Tuition fee and payment

If you hold a citizenship from outside EU/EEA/Switzerland, you are covered by the rules of tuition fee.

Applicants with citizenship from outside EU/EEA or Switzerland are required to pay an application fee of 750DKK (approx. 100 EUR) when applying for one or more Master’s degree programmes. Click here for exemptions and further information. The fee will be deducted from the tuition fee if the application is successful.

Please note that you are exempted from paying tuition fee 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 and section 8 (1) or 8 (2) of the Danish Aliens Act
   
• have been granted a temporary residence permit on the grounds of family reunification, cf. section 9 (1) or 9 c (1) of the Danish Aliens Act as a consequence of a familial relationship to a foreigner with a residence permit pursuant to section 7 or section 8 (1) or (2)**
   
• have been granted a temporary residence permit cf. section 9 b (1) of the Danish Aliens Act
   
• have been granted a residence permit pursuant to Section 9 m (previously 9 c) of the Danish Aliens Act as a consequence of your parents having been granted residence permits pursuant to Section 9 a 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).
   
• have been granted a residence permit under the Danish Act on Temporary Residence Permit for Persons who Have Assisted Danish Authorities, etc. in Afghanistan, cf. Danish Ministerial Order no. 1957 of 15 October 2021 as amended by Danish Ministerial Order no. 2141 of 24 November 2021.
   
• have been granted a residence permit under the Danish Act on Temporary Residence Permit for Displaced Persons from Ukraine; cf. Danish Act no. 324 of 16 March 2022.

Not only is the type of your residence permit decisive for whether you must pay application and tuition fees. It is also decisive for when you can or must apply for admission.

You must apply within the deadline for non-EU citizens, if your Danish residence permit does not exempt you from having to pay application and tuition fees.

However, you are able to apply within both the deadline for applications from non-EU citizens as well as the deadline for applications from EU citizens, if your residence permit exempts you from having to pay application and tuition fees. 

If in doubt whether you are able to apply within the EU-deadline, please send an email to admissions@samf.ku.dk including a copy of your current residence permit.

If based on your residence permit, you are exempted from paying tuition fee, you are obligated to inform the Faculty of any and all changes in relation to your residence permit, e.g 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, by sending an email to admissions@samf.ku.dk. The Faculty will then consider anew whether or not you are able to be exempted from having to pay tuition for the remainder of your studies on the degree programme. 

If your residence permit exempts you from having to pay application and tuition fees, you must document this by submitting a copy of your residence permit as well as a copy of your residence card when you apply for admission.

*NOTE: the country, which issued your permanent residence permit, may revoke your permit if you leave the country to live somewhere else. It is your responsibility to research the consequences of your relocation to Denmark. If your permanent residence permit is revoked you will have to pay tuition fees like all other non-EU/EEA citizens.

**NOTE: 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.

Applicants with a temporary work permit in Denmark (e.g. Green Card) have to pay the tuition fee.

If you are unsure whether you must pay the tuition fee, please contact the MSc Admission Team at admissions@samf.ku.dk before the application deadline.

The Faculty of Social Sciences charges tuition fee for one semester at a time. It is not possible to split the payment into several instalments.

All fee-paying students must pay the semester tuition fee in full for four consecutive semesters regardless of how many ECTS they are registered for each respective semester. 

You only need to pay for maximum four semesters. If you, against expectation, do not complete your degree within the prescribed four semesters, you will not need to pay a fifth semester of tuition fees.

Payment deadlines are as follows:

• First semester: You will receive a message in the Application Portal indicating the terms and deadline for payment of tuition in the course of April.
• Second semester: 31 January - The payment request will be sent mid-January to your KU email account
• Third semester: 31 August - The payment request will be sent mid-August to your KU email account
• Fourth semester: 31 January - The payment request will be sent mid-January to your KU email account

NB: Your bank may retain a service fee when processing the payment transfer. The Payer (sender of the payment) will bear all of the transaction fees.

The deadline for getting a full tuition refund is 31 July. On or after 1 August, only the following will result in a full tuition refund:

• If your application for a Danish residence permit is rejected.
• If you are conditionally accepted but do not fulfil the conditional requirements stated in your official letter of admission.
• If you have paid for the 2nd, 3rd or 4th semester, but withdraw from the degree programme before the semester starts (official withdrawal date must be 31 August or 31 January at the latest).
• If you subsequently obtain a residence permit or citizenship exempting you from paying the tuition fee. The validity date of the permit, or citizenship, must be before the semester start (the official validity date must be 31 August or 31 January at the latest).

NB: Your bank may retain a service fee when processing the reimbursement. The Recipient (the receiver of the money) will bear all of the transaction fees.

We have collected information about your opportunities concerning funding for your studies.

• Scholarships and loans