Master in Sustainable Tourism and Hospitality Management

Entry requirements

Entry requirements

You are qualified for (but not guaranteed) admission to the programme if you:

1. Fulfil the language requirement by the application deadline
2. Fulfil the academic requirements below
3. Have a bachelor degree or will have by study start

Please note: Fulfilment of the entry requirements does not guarantee admission.The programme has a limited number of places. If there are more qualified applicants than places available at a programme, there will be a selection process, according to the selection criteria which you can find below.

1. English language requirement

The programme requires English at Danish level A.

The English requirements are very strict, which means that only the qualifications listed on the English level A page are accepted as alternative fulfilment.

The English language requirement must be fulfilled by the application deadline.

2. ACADEMIC ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Your educational background will be subject to an overall individual assessment in order to establish if your bachelor's degree qualifies you for the programme and the academic areas listed below are covered in full and as prescribed:

  • 5 ECTS-points in Quantitative methods/Statistics
  • 25 ECTS-points in Business Administration (Marketing and/or Organisation and/or Management and/or Strategy and/or Innovation/entrepreneurship and/or Accounting and/or Finance and/or Economics)


3. GENERAL ENTRY REQUIREMENT

To be eligible for admission to a 1-year Master, you must have completed an academic bachelor degree before the programme's study start. Applicants with professional qualifications (for example a professional bachelor degree/PBA) will not be admitted.


How to find out if you fulfil the academic requirements

CBS Admissions cannot pre-assess your qualifications ahead of the application round.

We have already assessed a number of bachelor degrees, you will find them all in the list of advance assessments.

To find out if you qualify, you can do the following:

  1. Check the advance assessments: see below if we have already published an advance assessment for your bachelor degree.
  2. Self-assessment: if your bachelor degree is not listed in the advance assessments below, you can make your own self-assessment using the self-assessment form further down.

Advance Assessments

The following advance assessments are only valid for:

  • the 2024 admission round
  • applicants whose bachelor degree exactly matches the university, degree title and enrolment year listed

What is included in the advance assessment?
The advance assessments are based on the obligatory courses as listed in the programme regulations.

If you have obligatory courses that have been credit transferred from elsewhere, we will not use the advance assessment and will instead assess your courses using the available documentation.

If you have electives, we will assess these in addition to the obligatory courses.

Categories
The advance assessments are grouped into 3 different categories:

  • Qualifying bachelor degrees: Your obligatory courses fulfil the academic requirements.
  • Potentially qualifying bachelor degrees: Your obligatory courses do not fully cover the academic requirements. You will therefore need to either choose relevant electives or take supplementary qualifying courses to fulfil the requirements.
    Read more about how to qualify on Are you qualified?
  • Non-qualifying bachelor degrees: Your obligatory courses do not fulfil the academic entry requirements and it is unlikely that elective courses and/or taking supplementary qualifying courses will help you to fulfil the requirements in full.

Your bachelor degree may be listed in different categories for different enrolment years.

Please note: Fulfilment of the entry requirements does not guarantee admission.

CBS Bachelor Degrees

Qualifying Bachelor Degrees

Your obligatory courses fulfil the academic entry requirements

BACHELOR DEGREE: ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT: ACADEMIC ENTRY REQUIREMENTS TO BE FULFILLED:
BSc in Business Administration and Digital Management English is fulfilled Applicants enrolled in this programme in 2020 or 2021 fulfil all academic entry requirements.
BSc in Business Administration and Service Management English is fulfilled Applicants enrolled in this programme in 2020 or 2021 fulfil all academic entry requirements.
BSc in Business Administration and Sociology English is fulfilled Applicants enrolled in this programme in 2020 or 2021 fulfil all academic entry requirements.
BSc in Business, Language and Culture English is fulfilled Applicants enrolled in this programme in 2020 or 2021 fulfil all academic entry requirements.
BSc in International Business (regular programme) English is fulfilled Applicants enrolled in this programme in 2020 or 2021 fulfil all academic entry requirements.
HA Almen - Almen Erhvervsøkonomi English to be fulfilled Applicants enrolled in this programme in 2020 or 2021 fulfil all academic entry requirements.
HA i Europæisk Business English is fulfilled Applicants enrolled in this programme in 2020 or 2021 fulfil all academic entry requirements.
HA (mat.) - Erhvervsøkonomi - matematik English to be fulfilled Applicants enrolled in this programme in 2020 or 2021 fulfil all academic entry requirements.
HA (pro.) - Erhvervsøkonomi og projektledelse English to be fulfilled Applicants enrolled in this programme in 2020 or 2021 fulfil all academic entry requirements.
HA (psyk.) - Erhvervsøkonomi - Psykologi English to be fulfilled Applicants enrolled in this programme in 2020 or 2021 fulfil all academic entry requirements.

Potentially Qualifying Bachelor Degrees (Can Supplement to Qualify)

Your obligatory courses do not fully cover the academic entry requirements. You will therefore need to either choose relevant electives or take supplementary qualifying courses to fulfil the requirements.

BACHELOR DEGREE: ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT: ACADEMIC ENTRY REQUIREMENTS TO BE FULFILLED:
HA (it.) - Erhvervsøkonomi - informatik English to be fulfilled Applicants enrolled in this programme in 2020 or 2021 do not fulfil the academic entry requirements listed below:
  • 5  ECTS-points in Quantitative Methods/Statistics


All obligatory courses have been taken into consideration. The academic entry requirements must be covered with academic and research-based courses done at bachelor level.
 

Degrees from other Danish institutions

Qualifying Bachelor Degrees


Your obligatory courses fulfil the academic entry requirements

BACHELOR DEGREE: ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT: academic ENTRY REQUIREMENTS TO BE FULFILLED:
HA Almen Erhvervsøkonomi - AAU English to be fulfilled Applicants enrolled in this programme in 2020 or 2021 fulfil all academic entry requirements.
HA Almen Erhvervsøkonomi - AU English to be fulfilled Applicants enrolled in this programme in 2020 or 2021 fulfil all academic entry requirements.
HA Almen Erhvervsøkonomi - SDU English to be fulfilled Applicants enrolled in this programme in 2020 or 2021 fulfil all academic entry requirements.
HA Almen Erhvervsøkonomi/BSc in Business Administration - RUC English to be fulfilled Applicants enrolled in this programme in 2020 or 2021 fulfil all academic entry requirements.
HA Sports- og eventmanagement - SDU English to be fulfilled Applicants enrolled in this programme in 2020 or 2021 fulfil all academic entry requirements.
HA Digitalisering og forretningsudvikling - SDU English to be fulfilled Applicants enrolled in this programme in 2020 or 2021 fulfil all academic entry requirements.
Bachelor (BSc) i international erhvervsøkonomi med fremmedsprog - SDU English to be fulfilled Applicants enrolled in this programme in 2020 or 2021 fulfil all academic entry requirements.
BSc Market and Management Anthropology - SDU English to be fulfilled Applicants enrolled in this programme in 2020 or 2021 fulfil all academic entry requirements.

Sweden

Qualifying Bachelor Degrees


Your obligatory courses fulfil the academic entry requirements

BACHELOR DEGREE: ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT: ACADEMIC ENTRY REQUIREMENTS TO BE FULFILLED:
Service Management, Kandidatprogram (regardless of specialisation) –  Lund University English to be fulfilled Applicants enrolled in this programme in 2020 or 2021 fulfil all academic entry requirements.
Logistics Service Management, Kandidatprogram - Lund University English to be fulfilled Applicants enrolled in this programme in 2020 or 2021 fulfil all academic entry requirements.
Ekonomie Kandidatprogram - Lund University English to be fulfilled Applicants enrolled in this programme in 2020 or 2021 fulfil all academic entry requirements.
Kandidatprogrammet i international business - Lund University English to be fulfilled Applicants enrolled in this programme in 2020 or 2021 fulfil all academic entry requirements.

 

Norway

Qualifying Bachelor Degrees


Your obligatory courses fulfil the academic entry requirements

BACHELOR DEGREE: ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT: ACADEMIC ENTRY REQUIREMENTS TO BE FULFILLED:
Bachelor i Creative Industries Management - BI Handelshøyskolen English to be fulfilled Applicants enrolled in this programme in 2020 or 2021 fulfil all academic entry requirements.
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) - BI Handelshøyskolen English to be fulfilled Applicants enrolled in this programme in 2020 or 2021 fulfil all academic entry requirements.
Bachelor i økonomi og administrasjon - BI Handelshøyskolen English to be fulfilled Applicants enrolled in this programme in 2020 or 2021 fulfil all academic entry requirements.
Bachelor i økonomi og administrasjon - NHH English to be fulfilled Applicants enrolled in this programme in 2020 or 2021 fulfil all academic entry requirements.
Økonomi og administrasjon (bachelorstudium) - Stavanger University English to be fulfilled Applicants enrolled in this programme in 2020 or 2021 fulfil all academic entry requirements.
Reiselivsledelse bachelor - Stavanger University English to be fulfilled Applicants enrolled in this programme in 2020 or 2021 fulfil all academic entry requirements.

 

Iceland

Qualifying Bachelor Degrees


Your obligatory courses fulfil the academic entry requirements

BACHELOR DEGREE: ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT: ACADEMIC ENTRY REQUIREMENTS TO BE FULFILLED:
BS Tourism Studies, 180 ECTS-points - University of Iceland English to be fulfilled Applicants enrolled in this programme in 2020 or 2021 fulfil all academic entry requirements.
BS Business Administration, 180 ECTS-points (regardless of specialisation) - University of Iceland English to be fulfilled Applicants enrolled in this programme in 2020 or 2021 fulfil all academic entry requirements.
BSc in Business Administration - Reykjavik University English to be fulfilled Applicants enrolled in this programme in 2020 or 2021 fulfil all academic entry requirements.


SELF-ASSESSMENT (COURSE MATCH)

If your bachelor degree is not listed above, you can make your own self-assessment using the self-assessment form.

The form can give you an overview of your undergraduate courses from both your bachelor degree and any supplementary courses you may have finished outside of your bachelor degree. It is a tool for you to match your courses with the academic requirements for the programme.

You can include courses you have already passed, courses you are currently taking, and courses you plan to take in the summer.

Make sure to download the form and save it on your computer.

Fil Self-assessment form

SELECTION CRITERIA

The programme has a limited number of places. 

Only applicants fulfilling the specific entry requirements are considered qualified and will be considered in the selection process. If there are more qualified applicants than places available, selection criteria will be applied. 

To determine which of the remaining qualified applicants receive an offer of admission, an overall assessment of their academic background at undergraduate level will take place. 

The following factors are of importance:

  • Relevance of educational background at undergraduate level, including general grade level
  • Courses and grades within Quantitative methods/Statistics and Subject-specific academic areas (Tourism, Hospitality, Service-, Sport-, Leisure- or Arts and Culture Management)
  • Personal statement
  • Connection to the Danish labour market
Personal statement

The personal statement is your chance to describe yourself in relation to the programme.

For instance, you can describe your experiences, academic, work-related or otherwise, and reflect on how they relate to the programme in question, and how the programme can relate to your future aspirations.

Your personal statement should not exceed two pages and must be written in English.

 

STATISTICS ON ADMISSION

In our statistics on admission you can find information about the number of applicants for the programme in previous admission rounds as well as the number of places.

See our statistics on admission