Admission requirements

Erasmus Mundus Joint Master in Global Environment and Development

Admission requirements

If you have completed or are enrolled in the final semester of a Bachelor’s programme, you are eligible to apply for the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master (EMJM) in Global Environment and Development (MERGED).

In compliance with the Ministerial Order on the International Education Activities of Universities (No 247 of 13 March 2015) joint admission requirements and procedures are established and implemented by the five partner institutions involved in the delivery of the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s in Global Environment and Development (MERGED).

Bachelor’s degrees that automatically fulfil the academic requirements

Applicants with one of the following Bachelor’s or Professional Bachelor’s degrees automatically fulfill the academic requirements for admission to the Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters in Global Environment and Development:

From University of Milan

  • L-2 (Biotechnology),
  • L-13 (Biological Sciences),
  • L-18 (Economics and Business Management),
  • L-21 (Sciences),
  • L-25 (Agricultural and Forestry Sciences),
  • L-26 (Agri-Food Sciences),
  • L-32 (Environmental Sciences),
  • L-36 (Political Sciences),
  • L-37 (Social Sciences for Cooperation),
  • L-38 (Zootechnical Sciences).

From University of Copenhagen

  • Agricultural Economics/Environmental and Food Economics (jordbrugsøkonomi/miljø- og fødevareøkonomi),
  • Animal Science (husdyrvidenskab),
  • Biochemistry (biokemi),
  • Biology (biologi),
  • Biotechnology (bioteknologi),
  • Food and Nutrition (fødevarer og ernæring),
  • Geography and Geoinformatics (geografi og geoinformatik),
  • Landscape Architecture (landskabsarkitektur),
  • Natural Resources (naturressourcer),
  • Economics, Anthropology or Sociology, and Forest and Landscape Engineering (skov- og landskabsingeniør).

From University of Warsaw

  • Applied Sociology and Social Anthropology,
  • Applied Geology,
  • Biology,
  • Biotechnology,
  • Economics,
  • Geography,
  • Interdisciplinary Economic-Managerial Studies,
  • Psychology,
  • Sociology,
  • Management,
  • European Politics and Economics,
  • Organization of Labour Market,
  • Social and Public Policy,
  • Spatial Development, Environmental Protection,
  • Internal Security,
  • International Relations.

Other Bachelor’s degrees

Applicants with a Bachelor’s degree, Professional Bachelor’s degree or equivalent from Danish or international universities other than those listed above are qualified for admission to the MSc Programme in Global Environment and Development if their programme includes the following:

  • 30 ECTS in natural sciences (e.g. agrobiology, agronomy, animal sciences, biochemistry, biology, biotechnology, food and nutrition, forestry, geography, natural resources or environmental sciences)
    or
  • 30 ECTS in social sciences (e.g. agricultural economics, anthropology, economics, development economics, development studies, socio-economic geography or sociology)

 

The Faculty may also admit applicants who, after an individual academic assessment, are assessed to possess educational qualifications equivalent to those required above.

The qualifications of an applicant to the MSc programme are assessed exclusively on the basis of the qualifying Bachelor’s degree. Supplementary subject elements passed between the completion of the Bachelor’s programme and the admission to the MSc program cannot be included in the overall assessment.

However, subject elements passed before the completion of the Bachelor’s programme may be included in the overall assessment. This includes subject elements completed as continuing education as well as subject elements completed as part of a former higher education programme. A maximum of 30 ECTS supplementary subject elements can be included in the overall assessment.

Subject elements passed before completing the Bachelor’s programme, which are to form part of the MSc programme to which the student has a legal right of admission (§15-courses), cannot be included in the overall assessment.

You are required to document proficiency in English.
See the language requirements.

There is no BSc programme with reserved access for this programme.

If the number of qualified applicants to the programme exceeds the number of places available, applicants will be prioritised according to the following criteria:

  • Grades achieved in relevant courses*
  • Grade-point average achieved in qualifying degree.

*relevant courses include courses in agricultural economics, agrobiology, agronomy, animal sciences, anthropology, biochemistry, biology, biotechnology, development economics, development studies, economics, environmental sciences, food and nutrition, forestry, geography, natural resources, socio economic geography and sociology.