Assessment of non-Danish qualifications

If you want to apply for a PhD scholarship/fellowship at Arts but you are not sure if you should apply for 4+4 or 5+3 you can get your non-Danish qualifications assessed by the Danish Agency for Science and Higher Education.

If your degrees are equivalent to a Danish 2-year Master’s degree you may apply for 5+3.
If your degrees are equivalent to one year of Master’s study in Denmark you may apply for 4+4.

Please see this page for further information: https://ufsn.dk/english/education/recognition-and-transparency/get-assessment/

General assessments of degrees from specific countries
If you can find the country your degrees are from on the list of assessed countries you do not need to get your diplomas assessed.
Get your qualifications assessed
Use the PDF form if you do not have MitID (Danish digital signature for public digital services):
- Application form
The assessment itself free of charge. This excludes any other expenses such as for translation of documents.

Examples

India

Here you can see the Danish Agency for Higher Education's standards for assessing higher education qualifications from India:

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The above degrees from India are assessed to be equivalent to a Danish Bachelor's degree plus one year of Master's studies. This means that you may apply for the 4-year PhD scholarship (4+4 scheme) but not the 3-year PhD fellowship (5+3 scheme).

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The above degrees from India are assessed to be equivalent to a Danish Master's degree. This means that you may apply for the 3-year PhD fellowship (5+3 scheme).

Pakistan

Here you can see the Danish Agency for Higher Education's standards for assessing higher education qualifications from Pakistan:

The above degrees from Pakistan are assessed to be equivalent to a Danish Bachelor's degree plus one year of Master's studies. This means that you may apply for the 4-year PhD scholarship (4+4 scheme) but not the 3-year PhD fellowship (5+3 scheme).

Only if you have a 4-year Bachelor's degree + a 2-year Master's degree which includes a final dissertation then you may apply for the 3-year PhD fellowship (5+3 scheme). Please make a note in the cover sheet.

Please also see "Difference: Having a Master's degree or still enrolled?" on the "Open and Specific Calls" page.