Have you always had a penchant for going to the theater and see Romeo and Juliet, or to sit with a book and a cup of hot cocoa and reading, while the wind blew relentlessly outside and the rain drummed on the window?

So you definitely interest in Comparative Literature Study. And have you already read Bachelor's degree, then you're well warmed up to the next cup of coffee in company with a book in front of the fireplace in the cottage.

Immerse yourself in your favorite authors' works. Analyses their thoughts and become one with them. Feel the their protagonists character and become engrossed in literature.

Literature Science theoretical frame of reference is the culture of scientific theory, the theory of literature is specifically focused. But the master's program to a wider range of sociological, linguistic, aesthetic and psychoanalytic theory. This range of theories exist to help you visualize literature livelihoods before and now.

At the Master's program in Comparative Literature you can choose between two specialization lines:

- Literature
- Modern Culture

Literature
On this line you're going to work with the various "isms" and art forms relationships and similarities but also their critical attitude to the problems of society at the time. The University of Copenhagen is teaching topic-based, and is based on major and minor assignments - topics that you choose from your range of interest.

Modern Culture
Is a line that primarily aims at training you to teach or otherwise disseminate the culture and cultural conditions. You can be a teacher at the high school or university, but you can also choose a more unconventional way of media agencies, a consultant for Internet-based companies with a focus on art and communication, advertising and marketing through various media - it is entirely up to you to define your future jobs.

Job Opportunities

Cand.Mag training provides teaching qualifications to teach in high schools, night schools and universities. Researcher, cultural promoter, journalist, copywriter.

Special admission requirements

Bachelor's degree in comparative literature as a core subject or equivalent by the board of studies approval.