Admission requirements and application

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Economics, Economics, Environmental and Food Economics, Natural Resources with specialization in Environmental Economics, Political Science, and in Social Science from the University of Copenhagen.

• Bachelor's degree in Political Science or in Economics from the University of Heidelberg.

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science and Policy (Scienze e politiche ambientali), Economics and Management (Economia e management) or International Politics, Law and Economics (IPLE) from the University of Milan.

• Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Public Policy (Politologie a verejna politika), Political Science and International Relations (Politologie a mezinarodni vztahy), or in Sociology and Social Policy (Sociologie a socialni politika) from Charles University.

• First cycle degree in Ekonomia (Economics), Informatyka i ekonometria (Computer Science and Econometrics), Finanse i Rachunkowość (Finance and Accounting), and Finance, International Investment and Accounting from the University of Warsaw.

If you have a Bachelor’s degree other than those listed above, you must submit additional documentation along with your application so we can evaluate whether or not you meet the admission requirements.

If you have a Bachelor’s degree, Professional Bachelor's degree or equivalent from Danish or international universities you are qualified for admission if your programme includes the following:

• 60 ECTS within economics and/or political science

We may also admit applicants who, after an individual academic assessment, are deemed to possess educational qualifications equivalent to those required above.

Qualifying degree and other courses/projects

When we assess whether you meet the admission requirements for the Master's degree programme, Danish legislation only allows us to assess your Bachelor's degree. Consequently, you cannot study supplementary courses between Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes in order to meet the admission requirements.

If you have passed courses/projects before you complete the qualifying Bachelor's degree, these can be included in the assessment, even though they are not part of the Bachelor's degree programme.

• It applies to courses/projects you have taken as single subjects and courses/projects you have taken as part of another study programme.

• A maximum of 30 ECTS credits of these courses/projects may be included.

There is no BSc programme with reserved access for this programme.

If the number of qualified applicants to the programme exceeds the number of places available, applicants will be prioritised according to the following criteria:

• Total number of ECTS in relevant courses*

• Grades achieved in relevant courses*

*relevant courses include courses in microeconomics, macroeconomics, econometrics, statistics, mathematics, public economics, environmental economics, resource economics, public policy, public administration, international politics, comparative politics, and international relations.

You can only get an answer to whether or not your degree meets the admission requirement by applying for admission to the Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters Programme. Only the admission committee can evaluate whether you are qualified or not and they only do this once they have received your application.

If you have completed an upper secondary school degree, bachelor’s degree or master’s degree in English from one of the following countries:

• Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, United Kingdom or USA.

You must upload a copy or scan of your official school diploma as documentation.

The degree must be a minimum of 2 years of studies. A student exchange semester/year is not sufficient documentation for English language proficiency.

You must document that you have passed one of the following accepted tests:

• IELTS Academic

• TOEFL iBT, TOEFL iBT paper edition or TOEFL iBT Home Edition

• Cambridge Advanced English (CAE) or Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE)

Please note that we will only accept an official certificate of your test results as proof of English language proficiency. Documentation of registration for an English language test will not be accepted as proof of English language proficiency.

• For citizens from a country outside the EU, EEA or Switzerland: 15 January 2025, 23:59 CET

• For citizens from a country within the EU, EEA or Switzerland: 1 March 2025, 23.59 CET

Your application will be rejected if you have not provided sufficient documentation for English language proficiency by the application deadline.

The IELTS and TOEFL results are only valid if they are not older than 2 years counted from the application deadline. There is no limitation for validity for the Cambridge tests.

List of accepted tests and minimum score requirements:

Test	Minimum score	Submission information
IELTS (Academic)	6.5 (overall test score) – only the overall score will be considered	Upload your test score sheet in the application portal. If you have difficulties uploading the test score sheet, please e-mail us your test score sheet, and then we can verify it online.
TOEFL IBT TOEFL IBT Paper Edition TOEFL IBT Home Edition	83 (MyBest Scores are not accepted)	Please note that you have to add our institutional code (0177) as the recipient, so we can verify the result online. You can check if the institutional code has been added to your profile on the test score sheet.
Cambridge Advanced (CAE) or Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE)	Passed at level C1 or C2	You must inform your test center that the Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen is allowed to verify your test score results online. You must upload documentation which includes your Statement of Results number of Reference number.

Be sure to check if you have sufficient documentation for English language proficiency since we do not accept alternatives other than those listed above. Also, be aware that your nationality is not proof of English language proficiency.

We do not accept the following ways of documenting your English language proficiency:

• Documentation of an English language test result other than the specific ones listed above

• Your passport

• A letter from your university

• A letter from a professor

There is no application fee when applying for the Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters programme in European Environmental Economics and Policy (M3EP).

Read more about tuition fees, scholarships and other funding here.

Click here to submit your application

You can submit 3 applications for UCPH

You are only allowed to submit a maximum of 3 applications to study Master’s programmes across all faculties at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH) for the same intake.

Any additional applications will be cancelled by the MSc Admissions office at UCPH.

There is no limit to how many Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters Programmes you can apply for across universities.

Keep track of your application

Once you have applied for admission, you will receive updates and messages from the University of Copenhagen in the application portal. When you receive a message in the application portal, a notification will be sent to the email you have registered in your application.

Please note that emails from the application portal may end up in your spam filter.

We recommend that you do not use your student email when creating your application as some universities terminate student accounts once a student has completed their degree.

Tips and tricks for the application portal

• Use Firefox or Google Chrome as a browser when creating, submitting and accessing your application.

• Read the user guide for the application portal when you fill out your application.

• Read the FAQ where you can find answers to the most common questions concerning the application portal.

• Contact SCIENCE Student Services if you cannot find the answers you are looking for in the FAQ.

• Contact UCPH IT if you have technical problems.

You will receive all information regarding your application in the application portal.

If you fulfil the admission requirements and there are places available in the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s Programme, we will send you an offer of admission. You will receive only 1 offer of admission. It will be for the master’s programme that is the highest of your priorities where we are able to offer you admission.

If you do not fulfil the admission requirements, we will send you a message through the application portal.

We will be offering admission ongoing from

• late-February until mid-March 2025, CET for citizens from a country outside the EU, EEA, or Switzerland

• mid-May until mid-June 2025 for citizens from a country within the EU, EEA, or Switzerland

So, you must check the application portal regularly during this period.

Accept your offer of admission within 5 days

You need to actively accept the offer of admission within 5 days of receiving the message in the application portal. If you do not accept the offer by the deadline, you will lose your place in the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s programme as it will be offered to another applicant.

Your offer of admission is conditional and will include a list of conditions you must meet in order to obtain full admission, e.g. certified documentation for a completed bachelor’s degree. We will inform you of the deadlines and how to meet the conditions in the offer of admission.

Check your email and the application portal regularly

When you receive a message in the application portal, a notification is sent to the email you have registered in your application. Please note that emails from the application portal may end up in your spam filter.

We highly recommend that you check the status of your application regularly in the application portal, so you do not miss any important information.

Appeal against the result of your application

You may submit an appeal regarding legal issues such as legal errors and irregularities if you find that the decision does not comply with Danish legislation. You cannot file an appeal against the assessment of your academic qualifications made by the assessment committee.

An appeal shall be submitted within two-weeks of receiving the result to the University of Copenhagen to msc-admissions@science.ku.dk. An appeal on grounds of legal matters must be made in writing, and you must state exactly on which grounds you believe that the decision is not in compliance with the applicable legislation.

The appeal regulations can be found in paragraph 51 of Ministerial Order no. 51. The Ministerial Order can be found here: Adgangsbekendtgørelsen (retsinformation.dk).

SCIENCE Student Services is ready to help you with your application.

You can join our online Q&A’s about the admission and application process, call us or send us an email.

You must upload an official transcript of grades for the qualifying bachelor’s degree you have completed or are currently enrolled in. You can only choose 1 degree as qualifying in your application. The transcript must include:

• Your full name

• Date of birth

• Title of your degree

• Date of completion (if you have graduated)

• An official stamp/watermark

• A signature from your university/educational institution

If your transcript does not include the stamp and signature, we must be able to verify the transcript online via a link, QR code, digital signature or similar. Ask your educational institution whether it is possible.

If the transcript is in a language other than English:

We only accept an official English translation from your educational institution or an authorised translator. It must include an official stamp and signature.

The deadline for uploading your transcript of grades is

• 15 January 2025, 23:59 CET, for citizens from a country outside the EU, EEA, or Switzerland.

• 1 March 2025, 23:59 CET, for citizens from a country within the EU, EEA, or Switzerland.

You must describe how you fulfil the programme’s admission requirements by filling out a self-assessment form. This is only relevant if your bachelor’s degree does not automatically fulfil the academic requirements. Learn more about the admission requirements above on this website.

If you do not upload a correct self-assessment form, your application may be rejected.

Please note that there are individual self-assessment forms for each MSc programme at the Faculty of SCIENCE.

What is a self-assessment?

The self-assessment form is an overview of the academic admission requirements of the programme you are applying for. You must fill out the form with the courses and projects from your bachelor's degree that cover these academic admission requirements.

You can include both completed courses and projects and those you expect to complete as part of your bachelor’s degree. If you include projects in your self-assessment form, please include a description of the project.

If you have passed courses or projects before you complete the qualifying bachelor's degree, these can be included, even though they are not part of the bachelor's degree programme.

• It applies to courses/projects you have taken as single subjects and courses/projects you have taken as part of another study programme.

• A maximum of 30 ECTS credits of these courses/projects may be included.

How you fill out the self-assessment form

You must download the programme’s self-assessment form and follow these 3 steps when completing your self-assessment form:

1. Fill in your courses that cover the academic admission requirements of the programme

2. Save the file as an Excel file and name it: [Your name] Self-assessment

3. Upload the Excel file to your application.

The course titles in the self-assessment must correspond to the course titles in your official transcript.

Please include all courses and projects that can cover the admission requirements even if you end up exceeding the required ECTS amount.

You cannot list the same course twice

Please note that 1 course can only be used to cover 1 admission requirement unless you use the course to cover general admission requirements such as e.g., 30 ECTS of lab exercises or 60 ECTS within the field of natural sciences.

If you have a course that covers 2 admission requirements, e.g. the course Mathematics and Statistics of 15 ECTS, you are allowed to split the credits in 7.5 Mathematics and 7.5. Statistics if it is very clear in the course description that both subjects have been covered equally in the course.

Why you need to fill out the self-assessment form

The admission committee will use your self-assessment to assess if you are qualified for admission. If you do not upload the correct self-assessment form, the admission committee cannot assess your qualifications, and your application may be rejected.

If you need help to fill out the self-assessment

There is a guide in the self-assessment form on the right side of the document. This guide helps you decide which courses to include and answers the most frequently asked questions.

If your educational institution does not use the ECTS credit system

Read about how you can convert your educational institution's credit system to the ECTS credit system.

The deadline for uploading your self-assessment is

• 15 January 2025, 23:59 CET, for citizens from a country outside the EU, EEA, or Switzerland.

• 1 March 2025, 23:59 CET,for citizens from a country within the EU, EEA, or Switzerland.

You must upload course descriptions of the courses and projects included in your self-assessment form. This is only relevant if your bachelor’s degree does not automatically fulfil the academic requirements. Learn more about the admission requirements above on this website.

You must download and use this form and follow these 4 steps when completing your course description form:

1. Fill out the course title, the course description, the term and the hours of study/credits. Please make sure that we can read all the sentences in the file

2. Repeat for each course mentioned in your self-assessment form

3. Save the file as an Excel file and name it: [Your name] Course_Descriptions

4. Upload the Excel file to your application.

We only need course descriptions of the courses and projects in your self-assessment form.

The course descriptions must be in English.

If you need help to fill out the course description form

There is a guide in the course description form on the right side of the document. This guide helps you figure out what information to include and answers the most frequently asked questions.

The deadline for uploading your course descriptions is

• 15 January 2025, 23:59 CET, for citizens from a country outside the EU, EEA, or Switzerland.

• 1 March 2025, 23:59 CET, for citizens from a country within the EU, EEA, or Switzerland.

You must upload an updated version of your CV including a chronological overview of your academic history. You must use a Europass template.

If you wish to apply for the Erasmus Mundus Scholarship, we recommend that you also include relevant work experience. A photo is not necessary.

The deadline for uploading your CV is

• 15 January 2025, 23:59 CET, for citizens from a country outside the EU, EEA, or Switzerland.

• 1 March 2025, 23:59 CET, for citizens from a country within the EU, EEA, or Switzerland.

We use your grade point average (GPA) as a selection criterion when we receive more applications to the Erasmus Mundus Scholarship than available.

You must enter the number of your national GPA in the application portal as stated in your official transcript.

If your transcript does not include a national GPA, please enter a “0” in the application portal.

Please note, that you/we cannot alter your national GPA in the application portal after you have submitted your application.

You must upload documentation that you fulfil the requirement of English language proficiency. If you cannot provide the documentation within the deadline, your application will be rejected.

We only accept certain types of documentation/language tests. Please find specific information on how to fulfil the language requirement above.

The deadline for uploading documentation for your English language proficiency is

• 15 January 2025, 23:59 CET, for citizens from a country outside the EU, EEA, or Switzerland.

• 1 March 2025, 23:59 CET,for citizens from a country within the EU, EEA, or Switzerland.

You must upload a copy or scan of your valid passport/national identification document (ID).

If you do not have a passport or a national ID, you must upload a statement of when you expect to receive it. A driver's license is not sufficient and will not be accepted.

Your passport/national ID must be in English and include the following:

• Photo

• Your full name

• Date of birth

• Nationality

• Expiration date

The deadline for uploading a copy or scan of your passport/National ID is

• 1 September 2025, 23:59 CET

If you have more than 1 citizenship:

If you have more than one passport (citizenship) please upload the passport you will use to travel to Europe.

You must upload a short letter of motivation (approximately 500 words) in English if you apply for the Erasmus Mundus Scholarship. Your letter of motivation must contain an explanation of:

• why you are applying for admission to the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master (EMJM) in European Environmental Economics and Policy (M3EP)

• why you have prioritised the chosen mobility track(s).

You may also elaborate on your planned career path upon completion of the master’ s programme.

The deadline for uploading your letter of motivation is

• 15 January 2025, 23:59 CET, for citizens from a country outside the EU, EEA, or Switzerland.

• 1 March 2025, 23:59 CET, for citizens from a country within the EU, EEA, or Switzerland.

You must upload proof of your current country of residence to confirm your eligibility for admission and for the Erasmus Mundus Scholarship.

You must download and use our proof of country of residence form as proof of your current country of residence. The document must be newly issued (dated after 15 November 2024), in English and include:

1. Your full name

2. Your date of birth

3. Your current address

4. Date of issue

5. Stamp and signature from an official institution

An official institution can either be your:

• Municipality, region or state

• Current place of work

• Current place of study or training.

If you do not submit your proof of your current country of residence document, your application will be rejected.

The deadline for uploading your proof of country of residence is

• 15 January 2025, 23:59 CET, for citizens from a country outside the EU, EEA, or Switzerland.

• 1 March 2025, 23:59 CET, for citizens from a country within the EU, EEA, or Switzerland.

If you are offered admission, you must document that you have completed your qualifying bachelor's degree no later than 20 September.

We can receive your diploma in 3 following ways

1) Send us a copy of your bachelor’s diploma by email

Send the copy to msc-admissions@science.ku.dk. It is important you send it from the email you have registered in the application portal. The copy can be either a PDF or a photo of your official diploma.

The document must include:

• Your full name

• Date of birth

• Title of your degree

• Date of completion - even if you haven’t formally graduated yet

• An official stamp

• A signature from your educational institution

If your diploma does not include the stamp and signature, we must be able to verify the diploma online via a link, QR code, digital signature or similar. Ask your educational institution whether it is possible.

If your last ECTS/credits are given at the graduation ceremony, you must wait until they have been registered.

If the diploma is in a language other than English

We only accept an official English translation from your educational institution or an authorized translator. It must include an official stamp and signature.

2) Ask your university to confirm your degree completion by emailing us

The email must be sent from an official, verifiable university administration email. Send the email directly to msc-admissions@science.ku.dk.

The email must be in English and include:

• Your full name

• Date of birth

• Title of your degree

• Date of completion - even if you haven’t formally graduated yet.

If your last ECTS/credits are given at the graduation ceremony, you must wait until they have been registered.

3) Provide us with information we can use for online verification of your degree

Send an email to msc-admissions@science.ku.dk from you or your university with a link to an online verification service in English. Via the online verification service, we must be able to verify:

• Your full name

• Date of birth

• Title of your degree

• Date of completion - even if you haven’t formally graduated yet.

If your last ECTS/credits are given at the graduation ceremony, you must wait until they have been registered.