Language requirements

TOEFL iBT with a minimum total score of 83.

The Faculty of Humanities does not accept TOEFL MyBest Scores.

TOEFL test takers are required to choose UCPH Faculty of Humanities as recipient of the test results. 

• Institution code: 3312 
• Department code: Other humanities

TOEFL iBT certificates must be valid (no more than two years old) at the start of the master's degree programme, i.e. by 1 September in the applicable admission year.

IELTS Academic test with a minimum total score of 6.5.

IELTS certificates must be valid (no more than two years old) at the start of the master's degree programme, i.e. by 1 September in the applicable admission year.

• C2 Proficiency (formerly known as Cambridge English: Proficiency, CPE), passed

• C1 Advanced (formerly known as Cambridge English: Advanced, CAE), passed

Cambridge English certificates must be valid at the start of the master's degree programme, i.e. by 1 September in the applicable admission year.

If you are a citizen of one of the following countries, you are not required to take an English test:

• Australia
• Canada (except Quebec and northern New Brunswick)
• Irish Republic
• New Zealand
• United Kingdom - including England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
• United States of America

Applicants apply for the exemption by submitting a valid passport from one of the aforementioned countries in their online application.

You are exempt from submitting an English proficiency test if you can document that you have completed your upper secondary education in either Sweden, Norway, Finland or Iceland, AND your upper secondary school leaving certificate includes passed English language courses equivalent to the Danish "English B-level".

Applicants apply for the exemption by uploading an original exam certificate from the relevant Nordic country to their online application.

You are exempt from submitting an English proficiency test if you can document that you have studied and passed an entire bachelor's degree at a university in either Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, United Kingdom or the United States of America.

The applicant is required to have resided in the English-speaking country for the entirety of their bachelor studies. Applicants who have completed an exchange semester abroad in an English-speaking country do not qualify for the exemption.

Applicants apply for the exemption by submitting a bachelor degree certificate and transcript in their online application.

Please note that the Faculty of Humanities does not accept personal recommendations and attestations of English proficiency from former universities or professors as sufficient proof of documenting your English language proficiency.

You are exempt from submitting an English proficiency test if you can document that you have an International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma which includes one of the following courses in which the minimum pass grade of 3 has been obtained:

• English B, standard level (SL)
• English A1, A2 or B, higher level (HL)
• English A1 or A2 standard level (SL)
• English A Literature or English A Language and Literature, higher Level (HL)
• English A Literature or English A Language and Literature, standard Level (SL)

Applicants apply for the exemption by submitting an International Baccalaureate (IB) leaving certificate and diploma in their online application.