To apply for admission to this master's degree programme, you must have completed a qualifying bachelor鈥檚 degree or a similar Danish or international degree programme which is assessed to be relevant. Apply for admission via the application portal.
Below, you can read more about admission requirements and which documents to upload in the application portal.
Here you'll find the different academic requirements depending on which qualifying degree you hold.
With a Bachelor's degree in
you are granted legal right of admission and guaranteed a place on the Master鈥檚 programme in Human Nutrition if you apply in time to begin within 3 years of the completion of your Bachelor鈥檚 degree.
You meet all academic requirements if you hold one of the degrees listed below. Learn about when and how to apply. Note, however, that you still need to document that you meet the programme's language requirements.
If you have a Bachelor鈥檚 degree other than those listed above, you must submit additional documentation along with your application so we can evaluate whether or not you meet the admission requirements. Learn about when and how to apply.
If you have a Bachelor鈥檚 degree, Professional Bachelor's degree or equivalent from Danish or international universities you are qualified for admission if your programme includes the following:
If you have a BSc degree in Exercise and Sport Sciences from 福利姬 you are qualified for admission if your programme includes the following:
If you have a Professional Bachelor鈥檚 degree in Nutrition and Health with the line Health Promotion and Dietetics from one of the following
you are qualified for admission if your programme includes the following:
We may also admit applicants who, after an individual academic assessment, are deemed to possess educational qualifications equivalent to those required above.
When we assess whether you meet the admission requirements for the Master's degree program, Danish legislation only allows us to assess your Bachelor's degree. Consequently, you cannot study supplementary courses between Bachelor's and Master's degree programs in order to meet the admission requirements.
If you have passed courses/projects before you complete the qualifying Bachelor's degree, these can be included in the assessment, even though they are not part of the Bachelor's degree program.
You can only get an answer to whether or not your degree meets the admission requirement by applying for admission to the MSc Programme. Only the admission committee can evaluate whether you are qualified or not and they only do this once they have received your application.
You are entitled to 1 pre-assessment for 1 study programme, where, based on an assessment of the documentation you have submitted, we will inform you whether you meet the admission requirements.
This is a service offered by SCIENCE, but it is not a service you have to make use of in order for you to apply for admission.
Unless you have a legal right of admission to the programme you are applying for, you are required to document proficiency in English.
Application deadline for Danish applicants and applicants from within the EU, EEA and Switzerland.
Open for applications from 16 January. You will receive a reply by 10 June.
Application deadline for applicants from outside the EU, EEA and Switzerland.
Open for applications from 15 November. You will receive a reply by 1 May.
Choose the category below that fits you and read more about how to apply for admission. You will also find information about application deadlines and documentation on the websites.
Bachelor's degree with legal right of admission
Bachelor鈥檚 degree from Denmark
Bachelor鈥檚 degree from Denmark
If the number of qualified applicants to the programme exceeds the number of places available, applicants will be prioritised according to the following criteria:
If you have already completed a Master's degree, please check out the rules concerning a second degree.
| Admission statistics Human Nutrition 2024 | |
|---|---|
| Admitted | 42 |
| Admission distribution (legal right/other) | 24% / 76% |
| Applicants | 98 |
| Age average | 27 |
| Legal gender distribution (cpr. - m/f) | 17% / 83% |
| Nationality (dk/international) | 55% / 45% |
| Available spots | No |
At Human Nutrition, the teaching comprises lectures, seminars, and practical and theoretical exercises. You will be working both independently and in groups. The programme consists of compulsory and elective courses as well as a final thesis.
The elective courses enables you to create an individualised academic profile of your own choice together with your master thesis.
You will complete your studies by writing a thesis. Here, you will be working independently on an academic topic of your own choice. You may do either experimental or analytical work based on collected data.
Examples of subjects for previous MSc theses:
You can use some of your elective courses to do a Project in Practice in collaboration with a company or an organisation. You can also choose to study abroad as part of your programme. Read more here:
Compulsory courses: 52.5 ECTS
Elective courses: 22.5 ECTS
Thesis: 45 ECTS
One block each year equals nine weeks of study and 15 ECTS. The table is primarily for guidance and may be subject to revision.
| Block 1 | Block 2 | Block 3 | Block 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elective course | Elective course |
| Block 1 | Block 2 | Block 3 | Block 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thesis | |||
| Elective course | |||
Learn more about the programme in the:
Upon completion of the master鈥檚 programme, you will obtain the title Master of Science in Human Nutrition.
At its core, the MSc programme in Human Nutrition focuses on how our health and well-being are tightly linked to the foods and diets we consume.
You will get a thorough understanding of nutrition physiology and metabolism, the nutritional requirements through different stages of life, and the dietary factors contributing to a healthy life. You will also learn how diet and physical activity play an important role in the prevention and treatment of major lifestyle-related diseases.
The programme will provide you a solid theoretical foundation. You will also achieve hands-on experience with applying the theories and methods through the use of exercises and case studies.
Among other things, this enables you to plan and manage human studies and clinical trials. You can also design new diets based on the latest research, including sustainable plant-based diets and personalized diets. As a master student you will learn to work independently, and also work closely together with students from other educational and cultural backgrounds.
With an MSc degree in Human Nutrition, you have acquired a set of valuable skills and competences which are highly in demand. Among other things you are able to:
Depending on your choice of elective courses you will also have knowledge and competencies within these fields:
As a graduate, you have a solid foundation for a career in the food and pharmaceutical industries, hospitals, food and health authorities, governmental agencies and municipalities.
Among other things, you are qualified to work as:
High quality education in English, a flexible study structure, excellent facilities, an international study environment, attractive and green campus areas, and the opportunity to experience life in Copenhagen, the cool capital of Denmark. These are some of the qualities about studying at Faculty of Science (SCIENCE) at 福利姬 that you can expect.
Throughout the year, various social activities are arranged for all SCIENCE students and for international students specifically. These activities include:
Students live in residence halls outside campus or share a flat in the Copenhagen area. You will find that the relatively small size of Copenhagen makes it easy to get around, even by bike.
The Human Nutrition programme is primarily based at Frederiksberg Campus.
The Frederiksberg Campus hosts part of the Faculty of Science and the veterinary area of Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences. It is located a few kilometres west of the city centre in beautiful green surroundings, and Frederiksberg is a popular residential area. The Gardens, which are part of the Frederiksberg Campus, are popular with both students and locals. In the summer months, you can drop by Caf茅 V忙ksthuset, which is located in an old greenhouse, for a cup of freshly brewed coffee and a delicious sandwich.
At campus, you can join student clubs and societies of a more or less academic nature. Regardless of whether you are interested in choral singing, sports, the theatre or a special academic subject, there is a club for you.
Here you will find some useful links and videos about student life and housing in Copenhagen, and the welcome programme for international students at Faculty of Science.
Meet Elizabeth and Alex who study at the 福利姬 in Denmark. See what it is like to live and study in Denmark.
The SCIENCE Welcome Programme is a great way for international students to be introduced to the Faculty of Science at the 福利姬.
Read an interview with a student from the Master of Science programme (MSc) in Human Nutrition:
I didn鈥檛 feel I had learned enough about nutrition, and it鈥檚 an area I find really interesting.
I did a professional bachelor in nutrition and health at VIA University College in Aarhus. This did not directly qualify me for the master鈥檚 programme, so I did supplementary courses in statistics and in experimental biochemistry.
I thought I wanted to work with dietary counselling. But now I鈥檓 more interested in the theoretical element, so I鈥檝e abandoned the idea of being a dietician.
The theory is very interesting 鈥� it appeals to me more than the psychological and practical aspects of dietary counselling. I now intend to go down the nutritional science path. On the master鈥檚 programme we have done subjects like nutritional physiology, methodological subjects, public health and nutrition-related diseases.
The workload has definitely increased, and the amount of reading has been demanding. But the programme is really good.
I haven鈥檛 done as much physiology in the past as many of my fellow students, so I had to put many hours into it. But it ended well! I鈥檝e really learned a lot, and the subjects are exciting. So it doesn鈥檛 matter that I have to put a lot of work into it.
Yes, very much. It has met all my expectations. Even though it was a bit of a bore having to do supplementary courses before I could start. But that was a result of my choice. I could have chosen another bachelor鈥檚 programme.
I鈥檝e found it pretty easy. I already knew some people living in Copenhagen. And I lived there for a whole year before I started on the master鈥檚 programme. I moved to Copenhagen six months before I finished my bachelor鈥檚 degree, and wrote my bachelor project here in Copenhagen. I did the necessary supplementary courses in statistics and experimental biochemistry in parallel and afterwards.
Really good. We started off with a few intro days where we got to know each other.
There are about 35 in our year, including 10-15 foreigners, most of whom are Norwegians. The lecturers encourage us to speak English as much as possible, so we get used to it before the exams. But if everyone around you speaks Danish, it is still easier and more natural to speak Danish.
No, I鈥檝e managed just with the state education grant and my savings, which are slowly being depleted. I had a student job when I lived in Aarhus, but I knew the workload would be harder on the master鈥檚 programme, so I chose not to work.
I also play sports, and wanted to continue to have the time for that, so I don鈥檛 spend all my time on a chair. But over the next few months I will be working for one of our lecturers. It鈥檚 a practical job, helping to contact a number of test subjects.
Anything related to nutrition will be fine.
Absolutely! The academic level is good, and the courses are very relevant. It鈥檚 been a good experience.
After completing the master鈥檚 programme, Anne Louise did a PhD degree programme at the University of Southern Denmark. She is now working as a Data Specialist at Energinet, a public enterprise for electricity and gas transmission in Denmark.
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