Danish bachelor's degree (Non-EU)

Application fee

Citizens from a country outside the EU, EEA or Switzerland must pay an application fee of DKK 750 (approx. EUR 100).

Tuition fees

As a citizen from a country outside the EU, EEA or Switzerland you must pay tuition fees. Tuition fee for the two-year MSc programme is DKK 250,000 (2020).

Apply for admissionYou can submit 3 applications for UCPH

Please note that you may submit a maximum of 3 applications to UCPH study programmes with the same study start.

Follow your application

Once you have applied for admission, you will find application updates and received messages from the University at the Application Portal. When you receive a message at the Application Portal, you will receive an email at the mail address you have registered with your application.

Tips for the application portal

• Use Firefox or Google Chrome as your browser when creating and submitting your application.
• Check 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 MSc-Admission@sund.ku.dk, if you cannot find the answers, you are looking for in the FAQ.
• Contact our Service desk, if you have technical problems.

Tuition fees are paid in 4 rates (one each semester) throughout the two-year MSc programme.

The instalments of DKK 62,500 are due at the following deadlines:

You will receive further information about payments in your letter with the offer of admission.

Tuition refund policy

The deadline for getting a tuition refund is 1 August. After the deadline, only the following will result in a full tuition refund:

• a failed visa application
• failure to meet one or more conditions of the admission

The two scholarships mentioned here are the very limited number of scholarships, which the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences has to award students.

There are, though, many other opportunities to find funding for your studies. We have collected information concerning scholarships and loans. Please follow the link below.

Read more about other scholarships and loanDanish Governmental scholarship

The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences has a very limited number of scholarships to award non-EU/EEA students. The scholarships are awarded to the academically most outstanding students.

What does the scholarship cover?

The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences offers two types of scholarships:

• A scholarship that covers both tuition fees and living expenses (2022 level: DKK 9,960 per month for 22 months). 
• A tuition fee waiver scholarship covering tuition fees for the 2-year programme

If you receive a Danish Governmental scholarship to cover living expenses, you must be aware that they are taxed according to Danish Tax legislation. Some nationalities may be exempt from paying tax of the scholarship. If you are exempt, we will inform you in your award letter.

Who are considered for a scholarship?

All eligible non-EU/EEA applicants are considered for a scholarship as part of the academic assessment.

The scholarships are allocated to students with excellent academic performance.

How do I apply for a scholarship?

You do not apply for a scholarship, as all eligible non-EU/EEA applications will be taken into consideration for a scholarship. Therefore, there is no separate application form.

If you receive a scholarship, you will be notified together with the offer of admission. You have not been granted a scholarship, if the offer of admission does not include information about the scholarship.

Read more about the Danish Governmental Scholarship

Danish Governmental Scholarship for 2^nd year students

Each year the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences consider the academic performance of fee-paying students who have completed the first year at the faculty regarding a full 1-year scholarship. The number of scholarship is very limited. It is our expectation to award approximately 2 scholarships for 2^nd year students per academic year.

The very best student will be awarded a scholarship to cover both tuition fees and living expenses for the 2nd year of their programme.

You do not have to apply for the scholarship. All fee-paying students will automatically be taken into consideration for a 2^nd year scholarship.

By mid-September/beginning of October, you will receive an e-mail if you have been awarded the scholarship.

It is our expectation, that student must have a GPA of 10 or higher on the Danish grading scale to be awarded a scholarship.

Please note that you are exempted from paying tuition fees for full-time studies if you:

• hold a permanent residence permit in Denmark (including Greenland and the Faroe Islands) 
• hold a temporary residence permit “with a view to” or “with the possibility of” permanent residency in Denmark (including Greenland and the Faroe Islands) and your permit states: “mhp. varigt ophold” or “mmf. varigt ophold” 
• hold a permanent residence permit in one of the other Nordic countries (Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland), cf. Article 1 of the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affair’s Order No 54 of 17 June 1999 between Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden regarding access to further education, provided you maintain your official residence in that country while enrolled at the University of Copenhagen 
• have become an EU citizen or enjoy equality of treatment with an EU citizen pursuant to the Executive Order on Residence in Denmark for Aliens Falling within the Rules of the European Union (EU Residence Order) 
• have been granted a temporary residence permit cf. section 7(1) and section 8(1) of the Danish Aliens Act (convention refugees) or section 7(2) and section 8(2) (foreigners with protection status) 
• have been granted a temporary residence permit on the grounds of family reunification, cf. section 9(1) or 9c(1) of the Danish Aliens Act as a consequence of a familial relationship to a foreigner with a residence permit pursuant to section 7(1) or (2) or section 8(1) or (2). The status as 'accompanying spouse' is not the same as family reunification. An applicant with the status 'accompanying spouse' must pay application fee as well as tuition fee. 
• have been granted a temporary residence permit cf. section 9b(1) of the Danish Aliens Act (foreigners with humanitarian protection status) 
• have been granted a residence permit pursuant to Section 9M (previously 9C) of the Danish Aliens Act as a consequence of your parents having been granted residence permits pursuant to Section 9A of the Danish Aliens Act.
• have a dual citizenship (EU/EEA + non EU/EEA) and decide to enter Denmark as an EU/EEA citizen (using both citizenships to enter Denmark is not possible).

To get an exemption from paying application fee and tuition fees you must submit a copy of your residence permit as well as a copy of your residence card when you apply for admission.

Note:
If you are exempted from paying tuition fee due to your residence permit, you are obligated to inform the Faculty of any changes in relation to your residence permit (for instance, if your residence permit is revoked or become invalid, or you are awarded a different type of residence permit than the one based on which you have been exempted from paying tuition)

You notify the Faculty by sending an e-email to: MSc-admission@sund.ku.dk. 

The Faculty will then consider whether you will be exempted from paying tuition for the remainder of your studies.

You will receive your application result through the application portal by the end of March.

Accept your offer of admission

If you have received an offer of admission, you need to accept the offer. If you do not accept the offer before the deadline (which will be apparent in your admission letter), you will lose the offered study place in the MSc programme and the offer of admission will be cancelled. Therefore, it is important to check your application status regularly.

Check your email regularly

When you receive a message at the application portal, you will receive an email at the mail address you have registered with your application. Please be aware that emails from the application portal may end up in your spam filter.

Check your application

Please upload a copy of your official diploma. It must carry an official stamp and a signature from your home university.

If your diploma is in a language other than English, Danish, Swedish or Norwegian

Please include an official English translation. If your home university cannot provide you with an official translation, an authorized translator, who stamps and signs the document, must carry out the translation.

If you have not finished your bachelor’s degree

Please upload an official document from your home university that states your expected graduation date. The document must carry an official stamp and a signature from your home university.

Please upload an official transcript of records (grades) of the degree you have completed or are currently enrolled in.

Please upload course descriptions of former courses (undertaken in your bachelor’s degree) relevant to the MSc programme you are applying for.

The course descriptions must be in English, Danish, Swedish or Norwegian. We accept course descriptions translated by yourself.

Please make sure to include course number (if possible) and that the title of the course is similar to the title in your transcript.

What is valid as a course description?

The document can be photocopies from your educational institution's academic handbook, course lists or printouts from the website. They should describe what was required of you in order to complete the courses, what you studied and the hours of study of each course.

The document does not have to be stamped and signed by your home university.

If your home university does not offer course descriptions

We accept course descriptions written by yourself. Please be sure to include:

• All topics covered in the courses
• What was required to complete the courses
• Credits of the courses
• Hours of lectures
• Literature used in connection with the courses

You can document your English language proficiency in different ways, depending on your native language, citizenship or language of instruction during your bachelor’s degree.

If you cannot send your test results by the application deadline

Please upload a document in which you explain when you will be forwarding the results. The deadline for submitting language test results is:

• 1 June Non-EU, -EEA and -Swiss citizens
• 15 August Danish, EU, EEA and Swiss citizens

Please upload an updated Curriculum Vitae (CV).

What is a CV?

A CV is a concise document which summarises your unique skills, character, experience and achievements. A CV outlines a person’s academic and professional history.

The length of the CV depends upon experience and includes a complete list of publications, posters, and presentations (if applicable).

We recommend that you use the Europass CV when writing your CV.

Find information and create the Europass CV

When you apply for admission to this master’s degree, you must submit a document in which you describe how your bachelor’s degree qualifies you for admission.

In the letter of academic relevance, you must describe your academic qualifications and experiences from your bachelor’s degree. You must clearly state how these make you qualified for admission to this specific master’s degree.

For inspiration you can reflect on the following when writing the document:

• Explain why you are applying for admission to this specific master’s degree, taking into account your academic interests and experiences
• Which specific elements (e.g. courses or projects) from your bachelor’s degree are relevant and how do they qualify you for admission?
• How will you make use of your academic (and if relevant, research) experience, if admitted to the programme?
• How does this master’s degree match your academic profile and your ambitions for your future work life?

How have your professional experiences (e.g. from study relevant jobs, volunteering, stays abroad) motivated you to apply for admission. How will you make use of these experiences if admitted?

If your bachelor’s degree is more than 5 years old, you must submit your application for an exemption.

If you have completed courses or exams from a previous unfinished MSc programme, you need to upload documentation of these results. You are also obligated to inform us whether you have completed an MSc Programme.

We use the documentation to evaluate whether you are eligible for mandatory credit transfer.

The documentation can be:

• A copy or a scan of official transcripts, or
• Diplomas for all completed courses/exams at your former MSc programme

If you already have a master’s degree, you can only be admitted, if the programme has available places. 

If you are without working capacity in your profession and therefore can no longer use your master's degree in the labour market, you can apply for dispensation. Dispensations are only granted due to exceptional circumstances.

We do not have the resources to pre-approve of your academic qualifications. Please make a self-assessment by looking at the admission requirements and compare them to your curriculum.

If you are in doubt, we recommend that you apply for admission, and let the Admissions Committee assess after the application deadline, if you meet the admission requirements.

Applicants have previously been admitted based on the following bachelor's degrees. Please note

• that you are not guaranteed admission even if your bachelor’s degree is on the list
• that you are welcome to apply for admission, if your bachelor’s degree is not on the list

After the application deadline, the Admissions Committee will assess if we can offer you admission to the programme.

• Applied Chemistry
• Biochemistry
• Biological and Medicinal Chemistry
• Biopharmaceutical Chemistry
• Biotechnology
• Biotechnology and Drug Research
• Chemical Biology and Pharmaceutical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Chemical Sciences
• Chemist Pharmaceutical Biologist
• Chemistry
• Chemistry of Pharmaceutical Compounds
• Engineering in Medicinal Chemistry
• Liberal Arts and Sciences
• Life Science
• Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
• Medicinal Chemistry
• Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology
• Molecular and Cellular Biology
• Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
• Molecular Biomedicine
• Molecular Science
• Nanotechnology Engineering
• Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
• Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Biology
• Pharmaceutical Engineering
• Pharmaceutical Science
• Pharmaceuticals Chemistry and Technology
• Pharmaceutics
• Pharmacy
• Postgraduate Diploma in Data Analytics

ECTS is an abbreviation for European Credit Transfer System. It is credit system created to make studies and courses more transparent European-wide and to replace or complement the different local (national) standards within Europe.

The credit system is based on the student workload required to achieve the objectives of a course or programme. The ECTS system requires that every assignment states the estimated number of student work hours needed to fulfil this requirement.

Please find information on how to convert ECTS here

Yes, you can still apply, if you expect to complete your bachelor’s degree before commencing the MSc at the end of August.

Please upload an official document from your home university that states when you are expected to graduate.

It is important that you account for the credits that do not yet figure on your transcript of records, documenting that you will finish your bachelor’s degree on time.

As a non-EU citizen you need a student residence permit when studying in Denmark. The university will start the application form (ST1 form) and send part 2 to you to fill out, as soon as possible after you have paid the tuition fee in May.

When part 2 has been submitted, the application form will be registered with the Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI).

The processing of the case will only start when they have received the entire application (parts 1 and 2), including all relevant documentation. The application process for a residence permit usually takes 2-3 months.

If you are conditionally admitted to the programme we will start a conditional ST1. You will not get your student residence permit until you are fully admitted to the programme. We will send your final admission letter to SIRI and they will complete the form and complete the student residence permit.

If SIRI decides to reject your application, you will get a refund of your tuition fee.

If you are an EU citizen, you must apply for an EU Registration Certificate upon arrival in Denmark.