Dr.techn.
The degree of Doctor Technices (dr.techn.) is the highest academic distinction within engineering and technological science in Denmark and is one step beyond the PhD degree. The dr.techn. degree is granted on the basis of a thesis that demonstrates the author’s considerable scientific insight and maturity as well as how the author, based on the thesis, has brought the scientific community a significant step forward. DTU has been granting the degree of Doctor Technices since 1918. At the end of 2011, DTU has granted 211 dr.techn. degrees.
The thesis should not be longer than necessary and should include only those articles that have made a significant impact in the candidate’s field.
If you wish to submit a dissertation for consideration for the degree of dr.techn. at DTU, further information can be obtained from the Office for Policy and Communication.
Most recent defense of doctoral dissertation
On June 7, 2011 Associate Professor Jakob Søndergaard Jensen from DTU Mekanik defended his doctoral dissertation: 'Waves and Vibrations in Inhomogeneous Structures - bandgaps and optimal designs'.
View his presentation on the occasion of his defense here.
On April 8, 2011, Professor André W. Visser fra DTU Aqua defended his doctoral dissertation: 'Small, wet and rational: individual based zooplankton ecology'.
View his presentation on the occasion of his defense here.
On January 28, 2011, Associate Professor Flemming Frandsen from DTU Chemical Engineering defended his doctoral dissertation ’Ash formation, deposition and corrosion when utilizing Straw for Heat and Power Production’.
View his presentation on the occasion of his defense here.
Honorary Doctorates
Each year since 2000, DTU has been conferring the degree of Doctor Technices honoris causa to individuals who fulfill the requirements for obtaining the Doctor Technices degree and have made an important contribution to DTU.