Yeah, title pretty much sums it up. I’m from a EU country too. I’m thinking of pursuing an MA in Advanced Migration Studies, offered by the Copenhagen university. I am already focusing my career in this field.
Here’s a [link to the university’s website.](https://studies.ku.dk/masters/migration-studies/)
Any opinions on the specific MA? Education and career prospects wise, would be greatly appreciated.
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The only thing I know from one person who used to study it, is that it’s really difficult to get a job with this MA in DK.
Reading the site is seems like a major with limited applications. Maybe government (here you’d be limited if you don’t speak good danish),universities (research, teaching), maybe think tanks or NGOs (not many in DK but perhaps more internationally focused).
I think it’d be hard to find a job, a lot of these areas are very competitive and there’s not much money going around in any of them.
You will migrate to study migration? I like it.
How about getting a real degree is a real field with actual good employment statistics…
Guys really any suggestion is appreciated, I’m testing the waters here.
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But won’t you be overqualified for making cappucinos?
It looks like that [MA](https://www.ug.dk/vaerktoej/uddannelseszoom/#!/parameters?subeducations=udb2-kahummigration:0,) has a an unemployment rate among graduates of 15% and a starting salary of 30,300 DKK, neither of which are impressive in a Danish context IMO.
Not gonna lie, this degree seems like the biggest waste of time ever.
Be very aware of the entry requirements here. The educational laws here are very strict and you can’t just choose freely. I have a BSc in software development and I can ONLY choose about 3-4 different masters here, all being in software development. Everything else is closed for me. So you have to check this carefully.
You also cannot choose more than one master here so if you are considering to study another afterwards or you’re unsure about this one, think about it twice.
For the education itself: social studies is know to get less financial support than science so this means that you’ll have fewer lectures and more reading for yourself compared to science studies. However, this is probably the same all over Europe. KU is a well acknowledged university though.
Regarding actually work, well, if this is what you want and you can find work elsewhere than DK, then go for it. Here it is limited what you can work with. Studies something like this here means that you free choice of jobs are pretty limited because they are so hard to get, so you often end up doing something else. If you plan to go back home and work, then I can’t say. Good luck.