Admission requirements for Nordic Urban Planning Studies
You may apply for admission if you have a bachelor’s degree equivalent to a Danish bachelor’s degree. To qualify for admission you must fulfil specific admission requirements for the Nordic Urban Planning Studies master's programme as well as language requirements.
Roskilde University has preapproved a number of bachelor’s degrees which fulfil specific admission requirements.
If you have a bachelor’s degree that is not preapproved you may still apply for admission. The Admissions Office will assess if the academic content of your educational background fulfills the specific admission requirements.
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If your bachelor’s degree is on the list of degrees that have been preapproved it fulfils the specific admission requirements. If your degree is not on the list, the Admissions Office will assess if the academic content of your educational background fulfils the specific admission requirements.?
We are not able to assess your qualifications before you apply for a master’s programme.
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- Arbejdsliv (Previously Arbejdslivsstudier) + Kommunikation
- Arbejdsliv (Previously Arbejdslivsstudier) + Psykologi
- Arbejdsliv (Previously Arbejdslivsstudier) + P?dagogik og uddannelsesstudier
- Arbejdsliv (Previously Arbejdslivsstudier) + Socialvidenskab
- Arbejdsliv (Previously Arbejdslivsstudier) + Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier
- Arbejdsliv (Previously Arbejdslivsstudier) + Teknologisk-samfundsvidenskabelig planl?gning, TekSam
- Arbejdsliv (Previously Arbejdslivsstudier) + Virksomhedsstudier
- Communication Studies + Business Studies
- Communication Studies + Cultural Encounters
- Communication Studies + International Studies
- Communication Studies + Social Psychology of Everyday Life
- Cultural Encounters + Business Studies
- Cultural Encounters + International Studies
- Dansk + Kommunikation
- Filosofi og Videnskabsteori + Kommunikation
- Filosofi og videnskabsteori + Socialvidenskab
- Filosofi og videnskabsteori + Socialvidenskab
- Historie + Kommunikation
- Historie + Socialvidenskab
- Journalistik + Kommunikation
- Journalistik + Politik og forvaltning
- Journalistik + Socialvidenskab
- Journalistik + Teknologisk-samfundsvidenskabelig planl?gning, TekSam
- Journalistik + Virksomhedsstudier
- Kommunikation + Datalogi
- Kommunikation + Kulturm?destudier (Previously Kultur- og sprogm?destudier)
- Kommunikation + Performance-design
- Kommunikation + Politik og forvaltning
- Kommunikation + Psykologi
- Kommunikation + Socialvidenskab
- Kommunikation + Virksomhedsstudier
- Kulturm?destudier (Previously Kultur- og sprogm?destudier) + Socialvidenskab
- Performance-design + Plan, by og proces
- Performance-design + Virksomhedsstudier
- Psykologi + Socialvidenskab
- Psykologi + Virksomhedsstudier
- P?dagogik og uddannelsesstudier + Socialvidenskab
- Social Psychology of Everyday Life + Business Studies
- Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier + Arbejdsliv (Previously Arbejdslivsstudier)
- Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier + International Studies
- Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier + Journalistik
- Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier + Kommunikation
- Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier + Kulturm?destudier (Previously Kultur- og sprogm?destudier)
- Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier + Plan, by og proces
- Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier + Psykologi
- Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier + P?dagogik og uddannelsesstudier
- Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier + Socialvidenskab
- Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier + Teknologisk-samfundsvidenskabelig planl?gning, TekSam
tt备用网址’s degrees in Humanities-Technology
- Computer Science + Business Studies
- Computer Science + Communication Studies
- Datalogi + Business Studies
- Datalogi + Communication Studies
- Datalogi + Kommunikation
- Geografi + Computer Science
- Geografi + Datalogi
- Geografi + Historie
- Geografi + Informatik
- Geografi + International Studies
- Geografi + Kulturm?destudier (Previously Kultur- og sprogm?destudier)
- Geografi + Socialvidenskab
- Geografi + Teknologisk-samfundsvidenskabelig planl?gning, TekSam
- Informatik + Arbejdsliv (Previously Arbejdslivsstudier)
- Informatik + Computer Science
- Informatik + Datalogi
- Informatik + Filosofi og videnskabsteori
- Informatik + Journalistik
- Informatik + Kommunikation
- Informatik + Performance-design
- Informatik + Plan, By og Proces
- Informatik + Psykologi
- Informatik + P?dagogik og uddannelsesstudier
- Informatik + Teknologisk-samfundsvidenskabelig planl?gning, TekSam
- Informatik + Virksomhedsstudier
- Plan, by og proces + Filosofi og videnskabsteori
- Plan, by og proces + Geografi
- Plan, by og proces + Kommunikation
- Plan, by og proces + Performance-design
- Plan, by og proces + Psykologi
- Plan, by og proces + Socialvidenskab
- Plan, by og proces + Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier
- Plan, by og proces + Teknologisk-samfundsvidenskabelig planl?gning, TekSam
- Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier + Arbejdsliv (Previously Arbejdslivsstudier)
- Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier + Informatik
- Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier + International Studies
- Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier + Journalistik
- Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier + Kommunikation
- Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier + Kulturm?destudier (Previously Kultur- og sprogm?destudier)
- Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier + Psykologi
- Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier + P?dagogik og uddannelsesstudier
- Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier + Socialvidenskab
- Teknologisk-samfundsvidenskabelig planl?gning, TekSam (single-subject)
- Teknologisk-samfundsvidenskabelig planl?gning, TekSam + Arbejdsliv (Previously Arbejdslivsstudier)
- Teknologisk-samfundsvidenskabelig planl?gning, TekSam + International Studies
- Teknologisk-samfundsvidenskabelig planl?gning, TekSam + Journalistik
- Teknologisk-samfundsvidenskabelig planl?gning, TekSam + Kommunikation
- Teknologisk-samfundsvidenskabelig planl?gning, TekSam + Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier
- Teknologisk-samfundsvidenskabelig planl?gning, TekSam + Virksomhedsstudier
tt备用网址’s degrees in Natural Sciences
- Geografi + Computer Science
- Geografi + Datalogi
- Geografi + Environmental Biology
- Geografi + Historie
- Geografi + Informatik
- Geografi + International Studies
- Geografi + Kulturm?destudier (Previously Kultur- og sprogm?destudier)
- Geografi + Plan, by og proces
- Geografi + Socialvidenskab
- Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier + Plan, by og proces
- Teknologisk-samfundsvidenskabelig planl?gning, TekSam (single-subject)
- Teknologisk-samfundsvidenskabelig planl?gning, TekSam + Environmental Biology
- Teknologisk-samfundsvidenskabelig planl?gning, TekSam + Geografi
- Teknologisk-samfundsvidenskabelig planl?gning, TekSam + Kommunikation
- Teknologisk-samfundsvidenskabelig planl?gning, TekSam + Plan, by og proces
- Teknologisk-samfundsvidenskabelig planl?gning, TekSam + Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier
- Teknologisk-samfundsvidenskabelig planl?gning, TekSam + Virksomhedsstudier
tt备用网址's degrees in Social Sciences
All bachelor’s degrees in social sciences are preapproved.
- Arbejdsliv (Previously Arbejdslivsstudier) + Kommunikation
- Arbejdsliv (Previously Arbejdslivsstudier) + Psykologi
- Arbejdsliv (Previously Arbejdslivsstudier) + P?dagogik og uddannelsesstudier
- Arbejdsliv (Previously Arbejdslivsstudier) + Socialvidenskab
- Arbejdsliv (Previously Arbejdslivsstudier) + Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier
- Arbejdslivs (Previously Arbejdslivsstudier) + Teknologisk-samfundsvidenskabelig planl?gning, TekSam
- Arbejdsliv (Previously Arbejdslivsstudier) + Virksomhedsstudier
- Business Administration (single-subject)
- Business Studies + Communication Studies
- Business Studies + Cultural Encounters
- Business Studies + International Studies
- Business Studies + Social Psychology of Everyday Life
- Erhvervs?konomi – HA (single-subject)
- Geografi + Historie
- Geografi + International Studies
- Geografi + Kulturm?destudier (Previously Kultur- og sprogm?destudier)
- Geografi + Socialvidenskab
- Geografi + Teknologisk-samfundsvidenskabelig planl?gning, TekSam
- International Studies (single-subject)
- International Studies + Communication Studies
- International Studies + Cultural Encounters
- International Studies + Journalistik
- International Studies + Kulturm?destudier (Previously Kultur- og sprogm?destudier)
- International Studies + Politik og Forvaltning
- International Studies + Social Psychology of Everyday Life
- Plan, by og proces + Filosofi og videnskabsteori
- Plan, by og proces + Geografi
- Plan, by og proces + International Studies
- Plan, by og proces + Kommunikation
- Plan, by og proces + Performance-design
- Plan, by og proces + Politik og forvaltning
- Plan, by og proces + Psykologi
- Plan, by og proces + Socialvidenskab
- Plan, by og proces + Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier
- Plan, by og proces + Teknologisk-samfundsvidenskabelig planl?gning, TekSam
- Politik og forvaltning (single-subject)
- Politik og forvaltning + Computer Science
- Politik og forvaltning + Datalogi
- Politik og forvaltning + Historie
- Politik og forvaltning + Informatik
- Politik og forvaltning + Journalistik
- Politik og forvaltning + Kommunikation
- Politik og forvaltning + Socialvidenskab
- Politik og forvaltning + Virksomhedsstudier
- Samfunds?konomi
- Socialvidenskab (single-subject)
- Socialvidenskab + Dansk
- Socialvidenskab + Historie
- Socialvidenskab + Journalistik
- Socialvidenskab + Kommunikation
- Socialvidenskab + Kulturm?destudier (Previously Kultur- og sprogm?destudier)
- Socialvidenskab + Psykologi
- Socialvidenskab + P?dagogik og uddannelsesstudier
- Socialvidenskab + Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier
- Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier + International Studies
- Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier + Journalistik
- Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier + Kommunikation
- Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier + Kulturm?destudier (Previously Kultur- og sprogm?destudier)
- Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier + Psykologi
- Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier + P?dagogik og uddannelsesstudier
- Sundhedsfremme og sundhedsstrategier + Teknologisk-samfundsvidenskabelig planl?gning, TekSam
- Teknologisk-samfundsvidenskabelig planl?gning, TekSam (single-subject)
- Teknologisk-samfundsvidenskabelig planl?gning, TekSam + International Studies
- Teknologisk-samfundsvidenskabelig planl?gning, TekSam + Kommunikation
- Teknologisk-samfundsvidenskabelig planl?gning, TekSam + Virksomhedsstudier
- Virksomhedsstudier + Journalistik
- Virksomhedsstudier + Kommunikation
- Virksomhedsstudier + Psykologi
- Virksomhedsstudier + Teknologisk-samfundsvidenskabelig planl?gning, TekSam
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If your bachelor’s programme is listed below you fulfill the specific admission requirements for Nordic Urban Planning Studies. ?
If your programme is not preapproved, the Admissions Office will assess if the academic content of your educational background fullfils the specific admission requirements.
We are not able to assess your qualifications before you apply for a master’s programme.
Copenhagen Business School (CBS)
- Business Language and Culture
- Business Administration and Sociology
- HA i Europ?isk Business
- HA (fil) – Erhvervs?konomi – Filosofi
- HA (psyk), Erhvervs?konomi – Psykologi
- HA (pro) - Erhvervs?konomi og projektledelse
- HA i Markeds- og Kulturanalyse
- HA (kom) Erhvervs?konomi - Virksomhedskommunikation
- HA (IT) Erhvervs?kononomi - Informationsteknologi
- International Business and Politics
Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
- Bygningsdesign
- Design og Innovation
- Produktion og Konstruktion
- Vand, bioressourcer og milj?management
IT University of Copenhagen (ITU)
- Digital Design og Interaktive Teknologier
- Global Business Informatics
University of Copenhagen (KU)
- Antropologi
- Geografi og Geoinformatik
- Gr?nlandske og arktiske studier
- Informationsstudier
- Landskabsarkitektur
- Naturressourcer
- Samfundsfag
- Sociologi
- Statskundskab
- ?konomi
University of Southern Denmark (SDU)
- Designkultur, hvis uddannelsen indeholder 5 ECTS samfundsvidenskabelig metode og 5 ECTS videnskabsteori
- Designkultur og ?konomi
- Erhvervs?konomi
- Erhvervs?konomi – Digitalisering og forretningsudvikling
- Erhvervs?konomi – Entrepreneurskab og innovation
- Erhvervs?konom i – Marketing og brand management
- Europ?iske Studier
- Integreret Design
- L?rings- og Oplevelsesteknologi
- Market and Management Anthropology
- Milj?- og ressource management
- Sociologi og Kulturanalyse
- Statskundskab
- Velf?rdsteknologi
- ?konomi
Aarhus University(AU)
- Antropologi
- Digital Design – IT, ?stetik og Interaktion
- Informationsvidenskab
- Milj?planl?gning
- Politik og ?konomi
- Samfundsfag
- Statskundskab
- ?konomi
Aalborg University (AAU)
- Arkitektur og Design
- By, Energi og Milj?planl?gning
- B?redygtigt Design
- Geografi
- Globale forretningssystemer
- Informationsteknologi
- Landinspekt?rvidenskab
- Politik og Administration
- Produkt og Design Psykologi
- Samfundsfag
- Sociologi
- Statskundskab
- Sundhedsteknologi
- ?konomi
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
- Arkitekt (For at blive optaget skal du best? 10 ECTS sommersupplering p? RUC f?r du kan starte p? selve kandidatuddannelsen)
Aarhus School of Architecture
- Arkitekt (For at blive optaget skal du best? 10 ECTS sommersupplering p? RUC f?r du kan starte p? selve kandidatuddannelsen)
University of Greenland
- Samfundsvidenskab
University of the Faroe Islands
- tt备用网址 of Social Science in Politics and Administration
Preapproved professional bachelor’s degrees
NB: In order to be admitted with one of the following degree’s you have to pass a 10 ECTS credit summer prerequisite course at RUC prior to your entry to the master's programme.
- Technical University of Denmark (DTU) > Diplomingeni?r i Arktisk Teknologi (Arktis byggeri og infrastruktur)
- Technical University of Denmark (DTU) > Diplomingeni?r i Byggeri og Infrastruktur
- Technical University of Denmark (DTU) > Diplomingeni?r i Eksport og teknologi
- Technical University of Denmark (DTU) > Diplomingen?r i Proces og Innovation
- Technical University of Denmark (DTU) > Diplomingeni?r i Mobilitet, transport og logistik (Trafik og Transport)
- University College Copenhagen > Professionsbachelor til Katastrofe- og risikomanager
- University of Copenhagen (KU) > Professionsbacheloruddannelse til Skov- og landskabsingeni?r
- University of Copenhagen (KU) > Professionsbacheloruddannelse til Urban landskabsingeni?r
- University of Southern Denmark (SDU) > Diplomingeni?r i Integreret Design
- Aalborg University (AAU) > Diplomingeni?r i Byggeri og Anl?g (AAU)
Other professional bachelors degrees
NB: In order to be admitted with one of the following degree’s you have to pass a 10 ECTS credit Summer prerequisite course at RUC prior to your entry to the master's programme.
- Professional bachelor's degree in Architectural Technolgy and Construction Management
- Academy profession programme (AP) (minimum 120 ECTS and Top-up i Innovation og Entrepreneurship (90 ECTS)
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See examples of international bachelor’s programmes preapproved for admission to Nordic Urban Planning Studies below.
For programmes not listed Roskilde University will assess if the academic content of your bachelor’s degree fulfills the specific admission requirements. We are not able to assess your qualifications before you apply for a master’s programme.
Argentina
- National University of Sct. Martin > Sociology
- National University of the Littoral > Geography
- University Buenos Aires > Sociology
Australia
- University of Melbourne >tt备用网址 of Design with a major in urban planning
Brazil
- University of Sao Paulo > Architecture and Urbanism
Canada
- Toronto Metropolitan University > Urban and Regional Planning
- University of British Colombia >
- University of British Colombia > Human Geography
- University of British Colombia > Environment and Sustainability
- University of Calgary > Urban Studies,
- University of Saskatchewan > Regional and Urban Planning
- University of Toronto > Urban Studies
- University of Toronto > Human geography
China
- Nankai University > Urban and Regional Planning / City Planning
- Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University > Urban Planning and Design
Czech Republic
- Charles University: > Social Geography and Geoinformatics
Faroe Islands
- University of the Faroe Islands > Social Science
- University of the Faroe Islands > Politics and Administration
Finland
- University of Helsinki > Urban Studies and Planning
- University of Helsinki > Politik, medier och kommunikation
- University of Helsinki > Politics and Communication
- University of Tampere > Sustainable Urban Development
Germany
- Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt Nürtingen-Geislingen (HfWU) > Sustainable management studies (previously Energy and Resource Management)
- Humboldt University > Geography
- Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universit?t > Social science and Human Geography
- Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universit?t > Political Science/Politikwissenschaft
- Technical University of Dortmund > Spatial Planning
Greece
- University of the Aegean > Environmental Sciences
Greenland
- University of Greenland > Samfundsvidenskab
Hong Kong
- University of Hong Kong > Urban Studies
Iceland
- University of Iceland > Political Science
- University of Iceland > Sociology
Italy
- Rome Sapienza University > Geographical Sciences for Environment and Health
- University of Bologna > Sociology
Lithuania
- Vilnius Gediminas Technical University > Landscape architecture
Morocco
- Al Akhawayn University > Spatial Planning and Management
The Netherlands
- Leiden University > Urban Studies
- University of Amsterdam > Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology
- University of Amsterdam > Human Geography and Planning
- University of Amsterdam > Sociology
- University of Groningen > Human Geography and Planning
- University of Groningen > Spatial Planning and Design
Norway
- Bergen University > Geografi
- Oslo University > Samfunnsgeografi
- Troms? University > Samfunnsplanlegging og kulturforst?else
- Troms? University > Samfunnssikkerhet og milj?
- Troms? University > Sosialantropologi
Poland
- Jagiellonian University > Geography and Spatial Planning
Singapore
- National University of Singapore > tt备用网址 in Geography with a Minor in Urban Studies or Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
Spain
- Autonomous University of Barcelona > Geography, Environmental Management and Spatial Planning
- University of Barcelona> Geography
Sweden
- Malm? University > Milj?vetarprogrammet - M?nniska, milj?, samh?lle
- Malm? University > Stadsbyggnad, stadsutveckling och planering
- Lund University > tt备用网址 of Science in Development Studies with a major in Human Geography
- Stockholm University > Kandidatprogram i kulturgeografi – samh?lle, milj? och globala processer
- Stockholm University >Programme in Human Geography – Society, Environment and Global Processes
- Uppsala University > Samh?llsplanering - milj?, resurser och globalisering
United Kingdom
- Lancaster University > Geography
Lancaster University > Sociology - Newcastle University > Geography and Planning
- Newcastle University > Urban Planning
- Queen Mary University of London > Human Geography
- Queen’s University Belfast > Planning, Environment and Development
- Sheffield University > Urban Studies
- University of Glasgow > Geography
- University of Glasgow > Human Geography (BA HONS)
United States of America
- Boston University > Urban affairs
- The City University of New York > Sociology
- The City University of New York > Anthropology
- The City University of New York > Geography
- New York University > Metropolitan Studies
- UC Berkeley > Urban Studies
- UCLA > tt备用网址 of Arts with a Major in Geography
- University of Chicago > Environment, Geography and Urbanization (Environmental and urban studies)
- University of Minnesota > Urban Studies
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In order to qualify for admission, your bachelor’s degree must contain 40 ECTS in the following subject areas:
10 ECTS methodology and philosophy of science, including:
- 5 ECTS in social science methodology corresponding in level to at least the first year of a Danish university programme*
- 5 ECTS in methodology and/or philosophy of science corresponding in level to at least the first year of a Danish university programme*
30 ECTS within the social sciences or one of the other academic areas in the list below with relevance for urban planning and development:
- Urban and rural land planning and management
- Urban planning, development and infrastructure
- Anthropology
- Architecture and building design (only within landscape and urban architecture, design and culture)
- Business administration
- Communication with a Social Science perspective
- Cultural and social geography
- Digital tools in urban development (Digital design)
- Disaster and Risk Management (for example risk analysis and contingency planning)
- Economics
- Engineering (only within transport and infrastructure, innovation, export, building and construction, forestry and landscape)
- Environmental Planning, Technology and Sustainability
- Interdisciplinary Studies in Health Promotion and Health Strategies (for example social, living and housing conditions)
- Law
- Nature and cultural communication
- Political science
- Social psychology
- Sociology
The University makes an individual assessment of whether your qualifications cover the above subject areas to a sufficient extend based on the documents that you upload with your application.
*If you do not meet the requirements for theory of science and methodology, you may be offered summer prerequisite studies prior to the start of your master’s studies.
Please note that only formal qualifications (ECTS/credits) are assessed, and that the university only takes ECTS/credits passed as part of or prior to the graduation date of the bachelor’s programme into account.
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There are no bachelor's degrees that give a legal right of admission to the master's programme in Nordic Urban Planning Studies.
It is not mandatory to have a legal right of admission in order to gain admission to the programme.
See if your bachelor’s degree has been preapproved for admission on the lists of preapproved bachelor’s degrees. If your bachelor’s degree has not been preapproved you may gain admission if you fulfill the specific admission requirements.
The Board of Studies has determined the admission requirements who are published as an appendix to the study regulation on the university's website. The appendix is in a Pdf with all admission requirements for Nordic Urban Planning Studies