Are you already a student or a former student?
If you are enrolled or have been enrolled in a master's degree programme, you must find out whether you are to apply for admission, re-admission, re-enrolment, transfer or change of programme.
Apply for admission
Application deadline
The application deadline is: 1 March at 23:59 (for studies starting in September) and 15 October at 23:59 (for studies starting in February)
You must apply for admission again if you have not previously been enrolled in the programme at the University of Copenhagen.
You must also apply if you have previously studied the same programme at another Danish university and have not completed courses equivalent to the entire first year of the new programme. Applications are submitted through the programme.
If you have studied in a part-time programme or at a university abroad, you must also apply for admission, even if you have completed more than one year under the current curriculum.
You can apply for admission if the following three criteria apply to you:
- You have not previously been enrolled in the program at the University of Copenhagen.
- You have not completed courses equivalent to the entire first year of the program.
- You meet the admission requirements for the program.
- Your completed exams, exam attempts, study activity requirements (and used SU grant portions) will generally still be transferred, even if you start the program from the beginning. If you are transferring from an older study curriculum, there may be exceptions, and you could lose credit for some coursework.
- The application deadline may vary depending on the program you are applying to.
- The rule on credit transfer for previous studies applies if you have studied before.
- Log in or register as a user in the application portal.
- Fill in your application
- Transfer data from your previous programme by using the data transfer feature. If you do not want to transfer data, or if it is not possible, you need to manually upload the documentation later in the application process.
- Send your application.
- Remember to check your email (including your spam filter) and the application portal for important messages from UCPH. It may be decisive for whether you get a place or not.
See the user manual for the application portal.
If you need guidance, please contact the faculty that offers the programme.
Re-admission
Application deadline
Deadlines for applying for readmission:1 March at 23:59 (study start in September and block 2) and 15 October at 23:59 (study start in February and block 4 or 5)
You can apply for readmission if you:
- want to apply for admission to a degree programme at the University of Copenhagen to which you have previously been admitted
and
- have passed courses corresponding to less than the first year of study (see the current curriculum) in the programme you are applying for.
You can apply for readmission if:
- you were a full-time student on the same degree programme at the University of Copenhagen but passed less than what corresponds to the first year of study (see the current curriculum).
- you meet the degree programme’s admission requirements before study start (see the current curriculum), including any academic, grade, and language requirements.
- it has been at least five months since you were disenrolled.
- aditionally, if you were disenrolled or almost disenrolled* by the University of Copenhagen during your previous enrolment, you must document that your ability to complete the programme has improved significantly.
Read more about documentation in the section below.
*If the University could have disenrolled you due to breach of conditions, for example if you withdrew yourself because your maximum completion time was about to run out (within less than a semester), or if you did not pass the first-year exam.
Please note:
- As a general rule, your passed exams, exam attempts, study activity requirements (and used SU grant portions) will be transferred even though you are starting all over again on the programme. The exception being, if you were studying on a previous curriculum, and you lose credits when changing curriculum.
- The rule about credits from a previous programme applies when you previously have been enrolled in a programme (Information in danish only).
- You must apply for a dispensation if you were disenrolled from the programme.
Upload a brief personal statement, in which you explain:
- why you were disenrolled from the programme
- what has changed since you were disenrolled
- how your ability to complete the programme has significantly improved.
Examples of documentation that supports your statement:
- Medical certificate or statement from a certified psychologist/psychiatrist etc. regarding health matters. The document must contain the doctor's professional assessment of your current health situation, and whether you are able to study again. If the situation is the same, the medical certificate must include a prognosis for the duration
You can also submit a copy of your medical record if it documents the above. - Exam certificates for subjects, courses, or programmes you have passed after you were disenrolled from the programme.
- Work experience after you were disenrolled from the programme. For example, payslips or a statement from your employer including monthly working hours.
If documentation is missing in your application, we will send a reminder in the application portal.
- Log in or register as a user in the application portal.
- Fill in your application
- Transfer data from your previous programme by using the data transfer feature. If you do not want to transfer data, or if it is not possible, you need to manually upload the documentation later in the application process.
- Send your application.
- Remember to check your email (including your spam filter) and the application portal for important messages from UCPH. It may be decisive for whether you get a place or not.
See the user manual for the application portal.
If you need guidance, please contact the faculty that offers the programme.
Re-enrolment
Application deadline
You can apply for re-enrolment throughout the year. If you want to make sure that your application is processed before a certain semester, block, or course starts, we recommend that you apply within the standard application deadlines on 1 March at 23:59 (study start in September and block 2) and 15 October at 23:59 (study start in February and block 4 or 5).
Additional deadlines for programmes with block structure: 1 September at 23:59 (for block 2) and 1 February at 23:59 (for blocks 4 and 5).
If you apply before these deadlines, we will process your application as quickly as possible. However, we cannot guarantee a specific processing time.
You can apply for re-enrolment if you are no longer an active student but have passed the equivalent to the first year of study (see the current curriculum) in the programme you are applying for. This applies regardless of whether you are a student at UCPH or another Danish university.
You can only be re-enrolled on the programme if there are vacancies.
You can apply for re-enrolment if:
- you were a full-time student in the specific programme at UCPH or another Danish university.
- you have passed the equivalent to the first year of study in the programme you are applying for at a Danish university (see the current curriculum).
- it has been at least five months since you were disenrolled.
- you meet the programme’s admission requirements (see the current curriculum), including any academic, grade, and language requirements.
Additionally, if you were disenrolled or almost disenrolled* by the University of Copenhagen during your previous enrolment, you must document that your ability to complete the programme has improved significantly.
Read more about documentation in the section below.
* If the University could have disenrolled you due to breach of conditions, for example if you withdrew yourself because your maximum completion time was about to run out (within less than a semester), or if you did not pass the first-year exam.
If you re-enrol, you will follow the most recent curriculum. If you have been enrolled under a another curriculum, you might not get credit transfer for all of your passed exams in your new enrolment. Please also note that your previously used exam attempts and the study activity requirements that were in force when you were withdrawn from the programme still apply.
Upload a brief personal statement in which you explain:
- why you were disenrolled from the programme
- what has changed since you were disenrolled
- how your ability to complete the programme has significantly improved.
Examples of documentation that supports your statement:
- Medical certificate or statement from a certified psychologist/psychiatrist etc. regarding health matters. The document must contain the doctor's professional assessment of your current health situation, and whether you are able to study again. If the situation is the same, the medical certificate must include a prognosis for the duration
You can also submit a copy of your medical record if it documents the above. - Exam certificates for subjects, courses, or programmes you have passed after you were disenrolled from the programme.
- Work experience after you were disenrolled from the programme. For example, payslips or a statement from the employer that includes monthly working hours.
If documentation is missing from your application, we will send a reminder in the application portal.
- Log in or register as a user in the application portal.
- Fill in your application
- Transfer data from your previous programme by using the data transfer feature. If you do not want to transfer data, or if it is not possible, you need to manually upload the documentation later in the application process.
- Send your application.
- Remember to check your email (including your spam filter) and the application portal for important messages from UCPH. It may be decisive for whether you get a place or not.
See the user manual for the application portal.
If you need guidance, please contact the faculty that offers the programme.
Transfer to UCPH
Application deadline
Deadlines for applying for a transfer: 1 March at 23:59 (for study start in September and block 2) and 15 October at 23:59 (for study start in February and block 4 or 5)
You can apply for a transfer if you are currently studying on the same degree programme at another Danish university and have passed the equivalent to the first year of study in the programme to which you are applying for transfer.
You can only be transferred to the programme if there are vacancies.
You can apply for a transfer if
- you have a qualifying upper-secondary school education (transfor to bachelor’s programme) or a qualifying bachelor’s degree (change of programme at master’s level).
- You are a full-time student on the same programme at another Danish university.
- you have passed courses – or will pass courses before study start – that are equivalent to one year of study in the programme you are applying for (see the current curriculum).
- you are not about to be disenrolled.
- you meet the programme’s admission requirements (see the current curriculum), including any academic, grade and language requirements.
You can apply for a dispensation if there are exceptional circumstances in your life of such a grave nature that you need to apply for a transfer before completing the first year of study.
- Log in or register as a user in the application portal.
- Fill in your application
- Transfer data from your previous programme by using the data transfer feature. If you do not want to transfer data, or if it is not possible, you must upload the documentation manually later in the application process.
- Send your application.
- Remember to check your email (including your spam filter) and the application portal for important messages from UCPH. It may be decisive for whether you get a place or not.
See the user manual for the application portal.
If you need guidance, please contact the faculty that offers the programme.
Change of programme
Application deadline
Deadlines for applying for change of programme: 1 March at 23:59 (study start in September) and 15 October at 23:59 (study start in February)
You can apply for a change of programme if you are studying on another programme at a Danish university and have passed the equivalent to one year of study in the programme you want to change into.
A change of programme will only be approved if there are vacancies.
You can apply for a change of programme if
- you have a qualifying upper-secondary school education (change of programme at bachelor level) or a qualifying bachelor’s degree (change of programme at master’s level).
- you are a full-time student on a programme at the same level at a Danish university.
- you have passed courses – or will pass courses before study start – that are equivalent to one year of study in the programme you are applying for (see the current curriculum)
- you meet the degree programme’s admission requirements (see the current curriculum), including any academic, grade, and language requirements.
You can apply for a dispensation if there are exceptional circumstances in your life of such a grave nature that you need to apply for a transfer before completing the first year of study.
- Log in or register as a user in the application portal.
- Fill in your application
- Transfer data from your previous programme by using the data transfer feature. If you do not want to transfer data, or if it is not possible, you must upload the documentation manually later in the application process.
- Send your application.
- Remember to check your email (including your spam filter) and the application portal for important messages from UCPH. It may be decisive for whether you get a place or not.
See the user manual for the application portal.
If you need guidance, please contact the faculty that offers the programme.