How can we think critically about international migration across everyday experience, crisis, and politics? What is the role of borders, humanitarianism, climate change, labour, and postcolonialism in human mobility across the world, past and present? The programme in Advanced Migration Studies engages with these questions, providing a unique opportunity for students to engage with questions about migration through study and practice.
To apply for admission to this master's degree programme, you must have completed a qualifying bachelor’s 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.
If you hold one of the degrees listed below, you are considered to automatically meet the requirements regarding relevance of academic qualifications:
In order to proceed with your application please refer to the application procedure.
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Note: The admission tool is available only in Danish.
The faculty may admit applicants other than those mentioned above if it is assessed that the applicant has a bachelor’s degree equivalent to a degree from a Faculty of Humanities or a Faculty of Social Sciences with minimum 30 ECTS within migration related topics.
In order to proceed with your application please refer to the application procedure.
You are required to document that you fulfil the language requirement English B, unless you have a legal right of admission to the programme you are applying for.
Please note that you must have the documentation ready by the application deadline.
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 15 May.
Application deadline for applicants from outside the EU, EEA and Switzerland.
Open for applications from 15 November. You will receive a reply by 13 March.
Find information about available places on the study programme, as well as the distribution of students admitted last year.
| Admission statistics Advanced Migration Studies 2026 | |
|---|---|
| Available study places | 40* |
| Admission statistics Advanced Migration Studies 2025 | |
|---|---|
| Admitted (of which have start in February) | 42 (0) |
| Admission distribution (legal right/other) | 0% / 100% |
| Applicants | 281 |
| Age average | 24 |
| Nationality (dk/international) | 17% / 83% |
* The student intake for the programme is capped. The number of available places applies to the academic year 2026/27.
Read about capping of study programmes in relation to available study places (in Danish)
If the number of qualified applicants exceeds the number of available places, applicants will be prioritised according to the following criteria:
Choose your category and read how to apply for admission. You can also find information about deadlines and documentation requirements.
Please note that you must also select according to your citizenship:
The MA in Advanced Migration Studies is organised and administered by Centre for Advanced Migration Studies (AMIS) in association with the Saxo Institute, and is unique in drawing on a very comprehensive research environment of migration scholars affiliated with AMIS, covering a range of academic disciplines.
The table below illustrates how the subject elements are distributed across the semesters.
| Semester 1 | Semester 2 |
|---|---|
| International migration (15 ECTS) | Key Concepts and Analytical Approaches in Migration Studies (15 ECTS) |
| Researching migration - methodological approaches (15 ECTS) | Migration and Societies – Practices and Arenas (15 ECTS) |
| Semester 3 | Semester 4 |
|---|---|
Choose 30 ECTS among the following:
| Master's Thesis (30 ECTS) |
On this page, we present both key elements from the curriculum and other content that may be relevant to your choice of study.
If you are interested in a more detailed overview of the framework of the programme in more detail – including its academic content, structure, rules, and examination requirements – you should refer to the curriculum, which serves as the legal foundation for the programme.
There is both a curriculum specific to each degree programme and a general curriculum that applies across the faculty.
Please note that curricula are often revised annually. Any new versions will be published no later than during the spring semester.
Upon completion of the master’s programme, you will obtain the title Master of Arts in Advanced Migration Studies.
The Master’s programme in Advanced Migration Studies offers a range of career opportunities. It qualifies for a career in political institutions concerned with immigration and integration policies at the national and supranational levels as well as in local government.
Graduates may also work with local, national and international NGOs that advocate for the rights of migrants and refugees, as well as for unions and civil society organisations that work in spaces shaped by migration (e.g. labour markets, housing).
Opportunities also exist in private companies working with diversity management and international recruitment, as well as in cultural institutions that critically examine and curate the histories and artistic expressions of migrants. Additionally, the Master’s programme prepares for a career in research and education, advancing critical knowledge on migration, e.g. at universities, policy institutes or research/consulting companies.
Students acquire a range of high-level competences in multi-dimensional analyses of migration and integration across various contexts, including the competence to understand the causes, patterns and effects of international migration, as well as to understand and apply social science and humanities-based methods, especially ethnographic, historical and cultural analysis.
In addition, students develop social, communicative, and writing skills through seminar and tutorial formats, such as presenting, engaging in group discussions, and effectively formulating complex research ideas and findings.
This enables them, for example, to analyze the role of religion in diverse societies, the structural dependence on foreign labour in sectors like care and agriculture, structural discrimination experienced by migrants, the representation of migrants in media, and diversity management within institutions.
Students are invited and expected to participate in the life of the Centre for Advanced Migration Studies (AMIS), including research events such as conferences, workshops and talks.
There are nine departmental libraries on South Campus. The Saxo Library holds the collections and academic literature for Prehistoric Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Ethnology, Greek & Latin, History, Applied Cultural Analysis and Advanced Migration Studies. See information about libraries and opening hoursThe Royal Library on South Campus
The campus branch of the Royal Library houses an extensive collection of the humanities,
has free wireless internet access, and contains 400 workspaces for students to study.
The main branch of the Royal library is a popular and centrally-located harbourfront place
for students to study. It has free wireless internet and numerous workspaces for study, and
also houses art and photo exhibitions. Visit the Royal Library website
Etnologisk Fagråd – In English known under the abbreviation SCEMA. SCEMA stands for: The Student Council of European Ethnology, Master of Applied Cultural Analysis and Advanced Migration Studies. SCEMA helps create an academic environment grounded in a community of science and fellowship, which establishes a room for discussion and fellowship among classes. The student council is a volunteer association that arranges social and academic events and functions as the link between students and the management, administration, and teachers of SAXO.
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