The Faculty of Social Sciences

Eligibility criteria

In order to be eligible for a scholarship, you must be: a citizen of a country outside the EU, EEA (the European Economic Area) or Switzerland admitted to a master’s degree programme at the University of Copenhagen granted a time-limited residence permit for the purpose of studying a higher educational programme in Denmark. You are not eligible for a Danish Government Scholarship if you: have a legal claim to the rights of Danish citizens are eligible for a grant in accordance with Danish law regarding the State Educational Grant and Loan Scheme (SU) have been granted a residence permit at the time of admission by the Danish Aliens Consolidations Act §9c, subsection 1, as the child of a foreign citizen who has been granted a residence permit in accordance with the Danish Aliens Consolidations Act §9m, and who is a citizen of a country that is not acceded to the EU or covered by the EEA agreement.