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 Human Nutrition.
With a Bachelor's degree in
- Food Science (fødevarer og ernæring) with the Food, Health and Nutrition subject-specific package from University of Copenhagen
you are granted reserved access and guaranteed a place on the Master’s programme in Human Nutrition if you apply in time to begin within 3 years of the completion of your Bachelor’s degree.
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.
- Food Science (fødevarer og ernæring) with the Food, Health and Nutrition subject-specific package from University of Copenhagen (previously reserved access)
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:
- Minimum 120 ECTS credits within the field of natural science including minimum:
- 7.5 ECTS credits in biochemistry (including laboratory work) equivalent in content to the biochemistry course LKEB10077 Biokemi 1
- 7.5 ECTS credits in physiology equivalent in content to the human physiology course NNEB19009U Basal human fysiologi
- 7.5 ECTS credits in statistics equivalent in content to the statistics course LMAB10069U Statistisk dataanalyse 1
If you have a BSc degree in Exercise and Sport Sciences from University of Copenhagen you are qualified for admission if your programme includes the following:
- 7.5 ECTS credits in biochemistry (including laboratory work) equivalent in content to the biochemistry course LKEB10077 Biokemi 1
- 7.5 ECTS credits in statistics equivalent in content to the statistics course NNEB15001U Basal statistik i Idrætsvidenskab
If you have a Professional Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition and Health with the line Health Promotion and Dietetics from one of the following
- University College Copenhagen
- VIA University College
- University College Absalon
- University College South Denmark
you are qualified for admission if your programme includes the following:
- 7.5 ECTS in biochemistry (including laboratory work) equivalent in content to the biochemistry course LKEB10077 Biokemi 1
- 7.5 ECTS in physiology equivalent in content to the human physiology course NNEB19009U Basal human fysiologi
- 7.5 ECTS in statistics equivalent in content to the statistics course LMAB10069U Statistisk dataanalyse 1
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.
Unless you have reserved access to the program you are applying for, you are required to document proficiency in English.
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.
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 in courses in natural science
- Grade-point average achieved in qualifying degree
Limitation on second degrees
If you have already completed a Master's degree, please check out the rules concerning a second degree.