Admission requirements

If you are enrolled in the final semester of your bachelor’s programme you are likewise eligible to apply for admission.

 

You have legal right of admission if you have a

  • Bachelor’s degree in Medicinal Chemistry from the University of Copenhagen

This means that you are guaranteed a place on the master’s programme in Medicinal Chemistry if you apply in time to begin with 3 years after the completion of your bachelor’s degree.

 

 

You meet all academic requirements if you hold one of the degrees listed below:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry with a specialisation in Medicinal Chemistry from the University of Copenhagen
  • Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy from the University of Copenhagen, including:
    • the course NKEA05040U Advanced Organic Chemistry [Videregående organisk kemi (VO)]
    • a bachelor’s project in Pharmaceutical Sciences [course code SFABIL110U] within the scientific disciplines of medicinal chemistry and/or experimental organic chemistry

Note, that having a bachelor’s degree that automatically fulfil the admission requirements does not guarantee you admission to the programme.

Check which master’s programmes at UCPH your bachelor programme is pre-approved for admission to. Please note that the admission tool is only available in Danish.

 

 

You must hold a bachelor’s degree in chemistry, medicinal chemistry or pharmacy and have accumulated credits in chemical and biological disciplines.

In your bachelor’s degree you must have accumulated:

  • At least 80 ECTS credits on chemistry courses in the fields of organic and physical chemistry with the emphasis on theoretical and experimental chemistry courses
  • At least 30 ECTS credits from biology courses in the fields of biochemistry, molecular biology, physiology and pharmacology, of which at least 5 ECTS credits must come from within general pharmacology

Note, that having a bachelor’s degree that automatically fulfil the admission requirements does not guarantee you admission to the programme.

 

 

You must have earned your bachelor’s degree within a maximum of 5 years prior to the start of the first semester of the master’s programme, e.g. for the intake in the autumn of 2023, you must have graduated by September 2019 or thereafter. In exceptional circumstances the Admissions Committee may waive the graduation year requirement.

If your bachelor’s degree is too old, you can apply for an exemption from the graduation year requirement. If you choose to apply for an exemption, you must submit the following documents along with your application for admission:

  • A letter explaining how you have maintained your academic qualifications since graduation (e.g. relevant work, internships, further studies)
  • Relevant documentation (e.g work contracts, diplomas etc).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

Language requirements

To gain admission to a master's programme taught in English, all applicants must document qualifications on par with the Danish upper secondary school ‘English level B” with a weighted average of minimum 3 or ‘English level A’ with a weighted average of minimum 2 on the Danish grading scale.

We accept the following ways of documenting this:

 

An English taught qualifying upper secondary school diploma, bachelor’s degree or master’s degree from USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, UK or Ireland will exempt you from the language requirement.

Applicants from countries in e.g. Asia and Africa where English is the official language of instruction, must also document English language proficiency by taking an English language test.

 

 

If you have not studied a full degree in English, you must:

  • Either document that you have passed Danish upper secondary school 'English level B' (Engelsk B) with the minimum weighted average grade of 3 on the Danish grading scale
  • Or document that you have passed Danish upper secondary school ‘English level A’ (Engelsk A) with the minimum weighted average grade of 2 on the Danish grading scale
  • Or document that you are holding a Nordic entrance examination with an English level which is considered comparable to a Danish B level in English by the Danish Agency of International Education. And with a weighted grade comparable to at least 3 on the Danish grading scale See a comparison of the Nordic subject levels and grades: Nordic subject levels (in Danish)
  • Or you must pass an IELTS Academic, TOEFL, Cambridge Advanced English or Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE) test.

 

 

Name of documentation

Minimum grade

Documentation required

English level B

(Engelsk B)

Weighted average of 3

  • Danish Upper secondary school diploma
  • VUC diploma

English level A

(Engelsk A)

Weighted average of 2

  • Danish Upper secondary school diploma
  • VUC diploma

Please notice:

  • There is no period of limitation for validity of Danish upper secondary school 'English level A’' (Engelsk A) or ‘English level B’ (Engelsk B).
  • You must send us your documentation as soon as possible and no later than:
    • 1 June Non-EU, -EEA and -Swiss citizens
    • 15 August Danish, EU, EEA and Swiss citizens

 

 

Name of test

Minimum score

Information required for online check of test

IELTS (academic)

IELTS Home Edition

6.5 (overall test score)

6.5 (overall test score) 

Only overall score will be considered.

TRF Number (Test Report Form Number)

TOEFL

  1. Internet-based test (IBT)
  2. TOEFL iBT Special Home Edition
  3. ITP TOEFL-test

(MyBest Scores are not accepted)

 

83

83                                                   

560

Registration number

Cambridge Advanced (CAE)

Passed at level C1 or C2

ID-number and Secret Number

Cambridge Proficiency

Passed at level C1 or C2

ID-number and Secret Number

Please notice:

  • IELTS and TOEFL tests older than 2 years are not accepted (counted from the programme application deadline). There is no period of limitation for validity of the Cambridge tests.
  • If you have not yet completed a language test by the programme application deadline, please upload a document in which you explain when you will be forwarding the results. You are required to send us your test score as soon as possible and in no case later than: 
    • 1 June Non-EU, -EEA and -Swiss citizens 

    • 15 August Danish, EU, EEA and Swiss citizens