Entry requirements
To apply for the Master's programme in International Security and Law, you need a relevant Bachelor's degree. You can apply if you hold a Bachelor's or Professional Bachelor's degree within one of the following areas:
- Bachelor’s degree in Sociology and Cultural Analysis from SDU (gives you a legal claim for admission)
- Bachelor’s degree in European Studies from SDU (gives you a legal claim for admission)
- Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Danish or foreign universities
- Professional Bachelor’s degree in Public Administration from Danish university colleges
- Bachelor’s degree in Law from Danish or foreign universities
- Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Danish or foreign universities
- Bachelor’s degree in Social Science from Danish or foreign universities
- Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Danish or foreign universities
- Bachelor’s degree in History (major) from Danish or foreign universities
You can also apply if you hold a relevant Bachelor's or Professional Bachelor's degree within Humanities. Your bachelor's degree must include subjects amounting to 45 ECTS from one or several of the following areas:
- Law
- Social Science
- International Relations
- Comparative Politics
Applicants are highly encouraged to submit a list of courses, with course descriptions, which you believe constitute the qualifying 45 ECTS. There must be evidence that these courses, independent of subject matter, are taught using social science methods. Please note, that courses in history, or taught using historical methods, do not qualify. Fill in and upload this form together with your application.
Language requirements
The programme requires proficiency in English.
All applicants are required to prove their proficiency in English. See the English language requirements.
Selection criteria
If there are more qualified applicants than there are places on the programme, applicants will be prioritized according to the following criteria:
- Grade average in the relevant, qualifying education.
- Professionally relevant experience: attach a CV with relevant professional experience (internship, paid work, voluntary work, etc.). You have a maximum of 1,200 characters including spaces. Documentation in the form of an employment contract, confirmation from employers/internship or similar must be attached.
- There will be given a maximum of 1 point credit for relevant professional experience, which will be added to the grade average.
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.
