For Master’s degree programmes for which admission is restricted and based either partly or entirely on average grade, it is necessary to calculate an overall average grade for your Bachelor’s degree programme or for selected relevant courses. The principle(s) used appear(s) from the selection criteria announced for the Master’s degree programme in question.
Your average grade is always based on the grades you can document when you apply, regardless of whether you have completed your Bachelor’s degree programme.
If you have completed your Bachelor’s degree programme by the time you apply for your Master’s degree programme and your average grade is stated on your degree certificate, we will use/convert this average grade directly.
If you have not completed your Bachelor’s degree programme by the time you apply for your Master’s degree programme, we will calculate a simple, non-weighted average grade based on your individual grades. This means that each individual grade will count equally towards the average, regardless of the number of ECTS credits it represents.
If your unfinished Bachelor’s degree programme contains a provisional, accumulated weighted average grade, we will convert this average grade directly.
If you have obtained credit transfers for courses on your Bachelor’s programme but these courses are not stated with a grade on your degree certificate, they will not be included in the calculation of your average grade.
If you are applying for a Master’s degree programme on the basis of qualifications from a university outside Denmark, you must always attach an overview of the grading system in the country or at the university in question. You can read more about how we calculate average grades based on non-Danish grading scales below.
When we calculate average grades for selected relevant courses or for an entire Bachelor’s degree programme, we first convert the grades from the 13-point grading scale to the new 7-point grading scale.
This also applies if you have grades from both the 13-point scale and the 7-point scale. If you have been awarded an average grade for your Bachelor’s degree based on the 13-point scale, we will first convert your individual grades to the 7-point scale, after which we will calculate a simple, non-weighted average grade. This means that each individual grade will count equally towards the average, regardless of the number of ECTS credits it represents.
See the conversion scale here.
If you have grades based on the European ECTS scale, your grades will be converted to the Danish 7-point grading scale.
According to the Danish Agency for Science and Higher Education, there are no official conversion scales or conversion rules for grades awarded on higher education programmes outside Denmark.
When assessing grades for non-Danish Bachelor’s degree programmes in connection with admission to Master’s degree programmes, we base our assessment on the grading scale used at the university in question. You must submit an overview of this grading scale with your application. This will typically appear on your grade transcript or degree certificate.
If needed, we may also refer to the general guidelines on the grading system in the country in question, which can be found on the ‘General assessments of specific countries’ page of the Ministry of Higher Education and Science’s website. Please note that the Danish version ‘Landehåndbogen’ contains more details regarding grading systems.
When converting grades from grading systems used outside Denmark, we perform a linear conversion, which is based on the lowest possible and highest possible passing grades in the grading system in question. Using this linear conversion, your grade is converted to a grade between 2 and 12, which are the lowest possible and highest possible passing grades (respectively) on the Danish 7-point scale.
We first convert the individual non-Danish grades to numbers with two decimal places between 2 and 12. We then convert these numbers to whole grades on the Danish 7-point grading scale, using simple rounding principles. After this, we use these whole grades to calculate your average grade.
If you already have an average grade stated on your degree certificate, we will perform a linear, non-rounded conversion of this to obtain an average grade with two decimal places on the Danish 7-point grading scale. This also applies if you have not completed your Bachelor’s degree programme but still have an accumulated average grade.
If you have both Danish and non-Danish grades on your degree certificate, we will convert all your non-Danish grades to a grade on the Danish 7-point grading scale before we calculate your average grade.
