The purpose of a Master’s degree programme for working professionals is to give students and companies the opportunity to link academic skills and competencies directly with relevant employment. It is a requirement that the student is employed for a minimum of 25 hours a week and on a par with other employees.
Terms and conditions
As a student in a Master’s degree programme for working professionals, you are not entitled to receive a state education grant (SU).
No Bachelor's degrees grant a legal claim for admission to Master’s degree programmes for working professionals. For example, you do not have a legal claim for admission to the Master’s degree programme in Law for working professionals even if you hold a Bachelor’s degree in Law from SDU. A legal claim for admission only applies to ordinary Master's degree programmes.
SDU will obtain documentation of your employment twice a year. If your employment situation changes during your studies, you are obliged to notify SDU. If you change employers, if your working tasks change significantly, you must apply for permission to continue in the programme on your new terms. If your employment changes, please contact Registration via SPOC.
If SDU evaluates that you no longer fulfill the occupational requirements for the programme, you will be transferred to the ordinary full-time Master’s degree programme from the following semester.
As a student in a Master’s degree programme for working professionals, you can apply for a transfer to the ordinary Master’s degree programme. If you wish to apply for a transfer, please contact Registration via SPOC.
If you are enrolled in a full-time Master’s degree programme, you can apply for a transfer to the same programme as a Master’s degree programme for working professionals without first withdrawing from the full-time programme. How you should apply depends on how far you are in your programme. Read more about transferring between part-time and full-time programmes here.
It is possible to fulfill the occupational requirement by working for a foreign company. If you are employed by a foreign company, you must be aware of the following special requirements:
- You must document that you are employed in an officially registered company. You can do this either by stating the company's registration number (corresponding to a CVR number in Denmark) in your statement of occupation, or by submitting other formal documentation that the company is an officially registered company.
- All SDU's Master’s degree programmes for working professionals are taught physically in Denmark. You must therefore be able to attend classes in Denmark and at the same time be an integrated part of your workplace on a par with full-time employees.