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 examples of international bachelor’s programmes preapproved for admission to International Politics and Governance below.
 
For programmes not listed Roskilde University will assess if the academic content of your bachelor’s degree fulfils the specific admission requirements. We are not able to assess your qualifications before you apply for a master’s programme.
 

Argentina

• University of Buenos Aires > Political Science
• University of Palermo > International Relations (Licencido/a) 
• University of Palermo >Political Science (Licencatura)

 

Australia

• Australian National University > International Relations

 

Brazil 

• Fundação Getulio Vargas > Public Administration 
• Fundação Getulio Vargas >International Relations 

Canada 

• University of Toronto > Public Policy 

Czech Republic

• Mazaryk University > International Relations and European Politics 

 

Egypt 

• American University of Cairo > Political Science – Specialization in International Relations

Faroe Islands

• University of Faroe Islands > Social Science in Politics and Administration

France 

• ESPOL – European School of Political and Social Sciences > Political Science 

Germany

• Freie Universität > Political Science
• University of Hamburg > Political Science
• University of Heidelberg > Political Science
• University of Tübingen > Political Science 

Italy

• Luiss University > Politics, Philosophy and Economics

Japan 

• Waseda University > Political Science 

Netherlands 

• University of Amsterdam > European Studies with a minor in European Law 
• Utrecht University > Management and organizational Science 

Norway 

• University of Bergen > Comparative Politics 
• University of Oslo > International Studies
• University of Oslo > Public Administration and Management
• University of Stavanger > Political Science

Portugal 

• University of Lisboa > European Studies 
• University of Lisboa > International Relations 

Spain 

• Complutense University of Madrid > International Relations 

 

Sweden 

• Malmö University > International Relations
• University of Gothenburg > International Relations 

 

United Kingdom  

• Queen Mary University of London > Politics and International Relations 
• London School of Economics > International Social and Public Policy and Economics
• University of Manchester > Politics and international Relations 

United States of America

• Columbia University > Political Science with International Relations 
• Ohio State University > Public Policy Analysis (major)

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 at Roskilde University 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.