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).
Read about the admission and language requirements
When to apply
Application portal opens:
For citizens from a country outside the EU, EEA or Switzerland : 15 November 2024
For citizens from a country within of the EU, EEA or Switzerland: 16 January 2025
Application deadline:
For citizens from a country outside the EU, EEA or Switzerland : 15 January 2025, 23:59 CET
For citizens from a country within of the EU, EEA or Switzerland: 1 March 2025, 23:59 CET
We do not accept applications after the application deadline.
How to apply
You must create an application in the Application Portal and upload all required and relevant documentation. This is the only way you can apply for admission.
You can submit 3 applications for UCPH
You are only allowed to submit a maximum of 3 applications to study programmes across all faculties at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH) for the same intake. Any additional applications will be cancelled by the MSc Admissions office at UCPH.
There is no limit to how many Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters Programmes you can apply for across universities.
KEEP TRACK OF YOUR APPLICATION
Once you have applied for admission, you will receive updates and messages from the University of Copenhagen in the application portal. When you receive a message in the application portal, a notification will be sent to the email account that you have registered in your application. Please note that emails from the application portal may end up in your spam filter.
We recommend that you do not use your student email when creating your application as some universities terminate student accounts once a student has completed their degree.
TIPS AND TRICKS FOR THE APPLICATION PORTAL
- Use Firefox or Google Chrome as your browser when creating, submitting, and accessing your application.
- Read the user guide for the application portal when filling out your application.
- Read the FAQ where you can find answers to the most common questions concerning the application portal.
- Contact SCIENCE Student Services if you cannot find the answers, you are looking for in the FAQ.
- Contact the UCPH IT if you have technical problems.
You will receive all information regarding your application in the application portal.
If you fulfill the admission requirements and there are places available in the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s programme, we will send you an offer of admission. You will receive only 1 offer of admission. It will be for the master’s programme that is the highest of your priorities where we are able to offer you admission.
If you do not fulfil the admissions requirements, we will send you message through the application portal.
We will be offering admission ongoing in the following periods:
- late-February until mid-March 2025, CET for citizens from a country outside the EU, EEA, or Switzerland:
- mid-May until mid-June 2025 for citizens from a country within the EU, EEA, or Switzerland
So, you must check the application portal regularly during this period.
ACCEPT YOUR OFFER OF ADMISSION within 5 days
You need to actively accept the offer of admission within 5 days of receiving the message in the application portal. If you do not accept the offer before the deadline, you will lose your place in the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s (EMJM) programme in Global Environment and Developments (MERGED) as we will offer the place to another applicant.
Your offer of admission is conditional and will include a list of conditions you must meet in order to obtain full admission, e.g., certified documentation for completed bachelor’s degree. We will inform you of the deadlines and how to meet the conditions in the offer of admission.
CHECK YOUR EMAIL AND THE APPLICATION PORTAL REGULARLY
When you receive a message in the application portal, a notification will be sent to the email you have registered in your application. Please note that emails from the application portal may end up in your spam filter.
We highly recommend that you check the status of your application regularly in the application portal, so you do not miss any important information.
APPEAL AGAINST THE RESULT OF YOUR APPLICATION
You may submit an appeal regarding legal issues such as legal errors and irregularities if you find that the decision does not comply with Danish legislation. You cannot file an appeal against the assessment of your academic qualifications made by the assessment committee.
An appeal shall be submitted within two-weeks of receiving the result 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:Adgangsbekendtgørelsen (retsinformation.dk).
COLLECT DOCUMENTATION FOR YOUR APPLICATION
As part of your application, you must submit all required documentation (see below). All documentation must be in English.
Application fee, tuition fees and scholarships
There is no application fee when applying for the Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters (EMJM) in Global Environment and Development (MERGED)
Citizens from EU/EEA or Switzerland do not pay a tuition fees
Citizens from outside EU/EEA or Switzerland must pay tuition fees.
If you apply for the Erasmus Mundus Scholarship and get selected for the scholarship, you will be granted a tuition fee waiver.
When you apply for admission to the Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters (EMJM) in Global Environment and Development (MERGED), you will be asked if you also wish to apply for the Erasmus Mundus Scholarship
Collect documentation for your application
As part of your application, you must submit all required additional documentation (see below). All documentation must be in English.
You must upload an official transcript of grades for the qualifying bachelor’s degree you have completed or are currently enrolled in. You can only choose 1 degree as qualifying in your application.
The document must include:
- Your full name
- Date of birth
- Title of your degree
- Date of completion, if you have graduated
- An official stamp/watermark
- A signature from your university/educational institution
If your transcript does not include the stamp and signature, we must be able to verify the transcript digitally/online via a link, QR code, digital signature or similar. Ask your educational institution whether it is possible.
IF THE TRANSCRIPT IS IN A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH
We only accept an official English translation from your educational institution or an authorized translator.It must include an official stamp and signature.
The deadline for uploading your transcript of grades is
- 15 January 2025, 23:59 CET, for citizens from a country outside the EU, EEA, or Switzerland.
- 1 March 2025, 23:59 CET, for citizens from a country within the EU, EEA, or Switzerland.
You must describe how you fulfil the programme’s admission requirements by filling out a self-assessment form. This is only relevant if your bachelor’s degree does not automatically fulfil the academic requirements.
Learn more about the admission requirements above for MERGED here.
If you do not upload a correct self-assessment form, your application may be rejected.
Please note that there are individual self-assessment forms for each MSc programme at the Faculty of SCIENCE.
What is a self-assessment?
The self-assessment form is an overview of the academic admission requirements of the MSc programme you are applying for. You must fill out the form with the courses and projects from your bachelor’s degree that cover these academic admission requirements.
You can include both completed courses and projects and those you expect to complete as part of your bachelor’s degree. If you include projects in your self-assessment form, please include a description of the project.
If you have passed courses or projects before you complete the qualifying bachelor’s degree, these can be included, even though they are not part of the bachelor’s degree programme.
- It applies to courses/projects you have taken as single subjects and courses/projects you have taken as part of another study programme.
- A maximum of 30 ECTS credits of these courses/projects may be included.
How you fill out the self-assessment form
You must download the programme’s self-assessment form and follow these 3 steps when completing your self-assessment form:
- Fill in your courses that cover the academic admission requirements of the programme
- Save the file as an Excel file and name it: [Your name]_Self-assessment
- Upload the Excel file to your application.
The course titles in the self-assessment must correspond to the course titles in your official transcript.
Please include all courses and projects that can cover the admission requirements even if you end up exceeding the required ECTS amount.
You cannot list the same course twice
Please note that 1 course can only be used to cover 1 admission requirement unless you use the course to cover general admission requirements such as e.g., 30 ECTS of lab exercises or 60 ECTS within the field of natural sciences.
If you have a course that covers 2 admission requirements, e.g. the course Mathematics and Statistics of 15 ECTS, you are allowed to split the credits in 7.5 Mathematics and 7.5. Statistics if it is very clear in the course description that both subjects have been covered equally in the course.
Why you need to fill out the self-assessment form
The admission committee will use your self-assessment to assess if you are qualified for admission. If you do not upload the correct self-assessment form, the admission committee cannot assess your qualifications, and your application may be rejected.
If you need help to fill out the self-assessment
There is a guide in the self-assessment form on the right side of the document. This guide helps you decide which courses to include and answers the most frequently asked questions.
If your educational institution does not use the ECTS credit system
Read about how you can convert your educational institution’s credit system to the ECTS credit system.
The deadline for uploading your self-assessment is
- 15 January 2025, 23:59 CET, for citizens from a country outside the EU, EEA, or Switzerland.
- 1 March 2025, 23:59 CET, for citizens from a country within the EU, EEA, or Switzerland.
You must upload course descriptions of the courses and projects included in your self-assessment form. This is only relevant if your bachelor’s degree does not automatically fulfil the academic requirements.
Learn more about the admission requirements above for MERGED here.
You must download and use this form and follow these 4 steps when completing your course description form:
- Fill out the course title, the course description, the term and the hours of study/credits. Please make sure that we can read all the sentences in the file
- Repeat for each course mentioned in your self-assessment form
- Save the file as an Excel file and name it: [Your name]_Course_Descriptions
- Upload the Excel file to your application.
We only need course descriptions of the courses and projects in your self-assessment form.
The course descriptions must be in English.
If you need help to fill out the course description form
There is a guide in the course description form on the right side of the document. This guide helps you figure out what information to include and answers the most frequently asked questions.
The deadline for uploading your course descriptions is
- 15 January 2025, 23:59 CET, for citizens from a country outside the EU, EEA, or Switzerland.
- 1 March 2025, 23:59 CET, for citizens from a country within the EU, EEA, or Switzerland.
You must upload an updated version of your CV including a chronological overview of your academic history. You must use a Europass template.
If you wish to apply for the Erasmus Mundus Scholarship, we recommend that you also include relevant work experience.
A photo is not necessary.
The deadline for uploading your CV is
- 15 January 2025, 23:59 CET, for citizens from a country outside the EU, EEA, or Switzerland.
- 1 March 2025, 23:59 CET, for citizens from a country within the EU, EEA, or Switzerland.
We use your grade point average (GPA) as a selection criterion when we receive more applications than available spots on the programme.
You must enter the number of your national GPA in the application portal.
If your transcript does not include a national GPA, please enter a “0” in the application portal.
Please note, that you/we cannot alter your national GPA in the application portal after you have submitted your application.
You must upload documentation that you fulfil the requirement of English language proficiency. If you cannot provide the documentation within the deadline, your application will be rejected.
We only accept certain types of documentation/language tests.
Please find specific information on how to fulfil the language requirement here.
The deadline for uploading your documentation for English language proficiency is
- 15 January 2025, 23:59 CET, for citizens from a country outside the EU, EEA, or Switzerland.
- 1 March 2025, 23:59 CET, for citizens from a country within the EU, EEA, or Switzerland.
You must upload a copy or scan of your valid passport/national identification document (ID).
If you do not have a passport or a national ID, you must upload a statement of when you expect to receive it. A driver’s license is not sufficient and will not be accepted.
Your passport/national ID must be in English and include the following information:
- Photo
- Your full name
- Date of birth
- Nationality
- Expiration date
The deadline to upload your copy or scan of passport or national ID is
- 1 September 2025, 23:59 CET
IF YOU HAVE MORE THAN ONE CITIZENSHIP
If you have more than one passport (citizenship) please upload the passport which you will use to travel to Europe.
(approximately 500 words) in English. Your letter of motivation must contain an explanation of:
- why you are applying for admission to the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s programme in Global Environment and Development (MERGED).
- why you have prioritised the chosen mobility track(s).
You may also elaborate on your planned career path upon completion of the Masters’ programme.
The deadline for uploading your letter of motivation is
- 15 January 2025, 23:59 CET, for citizens from a country outside the EU, EEA, or Switzerland.
- 1 March 2025, 23:59 CET, for citizens from a country within the EU, EEA, or Switzerland.
You must upload two letters of recommendation if you want to apply for the Erasmus Mundus Scholarship.
At least one must be from an academic contact (e.g., teacher, supervisor).
The letters of recommendation must include
- a formal letterhead
- the complete contact information of the referee: name, address, e-mail address and telephone number
- a signature of the referee.
The deadline for uploading your two letters of recommendation is
- 15 January 2025, 23:59 CET, for citizens from a country outside the EU, EEA, or Switzerland.
- 1 March 2025, 23:59 CET, for citizens from a country within the EU, EEA, or Switzerland.
You must upload proof of your current country of residence to confirm your eligibility for admission and for the Erasmus Mundus Scholarship.
You must download and use our proof country of residence form as proof of your current country of residence. The document must be newly issued (dated after 15 November 2024), in English and include:
- Your full name
- Your date of birth
- Your current address
- Date of issue
- Stamp and signature from an official institution.
An official institution can either be your:
- Municipality, region or state
- Current place of work
- Current place of study or training.
If you do not submit this document, your application will be rejected.
The deadline for uploading your proof of country of residence is
- 15 January 2025, 23:59 CET, for citizens from a country outside the EU, EEA, or Switzerland.
- 1 March 2025, 23:59 CET, for citizens from a country within the EU, EEA, or Switzerland.
The deadline will not be extended.
If you are offered admission, you must document that you have completed your qualifying bachelor’s degree no later than 20 September.
We can receive your diploma in 3 following ways
1) Send us a copy of your bachelor’s diploma by email
Send the copy to msc-admissions@science.ku.dk. It is important you send it from the email you have registered in the application portal. The copy can be either a PDF or a photo of your official diploma.
The document must include:
- Your full name
- Date of birth
- Title of your degree
- Date of completion – even if you haven’t formally graduated yet
- An official stamp
- A signature from your educational institution.
If your diploma does not include the stamp and signature, we must be able to verify the diploma online via a link, QR code, digital signature or similar. Ask your educational institution whether it is possible.
If your last ECTS/credits are given at the graduation ceremony, you must wait until they have been registered.
If the diploma is in a language other than English
We only accept an official English translation from your educational institution or an authorized translator. It must include an official stamp and signature.
2) Ask your university to confirm your degree completion by emailing us
The email must be sent from an official, verifiable university administration email. Send the email directly to msc-admissions@science.ku.dk.
The email must be in English and include:
- Your full name
- Date of birth
- Title of your degree
- Date of completion – even if you haven’t formally graduated yet.
If your last ECTS/credits are given at the graduation ceremony, you must wait until they have been registered.
3) Provide us with information we can use for online verification of your degree
Send an email to msc-admissions@science.ku.dk from you or your university with a link to an online verification service in English. Via the online verification service, we must be able to verify:
- Your full name
- Date of birth
- Title of your degree
- Date of completion – even if you haven’t formally graduated yet.
Upload only the required documentation
We only evaluate required documentation when assessing your application. Therefore, you should only upload the required documentation.
Anything missing in your application?
We require that you submit all required documentation when submitting your application. We then assess whether your application is complete by looking through the required documentation. If anything is missing, we will send you a message in the application portal.
The deadline for uploading any missing documents will be 1 week from the time we contact you. We cannot extend the deadline. Make sure to check your email regularly and your spam filter too.
Please note that we are not able to review your new or revised documentation before the deadline due to the large quantity of emails we receive.
Verification of information
If we determine that you have used falsified or misleading documentation in your application, we are obliged to report it to the police, reject your application and cancel your admission.
Visa process
If you are citizen from a country outside the EU, EEA, or Switzerland, we cannot initiate your online visa application until you have fulfilled all conditions of your admission and are fully admitted.
Upload only the required documentation
We only evaluate required documentation when assessing your application. Therefore, you should only upload the required documentation.
Anything missing in your application?
You must upload all required documentation when submitting your application. If anything is missing, we will send you a message in the application portal. You will then have one week to provide the missing documents. Be sure to check your e-mail and spam filter regularly.
Falsified information and document forgery
Providing falsified or misleading documentation in your application will be reported to the police and we will cancel your application/admission.
The visa process
If you are a non- EU/EEA/Switzerland applicant, we will not initiate your online visa application until you have fulfilled all conditions of your admission.
Get help with your application
SCIENCE Student Services at UCPH can help you with your application. You can also join our online Q&A’s about the admission and application process.