Application and admission

Credit students are enrolled for one semester at a time to courses with available places on the master’s programme. As a credit student at the Faculty of Law, you must meet the following requirements:

  • you have a bachelor's degree (field of study is irrelevant)
  • you are enrolled in a master's degree programme in a Danish university
  • you have a pre-approval from the Board of Studies for the programme you are enrolled in, valid for the course(s) to which you want to apply

 

 

If you are still on a bachelor's programme, you can apply for the BA course Law and Religion (taught in Danish) if it is offered in the semester you are applying for. You must document that you are an active bachelor's student in a Danish university when you apply.

It is not possible to apply for other courses at bachelor's level, as a credit student, even if the course has been pre-approved. There is no exemption from this rule.

Courses on master's level

If you wish to take courses at master's level as a bachelor's student, you must apply for exemption from the admission requirements by attaching a motivation letter to your application in which you explain the following:

  • motivation for applying for the course
  • prior knowledge of the subject area from your main studies
  • work experience. E.g.: do you have practical experience in the area of law in which you want to follow a course?

In short, you must argue that you have the academic prerequisites to be able to complete master's subjects as a bachelor's student.

In addition, you must attach the following:

  • documentation on how far along you are in your studies with grades - you must be on your last semester of you BA to take MA courses at Law
  • confirmation of enrolment
  • pre-approval for the courses you've applied for

Please note that it is not possible to apply for summer courses as a bachelor student.

 

 

To be registered as a credit student at UCPH, you need to have a pre-approval for the courses from your home faculty. The pre-approval is a confirmation that the courses you are applying to, will be able to be transferred as credit to the programme you are enrolled in. Please note that a pre-approval does not guarantee that you will be able to get a place on the course.

Formalities

The following applies to the pre-approval:

  • it must be stamped and signed by your university
  • it must be submitted in pdf-format
  • it must pertain to the courses you are applying for

Submitting after the application deadline

If you are unable to obtain pre-approval before the application deadline, the following applies:

The deadline for submitting the pre-approval late is:

  • 15 January for courses in the spring semester
  • 15 august for courses in the autumn semester
  • Summer courses: before the course starts

If we have not received your pre-approval and/or documentation for your Bachelor's degree before the deadline, you will be deregistered from assigned courses.

If you have questions about your pre-approval, please contact you home-faculty.

 

 

The deadlines for applying for courses as a credit student at the Faculty of Law are:

  • 15 Nov - 1 Dec for courses in the spring semester and summer courses
  • 15 May - 1 Jun for courses in the autumn semester and summer courses

Please Note! Applications will be processed immediately after the application deadline has expired (after 1 June and 1 December). If you apply before the application periods start, your application will remain unprocessed, until the deadline has passed. It is not possible to apply after the deadline has passed.

It is only possible to apply for the upcoming semester. If you apply for courses in semesters after that, your application will not be processed.

 

 

To apply for courses as a credit student, fill out and submit one of the two forms below. The first form is for if you are currently an active UCPH student, and the second form is for if you are a student at another Danish university.

Please submit one form per faculty, so if you only wish to apply for courses at the Faculty of Law, you only need to submit one form.

Please note that your registration is binding. This means that your admission to the course(s) only applies to the specific semester you have applied for enrolment in, and cannot be postponed to another semester.

Documentation

You must submit with your application:

  • A copy of your bachelor's diploma or transcript, with stamp and signature, where it is clearly stated that you have completed the bachelor's programme
  • the pre-approval for the courses you are applying for from the Board of Studies at your place of study
  • documentation proving that you are enrolled in a higher education-programme (pdf).

 

 

You will receive response to your application no later than:

  • 15 January for courses in the spring semester
  • 15 August for courses in the autumn semester
  • summer courses: as soon as possible after the application deadline

It is not possible to apply after the application deadline. If your application is rejected, you will be able to apply for courses the following semester at the earliest.

If you have been given a place, it is not possible to exchange your course(s) for another/other courses or swap classes.

Withdrawing from a credit course

 If you do not want your place on a course after all, you must notify us at merit@jur.ku.dk  no later than:

  • 22 January for courses in the spring semester
  • 22 August for courses in the autumn semester
  • Summer courses: before the course starts 

 

 

 

To be enrolled as a credit student, the course(s) you want to register for must have vacant places. Some courses have a limited number of places, while others offer a better chance of getting a place.

As a credit student, you will be allocated to courses with available places after students enrolled at Law have been allocated courses.

The places for credit students are allocated by lot if the number of applicants exceeds the number of available places. The time of application has no impact on your chances of getting a place on a course. 

Cancelled courses

More courses are offered each semester than are held. Which courses that are cancelled depends, among other things, on how many law students register. The fact that a course appears in the course catalogue is not a guarantee that it will be held.

If you have chosen a course that has been cancelled, we will, if possible, place you on one of the other courses you have applied for.