DTU Study guide 2023/24

2023/24

Study guide

Study programmes and student life at Technical University of Denmark

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Dear Student,

At DTU, we collaborate across academic disciplines and cultures to create a sustainable future. Our doors are open to our students and colleagues—and to society at large. This openness is reflected in our excellent research and study programmes, providing you with the possibility to pursue your passions and translate them into technology with global impact.

We aim to develop Europe’s best engineering education where you can realize your full potential and master technologies to benefit people and society. Technology is a driving force for a sustainable transformation of society, and we believe that technology can make a positive change when used with responsibility and care.

Led by our dedicated faculty, you will have hands-on access to world-class facilities. You will be encouraged to work in interdisciplinary programmes and get the chance to create an academic programme that will prepare you for a rewarding and exciting career.

Sustainability is a fundamental part of how we work with education and solutions. Our programmes focus on equipping a new generation of engineers with collaborative competences, innovative skills, and a digital mindset. This way your education will prepare you for facing the challenges of the modern world and finding the solutions to improve it.

Because at DTU, we strive for a sustainable future by developing technology for people.

Welcome to DTU.

Anders O. Bjarklev President

Introduction to DTU

Founded in 1829, DTU is one of Denmark’s foremost institutions of higher learning. Through our collaboration with private and public stakeholders, DTU serves as a driving force for welfare and sustainable value creation by generating new discoveries and inventions that benefit society, protect the environment, and improve people’s lives.

Recognized internationally as an elite technical university, we take our role as a leading force within the technical, natural, and life sciences seriously by providing education, research, innovation, scientific advice, and knowledge dissemination at the highest level.

The University attracts leading academics and gifted students from around the world. More than 100 nationalities are currently represented at DTU, making student life at DTU a truly international experience.

In 2022, DTU enrolled a total of 5106 new students: 1087 BEng students, 1241 BSc Eng students, 2315 MSc Eng students, and 463 PhD fellows.

Student satisfaction

region**

* As of 10 August 2023

** The Nordic region covers Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Iceland.

93 per cent of students are generally satisfied with all aspects of their experience at DTU.

92 per cent of international students at DTU will actively recommend DTU.

94 per cent of international students at DTU are satisfied with their learning experience.

95 per cent of students are happy with student life at DTU.

99 per cent of international students at DTU feel safe and secure on campus.

99%

89 per cent of international students at DTU feel prepared for their career goals.

In 2022 the latest International Student Barometer (ISB) was published. Here is an overview of the students’ perception of DTU and their MSc programme: 93% 92% 94% 95% 89%

Source: International Student Barometer (ISB) 2022.

Locations

Denmark is one of the safest countries in the world and the least corrupt, which may be part of the reason why Danes rate themselves as being among the happiest people on Earth year after year. Language proficiency is excellent, and 86 per cent of the population speak English.

Kalundborg

DTU has research and test facilities in all parts of Denmark, and in Greenland, including five campuses. The main campus is located in Lyngby just north of Copenhagen—one of Europe’s most popular and progressive capitals.

Campuses

Research facilities

Test facilities

DTU Lyngby Campus

DTU’s main campus is located 15 km north of Copenhagen. Covering 106 hectares, the campus is landscaped with wooded areas, sports fields, inner courtyards, and gardens.

DTU Ballerup

Living lab collaborations

Campus

DTU Ballerup Campus is located approximately 10 km west of Copenhagen, and is home to many of our BEng students.

DTU Risø Campus

Campuses

Kalundborg

DTU Hirtshals

Campus

Research facilities

DTU Risø Campus is located 40 km west of Copenhagen and is the site of much of DTU’s groundbreaking research in wind energy technologies.

Test facilities

Living lab collaborations

DTU Hirtshals Campus is located in northern Jutland and has facilities specifically designed and well-suited for research within aquaculture.

Arctic DTU Sisimiut—Ilinniarfeqarfik Sisimiut

DTU’s campus in Greenland is home to research as well as BEng and MSc Eng students who follow our arctic study programmes.

More information on

> dtu.dk/studentguide

Femern (Rødby)

Campuses

Research facilities

Test facilities

Living lab collaborations

Femern (Rødby)

Main building

The main building houses canteens, conference rooms, a bookstore, the reception team, and administrative offices, including the international study guidance office and the Office of the President.

Student accommodation

DTU’s International Accommodation Office allocates rooms in DTU’s halls of residence. All rooms are furnished with the most essential furniture. We do our utmost to find accommodation for all students.

> bdtu.dk

Library

DTU Library features several study areas and teamwork rooms.

Friday bars

At DTU you will find several different Friday bars/cafés on campus. Here you can hang out with your fellow students and buy drinks at student prices.

Skylab

DTU Skylab is the innovation hub located at DTU Lyngby Campus.

Canteens and street food

At DTU, you will find several different places to get something to eat. Try one of our canteens or street food stalls on campus.

DTU Lyngby Campus

All MSc programmes are taught at Lyngby Campus*. DTU’s main campus consists of more than 100 buildings on a 106-hectare site, which is divided into four quadrants—just like points in a coordinate system. The campus is safe and secure, and a site of great natural beauty with wooded areas, sports fields, inner courtyards, and gardens.

*Except for Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture (Hirtshals) and the study line in Biomanufacuring (Industry MSc in Engineering, Kalundborg).

Come visit DTU

Prospective students and their families are invited to book a free guided tour of DTU Lyngby Campus. Please contact mscadmission@adm.dtu.dk

Experience DTU Lyngby Campus online

Interactive map > dtu.dk/360campustour

360 video > dtu.dk/360tour

Main building

Student accommodation

Green areas

Library

Skylab

Canteens and street food

Friday bars

Grocery store

Studying at DTU

As a DTU student, you get hands-on access to world-class facilities and engage in project-based assignments, offering you the chance to apply your theoretical knowledge to solve real-life problems. In addition, you can be part of a vibrant student scene. You can join a host of clubs and activities, or attend Friday bars and some of the many other social events and festive occasions organised at DTU.

Introduction week and buddies

At DTU, we care about the wellbeing of our students. During the ‘Introduction Week’ you will be introduced to your new buddy. Buddies are DTU students (Danish and international) who have dedicated themselves to giving you a good study start and who will help and assist you throughout your first semester at the University.

Innovation and entrepreneurship

DTU focuses on supporting student innovation and entrepreneurship. At our innovation hub, DTU Skylab, you can get help to bring business ideas to life, work with innovation projects supplied by the business community, or get feedback on the development of prototypes in connection with courses. In addition, you can also follow courses on innovation and entrepreneurship. DTU also offers a MSc programme in Technology Entrepreneurship.

Learning the Scandinavian way

There is a refreshing lack of hierarchy at DTU, and student-staff relations are typically less formal than in most other countries. Professors go by their first name and are easily accessible to students. You learn to work individually and in groups, and as a new student, you will discover that everything is open to discussion and every opinion is valued.

Research-based and industry-related education

Academic activities are based on the latest scientific knowledge as all teaching, supervision, and course development are carried out by educators who are themselves actively involved in research and innovation. Moreover, DTU collaborates closely with industry, benefitting both research and learning activities.

Teaching and research facilities

As a DTU student, you will have access to numerous teaching and research facilities, ranging from laboratories, workshops, and test halls to wind tunnels, anechoic chambers, and a marine research vessel. Student facilities on DTU Lyngby Campus include all-campus wireless Internet access, student data bars, canteens, a bookstore, and an ultramodern library.

Sports and social life

No matter your interests, we have a club for you at DTU. Join the photo, music, or poker club, or get physical, and use any of DTU’s many indoor and outdoor sports facilities. Among other things, you can dance, climb, or do weight lifting—or you can play football, badminton, or beach volleyball.

Learn more about studying at DTU on > dtu.dk/studentguide

Meet the students

DTU has a vibrant student and campus life with more than 13,000 students from all over the world.

13,523

total students enrolled

Diversity, equality, and inclusion

Diversity, equal treatment, and inclusion are founding principles at DTU. Our study environment is based on inclusion and recognition of individual talents. We expect all students and employees to work together from the perspective of mutual respect and equal opportunity, regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, culture, educational background, physical ability, and other personal differences.

We believe that diversity and equality are crucial prerequisites for producing groundbreaking research and high-level education for the benefit of society. As a university, it is our responsibility to work continuously towards diversity and inclusion in the student body. We work with initiatives to ensure that all our students feel and experience that DTU is just as much a place for them as for anybody else.

114 countries

students from total students enrolled on DTU’s MSc programmes

47%

5,598

33%

international students enrolled on DTU’s MSc programmes

Chat with DTU students

1,683

PhD fellows

women enrolled on DTU’s MSc programmes

After you are admitted to DTU, you have the possibility of becoming part of the DTU Student Ambassador Programme —where you can connect with a student currently studying at DTU. You can ask questions about student and campus life and/or about living in Denmark in general.

See films about our study programmes

On DTU’s YouTube channel, you can watch a film about each of the MSc programmes.

See all the films at dtu.dk/mscs

Social media

Get an insight into DTU’s study environment—follow us on social media

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Meet four of our students and hear their thoughts on studying at DTU

Anant, Christoffer, Laura, and Mareen are different nationalities and follow different study programmes.

Anant from India

Sustainable Energy

“I find the level of freedom and informal interactions with our professors kind of refreshing.”

Watch video: dtu.dk/anant

Mareen from Germany

Wind Energy

“The way of studying in Denmark is quite different from my bachelor experience. You’re in close contact with your professors, and they really care about helping you out.”

Christoffer from Denmark

Design and Innovation

“I live at the William Demant Dormitory. It’s a great place to live. It’s nice to have all your friends nearby. You're never really alone unless you want to. It’s right next to DTU.”

Laura from Spain

Aquatic Science and Technology

“One of the things that is special about the way you study here is group work. Most of the final assignments are handed in as a group. What’s also special is that you can customize your studies quite a lot and gain skills and competences in different areas you might be interested in.”

Watch video: dtu.dk/christoffer

Watch video: dtu.dk/mareen

Watch video: dtu.dk/laura

DTU: towards a sustainable future

With climate change, the world is facing immense and complicated challenges. We believe these challenges call for innovative and insightful solutions. At DTU, sustainability is a key component of every programme and as a DTU student, you will work with sustainability from an environmental, economic, and social perspective.

But building a greener future is not a oneperson job. That’s why group work and crossdisciplinary projects play a crucial part at DTU. After graduation, you will be able to pursue an international career within sustainability and work with technologies that make a positive impact for people, society, and our planet.

Green Challenge

Green Challenge is our annual student conference, giving DTU students the unique opportunity to present their sustainable projects to a panel of experts and the world. This is your chance to apply what you have learned about sustainability, climate technology, and environmental solutions and compete for the prizes for the best project within your field of expertise.

The Blue Dot Projects

As a DTU student, you can participate in one of our crossdisciplinary DTU Blue Dot Projects and experience what it is like to work as an engineer. All projects run alongside your ordinary courses and focus on producing sustainable solutions. Luckily, there is a long line of projects to choose from! Among other things, you can work with an eco-car driving 501 km per litre, a sustainable brewery, an annual robot competition, or how synthetic biology can solve challenges within energy, the environment, foods, and medicine.

Roskilde Festival – Powered by DTU students

Every year a field only 40 minutes from Copenhagen is transformed into Roskilde Festival—the largest music festival in the Nordics. With 85,000 festivalgoers and 30,000 volunteers, Roskilde Festival is the ideal place to test technical solutions in overpopulated areas. By participating with a project on the festival, you don’t only gain access and ETCS points, you also get the chance to see your idea come to life, present it to the festivalgoers and potentially develop a solution so groundbreaking that it becomes a regular part of the festival.

DTU Charter

At DTU, we believe actions speak louder than words. That’s why we have created a charter to make sure that sustainability is—and will continue to be—a crucial cornerstone of all our courses and programmes. The charter is our pledge to current and future students and ensures that you obtain a deep understanding of sustainability and the development of sustainable solutions during your time at DTU. In addition, we promise that your education will provide you with the knowledge necessary for working responsibly with technology and for striving to make a positive difference in the world.

BSc Eng programme

Since 2016, DTU has offered an international BSc programme in General Engineering, taught exclusively in English.

You will be part of a very diverse and international learning environment where approximately half of the students come from Denmark and the other half from all over the world.

Academic learning

Students work on Design-Build projects—which are practice-oriented, interdisciplinary group projects where you work together on proposing an engineering solution to specific problems from the real world. In short: you learn to think and work like an engineer.

Taught by leading researchers

You will be taught by professors and lecturers who are themselves active researchers, and you will soon find that student-professor relations are quite informal. At DTU, all professors go by their first name and are easily accessible to students.

BSc Eng programme structure

The Bachelor of Science Engineering (BSc Eng) programme is a research-based undergraduate engineering programme that qualifies the student for an MSc programme. The BSc Eng programme is composed of four basic blocks of courses. During the programme, students must pass courses within each of these four blocks, corresponding to 180 ECTS credits.

55 ECTS Programme specific courses

All BSc Eng programmes include a number of courses that are specific to the particular programme. Programme specific courses help ensure that you acquire an accurate picture of what, for example, Life Science Engineering or Civil Engineering is about, and how it can be used in society. If, for example, you choose Life Science Engineering, this will comprise courses such as ‘biochemistry’, ‘molecular biology’, and ‘bioinformatic methods’. If, for example, you choose Civil Engineering, your programme specific courses will include ‘construction technology’, ‘thermal building physics’, and ‘concrete construction’. 55 ECTS

The polytechnical foundation

Complex technological problems cannot be solved without knowledge about the basic natural science subjects: mathematics, physics, biology, and chemistry. In this course block, which is mandatory in all study programmes, you will be given a detailed introduction to these subjects—and always in a relevant technological context.

25 ECTS Projects

During your BSc Eng programme, you will prepare two major projects. The projects help highlight and summarize everything you have learned and are also an opportunity to immerse yourself in a topic you find exciting. The first project—the subject project—falls halfway through your study programme. In addition to dealing with a subject-related topic, the project itself is an exercise in how to prepare a project and engage in teamwork. Your study programme is concluded with a BSc project, where you will have the opportunity to work in depth with a problem of relevance to the subject area of your study programme and to use a lot of what you have learned during your study programme to create results and new knowledge.

45 ECTS

Elective courses

You have ample opportunity to create your own unique academic profile as a BSc Eng student at DTU. In your block of elective courses, you can choose from several hundred different courses from DTU’s course catalogue, or you can do courses at another university—in Denmark or abroad. You can steer your BSc Eng programme in exactly the direction you want, and thus tailor your choices to the MSc programme you might want to do.

BSc in General Engineering

DTU currently offers a single BSc programme in General Engineering for international students, where you have the opportunity to choose between four different focus areas.

For more information, please visit > dtu.dk/geneng

Watch video about the study programme: dtu.dk/general-eng

General Engineering

In the first semesters, you are required to do a number of mandatory courses such as mathematics, physics, and chemistry, and you will have a chance to experience the engineering spirit through Design-Build projects. In the second semester, you select introductory courses for the four focus areas that you are most interested in: Living Systems, Cyber Systems, Cyber Materials, and Future Energy—and in the following semesters, you will specialize in one of these areas. In the fifth semester, you have the opportunity to spend a semester at a university abroad, work on a project in collaboration with a company, or specialize further at DTU. In the sixth semester, the programme is concluded with a bachelor’s thesis.

Career prospects

Depending on your choice of specialization, you can apply for admission to a wide range of MSc programmes at DTU or at other universities.

Admission and tuition

The academic level of the BSc Eng programme is advanced. In each individual case, admission will be based on the following criteria:

General admission criteria

Degree

In addition to having an upper secondary education leaving exam, you must have specific levels in English, mathematics, physics, and chemistry equivalent to the Danish exams:

English B

Mathematics A

Physics B and Chemistry B or Physics B and Biotechnology A or Biotechnology A and Geoscience A

If your upper secondary education is not an IB, EB or from one of the Nordic countries, you have to prove your English proficiency by taking one of the following English tests:

English language proficiency

Minimum entry levels:

Cambridge Advanced English/Cambridge Proficiency in English 180 TOEFL iBT/TOEFL iBT Special Home Edition/TOEFL iBT Paper Edition 88 IELTS 6.5

Please note that IELTS and TOEFL tests must not be older than two years on 5 July.

Application deadlines

15 March at 12 noon if you hold an international qualifying exam.

Application fee

Please note that unless you have a residence permit in Denmark, all non-EU/EEA citizens are required to pay EUR 100 to have their application processed.

Tuition fees

Higher education in Denmark is free for EU/EEA citizens and for students participating in an exchange programme. All other students have to pay tuition.

MSc programmes

All MSc programmes at DTU follow a uniquely flexible course structure, offer honours tracks, and are taught exclusively in English. You can choose from 31 MSc Eng programmes, an MSc programme in Technology Entrepreneurship, and a wide range of joint international MSc programmes offered together with partner universities.

Academic learning

All our MSc programmes are research-based and train you in advanced research methods, teach you to adopt a constructive and critical approach to research findings, and to translate new knowledge into technical solutions.

We encourage all students to take responsibility for planning and executing projects, and to participate actively in discussions in order to develop their critical and analytical skills.

You will soon discover—and learn to appreciate—that every opinion is valued.

Taught by leading researchers

To ensure that academic activities are based on the latest scientific knowledge, all teaching, supervision, and course development at DTU is carried out by professors and lecturers who are themselves active researchers.

Accessible professors

Relations between professor and student are quite informal. At DTU, all professors go by their first name and are easily accessible to students.

MSc programmes

DTU offers MSc programmes in all modern fields of engineering, giving students the widest possible choice. The structure and content of the various programmes reflect DTU’s status as a high-ranking elite university in engineering.

MSc Eng programmes

• Applied Chemistry

• Architectural Engineering

• Autonomous Systems

• Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

• Biomaterial Engineering for Medicine

• Biomedical Engineering

• Biotechnology

• Business Analytics

• Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

• Civil Engineering

• Communication Technologies and System Design

• Computer Science and Engineering

• Design and Innovation

• Earth and Space Physics and Engineering

• Electrical Engineering

• Engineering Acoustics

• Engineering Light

• Engineering Physics

• Environmental Engineering

• Food Technology

• Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence

• Industrial Engineering and Management

• Materials and Manufacturing Engineering

• Mathematical Modelling and Computation

• Mechanical Engineering

• Ocean Engineering

• Pharmaceutical Design and Engineering

• Sustainable Energy – Systems

• Sustainable Energy – Technologies

• Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture

• Wind Energy

MSc programme

• Technology Entrepreneurship

Joint national MSc programmes

• Business Administration and Bioentrepreneurship (CBS and UCPH)

• Quantum Information Science (UCPH)

DTU offers Honours Programmes as part of all MSc programmes

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Industry Master of Science in Engineering

Combine work with studies

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New study line in Biomanufacturing Industry MSc in the Biotech City in Kalundborg

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Joint international MSc programmes

DTU offers students the opportunity to enrol in one of DTU’s joint international MSc programmes that we offer in collaboration with a number of acknowledged elite universities from around the globe. Students enrolled on a joint programme will spend one year at DTU and one year abroad.

Joint programmes at KAIST

• Computer Science and Engineering

• Electrical and Mechanical Engineering

• Electrical Engineering

• Engineering Acoustics

• Mechanical Engineering

• Offshore Wind Energy

Joint programmes under Nordic Five Tech

• Aquatic Food Production – Safety and Quality

• Cold Climate Engineering

• Environmental Engineering

• Innovative Sustainable Energy Engineering

• Maritime Engineering

• Polymer Technology

Joint programmes under EUROTECH

• Energy Conversion and Storage (TUM)

• Engineering Physics (TUM)

• Environmental Engineering (EPFL)

• Environmental Engineering (TUM)

• Management (TUM)

• Space and Geodesy (TUM)

• Sustainable Energy Technology (TU/e)

Joint programmes with other universities

• Arctic Mineral Resources (Nordic Master)

• European Wind Energy Master – EWEM

• Security and Cloud Computing – SECCLO (Erasmus Mundus)

• Sustainable Aquaculture (NTNU)

Joint international MSc programmes at SDC

DTU is part of a collaboration between the eight Danish universities, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and the Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS). Students enrolled on an SDC programme will spend two years at the Sino-Danish Center in Beijing in China.

Joint programmes under SDC

• International Food Quality and Health*

• Life Science Engineering and Informatics

• Nanoscience and Technology*

• Neuroscience and Neuroimaging*

• Water and Environment*

*Please note that these programmes do not lead to a degree from DTU. Learn more about these programmes > sdc.university

Study Abroad

Go abroad during your studies

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Joint international MSc programmes

Read more about our partner universities

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MSc programme structure

The Master of Science (MSc) programme—a two-year programme—consists of 120 ECTS credits and picks up where the BSc programme left off. The MSc programme provides you with more in-depth knowledge about your subject area. You also learn about teamwork and collaboration, preparing you for your future working life.

The MSc programme is divided into individual study programmes, all of which include four course blocks.

50 ECTS Programme specific courses

The programme specific courses ensure that you gain an understanding of the core elements in your subject area and that you acquire the latest technological knowledge and competences in your subject area.

10 ECTS

The polytechnical foundation

The polytechnical foundation of the MSc programme ensures that you learn computational models for creating sustainable solutions. You will also acquire knowledge about innovation processes—including teamwork, entrepreneurship, and business acumen —all related to specific academic or interdisciplinary content of your study programme.

Study lines/focus areas

30 ECTS Master’s thesis

The master’s thesis is the final project in your study programme. Here you will have the opportunity to work independently with a topic of your choice containing elements of the latest research in the field in question.

Elective courses

You can use the elective courses to achieve additional cutting-edge competences in your subject area and to supplement your study programme with higher education basic science subjects or with relevant subjects from other study programmes.

Study lines or focus areas have been developed for most of the MSc programmes. Doing a specific study line will result in a more specialized educational profile. The programmes have a cross-disciplinary content and provide graduates with a unique set of engineering qualifications, only obtainable from the DTU research and innovation environment.

> You can see the individual study lines under each MSc programme

The Master of Science (MSc) programme 120 ECTS

Honours programmes

DTU offers Honours Programme as part of all MSc programmes.

Under the Honours Programme the most talented students can follow a particularly challenging course of study. It is estimated that only the top 10 per cent of applicants are eligible for the Honours Programme.

The Honours Programme at DTU offers the following advantages:

• An internationally recognized researcher from a leading research institution as personal tutor.

• An individually designed study plan comprising substantial freestanding elements such as seminars

and/or project work. The study plan is in accordance with the learning objectives of the MSc programme and is planned within the prescribed completion time.

• A semester abroad. The semester abroad can take the form of studies or research at an international institution of higher education, or a project at a company located outside Denmark.

• Participation in at least one international research conference, workshop or summer university module.

• Research affiliation outlined in the individual study plan and including one or more research and/or development projects.

Admission

Students wishing to enrol on the Honours Programme must apply to do so when applying for their MSc programme at DTU, and must meet requirements over and above the general requirements for MSc entry.

Candidates must:

• Have completed their undergraduate degree at an extraordinary level minimum grade average 10 on the Danish national grading scale or similar—see www.ciriusonline.dk

• Have demonstrated significant levels of ambition and competence as part of their studies so far.

• Possess outstanding intellectual and personal qualities (to be assessed in interview).

• Include a separate letter describing why they have chosen to apply for the Honours Programme. The letter should also contain a description of courses taken, and any areas of particular interest.

Industry Master of Science in Engineering

Combine work with studies and join an Industry Master of Science in Engineering

The Industry Master of Science in Engineering combines work with part-time study to obtain a full MSc degree over a four year period.

DTU offers the opportunity to do an Industry Master of Science in Engineering under all its MSc programmes except for Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture (cand. polyt.), Ocean Engineering (cand.polyt.), and Technology Entrepreneurship (cand.tech).

Prerequisites

The prerequisites are similar to the ones that apply to the two-year programme but in addition, you must have a relevant job where you work at least 25 hours a week, or you may be self-employed in a start-up company.

Non-EU/EEA citizens already working in Denmark can apply for the Industry Master of Science in Engineering. It is strongly recommended that applicants first check the rules and implications for their current work permit with the Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration.

Learn more about application and conditions > dtu.dk/industry

Part-time study

Work 25 hours a week

120 ECTS points in 4 years

The cogwheel indicates that you have the opportunity to join an Industry Master of Science in Engineering

New study line in Biomanufacturing –

Industry MSc in Engineering, Kalundborg

Are you looking for a future in chemical engineering? Do you want to work while studying? Or do you dream of an exciting career in the rapidly growing field of biotech? Then the study line in Biomanufacturing (Industry MSc in Engineering, Kalundborg) might be just right for you!

As a student, you will play an essential part in the fast-expanding industry of chemical and biochemical production. Here you can work with everything from modern medicine to new ingredients for food and feed or the sustainable development of the energy and agricultural sectors.

Biomanufacturing is an industry MSc programme. To enroll, you must be employed in a biochemical or chemical production company and work an average of at least 25 hours a week.

No matter which company you work for, the industry is hungry for talented chemical engineers

with specialized skills in process technology and an eye for industrial bioproduction.

A part of Biotech City

The study line in Biomanufacturing has been developed in close collaboration with the industry and is based at Biotech City Kalundborg. It is a one-of-a-kind programme, giving you the chance to both work and study in a hotspot for chemical and biochemical production.

Kalundborg is a town in western Zealand, about an hour from Copenhagen. Recent initiatives in this dynamic town include Kalundborg Symbiosis, where the biotech factories, the oil refinery, local companies, the large central power plant, and the local utility plant work together to reuse each other’s waste, streams, minimize waste, and optimize their energy utilization.

Study abroad

As a DTU student, you have plenty of opportunities for spending some time abroad during your studies—from doing a semester in Shanghai to following a set programme in Stockholm. Anything is possible. In 2022, 716 international exchange students came to DTU, and 600 DTU students ventured abroad.

Exchange abroad

If you wish to study abroad for one or two semesters as a part of your DTU degree, going on an exchange is the natural choice. With more than 100 international partner universities across the globe, there are many interesting universities to choose from—some of which are among the best universities in the world.

Joint international MSc programmes

Doing a joint international programme is a great option if you want to strengthen your academic profile, while at the same time gaining international experience and knowledge from some of the best univer sities in the world through a structured programme.

EuroTeQ—virtual exchange

Seize the unique opportunity of adding an extra international element to your regular semesters at DTU. You can now enroll in online courses from five renowned universities within the EuroTeQ network and thereby design your own curriculum to suit your career ambitions and learning objectives.

Summer school abroad

Going on summer school abroad may be ideal if you wish to study abroad for a shorter period of time. This way you can complete 5 to 10 ECTS points over the summer and still experience a different university culture and get a taste of international student life.

Self-arranged studies abroad

If you have the time and resources, you are free to arrange your own studies abroad. This may for example be relevant if the university of your choice is not one of DTU’s many partner universities.

For more information > studyabroad.dtu.dk/english

Joint international MSc programmes

Boost your MSc degree and your CV by spending some time at one of DTU's partner universities in Scandinavia, Europe, or Asia. DTU has close partnerships with some of the best global technical universities, giving you the chance to complete a unique joint international MSc programme.

You gain access to elite programmes and benefit from the combined competences, knowledge, and facilities of each university. Studying abroad jump-starts your career as employers are always looking for graduates with an international outlook and intercultural competences.

Erasmus+

DTU collaborates on student exchanges with approximately 45 European universities under the EU Erasmus programme. DTU is also part of the Erasmus Mundus elite master’s programme within Security and Cloud Computing, which allows you to spend one year at DTU and one year at a partner university to earn a double degree.

Security and Cloud Computing (SECCLO)

SECCLO is an Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree programme in the field of computer science, more specifically in information security and cloud computing. We combine practical engineering skills with a strongly research-based curriculum. The emphasis is on combining strong security knowledge with hands-on R&D skills in a specific technical area, cloud computing. The consortium consists of six highly ranked technical universities in Finland (Aalto University), Sweden (KTH), Norway (NTNU), Estonia (Tartu), and France (Eurecom). SECCLO aims to educate highly professional engineers to meet both the immediate hiring requirements and the long-term needs of the European ICT industry.

The EuroTech Universities Alliance

Study at one of the leading technical universities in Europe through the EuroTech Universities Alliance and get access to the complementary strengths of each university. EuroTech consists of École Polytechnique (L’X) in France, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in the Netherlands, Technische Universität München (TUM) in Germany, Technion in Israel, and DTU.

The globe indicates that the programme is a joint international MSc programme

DTU offers five 1:1 programmes with TUM, one 1:1 programme with TU/e and one 1:1 programme with EPFL. These programmes allow you to spend one year at the partner university and one year at DTU to earn a degree from DTU and a certificate from the partner university.

Nordic Master and Nordic Five Tech (N5T)

Get the full Scandinavian experience and access to the Nordic labour market with the Nordic MSc programmes. The programmes are based on shared Nordic values and strongholds such as a studentoriented learning environment and a green environmental focus, and utilize the unique strengths of each university. You will receive an MSc degree from each of the two attended universities. Choose between Aalto University (Aalto) in Finland, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Norway, Chalmers University (Chalmers), and Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Sweden.

European Wind Energy Master (EWEM)

The European Wind Energy Master is an international MSc programme. The EWEM consortium involves four world-leading universities in offshore wind energy research and education: Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in the Netherlands, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Norway, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg (UOL) in Germany, and DTU.

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

Get the chance to study at one of the highest-ranking technical universities in Asia and the leading technical university in Korea for a unique educational and cultural experience. You spend one year at KAIST and one year at DTU and receive a double degree.

Sino-Danish Center (SDC)

Spend two years in China and study in an inspirational international environment at the Sino-Danish Center in Beijing—a unique collaboration between the eight Danish universities, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and the Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS). Choose between six MSc programmes and get a double degree that will prepare you for an international career.

MSc Eng programmes

For the majority of DTU’s MSc Eng programmes, students have the opportunity to choose between different study lines/focus areas. For more information, please visit > msc.dtu.dk

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Applied Chemistry

Focusing on chemical and biological systems at both molecular and nanoscale level, this programme covers advanced courses and projects within the key disciplines of chemistry. Through courses in chemistry, synthesis, and physical chemistry, you acquire comprehensive knowledge of the design and production of advanced materials.

Career prospects

This programme offers a wide focus and a wide variety of courses, giving graduates an excellent opportunity to build a career within both private and public companies. With an

Polymer Technology

MSc in Applied Chemistry, you are qualified for jobs in the chemical (including catalysts and polymers) industry and the pharmaceutical industry.

Study lines

– Catalysis and Sustainable Chemistry

– Molecular Physical Chemistry

– Polymer Engineering

– Protein Chemistry

– Synthesis and Medicinal Chemistry

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Joint Nordic Five Tech (N5T) programme under MSc in Applied Chemistry

This double degree programme covers innovative polymer technology engineering topics from different perspectives and teaches students the latest technology of plastics, rubbers, and composites—including aspects of nanotechnology. Through the programme, you will gain an understanding of the properties and use of polymeric materials, including knowledge and understanding of related

environmental aspects. In addition, you will learn how polymeric materials are built from molecular to macroscopic level and the relationship between structure and material properties.

Career prospects

After graduation, you can pursue a career within a line of fields, ranging from manufacturing or

Architectural Engineering

This MSc Eng programme enables you to influence the design of future buildings. Depending on your area of specialization, you can use your extensive knowledge of architecture and other engineering disciplines to integrate the various sub-solutions of a building project into well-functioning units—e.g. components, buildings, technical facilities, or entire districts. The programme offers a wide variey of courses in areas such as energy, loadbearing structures, installations, indoor climate, fire safety, acoustics, lighting, urban planning, consumer behaviour, project management, and building information modelling.

Career prospects

As an MSc in Architectural Engineering, you will be involved in the early project stages of construction, contributing to innovative and optimized building projects.

Study lines

This MSc programme contains no predefined study lines or recommended programmes. Instead, you can put together your own study plan and your own tailored profile through your choice of courses.

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research on chemicals, resins, synthetic rubber, artificial fibres, paints, coatings, plastics, etc.

Admission

Apply through KTH.

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Joint international programme with partner university Possible to join the Industry Master of Science in Engineering

Autonomous Systems

Autonomous systems are entering our working, urban, and domestic environments. Imagine fleets of smart robots that collaborate in manufacturing facilities, advanced warehouse logistics solutions such as the Amazon warehouses, crew-less cargo ships, smart grids, or interconnected smart home appliances. The MSc in Autonomous Systems equips you to participate in and lead work related to the design and deployment of autonomous systems, exploiting the latest advances in artificial intelligence, big data analysis, digitization, sensing, optimization, information technologies, and systems engineering.

Career prospects

With an MSc in Autonomous Systems, you can pursue a career in various production and service industries in both private and public organizations. For instance, you can have a career as an AI developer, production manager, systems engineer, IT consultant—to mention but a few.

Study lines

This MSc programme contains no predefined study lines or recommended programmes. Instead, you can put together your own study plan and your own tailored profile through your choice of courses.

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Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

This MSc Eng programme focuses on the use of computer-based methods and mathematical models to analyse the vast amounts of biological data produced using high-throughput methods. Examples of biological data include DNA and protein sequences, mRNA levels, lists of post-translational modifications, proteinprotein interaction data, and metabolic pathway information. Although computational analysis accounts for a large part of the programme, students also gain a deep understanding of the underlying molecular biology and the experimental methods used to generate the large volumes of data.

Career prospects

Future career opportunities include management positions or biomedical research at universities or in the biotech and pharmaceutical industries.

Study lines

– Biomedical Bioinformatics

– Infectious Disease Health Informatics

– Bioinformatics Methods in Life Science

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Life Science Engineering and Informatics

Joint programme with SDC under MSc in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

The programme focuses on large-scale biochemistry, e.g. the study of proteins (proteomics), DNA (genomics), RNA (transcriptomics), and biochemical processes (metabolomics) in living organisms. A largescale and data driven approach to these topics is becoming increasingly important for biochemistry research and production, for example in the pharmaceutical and food industries.

The programme leads to an MSc degree in Life Science Engineering and Informatics and a Master of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology/ Bioinformatics/Genomics from the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Career prospects

Graduates are qualified for work in data-driven enterprises of any size, particularly within the pharmaceutical industry, Biotech, and IT

sector. Typical work tasks include analysis of large-scale data, clinical chemistry analysis, large-scale DNA/RNA sequencing, analytical biochemistry incl. mass spectrometry, quality control, product development, and research and development.

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Biomaterial Engineering for Medicine

This programme focuses on the design and fabrication of advanced materials for applications within the healthcare sector, including engineered solutions for improved drug delivery, molecular diagnostics, and materials for healthcare products. These are highly cross-disciplinary fields where the medicinal product is a fusion between advances in chemistry, immunology, molecular biology, and material science.

Career prospects

Because the programme focuses on product development, candidates will be very attractive

for the healthcare and medical industry, which is one of the largest and fastest-growing sectors in Denmark. Typical job functions are within research, development, quality control, and approvals.

Study lines

– Drug Delivery Systems Engineering

– Healthcare Materials Engineering

– Diagnostics Technology Engineering

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Biomedical Engineering

Focusing on the design of future diagnostic and treatment methods at hospitals and in the field, this is an interdisciplinary programme offered by DTU in collaboration with the University of Copenhagen. The programme provides you with in-depth knowledge of the clinical problems facing the modern healthcare sector—enabling you to develop new technological solutions—and covers both engineering and human physiology courses, ranging from the functions of the organs at cell level to modelling physiological processes in the locomotive apparatus.

Biotechnology

Sustainable manufacturing of bioproducts as an alternative to chemical production requires engineers with cutting-edge competences within biotechnology. This programme provides you with knowledge and skills for mining of genes, exploration of organisms and biomolecules from nature, development of recombinant cell-factories, optimization and running of fermentation processes, purification and quality control of products, and most importantly: innovations within biotechnology.

Career prospects

You will have the opportunities to work with the development of measuring methods and equipment, clinical research, testing and maintenance of complex technical installations; product development, test planning, sales, marketing, and service; teaching and research.

Focus areas

– Medical Imaging and Radiation Physics

– BIomedical Signal Processing and Bioinstrumentation

– Biomechanics, Biomaterials and Biomodelling

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Career prospects

Job opportunities in the biotech industry within research, development, and production, as well as in consultancy firms and in the public sector (research, teaching, or governance).

Study lines

– Biosystems Engineering

– Cell Factory Engineering

– Protein Engineering

– Fermentation Based Biomanufacturing

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Business Analytics

The MSc Eng in Business Analytics prepares you to work with advanced methods from data science and optimization to solving critical business challenges. You will not only be able to work and manipulate data but, most importantly, you will learn how to transform data into actionable decisions that meet value creation goals. During the course of study, you will work with quantitative methods, such as descriptive statistics, forecasting, clustering, simulation, and optimization as well as qualitative methods for analysing, managing, and implementing data-driven projects in business and society.

Career prospects

MSc Eng graduates in Business Analytics will likely find jobs in banks, large production and service companies, in the transport industry, or in research institutions.

Study lines

– Predictive Analytics

– Prescriptive Analytics

– Analytics in Finance

– Transport Analytics

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Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

This MSc Eng programme focuses on chemical and biochemical industrial technology and on the commercial and sustainable chemical or biochemical conversion of any kind of raw materials into substances and products required by modern society. Students learn to solve technological problems using chemistry, mathematics, physics, and thermodynamics.

Career prospects

Graduates have the scientific and technological competences to translate concepts of new chemical and biochemical products and

processes into safe and economically viable production. You may also play a useful role in the practical efforts to remedy environmental problems and reduce the energy consumption of current production activities.

Focus areas

– Chemical and Biochemical Process Technology

– Chemical and Biochemical Product Engineering

– Energy and Environmental Engineering

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Civil Engineering

In order to make future construction projects more exciting, secure, and sustainable, this programme focuses on the development, planning, design, construction, and maintenance of buildings and infrastructure. This requires profound knowledge and understanding of a number of different areas, which is why the MSc in Civil Engineering offers a wide range of courses in mechanics, material science, energy technology, heat and mass transfer, fire safety, hydraulics, acoustics, risk assessment, computer modelling and simulation, 3D visualization, communication, and management.

Career prospects

Civil engineers typically find employment in consulting engineering companies, as

Arctic Mineral Resources

contractors or manufacturers. Others work for local authorities, public agencies, or educational and research institutions.

Focus areas

– Bridges, Pavements, and Large Structures

– Building Services

– Cold Regions

– Digitalization

– Geotechnical Engineering

– Marine and Coastal Engineering

– Mechanics of Materials

– Project Management

– Structural Engineering

– Subsurface Engineering

– Sustainability

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Joint Nordic master’s programme in Civil Engineering

This unique two year MSc programme, Arctic Mineral Resources, provides in-depth knowledge of designing mineral production processes and infrastructure in the Arctic environment, of economic and environmental aspects of mining in the Arctic as well as sustainable mine project development. Arctic Mineral Resources addresses the strategic

Cold Climate Engineering

importance—but also challenges—of the sensitive Arctic environment.

Career prospects

The programme provides you with the skills needed to e.g. work with junior mining companies and consultancies (Mineral Entrepreneurship track covering legislative,

social, financial, and other aspects of mining projects) or to work for government and authorities with the evaluation of mining projects, permitting procedures and stakeholder involvement (Mineral Resource Management track).

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Joint Nordic Five Tech (N5T) programme under MSc in Civil Engineering and in Earth and Space Physics and Engineering

The Nordic double degree MSc programme in Cold Climate Engineering is the first comprehensive MSc programme in cold climate engineering in Europe, and gives the students a unique possibility to do field work and projects in Greenland or Svalbard. The main focus of the joint programme is to give you a profound understanding of how the obtained specializations can be applied in jobs as

researchers, consulting or practising engineers in the Arctic.

Career prospects

Graduates are typically employed at consulting, design, surveying and construction companies, in the mining industry, oil companies, governmental bodies, or at research institutes and universities involved in activities related

to the Arctic. Your role may be that of chief executive, development manager, team manager, consultant, specialist, or researcher.

Admission

Apply through Luleå University.

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Green colourants

Chromologics produces colourants using sustainable fermentation processes. The technology is more eco-friendly than traditional production, which involves the extraction of dyes from plants or animal substances. The company was founded by researchers from DTU, among others, and increasing demand is driving considerable green market potential for Chromologics.

Communication Technologies and System Design

Communication Technologies and System Design engineers contribute to the development of the technology on which modern society relies. The MSc Eng programme covers areas ranging from advanced component and system design through complex network structures to the development of services and ICT solutions that meet user expectations. Courses include three central, traditional disciplines that—to some extent—share a common technical-scientific basis: component and software design, system development and methods, and applications.

Career prospects

Graduates are quali fied to conduct research, development, planning, and analysis tasks

in several areas related to communication technologies. The programme facilitates career oppor tunities in e.g. the electronics industry, the telecom sector, or in the emerging ‘convergence industry’.

Study lines

– High-speed Communication

– Signal Processing, Coding, and Visual Communication

– Mobile/Wireless Communication and Internet of Things

– Communication Software and Cyber Security

– Enabling Technologies for Communication System Design

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Computer Science and Engineering

As a student on this programme, you will concentrate on the design and use of computing components—both software and hardware—and learn to solve technical problems efficiently and competitively. Central to the programme is the understanding and application of the right abstractions for advanced IT solutions that typically include both existing and future components. You can choose from a wide range of courses in software development, safe and secure IT systems, algorithms and logic, knowledgebased systems, and distributed and embedded systems.

Career prospects

Our highly qualified graduates find rewarding careers in a wide range of Danish and international companies involved in IT, electronics, and communication.

Study lines

– Artificial Intelligence and Algorithms

– Computer Security

– Digital Systems

– Embedded and Distributed Systems

– Safe and Secure by Design

– Software Engineering

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Computer Science and Engineering

Joint programme with KAIST under MSc in Computer Science and Engineering

The double degree programme in Computer Science and Engineering covers safe and secure systems, system integration, distributed and embedded systems, networks, software engineering, algorithms and logic, system-onchip, and digital systems. The programme gives

you the ability to use, develop, and produce IT systems at a high technical level.

Career prospects

Graduates will typically find employment in a wide variety of companies and

Security and Cloud Computing – SECCLO

Erasmus Mundus programme

Digitalization is taking over most aspects of business and life. While computation relies on distributed data processing and storage, pervasive digitalization goes much further, raising questions regarding security and privacy of data and reliability of computations on this data. This programme gives you a broad understanding of technologies for mobile and

cloud computing, and provides you with the skills needed to design, build, and evaluate secure computing systems as a computer science professional.

Career prospects

Graduates will be able to design and develop the next generations of products and services

organizations that work with IT, electronics, and communcation.

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for the ICT industry as well as financial companies within the fields of information security and systems.

Admission Apply through Aalto.

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Design and Innovation

This programme includes courses in both technical-scientific and social science disciplines to equip students with the competences required for performing engineering tasks with an emphasis on design. During the programme, you will develop your creative skills and abilities to analyse the interaction between the user, technology, and company. You will gain knowledge of one or more technical domains and learn to develop concepts and implement innovation processes that are more far-reaching than product and system development.

Career prospects

Career opportunities in fields of innovation as well as design and product development. You can also work as a designer, constructor, system developer, or as a product or development engineer in an industrial company.

Study lines

– Design of Complex Technical Systems

– Design of Circularity and Sustainability

– Design of Smart Products and Systems

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Earth and Space Physics and Engineering

This programme provides you with competences within research and development of satellite, space-, aircraft-, and ground-based measuring methods as well as mathematical and physical models for monitoring, mapping, and exploring large-scale physical structures and processes on Earth and in the universe. The programme focuses on the development, design, and application of innovative and advanced technological solutions with a view to developing sustainable, advanced solutions for use in e.g. climate and environmental monitoring, the search for new resources, space exploration, or mapping and navigation on Earth.

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Career prospects

Graduates are eligible for positions in areas such as environmental and climate monitoring, mapping, and navigation as well as Earth and space exploration.

Study lines

– Earth and Planetary Physics

– Earth Observation

– Mapping and Navigation

– Space Research

– Space System Engineering

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Joint Nordic Five Tech (N5T) programme under MSc in Civil Engineering and in Earth and Space Physics and Engineering

The Nordic double degree MSc in Cold Climate Engineering is the first comprehensive MSc programme in cold climate engineering in Europe, and gives students a unique possibility to do field work and projects in Greenland or Svalbard. The main focus of the joint programme is to give you a profound understanding of how the obtained specializations can be applied in

Space and Geodesy

jobs as researchers, consulting or practising engineers in the Arctic.

Career prospects

Graduates are typically employed at consulting, design, surveying and construction companies, in the mining industry, oil companies, governmental bodies, or at research institutes

Joint EuroTech programme with TUM under MSc in Earth and Space Physics and Engineering

The 1:1 MSc programme in Space and Geodesy is a two-year intensive exchange MSc programme for students enrolled at either DTU or TUM. You will spend one year at TUM and one year at DTU. The study programme aims to provide students with state-of-the-art competences within Satellite Geodesy for a wide range of applications. Mapping the Earth’s gravity field and its changes from space is

key to understanding the physical processes of, e.g., the hydrological cycle. Satellite-based positioning is important for accurate navigation. In Rocketry, the focus is on developing spacebased technologies.

Career prospects

Studying abroad jump-starts your career as employers are always looking for graduates

and universities engaged in activities related to the Arctic. Your role may be that of chief executive, development manager, team manager, consultant, specialist, or researcher.

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with an international outlook and intercultural competences. Upon graduation, you will be eligible to enter a PhD programme, but you will also be qualified for jobs in the European space industry, developing Copernicus and Galileo, or leading research institutes.

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Electrical Engineering

The MSc programme in Electrical Engineering allows you to engage in work at all levels— including advanced theories, methods, and components for practical systems and applications in e.g. satellites, robots, and wind turbines. You will learn to understand the theory and apply mathematical methods for designing or analysing problems within a given area.

Career prospects

With an MSc in Electrical Engineering, you can pursue a career in various production companies, for instance in a development

Electrical Engineering

department, in areas such as electric power, audiology, medical electronics, mobile communication, radar technology, or satellite communication.

Study lines

– Acoustics

– Automation and Robot Technology

– Electric Energy Systems

– Space Technology

– Wireless Engineering

– Electronics

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Joint programme with KAIST under MSc in Electrical Engineering

This double degree programme has three study lines: “Electrical Energy Systems” qualifies you to analyse, design, and operate electric energy systems. “Space Technology” covers several fields such as spacecraft instrumentation,

electromagnetic systems, and remote sensing data from satellites and aircrafts. And “Wireless Engineering” focuses on advanced electromagnetic systems for wireless communication technologies.

Electrical and Mechanical Engineering

Joint programme with KAIST under MSc in Electrical Engineering

This double degree programme focuses on acoustics as well as automation and robot technology. Acoustics covers a wide range of topics, including the fundamentals of sound propagation, advanced measurement techniques, and understanding and modelling

of the normal and impaired human hearing system. Automation and robot technology covers topics such as control theory, automation and mobile robotics, including walking robots.

Career prospects

You will be qualified to work within a wide range of areas ranging from power electronics to space technology and electric energy systems.

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Career prospects

You will be able to work within a wide range of areas engaged in acoustics, automation, and robot technology.

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Engineering Acoustics

As an exciting research area, the programme focuses on multidisciplinary studies of sound and vibration phenomena. The programme covers a wide range of topics within acoustics—including the fundamentals of sound propagation, advanced measurement techniques, and understanding and modelling of the normal and impaired human hearing system. The choice of courses ranges from human hearing and reaction to sound, acoustic measurement methods, electroacoustic systems, architectural acoustics, environmental acoustics, and noise and vibration control.

Engineering Acoustics

Career prospects

The MSc in Engineering Acoustics provides a good basis for global employment with electrical, audio, and audiology companies, universities and research centres, or consultancy firms specializing in acoustics.

Study lines

– Audio and Transducer Technology

– Hearing Science and Perception

– Architectual Acoustics and Environment

– Vibration, Structures and Sound

– Signal Processing and Machine Learning

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Joint programme with KAIST under MSc in Engineering Acoustics

The double degree programme in Engineering Acoustics spans many topics—such as human hearing and reaction to sound, acoustic measurement methods, electroacoustic systems, architectural acoustics, environmental acoustics, and noise and vibration control.

Engineering Light

Focusing on fundamental physics of light and optical components as well as a wide range of applications which are essential to our high-tech society, this programme includes courses in basic physics, optical materials and structures. The programme places great emphasis on innovation and future applications of optics and photonics to develop technological solutions to societal challenges—including quantifying carbon dioxide consumption, improving combustion processes, securing communication against acts of terrorism, measuring food quality, performing better medical procedures, and understanding and controlling diseases.

Career prospects

This double degree programme provides a good basis for employment opportunities within fields such as the hearing aid industry, measuring equipment manufacturers, and with firms of engineering consultants.

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Career prospects

The MSc in Engineering Light qualifies you for employment within high-tech companies, research centres, universities, and the public healthcare sector.

Focus areas

– Instrumentations and Applications

– Materials and Components

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Joint international programme with partner university Possible to join the Industry Master of Science in Engineering

Engineering Physics

This MSc Eng programme centres around physics as the basis of modern technology. The programme covers a wide range of technological, theoretical, and experimental techniques and topics such as the development of nanostructured materials with tailor-made electrical, magnetic, optical, mechanical, and chemical properties; manufacturing and integration of nano- and micro-components in systems design; modelling of complex biological systems; optical data processing and transfer; and the development of technologies for sourcing, storing, and converting sustainable energy—e.g. fuel cells and hydrogen technology.

Engineering Physics

Career prospects

Advanced physics skills are applicable in a broad spectrum of areas, but graduates work primarily in the field of research and development in private and public companies.

Study lines

– Lifescience Physics

– Materials Physics

– Nanosystems Engineering

– S– Energy Physics

– Quantum Engineering

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Joint EuroTech programme with TUM under MSc in Engineering Physics

This 1:1 MSc programme focuses on physics as the basis of modern technology. The joint programme is based on the interplay between scientific research and technological breakthroughs, covering topics such as nanostructured materials, nano- and microcomponents in systems design, modelling

of complex biological systems, optical data, and the development of sustainable energy technologies.

Career prospects

The programme covers a wide range of technological, theoretical, and experimental

techniques in modern physics. These advanced skills and competences are applicable in many areas, often related to research and development, but graduates also find jobs in the software and consultancy industries.

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Environmental Engineering

Focusing on the technical and environmental sciences, this programme aims to provide students with the competences needed to develop sustainable solutions to complex environmental issues, while also taking into account legal, societal, financial, and resource aspects. You will gain in-depth knowledge of the physical, chemical, and biological processes behind local and global environmental challenges, be involved in experimental projects, and learn about the processes through mathematical models and statistical analysis of data and measurements.

Environmental Engineering

Career prospects

An MSc in Environmental Engineering provides you with many future career options in public administrations, companies, or organizations offering environmental and construction consultancy services.

Study lines

– Climate Change—Adaption and Mitigation

– Environmental Chemistry

– Environmental Informatics

– Environmental Management

– Residual Resource Engineering

– Urban Water Engineering

– Water Resources Engineering

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Joint EuroTech programme with EPFL under MSc inEnvironmental Engineering

This 1:1 MSc programme provides students with the competences needed to develop sustainable solutions to complex environmental issues, while also taking into account legal, societal, financial, and resource aspects.

Environmental Engineering

Career prospects

As a graduate in Environmental Engineering you will be able to design, conduct, and interpret laboratory and field experiments, and quantify the hazards, risks, and uncertainties associated with environmental problems. You will be qualified to work within areas such as consulting, planning, construction,

Joint Nordic Five Tech (N5T) programme under MSc inEnvironmental Engineering

The focus of this double degree programme is on some of the most pressing political issues facing the world today such as climate change, sustainable generation of energy, management and renewal of aging urban infrastructure, provision of safe drinking water, and contaminated land and waste management. These issues are approached

Environmental Engineering

through interdisciplinary studies, bridging all the sciences and placing them in a social, economic, and legal context.

Career prospects

A major aim of the programme is to prepare students for a professional career through the integration of professional experience with the

Joint EuroTech programme with TUM under MSc inEnvironmental Engineering

This 1:1 MSc programme provides students with the competences needed to develop sustainable solutions to complex environmental issues, while also taking into account legal, societal, financial, and resource aspects.

Career prospects

As an Environmental Engineering graduate you will be able to design, conduct, and interpret laboratory and field experiments, and quantify the hazards, risks, and uncer tainties associated with environmental problems. You are qualified to work in job functions such as consulting,

project leadership and analysis, research, teaching, and management. Typical sectors of employment include water supply, wastewater and resources, and soil and ground water remediation.

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double degree programme. This will ultimately increase quality and competitiveness, study motivation and employability.

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planning, construction, project leadership and analysis, research, teaching, and management. Typical sectors of employment include water supply, wastewater and resources and soil and ground water remediation.

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Food Technology

The focus of the MSc programme in Food Technology is industrial food production. It requires knowledge from a wide range of areas to meet the challenges of food companies in innovative, sustainable food production. The programme provides you with competences that enable you to design, optimize, and evaluate processes within the food industry while ensuring compliance with quality, safety, legislative, financial and sustainability standards and requirements. It also enables you to develop models, technologies, processes, and systems to tackle complex engineering challenges and develop innovative solutions within the food industry and related sectors.

Career prospects

With an MSc degree in Food Technology, you will be qualified for positions in research and development departments or quality control departments of food companies or related industries. The degree also opens up opportunities in the public sector, such as working for food authorities. Additionally, you will have the option of pursuing research training leading to a PhD.

Focus areas

– Food Innovation

– Food Safety

– Beer Brewing

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Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence

In an area characterized by constant change, there is a need for engineers who will not be constrained by new technologies, but rather gain strong technical competences to develop new types of interaction between people and software—which is relevant in connection with game design, personalization of media content, or smartphone apps using sensors to model how we perceive the surrounding environment. This programme provides you with a deep understanding of the underlying digital media technologies and related business aspects.

Career prospects

Career opportunities in a wide range of highly specialized areas—including user experience design, app development, data science, and computer graphics.

Focus areas

– AI and Cognition

– Machine Learning at Scale

– Social Media, Mobile Apps and Data Science

– User Experience, Mobile Health and Personal Informatics

– Computer Vision and Computer Graphics

– Computer Games

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Making plastic recyclable

In 2017, two fellow students from Design and Innovation at DTU— Thomas Trebbien and Andreas Leth Brockhoff—came up with the brilliant idea of using fluid to sort plastic waste containing multiple plastic types. Today, they are heading the company Trebo and have developed a patented technology that can make the entire plastics industry more sustainable.

Industrial Engineering and Management

This MSc Eng programme combines the field of engineering with planning, innovation, and management competences. The courses offered will provide you with both quantitative and qualitative management competences. You will work with mathematical optimization (operations research), simulation, and other quantitative tools together with a number of process tools that are crucial in the context of project management and change management. Additional focus areas include operations management, supply chain management, innovation management, and problem structuring.

Management

Career prospects

Industrial Engineering and Management graduates typically find jobs in private or public sector companies or organizations within project management, consultancy, or development positions in a wide range of areas.

Study lines

– Sustainability Management

– Management and Analysis of Operations

– Production and Project Management

– Supply Chain Management and Logistics

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Joint EuroTech programme with TUM under MSc in Industrial Engineering and Management

This 1:1 MSc programme focuses on the interplay between management and engineering by combining strategy and innovation, management science and management disciplines.

Career prospects

As a graduate from this MSc programme you will be qualified to work within consulting, planning, project management, analysis, optimization, analytics, research, teaching, and management to name but a few fields.

Materials and Manufacturing Engineering

The focus in this MSc Eng programme is the application of materials as well as process and production technologies in high-tech products within various fields—including energy production, the automotive and aeronautical industries, medical devices, and communication. The programme enables you to predict, control, and optimize material properties, and to analyse and optimize the industrial process technologies that are relevant for advanced products at both micro and macro scale.

Career prospects

Graduates have career opportunities in various industrial areas, including energy production and storage, transport, building and construction, (micro)electronics, food production, medical devices, automation, and robotics.

Focus areas

– Materials Engineering

– Manufacturing Engineering

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Typical sectors of employment include manufacturing management, logistics, and supply chain in a vast range of sectors.

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Mathematical Modelling and Computation

This MSc Eng programme will provide you with extensive knowledge of applied mathematics and mathematical modelling as well as modern computer equipment and analysis of large data volumes. Mathematics is an integrated part of our everyday lives, and its use will become even more prevalent in the future. There is an everincreasing demand for mathematical models and methods in e.g. industrial applications, information technology, financial institutions, energy, government issues, drug development, DNA mapping, and environmental research.

Career prospects

Graduates are qualified for jobs in industry and academia: the IT sector, consulting engineers and other consultancy firms,

the pharmaceutical industry, logistics and development departments, and private and public research institutions.

Focus areas

– Applied Mathematical Analysis

– Cognitive Science and Technology

– Financial Engineering

– Image Analysis and Computer Graphics

– Industrial and Applied Statistics

– Machine Learning and Signal Processing

– Operations Research for Decision Making

– Scientific Computing

– Secure and Reliable Computing

– Stochastic Dynamical Modelling

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Mechanical Engineering

This programme is aimed at students who want to participate in the development of new and better solutions based on the laws of mechanics. The programme covers systematic engineering design methods within engineering design and product development as well as analysis, numerical simulation, and optimization with a focus on the strength of structures, fluid flows, and energy conversion.

Career prospects

Graduates are employed in development and research departments, and are involved in the development of new and better solutions for products, mechanical components, production

Maritime Engineering

equipment, and industrial installations. The focus of the solutions may range from microstructures—such as parts for hearing aids or mobile phones—to engines, turbines, wind turbines, ships, and offshore structures.

Focus areas

– Engineering Design and Product Development

– Strength and Dynamics of Structures

– Industrial Fluid Mechanics

– Energy Engineering

– Maritime Engineering

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Joint Nordic Five Tech (N5T) programme under MSc in Mechanical Engineering

The main focus of this double degree programme is the design, construction, and technical operation of ships and offshore structures—including hydrostatics and stability, hydrodynamics, wave and wind loads, propulsion, and structural analyses.

Mechanical Engineering

Career prospects

As a Maritime Engineering graduate, you will typically be employed as a naval architect or offshore engineer by consultancies, design offices, ship owners, ship model basins, maritime administrations, offshore companies,

Joint programme with KAIST under MSc in Mechanical Engineering

This double degree programme covers systematic engineering design methods within engineering design and product development as well as analysis, numerical simulation, and optimization with a focus on the strength of structures, fluid flows, and energy conversion. Applied mechanics is used in many contexts

requiring extensive knowledge of physical principles, strength of structures, fluid flows, and energy conversion.

Career prospects

Most graduates are employed in development and research departments of industrial

classification societies, or suppliers of special equipment. Your role may be that of chief executive, development manager, team manager, consultant, specialist, or researcher.

Admission Apply through Aalto.

> dtu.dk/mari

companies manufacturing high-tech products, in firms of consulting engineers, or in research institutions.

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Ocean Engineering

The overarching aim of the programme is to provide graduates with science-based engineering skills for sustainable development of the blue economy. There is a growing need, both in Denmark and abroad, for expertise in maritime industries—such as off-shore energy, shipping, fisheries, marine spatial planning, and coastal engineering—sectors that are expected to grow in the coming years. Science-based engineering solutions for sustainable blue growth require both an understanding of the marine environment—both its physical and living components—as well as the knowledge and skill needed to implement engineering solutions in a marine setting.

Career prospects

The programme provides graduates with a unique set of skills that are highly sought after in various marine engineering sectors. These competences include knowledge of the physical challenges associated with constructing offshore installations, developing technologies for both surface and underwater observations, and describing and modelling interactions with the natural marine environment.

Focus areas

– Oceanography

– Applied Ocean Technology

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Pharmaceutical Design and Engineering

Focusing on how to design, develop, and test drugs in line with the methods applied by the pharmaceutical industry, you will acquire a broad range of competences in all areas of pharma, e.g. diagnostics and nanotechnological treatment methods. Aspects relating to documentation, approval, and distribution of drugs—as well as the legal aspects relating to documentation, approval, and distribution of drugs—are also included in the programme.

Career prospects

Graduates from this programme are highly attractive to the pharmaceutical industry,

which has been heavily involved in defining the knowledge profile of the MSc Eng programme and thereby the competences of Pharmaceutical Design and Engineering graduates.

Study lines

This MSc programme contains no predefined study lines or recommended courses. Instead, you can put together your own study plan and your own tailored profile through your choice of courses.

> dtu.dk/pharma

Sustainable Energy – Systems

DTU is at the forefront of education and innovation for energy system solutions, accelerating green transition and sustainable energy. The MSc Eng programme in Sustainable Energy Systems provides you with solid knowledge of optimal interactions among various energy technologies and components, as well as optimal operation and coordination of large-scale integrated energy systems, including power, heat, natural gas, hydrogen, and transport sectors. There is a strong focus on the integration of renewable energy sources as well as system and market solutions to accelerate it. For this, you will learn and exploit cutting-edge multidisciplinary solutions based on socio-economic analysis, mathematical programming, advanced modelling and statistical methods, digitalization, and machine learning. Each study line specializes in specific

aspects of energy systems, including digital energy systems, energy system analysis, and energy-efficient building systems. During the course of study, you will acquire extensive expertise in various energy system solutions with focus on sustainability.

Career prospects

A degree in Sustainable Energy Systems paves the way for a wide range of career opportunities in the business sector, with public authorities, and in research.

Study lines

– Digital Energy Systems

– Energy System Analysis

– Energy-efficient Buildings

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Sustainable Energy – Technologies

DTU is at the cutting edge of research in sustainable energy in Europe. The MSc Eng programme in Sustainable Energy Technologies provides you with qualifications in the development of new solutions for accelerating the transition to a sustainable future. Each study line specializes in specific aspects of energy technologies, from bio-fuels and energy conversion and storage to wind and solar energy. The programme also allows you to specialize in the integration of multiple energy solutions as well as providing concepts for integrating these new technologies in the existing energy system. In the coming decades, global energy systems and new energy technologies will undergo major changes, and their sustainability will prove to be of the utmost importance—environmentally, economically, and socially. During the course

of study, you will acquire extensive expertise in various energy technologies with focus on sustainability.

Career prospects

A degree in Sustainable Energy Technologies paves the way for a wide range of career opportunities in the business sector, with public authorities, and in research.

Study lines

– Bio-based Fuels

– Chemical Energy Conversion and Storage

– Solar Energy

– Thermal Energy Conversion and Storage

– Wind Energy

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Energy Conversion and Storage

Joint EuroTech programme with TUM under MSc inSustainable Energy

This 1:1 programme covers various energy technologies focusing on sustainability and renewable energy and offers hands-on experience with energy conversion technologies such as batteries, fuel cells, electrolysis cells, and photovoltaics.

Career prospects

Graduates can be employed for projects in companies developing and producing renewable energy technologies and energy conversion technologies, while others will be engaged in project design and the development

Innovative Sustainable Energy Engineering

Joint Nordic Five Tech (N5T) under MSc in the Sustainable Energy

This MSc programme focuses on conventional and renewable energy sources like power generation, solar energy, biomass energy, wind power, geothermal power, and energy utilization. You will learn to apply advanced methods to identify, describe, quantify, and find environmentally sustainable solutions to a diverse range of energy engineering problems. Emphasis is also on the innovative

and entrepreneurial aspects of the energy society, related to how existing and new efficiency improvement innovations can be brought to market in different countries.

Career prospects

Upon graduation you will be able to make key decisions which can contribute to solving climate problems. This double degree

Sustainable Energy Technology

Joint EuroTech programme with TU/e under MSc in Sustainable Energy

This 1:1 programme in Sustainable Energy Technology is an interdisciplinary programme covering aspects such as applied physics, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, chemistry, materials science, chemical engineering, and innovation science applied to different sustainable energy technologies. You will gain scientific knowledge on and insight into the design, behaviour, and performance of different

energy technologies and the integration of these technologies in grids, buildings, and society.

Career prospects

Graduates can have careers in specific sustainable energy technologies and/or implementation of such technologies in the energy system. Some Sustainable Energy Technology graduates will be involved

and implementation of renewable energy projects for e.g. energy companies.

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programme gives you the necessary knowledge to pursue an international career in the evergrowing energy industry.

Admission

Apply through Aalto.

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in development projects in companies developing and operating renewable energy technologies while others get engaged in research/academia focusing on the further development of and exploration of new sustainable energy technologies or consultancy companies. The 1:1: MSc programme is international—and so is the labour market for graduates.

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Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture

This programme is taught at DTU Hirtshals Campus

This programme focuses on the sustainable utilization of the aquatic environment and its resources, and the development of sustainable aquaculture production. It centres on fisheries, oceanography, and the management of aquatic resources—and addresses the challenges associated with sustainable fisheries and aquaculture as well as the maintenance of healthy ecosystems under changing environments.

Career prospects

The MSc Eng programme provides you with unique interdisciplinary competences for

Sustainable Aquaculture

working with environmental and sustainability issues. These qualifications are in high demand among companies and organizations involved in aquatic resource research, consultancy, and management.

Study lines

– Fisheries, Biodiversity, and Ressource Management

– Aquaculture

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Joint programme with NTNU under MSc in Aquatic Science and Technology

This double degree programme covers landbased recirculating aquaculture technology and marine technology and offers a unique competence profile that is highly sought-after by the aquaculture industry. Students learn about new technologies and practices such as recirculating aquaculture systems, plantbased nutrition and bio-economy, optimization

of feed and use of therapeutants, and new innovative aquaculture products, which can contribute to the development of sustainable aquaculture.

Career prospects

The MSc programme provides students with a unique set of competences that are in high

demand in the aquaculture industry, but also in the consultancy sector and among environmental authorities.

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Joint international programme with partner university Possible to join the Industry Master of Science in Engineering

Wind Energy

DTU is one of a small number of universities in the world to offer a complete two-year MSc Eng programme in Wind Energy. This study programme is designed to provide you with the competences needed to analyse, design, develop, and operate future wind energy systems. You will have access to state-ofthe-art research facilities and technology and gain extensive knowledge of aerodynamics, aeroelasticity, mechanics, grid connection, and electrical engineering. You can choose to specialize in electrical or mechanical engineering within one of five study lines.

Career prospects

As a graduate in Wind Energy, you are qualified for employment in a rapidly expanding international industry, and you can contribute to the development of wind turbines as well as design and control of mechanical and electrical components and systems.

Study lines

– Mechanics and Aerodynamics

– Mechanics of Materials and Structures

– Testing and Measurements

– Electrical Wind Turbine Systems

– Electrical Wind Turbine Technology

> dtu.dk/wind

European Wind Energy Master – EWEM

Joint programme with TU Delft, NTNU, and Oldenburg University under MSc in Wind Energy

Receive a double MSc degree from two of four leading European universities in the field of wind energy. Students acquire knowledge in both theoretical and applied sciences underlying wind energy systems

Offshore Wind Energy

in general and the chosen specialization track. The four specialization tracks are: Wind Physics, Rotor Design, Electric Power Systems, and Offshore Engineering.

Joint programme with KAIST under MSc in Wind Energy

This double degree programme offers crossdisciplinary knowledge of a wide range of offshore wind power technologies, and provides you with in-depth knowledge of aerodynamics, aero-elasticity, mechanics, grid connection, power systems, hydrodynamics, offshore structure design, and wind farm planning, which will qualify you to analyse,

design, develop, and operate offshore wind energy systems.

Career prospects

Graduates are qualified to work within a wide range of areas related to the offshore wind energy industry—such as wind turbine system design and manufacturing, component design

Career prospects

This MSc prepares graduates for a career in research—in both industry and academia.

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of blades and towers, wind turbine operators, or certification bodies such as the DNV GL.

Admission

Apply through TU Delft.

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Joint international programme with partner university Possible to join the Industry Master of Science in Engineering

MSc programme

Technology Entrepreneurship

This programme leads to an MSc in Technology Entrepreneurship

Get a unique opportunity to build your skills as an entrepreneur, and work in diverse teams applying technology for the benefit of people, society, and the world. Join a team and a community on an all-in-one campus fully equipped with world-class research facilities and your own team idea start-up lab. During this two-year graduate programme (cand.tech.), you will select and validate ideas, develop technology-based solutions, explore and define your role in a start-up, and experience a semester abroad as a team at a leading entrepreneurship institution. You can bring your own ideas to the table, work with DTU inventions and patents or with ideas from industry or big science facilities.

Career prospects

In this programme, you will accelerate your learning through doing. After graduating, you will be able to bridge market and technology to create social and sustainable impact, and apply innovation processes to any organization. As a graduate, you will either launch your own start-up, become an intrapreneur, innovation manager, or business developer, just to name a few.

Study lines

– Technology and Design

– Strategy and User Insight

> dtu.dk/techno

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With the SubReader app, dyslexic and visually impaired persons can have subtitles on movies and TV series read out. The team behind SubReader won the National Startup Competition 2020. In addition to prize money of DKK 100,000, the winners were also invited to the Entrepreneurship World Cup in China.

Joint national MSc programmes

Business Administration and Bioentrepreneurship

Joint programme with Copenhagen Business School (CBS) and University of Copenhagen (UCPH)

The MSc in Business Administration and Bioentrepreneurship is part of the BioBusiness and Innovation Platform (BBIP), offering Denmark’s first university degree and academic courses bridging business and biotech. The mix of life science and business students gives you an opportunity to build cross-disciplinary skills and networks. Developed in close cooperation with industry, the programme gives you a unique opportunity to apply your skills to actual business challenges in real-life entrepreneurship projects, and in the business activities of leading life science companies.

Career prospects

The life science industry is a key driver in the Danish economy and also globally. To maintain momentum, the sector needs innovation and entrepreneurship to build new firms and to create new business in existing firms. In life science, the steps of transforming research into business are complicated. To handle this transformation, you must both understand the science behind new developments, and also master methods and tools in finance, marketing, intellectual property right, business model design and much more.

> dtu.dk/bab

Quantum Information Science

Joint programme with University of Copenhagen (UCPH)

This joint DTU and University of Copenhagen MSc programme focuses on giving students competences in the fast-developing area of quantum information science, quantum computing, and quantum technology. The programme will be truly interdisciplinary in the interface between Computer Science, Mathematics and Physics. In fact, students are expected to have a background within one or several of these fields. During their studies all students will be exposed to diverse aspects of the field ranging from purely theoretical to more technological and experimental. Students are then expected to specialize in one of these directions. More specifically students

will gain insight into the software side, i.e. the theoretical framework for Quantum Information and the possible algorithms, and into the different hardware platforms from optical to condensed-matter technologies.

Career prospects

This is a new and developing field also on the job market. Current career opportunities are for instance within the areas of communication, security and cryptography, consulting, quantum start-ups, and research.

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MSc programmes

Admission and tuition

The academic level of the MSc programmes is highly advanced. The academic prerequisites for admission differ for each MSc programme and can be found here: > studieinformation.dtu.dk/msc

General admission criteria

Degree

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, in Science, or in Natural Science, less than 10 years old and obtained at an internationally recognized university.

Applicants interested in the MSc in Technology Entrepreneurship should refer to the admission criteria here: > dtu.dk/techno

Grade point average

Approximately 75 per cent of the maximum obtainable grade. This may vary depending on the grading system of the university awarding the Bachelor's degree. Academic decisions will be based not only on the overall GPA but also the GPA of the individual courses that are academic prerequisites for admission.

English language proficiency*

Minimum entry levels:

Cambridge Advanced English/Cambridge English Proficiency 180

TOEFL Internet-based 88

IELTS Academic 6.5

* Please note that applicants to the Nordic Five Tech, EWEM and SECCLO joint programmes must fulfill the language requirements of the coordinating university, which are specified on the relevant programme websites.

Application deadlines

15 January

1 March

Non-EU/EEA applicants. Please note that all non-EU/EEA applicants are required to pay an application fee.

EU/EEA applicants and all applicants for our Nordic Five Tech programmes. Please note that all non-EU/EEA applicants are required to pay an application fee.

More information on > dtu.dk/admission

Tuition fees

Higher education in Denmark is provided free of charge for all EU/EEA citizens and for students participating in an exchange programme. All other students have to pay tuition.

Tuition fees are subject to annual review.

You can find more information about tuition fees at > dtu.dk/tuitionfee

DTU Career Centre

DTU Career Centre can help you make a successful transition from student to employee. We know how you can improve your employability while studying, how to approach Danish companies including tailoring your CV and cover letter and acing the job interview.

Networking events with companies

At our networking events, like DTU Career Nights and DTU CareerWeek, you’ll meet engineers from different companies on campus, who will share their career experiences, open job positions, collaboration possibilities, and the like. You can ask questions, clarify job wishes, and gain insight for your future career.

Individual CV feedback

You are welcome to come by our office during our opening hours to get some quick feedback on your CV or cover letters or tips for your job hunting.

DTU Career Hub

DTU Career Hub is the place to find student and engineering jobs, project collaborations with companies and professors as well as internships. Companies can also contact you.

Workshops and on-demand offers

You can attend various workshops and on-demand guidance on topics related to your job hunting and employability. Our workshops and guidance will introduce you to technics, useful tools, and practical advice you can use immediately.

Learn more at > dtu.dk/careercounselling

Pursue a PhD at DTU

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The PhD programme consists of

• an independent scientific project

• a study programme corresponding to 30 ECTS

• teaching and dissemination activities corresponding to approx. 3 months

• an external research stay

• a PhD thesis

• a public thesis defence

Every year, DTU enrols several hundreds new PhD students in our research degree programme within science and technology. Each PhD student follows an individual programme designed to provide insight and skills in conducting a scientific project according to the highest international standards—including course participation, presentation of research results, teaching, paper writing, and contribution to national and international research collaborations.

Career opportunities

A PhD degree from DTU opens the door to a wide variety of attractive career opportunities. When doing a PhD, you will learn to understand complex research problems and to solve research challenges. These skills are not just required in your academic work, but also to a great extent in industrial R&D laboratories and start-up companies. PhDs are usually hired for research positions or positions as analysts and consultants because of their superior analytical capabilities.

Admission

To be admitted as a PhD student at DTU, applicants must present evidence of having been awarded an academically rigorous MSc degree with honours. All applicants are assessed by the relevant PhD committee based on their qualifications in relation to the proposed project.

You can do either a regular PhD or an industrial PhD at DTU.

Learn more about your options on > dtu.dk/phd_uk

Employability

DTU graduates find employment quickly, and their jobs are in direct continuation of their MSc programme.

Employers are very satisfied with graduates from DTU

94%

found employment a mere three months after graduation

find that graduates from DTU are highly professional

98%

found employment six months after graduation

find that graduates from DTU are highly committed

found employment twelve months after graduation

Relation between MSc programme and first job

The students were also asked how their first job related to their MSc programme.

In direct continuation of my master’s thesis.

Tasks with a generalist focus.

Outside the typical area of employment of my MSc Eng programme

94% 99%

find that graduates from DTU have an innovative mindset

find that graduates from DTU have strong digital skills

Graduates from DTU feel prepared for their future career

of graduates feel equipped for their first job

74%

of graduates feel that the competences they have gained at DTU are aligned with employer expectations and demands

Source: Graduate survey carried out by Epinion in 2022. For the purpose of the survey, the employment rate only includes students available for the labour market.

Workplace culture in Denmark

The Danish labour market is internationally known for its ‘flexicurity model’. The concept is a combination of the terms ‘flexibility’ and ‘security’ and refers to a welfare state model that combines social security for all workers with a flexible labour market.

The typical Danish workplace is characterized by a flat management structure and an informal tone of communication. Knowledge sharing and teamwork

are valued traits, and everybody is expected to pitch in with ideas and opinions. The typical workweek in Denmark is 37 hours, making it one of the shortest in Europe. Employees generally have a fair amount of autonomy and flexibility to organize their workload, as long as deadlines are met.

To learn more please visit Work in Denmark at > workindenmark.dk

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For more information

BSc Eng

Please direct any questions about our BSc programme in General Engineering and admission to studvejl@adm.dtu.dk or phone +45 4525 1199

MSc

Please direct any questions about our MSc programmes and admission to mscadmissions@adm.dtu.dk or phone +45 4525 1023

PhD

Please direct any questions about our PhD programme to phd@dtu.dk

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