Admission requirements for International Politics and Governance

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 + International Studies
• Cultural Encounters + International Studies
• Historie + International Studies
• Journalistik + International Studies
• Journalistik + Politik og forvaltning
• Kommunikation + Politik og forvaltning
• Kultur- og sprogmødestudier + International Studies
• Social Psychology of Everyday Life + International Studies
• Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier + International Studies

Bachelor's degrees in Humanities and Technology

• International Studies + Geografi  
• International Studies + Sundhedsfremme- og sundhedsstrategier  

Bachelor's degrees in Natural Sciences

• International Studies og Geografi  

Bachelor's degrees in Social Sciences

• Business Administration (single-subject)
• Erhvervsøkonomi – HA (single-subject)
• 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 og forvaltning
• International Studies + Social Psychology of Everyday Life
• International Studies + Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier
• International Studies + Teknologisk-samfundsvidenskabelig planlægning, TekSam
• Politik og forvaltning (et-faglig)
• 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 og forvaltning + Socialvidenskab
• Politik og forvaltning + Virksomhedsstudier
• Socialvidenskab (single-subject) on the condition that you have passed an elective course from the subject module in Politik og Administration or International Studies

Preapproved  bachelor’s degrees from other educational institutions

If your bachelor’s programme is listed below you fulfill the specific admission requirements for International Politics and Governance.

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)

• International Business and Politics  
• Business Administration and Sociology  

University of Copenhagen (KU)  

• Statskundskab

University of Southern Denmark (SDU)

• Statskundskab  
• European Studies    

Aarhus University (AU)  

• Statskundskab
• Politik og økonomi

Aalborg University (AAU)  

• Politik og Administration  
• Sprog og Internationale Studier

See the specific admission requirements for International Politics and Governance 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.

In order to qualify for admission, your bachelor’s degree must contain 30 ECTS in one or more of the following subject areas:

• Social science methods
• Public administration/organisation
• International politics/comparative politics
• International public law
• International public economics

A minimum of 20 ECTS, corresponding in level to at least the first year of a Danish university programme, must include study activities from at least one of the following disciplines:

• Public Administration/organisation
• International Politics or Comparative Politics

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.  

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.

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 International Politics and Governance:

Bachelor’s degrees in Social Sciences

• International Studies (single-subject)
• International Studies + Politik og forvaltning

In order to use your legal right of admission to the master's programme in Business Administration and Leadership, 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.