{
  "title": "A Strong Profile Isn't Enough: What 4,000+ Master's Programmes Reveal About the Eligibility Rules Students Miss",
  "publisher": "AdmiScan Research",
  "canonicalUrl": "https://admiscan.com/research/ms/strong-profile-not-enough",
  "methodologyUrl": "https://admiscan.com/research/admiscan-research-standard",
  "datePublished": "2026-10-06",
  "scope": {
    "verifiedCatalogueReadyMastersProgrammes": 4009,
    "classifiableUndergraduateBackgroundEvidence": 3759,
    "countries": [
      "USA",
      "UK",
      "Germany"
    ]
  },
  "countries": [
    {
      "country": "USA",
      "researchProgrammes": 2715,
      "classifiableBackgrounds": 2587,
      "explicitAnyDiscipline": 124,
      "relatedRelevantField": 2362,
      "explicitAnyDisciplineSharePct": 4.79,
      "unknownSharePct": 4.71
    },
    {
      "country": "Germany",
      "researchProgrammes": 729,
      "classifiableBackgrounds": 637,
      "explicitAnyDiscipline": 7,
      "relatedRelevantField": 586,
      "explicitAnyDisciplineSharePct": 1.1,
      "unknownSharePct": 12.62
    },
    {
      "country": "UK",
      "researchProgrammes": 565,
      "classifiableBackgrounds": 535,
      "explicitAnyDiscipline": 66,
      "relatedRelevantField": 347,
      "explicitAnyDisciplineSharePct": 12.34,
      "unknownSharePct": 5.31
    }
  ],
  "interpretationNotes": [
    "Explicit any-discipline and related/relevant-field requirements are semantically distinct and are not merged into one flexibility statistic.",
    "Unknown evidence remains unknown and is not interpreted as unrestricted eligibility.",
    "The analysis does not estimate admission probability.",
    "This is not a census of every Master's programme in the three countries."
  ],
  "suggestedCitation": "AdmiScan Research. \"A Strong Profile Isn't Enough: What 4,000+ Master's Programmes Reveal About the Eligibility Rules Students Miss.\" 6 October 2026. https://admiscan.com/research/ms/strong-profile-not-enough"
}