Academic requirements
To qualify for admission you need a relevant Bachelor's degree.
Your degree must include a minimum of 75 ECTS within the field of Economics and Business Administration, comprising at least 5 ECTS within each of the following subjects:
- Microeconomics or Managerial Economics
- Accounting
- Corporate Finance
- Marketing
- Organizational theory
- Statistics
- Methods for collection and analysis of data
- statistics or other qualitative or quantitative methods, including mathematics or operations research/operations management. Data collection may be included to a minor extend. - Theory of Science and Scientific Methodology and Methods
- the requirement can be replaced by a Bachelor's thesis (15 ECTS) if your degree is from a University
If you hold a relevant degree, but lack one or more specific subject areas, admission to the Master's programme will require that you follow supplementary courses
Pre-approved degrees
You are qualified for admission if you hold a:
- BSc in Economics and Business Administration from SDU - gives you a legal claim for admission
- BSc in Market & Management Anthropology from SDU - gives you a legal claim for admission
- BSc in Economics and Business Administration from another Danish university
- BSc in Economics (Business Economics line) from SDU
Furthermore, the following degrees may qualify for admission, depending on the specific courses you have followed. Read more about the requirements if you have studied:
English language requirements
The programme is taught in English. Therefore, you are required to submit proof of your English proficiency unless your Bachelor's gives you a legal claim for admission. See the English language requirements.
Selection criteria
There is a limited number of study places in the programme. If there are more qualified applicants than study places, the following score system is used for the selection of applicants without a legal claim:
- 3 points for meeting the entry requirements in advance, i.e. not needing supplementary courses
- 1 point for having passed 10 ECTS in marketing/consumer behaviour
- 1 point for having passed 10 ECTS in microeconomics
- 1 point for having passed 15 ECTS in quantitative analysis (statistics, mathematics, etc.)
Applicants are ranked based on their scores. If more applicants achieve the same score, a simple grade point average will be used for selection.
Please note, that you're not required to upload proof of your English proficiency or mind the scoring system if you have a legal claim for admission.
As a Bachelor student at SDU, you can apply for permission to follow up to 30 ECTS Master-level courses even though you have yet to complete your Bachelor’s degree.
You can be granted permission if you have the necessary academic qualifications. The progression of your Bachelor’s programme is crucial to the outcome of your application.
Check to see whether you fulfil the conditions
By choosing your faculty below you can see which conditions you generally must fulfil to be permitted to take Master-level courses. Please acquaint yourself with the rules before you apply for permission since you must indicate in your application whether you fulfil the conditions or not. Read more here.
If you have previously been admitted to the programme, or already are, then special rules may apply when you apply for admission.
Find the scenario that suits you and read more: Re-enrolment, re-admission, transferring and change of programme
Have you completed a Master’s programme?
If you’ve already obtained a Master’s degree, you can only be admitted to a new Master’s programme if there are vacant study places in the programme.
Learn more about rule and the possibility to apply for exemption.
Have you completed another type of study programme?
As long as you do not hold a Master’s degree, you are free to apply for admission to a new programme.
