Admission requirements Global and Development Studies

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 + Arbejdsliv (Previously Arbejdslivsstudier)
• Kommunikation + Dansk
• Kommunikation og Datalogi
• Kommunikation + Filosofi og videnskabsteori
• Kommunikation + Historie
• Kommunikation + Journalistik
• Kommunikation + Kulturmødestudier (Previously Kultur- og sprogmødestudier)
• Kommunikation + Performance-design
• Kommunikation + Politik og forvaltning
• Kommunikation + Psykologi
• Kommunikation + Socialvidenskab
• Kommunikation + Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier
• Kommunikation + Virksomhedsstudier
• Kulturmødestudier + Dansk
• Kulturmødestudier (Previously Kultur- og sprogmødestudier) + Filosofi og videnskabsteori
• Kulturmødestudier (Previously Kultur- og sprogmødestudier) + Historie
• Kulturmødestudier (Previously Kultur- og sprogmødestudier) + International Studies
• Kulturmødestudier (Previously Kultur- og sprogmødestudier)) + Journalistik
• Kulturmødestudier (Previously Kultur- og sprogmødestudier) + Kommunikation
• Kulturmødestudier + Psykologi
• Kulturmødestudier + Pædagogik og uddannelsesstudier
• Kulturmødestudier + Socialvidenskab
• Kulturmødestudier + Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier
• Social Psychology of Everyday Life + International Studies
• Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier + International Studies
• Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier + Kommunikation
• Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier + Kulturmødestudier (Previously 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.

• Arbejdsliv (Previously Arbejdslivsstudier) + Kommunikation
• Arbejdsliv (Previously Arbejdslivsstudier) + Psykologi
• Arbejdsliv (Previously Arbejdslivsstudier) + Pædagogik og uddannelsesstudier
• Arbejdsliv (Previously 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 + Kulturmødestudier (Tidligere 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 + Kulturmødestudier (Previously 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 + Arbejdsliv (Previously Arbejdslivsstudier)
• Socialvidenskab + Dansk
• Socialvidenskab + Geografi
• Socialvidenskab + Historie
• Socialvidenskab + Journalistik
• Socialvidenskab + Kommunikation
• Socialvidenskab + Kulturmødestudier (Previously Kultur- og sprogmødestudier)
• Socialvidenskab + Plan, by og proces
• Socialvidenskab + Psykologi
• Socialvidenskab + Pædagogik og uddannelsesstudier
• Socialvidenskab + Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier
• Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier + Arbejdsliv (Previously Arbejdslivsstudier)
• Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier + Journalistik
• Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier + Kommunikation
• Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier + Kulturmødestudier (Previously 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 + Arbejdsliv (Previously Arbejdslivsstudier)
• Teknologisk-samfundsvidenskabelig planlægning, TekSam + Kommunikation
• Teknologisk-samfundsvidenskabelig planlægning, TekSam + Virksomhedsstudier
• Virksomhedsstudier + Journalistik
• Virksomhedsstudier + Kommunikation
• Virksomhedsstudier + Psykologi

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
• Miljø- og fødevareøkonomi
• 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  

See examples of international bachelor’s programmes preapproved for admission to Global and Development Studies 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

• National University of Sct. Martin > Sociology 
• University of Buenos Aires > Political Science
• University of Palermo > International Relations (Licencido/a) 
• University of Palermo > Political Science (Licenciatura)

Australia

• Australian National University > International Relations

Brazil

• Fundação Getulio Vargas > International Relations

Canada 

• Mcgill University > Development Studies (major)
• University of Montreal >  International Studies

Czech Republic

• Mazaryk University > International Relations and European Politics

Colombia 

• University of Los Andes > Global Studies 

Faroe Islands

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

Finland

• University of Helsinki > Politics, Media and Communication

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

India

• O.P. Jindal Global University >  Global Affairs (B.A.Honours)

Iceland

• University of Iceland > Political Science
• University of Iceland > Sociology

Italy

• Rome Sapienza University > Political Science and international Relations
• University of Bologna > International Development and Cooperation 

Japan 

• Waseda University > Political Science 

Netherlands

• Leiden University > International Studies 
• Maastricht University > Global Studies 

Norway

• University of Bergen > Comparative Politics  
• University of Oslo > International Studies 
• University of Stavanger > Political Science 

Poland

• University of Wroclaw > Global Studies specialty in International Relations

Portugal 

• University of Lisboa > International Relations 

Spain

• Complutense University of Madrid > International Relations

South Africa 

• University of Johannesburg > Development Studies (Joint Honours)
• University of Johannesburg > Development Studies and International Relations (Joint Honours)
• University of Johannesburg > Development Studies and Political Studies (Joint Honours)

Sweden

• Lund University >  Development Studies
• Malmö University > International Migration and Ethnic Relations
• University of Gothenburg >  International Relations 

United Kingdom

• Queen Mary University of London > Politics and International Relations   
• University of Manchester > Politics and international Relations 

USA 

• St. Lawrence University > Global Studies
• University of California San Diego > Global South Studies

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.

In the Spring of 2025 semester prerequiste courses are offered. From the Autum semester 2025 and onwards, you may be offered summer prerequisite studies prior to the start of your master's studies if you do not meet the requirements for theory of science and metdhology. 

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 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 + Kulturmødestudier (Previously 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.