Frequently Asked Questions

It depends on your citizenship: 

Citizens from a country from outside the EU, EEA or Switzerland can submit their application from 15 November. The deadline is 15 January 23:59 CET. 

Citizens of the EU, EEA or Switzerland can submit their application portal from 16 January. The deadline is 1 March 23:59 CET.

We do not accept applications after the deadline. 

You apply for admission via the online application portal at the University of Copenhagen. Please follow the instructions carefully and submit all required documentation

Find the application procedure here to apply for admission. 

You upload the recommendation letters to the application portal when you fill out your application.

The requirements for the letters of recommendation are described under Application & Scholarship > Application and Documentation > Letters of recommendation.

The requirement for the letters of motivation is described under Application & Scholarship > Application and Documentation > Letter of motivation.

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

However, you must be aware of the specific admission requirements and that you only are allowed to submit a maximum of 3 applications to study programs across all faculties at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH) for the same intake. 

Any additional applications will be cancelled by the MSc admission office. 

Scholarship holders must successfully complete a minimum of 30 ECTS in two countries which are different from the country in which you resided at the time of application. 

This means that if, e.g. you, are residing in Italy at the time of application, you must choose a study track with a second–year university that is not located in Italy in order t

No, all Erasmus Mundus students must study full-time.

It is only possible to obtain an Erasmus Mundus Scholarship once, but you are welcome to apply as a fee paying student.

Yes, you can apply for admission. However, to meet the application requirements, you must upload your qualifying bachelors’ transcript and certificate. Your master’s degree is not taken into consideration in the assessment for admission.

We only accept a completed upper secondary school degree, bachelor’s degree or master’s degree in English from Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, United Kingdom or USA, as proof of English language proficiency.  

You can read about the language requirements for the programme here.  

Yes – if you have passed one of the following: 

• IELTS (Academic) 

• TOEFL (IBT, home edition)  

• Cambridge (CPE or CAE pass level of C1 or C2) 
  

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

You can read about the language requirements for the programme here.  

No, we will only accept an official certificate of your results as proof of language proficiency. The language proficiency test result must be submitted by the application deadline.

Yes, in this case, you must document that you have completed your bachelor’s degree as soon as possible and no later than 20 September.

Your documents must have an original stamp and a signature verifying the True Copy. Typically, your university can assist you in certifying your documents. Otherwise, we also accept signatures by embassies and official representatives or public offices, e.g. police stations. The document must carry an official stamp and a signature, or we must be able to verify the documentation online.

Non-EU applicants: From March to May. 

EU, EAA or Swiss applicants: From late May to June. 

You will be informed of the result of your application regarding admission as well as the Erasmus Mundus scholarship through the application portal. If you receive an offer of admission (and scholarship), you will have one week to accept the offer through the application portal. 

Each assessment category (i.e. academic excellence, relevant work experience, and personal motivation) is allocated a grade between 1 and 5. A final application grade is obtained using a weighting system whereby 70% of the final grade is allocated to academic excellence, 10% to each of the categories recommendations and relevant work experience, and finally 10% to personal motivation.

You can read more about the assessment process for the Erasmus Mundus Scholarship here.  

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

An appeal must be submitted within two weeks of receiving the result of the assessment 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.  

No, we only accept digital documents and not hard paper copies. If we receive hard copies, we will not look at them, but instead they will be shredded.

Due to the high number of applications, we cannot provide academic feedback on your application.