22 Social Science Degree Programs in Denmark

The Master’s degree program in European studies focuses on European issues relating to politics, culture, and history. You will work with the theme of European diversity and everything that ties Europeans together. You will learn how to analyze the many issues and opportunities involved in European cooperation and in Europe as a whole.

Master in Population Studies Learn about populations and societal challenges brought on by population changes. Gain a unique education fusing social sciences, quantitative methods, and programming and graduate with a widely demanded skillset. Are you interested in understanding and analysing population changes and how they are challenging contemporary societies? Population issues, like ageing and population growth, are the results of changes in three key demographic behaviours: migration (when people move from one place to another), fertility (how many babies are born), and mortality (how long people live).

MSc in International Security and Law International conflicts and security issues have changed fundamentally over the past decades. To understand them and to manage them requires new skills. We offer this Master’s program, taught by international researchers within the areas of international politics and international law who have trained and worked at the best universities in Europe, to develop these skills in our graduates.

MMA basically consists of courses in anthropological theory and fieldwork methods, courses that introduce marketing and management as social processes, and courses that provide managerial skills. The aim is to “put anthropology to work” in terms of applying anthropological skills in marketing and management contexts in all parts of the world.

In MA Intercultural Studies encounter cultural differences every day both in our private and professional lives. Such differences are related to a society or a language area, but also to professions, ethnicities, religions, social groups, generations, and/or organizations. As a student of Intercultural Studies, you will acquire insights into different theoretical approaches to interculturality in the transnational world and work with the interrelationships of local, national, regional, and transnational identities.

In the MSc in Anthropology – Visual Anthropology degree program, you work with cultures and societies around the world. You work with a comparative perspective and, through the study of social and cultural conditions, you seek to acquire an understanding of human conditions and the way they change. You gain insight into how people live and interact with each other and into the society's institutions, rules, traditions and technology.

The master program in Cultural Sociology provides you with specialized socio-cultural analytical and methodological competencies that support a career as project manager and facilitator of transformation processes or as a relations manager in (inter-organizational) associations. You will become an attractive asset for organizations and companies that work with local development and interaction with users, citizens, clients, and consumers.

The Erasmus Mundus International Master’s in Soils and Global Change (IMSOGLO) offers you a unique international educational experience with a focused curriculum on soils and global change by bringing together the expertise of research groups at four renowned EU universities. The programme has been granted the EU’s prestigious Erasmus Mundus label.

English is the language of globalisation. It is the mother tongue of around 350 million people, and an even larger number speak it as a second language. The MA in English opens career opportunities in important national and international sectors associated with the cultural and creative industries and in the field of teaching.

American Studies is a two year MA program that focuses on the world's leading superpower. It looks at culture, politics, economics, literature, and society in a country of more than 300 million inhabitants in fifty distinct states.

The MA program in sustainable heritage management (SHM) at Aarhus University provides you with the knowledge and competencies needed to meet the multiple challenges of contemporary heritage policy, management, and research. Working with cultural and natural heritage means being conscious of, and taking responsibility for, the links between humans, our environment, and what remains from the past.

The Erasmus Mundus Master’s in Journalism, Media and Globalisation offers a unique 360° educational experience. Students on the programme study and live in at least two European countries, interact with classmates from all around the world and engage in lively and insightful discussions in a thriving interdisciplinary and intercultural environment.

In the Master's program, you have the opportunity to further develop both in breadth and depth the knowledge of the theory and methods of the subjects on your BA program within the disciplines of business economics, management, marketing, and intercultural communication.

The BSc in European Studies analyses regional, national, and transnational structures and developments, introducing approaches from political science, cultural studies, history, and economics.

The international Master’s degree programme in Children’s Literature, Media & Cultural Entrepreneurship (CLMC) is aimed at students who wish to pursue a career in children’s literature, media, and education across a broad range of professional fields. It is also intended as preparation for PhD study. The jointly developed and implemented programme will provide you with academic knowledge and research skills and develop your practical employability.