Admission requirements Global and Development Studies
You may apply for admission if you have a bachelor’s degree equivalent to a Danish bachelor’s degree. To qualify for admission you must fulfil specific admission requirements for the Global and Development Studies master's programme as well as language requirements.
Roskilde University has preapproved a number of bachelor’s degrees which fulfil specific admission requirements. Only degrees from Danish and Faroese Universities are currently preapproved.
If you have a bachelor’s degree that is not preapproved you may still apply for admission. The Admissions Office will assess if the academic content of your educational background fulfills the specific admission requirements.
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If your bachelor’s degree is on the list of degrees that have been preapproved it fulfils the specific admission requirements. If your degree is not on the list, the Admissions Office will assess if the academic content of your educational background fulfils the specific admission requirements.
We are not able to assess your qualifications before you apply for a master’s programme.
Bachelor’s degrees in Humanities
- Communication Studies + Business Studies
- Communication Studies + International Studies
- Communication Studies + Social Psychology of Everyday Life
- Cultural Encounters + Business Studies
- Cultural Encounters + Communication Studies
- Cultural Encounters + International Studies
- Cultural Encounters + Social Psychology of Everyday Life
- Journalistik + International Studies
- Journalistik + Politik og forvaltning
- Kommunikation + Arbejdslivsstudier
- Kommunikation + Dansk
- Kommunikation og Datalogi
- Kommunikation + Filosofi og videnskabsteori
- Kommunikation + Historie
- Kommunikation + Journalistik
- Kommunikation + Kultur- og sprogmødestudier
- Kommunikation + Performance-design
- Kommunikation + Politik og forvaltning
- Kommunikation + Psykologi
- Kommunikation + Socialvidenskab
- Kommunikation + Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier
- Kommunikation + Virksomhedsstudier
- Kultur- og sprogmødestudier + Dansk
- Kultur- og sprogmødestudier + Filosofi og videnskabsteori
- Kultur- og sprogmødestudier + Historie
- Kultur- og sprogmødestudier + International Studies
- Kultur- og sprogmødestudier + Journalistik
- Kultur- og sprogmødestudier + Kommunikation
- Kultur- og sprogmødestudier + Psykologi
- Kultur- og sprogmødestudier + Pædagogik og uddannelsesstudier
- Kultur- og sprogmødestudier + Socialvidenskab
- Kultur- og sprogmødestudier + Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier
- Social Psychology of Everyday Life + International Studies
- Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier + International Studies
- Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier + Kommunikation
- Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier + Kultur- og sprogmødestudier
Bachelor’s degrees in Humanities-Technology
- Geografi + International Studies
- Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier + International Studies
- Teknologisk-samfundsvidenskabelig planlægning, TekSam + International Studies
Bachelor’s degrees in Social Sciences
All Social Science bachelor’s degrees are preapproved for admission.
- Arbejdslivsstudier + Kommunikation
- Arbejdslivsstudier + Psykologi
- Arbejdslivsstudier + Pædagogik og uddannelsesstudier
- Arbejdslivsstudier + Virksomhedsstudier
- Business Administration (single-subject)
- Business Studies + Communication Studies
- Business Studies + Cultural Encounters
- Business Studies + Social Psychology of Everyday Life
- Erhvervsøkonomi – HA (single-subject)
- Geografi + Historie
- Geografi + Kultur- og sprogmødestudier
- Geografi + Plan, by og proces
- Geografi + Socialvidenskab
- Geografi + Teknologisk-samfundsvidenskabelig planlægning, TekSam
- International Studies (single-subject)
- International Studies + Business Studies
- International Studies + Communication Studies
- International Studies + Cultural Encounters
- International Studies + Geografi
- International Studies + Journalistik
- International Studies + Kultur- og sprogmødestudier
- International Studies + Plan, by og proces
- International Studies + Politik & Forvaltning
- International Studies + Social Psychology of Everyday Life
- International Studies + Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier
- International Studies + Teknologisk-samfundsvidenskabelig planlægning, TekSam
- Plan, by og proces + Filosofi og videnskabsteori
- Plan, by og proces + Kommunikation
- Plan, by og proces + Performance-design
- Plan, by og proces + Psykologi
- Plan, by og proces + Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier
- Plan, by og proces + Teknologisk-samfundsvidenskabelig planlægning, TekSam
- Politik og forvaltning (single-subject)
- Politik og forvaltning + Computer Science
- Politik og forvaltning + Datalogi
- Politik og forvaltning + Historie
- Politik og forvaltning + Informatik
- Politik og forvaltning + Journalistik
- Politik og forvaltning + Kommunikation
- Politik og forvaltning + Plan, by og proces
- Politik & Forvaltning + Socialvidenskab
- Politik og forvaltning + Virksomhedsstudier
- Samfundsøkonomi
- Socialvidenskab (single subject)
- Socialvidenskab + Arbejdslivsstudier
- Socialvidenskab + Dansk
- Socialvidenskab + Geografi
- Socialvidenskab + Historie
- Socialvidenskab + Journalistik
- Socialvidenskab + Kommunikation
- Socialvidenskab + Kultur- og sprogmødestudier
- Socialvidenskab + Plan, by og proces
- Socialvidenskab + Psykologi
- Socialvidenskab + Pædagogik og uddannelsesstudier
- Socialvidenskab + Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier
- Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier + Arbejdslivsstudier
- Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier + Journalistik
- Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier + Kommunikation
- Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier + Kultur- og sprogmødestudier
- Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier + Psykologi
- Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier + Pædagogik og uddannelsesstudier
- Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier + Teknologisk-samfundsvidenskabelig planlægning, TekSam
- Teknologisk-samfundsvidenskabelig planlægning, TekSam (single-subject)
- Teknologisk-samfundsvidenskabelig planlægning, TekSam + Arbejdslivsstudier
- Teknologisk-samfundsvidenskabelig planlægning, TekSam + Kommunikation
- Teknologisk-samfundsvidenskabelig planlægning, TekSam + Virksomhedsstudier
- Virksomhedsstudier + Journalistik
- Virksomhedsstudier + Kommunikation
- Virksomhedsstudier + Psykologi
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If your bachelor’s programme is listed below you fulfill the specific admission requirements for Global and Development Studies. If your programme is not listed below, the Admissions Office will assess if the academic content of your educational background fulfils the specific admission requirements.
Only degrees from Danish and Faroese universities are currently preapproved.
We are not able to assess your qualifications before you apply for a master’s programme.
Copenhagen Business School (CBS)
- Business Administration and Sociology
- Europæisk Business
- International Business
- International Business and Politics
University of Copenhagen (KU)
- Antropologi
- Geografi og geoinformatik
- Historie
- Jura
- Mellemøstens sprog og samfund
- Moderne Indien og sydasienstudier
- Religionsvidenskab
- Samfundsfag
- Sociologi
- Statskundskab
- Økonomi
- Østeuropastudier
University of Southern Denmark (SDU)
- Antropologi
- European Studies
- Historie
- Jura
- Market and Management Anthropology
- Offentlig politik og økonomi
- Økonomi
- Religionsstudier
- Religionsvidenskab
- Sociologi og Kulturanalyse
- Statskundskab
Aarhus University (AU)
- Antropologi
- Arabisk- og Islamstudier
- Engelsk med tilvalg i det Globale Europa
- Historie
- Jura
- Medievidenskab
- Politik og økonomi
- Religionsvidenskab
- Ruslandstudier
- Samfundsfag
- Sociologi
- Statskundskab
- Statskundskab
- Økonomi
Aalborg University (AAU)
- Geografi
- Historie
- Jura
- Politik og Administration
- Samfundsfag
- Samfundsøkonomi
- Sociology
- Sprog og Internationale Studier
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See the specific admission requirements for Global and Development Studies below. If your bachelor’s degree has not been preapproved, the Admissions Office will assess if the academic content of your educational background fulfils the specific admission requirements. This is based on an individual, academic assessment.
We are not able to assess your qualifications before you apply for a master’s programme.
Specific admission requirements for Global and Development Studies
In order to qualify for admission, your bachelor’s degree must contain 40 ECTS within subject areas and scientific methods relevant for global studies and international development studies:
30 ECTS within one or more of the following subject areas:
- Communication Studies
- International Development Studies
- International Law
- Political Economy
- Politics
- Social, Cultural and Political Geography
- Sociology/Anthropology
10 ECTS within one or more of the following subject areas:
- Social science methods corresponding in level to at least the first year of a Danish university programme
- Theory of science corresponding in level to at least the first year of a Danish university programme
- Methods in law studies or history corresponding in level to at least the first year of a Danish university programme
The University makes an individual assessment of whether your qualifications cover the above subject areas to a sufficient extend based on the documents that you upload with your application.
If you do not meet the requirements for methodology/theory of science, you may be offered prerequisite studies prior to the start of your master’s studies.
Please note that only formal qualifications (ECTS/credits) are assessed, and that the university only takes ECTS/credits passed as part of or prior to the graduation date of the bachelor’s programme into account.
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If you have completed one of the following bachelor’s programmes you have a legal right of admission (retskrav) to the master's programme in Global and Development Studies:
Bachelor’s degrees in Social Sciences
- Business Studies and Communication Studeis
- Business Studies + Cultural Encounters
- International Studies + Business Studies
- International Studies + Communication Studies
- International Studies + Cultural Encounters
- International Studies + Geografi
- International Studies + Journalistik
- International Studies + Kultur- og sprogmødestudier
- International Studies + Plan, by og proces
- International Studies + Social Psychology of Everyday Life
- International Studies + Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier
- International Studies + Teknologisk-samfundsvidenskabelig planlægning, TekSam
In order to use your legal right of admission to the master's programme in Global and Development Studies, you must apply for admission to the master's programme in accordance with current application deadlines and procedures.
If you apply after the application deadline you may only be admitted if the university offers vacant study places.