Leadership and Organisation: Societal Challenges and Organisational Changes, Master's Programme (Two-Year)

No independent work as part of your bachelor's

If you did not write any independent work as part of your bachelor’s (first-cycle) level education, please indicate this in your reply. You may, in such case put forward other independently written project work that displays your ability to analyse and reflect on questions of relevance to the master’s programme. 

Independent work not yet finished or started

If you have not yet finished (or started) your independent work, please indicate this in your reply. You will also need to attach a certificate from your supervisor stating that you have not yet finished your thesis and what date you are expected to be finished. You should in such case describe what you have done so far and how you are planning to continue with the project. Or you can take another project/paper from your bachelor’s programme and describe that if that helps you show your analytical skills better.  

Thesis written with others

If you have written your thesis with others, please indicate this in your reply. You may describe your thesis even if you wrote it together with others. In that case, please indicate how you divided the work (briefly) and then focus on demonstrating academic analytical skills by discussing the problem area, the theoretical framework, methodological approach, results and relevance for the master’s programme. 

Completed another master’s programme

If you have already completed another master’s programme, you may choose to present the independent work from your master’s programme instead.  

Part 1: Description of previous experience

• Not applicable (0p): Not assessed/ unclear
• To a minor extent (1p): The applicants previous experiences with working with societal challenges and in applying critical perspectives on leadership and organization in different types of organizations demonstrate some knowledge and understanding of particular relevance to the program in relation to leadership and organization with regards to societal challenges.
• To a high extent (2p): The applicants previous experiences with working with societal challenges and in applying critical perspectives on leadership and organization in different types of organizations demonstrate a good knowledge and understanding of particular relevance to the program in relation to leadership and organization with regards to societal challenges.
• To a very high extent (3p): The applicants previous experiences with working with societal challenges and in applying critical perspectives on leadership and organization in different types of organizations demonstrate very good knowledge and understanding of particular relevance to the program in relation to leadership and organization with regards to societal challenges.

Part 2: Description of academic work independently

• Not applicable (0p): No assessment / unclear
• To a minor extent (1p): The independent work has some relevance to the program content (problem and objectives) however, logic, description and the connection to program content could be more explicit.
• To a high extent (2p): The independent work is estimated to have relevance to the program. The applicant demonstrates analytical ability with respect to the problems and methodological knowledge.
• To a very high extent (3p): The project work is considered to have great relevance to the program and the applicant shows good analysis / analysis capability with respect to the problem and demonstrates solid knowledge and skills in the approach / methodology. 

Part 3: Letter of intent

• Not applicable (0p): No assessment / unclear
• To a minor extent (1p): The applicant demonstrated how education can be important to legitimize his or her continued work with leadership and organization in relationship societal challenges and societal development. The applicant can clearly communicate their arguments in English, demonstrating a sufficient level of English writing proficiency.
• To a high extent (2p): The applicant demonstrates a commitment to how education can enhance his/her continued work and interest with / for leadership and organizational issues and their relationship to societal challenges and societal development. The applicant's perception of different kinds of societal challenges must be clear and comprehensive. The applicant can clearly communicate their arguments in English, demonstrating an advanced level of English writing proficiency.
• To a very high extent (3p): The applicant shows a strong commitment to using the education in his/her continued work and interest with / for leadership and organizational issues in relation to societal challenges and societal development. The applicant's view of societal challenges must be clear and comprehensive including multiple aspects of societal challenges. The applicant demonstrates the ability to be self-reflective and demonstrates a clear, commitment to utilizing their education to contribute to dealing with societal challenges in research and practice. The applicant demonstrates an understanding of the complexity of the field of societal challenges and societal development. The applicant can clearly communicate their arguments in English, demonstrating an advanced level of English writing proficiency and demonstrates knowledge of the current area's terminology. 

Supporting documents submitted after the deadline will not be accepted.

First admissions round, 16 October–15 January

Submit the programme-specific supporting document no later than 2 February 23.59 Central European Time (GMT +1).

Second admissions round, 16 March–15 April

Submit the programme-specific supporting document no later than 15 April 23.59 Central European Time (GMT +2).

Late applications

If applying after the deadline (late application), no supporting document is needed. Late applicants who meet the entry requirements are only ranked by application date and are placed below all applications made in time.   

If you have applied to this programme before

You still need to submit the current supporting document if you have applied to this programme before. You can, however, use the same replies.

If you are applying to more than one master's programme at Malmö University

You still need to fill out and submit a supporting document for each programme if you are applying to more than one master’s programmes. The respective supporting documents can be found on the programme pages on mau.se.