroll 1 September of the same year.
  • The status of your passed exams, exam attempts, and study activity requirements will take effect again.

Application deadline: 1 March

Follow the ordinary application procedure

Apply for re-enrolment, transfer or change of programme

You must apply for re-enrolment, transfer or change of programme if you have passed exams corresponding to at least the first year of the programme you are applying for.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The application deadline is 1 March, for study start 1 September.

The application portal opens 16 January.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Submit your application via the application portal. Apply well in advance to 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. Exchange data from your previous programme by giving permission for the data exchange.
  4. Upload any necessary documentation that was not transferred.
  5. Submit 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 user guide for change of programme, transfer and re-enrolment

 

 

You will receive your application result via the application portal no later than 10 June. Results will be sent out continuously, from the beginning of May, so please check your email where we will inform you when the result is ready in the application portal.

If you are offered admission, you have 5 days to accept the place. Therefore, it is important that you keep an eye on your email.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Re-enrolment

You must apply for re-enrolment if you have previously studied the same full-time programme and passed the equivalent of one year or more of the programme you are applying for. This is regardless of whether you previously studied at UCPH or at another Danish university.

 

You can be re-enrolled if:

  1. The programme has vacant places.
  2. You were a full-time student in the same master’s degree programme at UCPH or at another Danish university.
  3. You have passed the equivalent of one year of the programme you are applying for.
  4. It has been at least five months since you were disenrolled.
  5. You meet the programme's admission requirements.

In the application form, you must first choose ‘Study Change/Transfer’ as the type of degree/course. Later, you must choose what type of enrolment you are applying for. Choose ‘Re-enrolment’.


In case of re-enrolment, you will follow the most recent curriculum. If you have been enrolled under another curriculum, you might not get a 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 disenrolled from the programme will still apply.

Apply for dispensation

If you have used your 3 examination attempts in some of your courses or if you did not meet the requirement for maximum duration of studies at the time of your disenrolment, you can only be re-enrolled if you are granted dispensation for these requirements.

  • You apply for a dispensation by filling out this form, which you have to upload to the application portal with your application for re-enrolment.
  • If you are applying for a dispensation because of illness or any other reason that you can document, please remember to upload this documentation with your application.

 

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

You can transfer all your data from the previous programme by using the feature 'data exchange'. Remember to check which data is transferred to make sure that we get all the necessary dataYou 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.
  • If you were studying at another university than UCPH, you must upload a certificate, which include the period of enrolment and the reason why your enrolment from the programme was terminated. The certificate must be signed by your former university.


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 were studying at another university than UCPH, you must upload the curriculum for your current MSc programme.


Additional documentation

  • Dispensation application if you apply for dispensation based on exceptional circumstances.

If you have passed courses on an uncompleted programme

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

Read more about credit transfer from a previous programme

Transfer to UCPH

You must apply for transfer if you are studying the same full-time programme at another Danish university and have passed the equivalent of at least one year of the programme you are applying for. 

 

You can be transferred to UCPH 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 at least one year of study on the programme you are applying for (see its current curriculum). 
  3. The programme has vacant places. 
  4. You meet the programme's admission requirements.


Apply for 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 studentservices@science.ku.dk.

 

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

You can transfer all 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. 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 another university than UCPH, you must upload the curriculum for your current MSc programme.


Additional documentation

  • Documentation confirmining that you are enrolled at a Danish university.
  • Dispensation application if you apply for dispensation based on exceptional circumstances.

If you have passed courses on an uncompleted programme

If you have started 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

Change of programme

You must apply for a change of programme if you are studying on another full-time programme and have passed the equivalent of one year of study on the programme you are applying for.

 

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 at least one year of study on the programme you are applying for.
3. The programme has vacant places.
4. You meet the programme's admission requirements.

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


Apply for 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 change of programme before completing the first year of study. For further information, contact studentservices@science.ku.dk.

 

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

You can transfer all your data from the previous programme by using the feature 'data exchange'. Remember to check which data is 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 another university than UCPH, you must upload the curriculum for your current MSc programme.

Additional documentation

  • Dispensation application if you apply for dispensation based on exceptional circumstances.

If you have passed courses on an uncompleted programme

If you have started 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