Structure and contents of DTU MSc Programs

General competences courses

As an engineer, whether you work as a professional or within research and development, you need a number of general competences in order to comply with the requirements of a modern engineering job. This group of courses teach you:

• General engineering competences - You learn how to combine technology application and development with finances, management and organisation and most important you learn how to use your qualifications and technological know-how in a professional and social context. 

• Synthesis competences - You learn how to define and provide solutions to an open problem. You may be part of a cross-disciplinary team and you are trained in communication and collaboration.  

• Normative competences - Here you are taught a set of essential disciplines that are common to all technical aspects of engineering within a specific field.

Technology specialization courses

This group of courses gives you the in-depth academic and technological knowledge necessary for obtaining state-of-the-art competences within the specific field of engineering. The course profile depends on the recommended study line or specialization that you have decided to follow.

Elective courses

An important part of the DTU MSc programs is the significant amount of elective courses. Here you can pursue your own scientific and professional interests. In principle you can choose between more than 400 different DTU courses.

Thesis

The thesis marks the completion of the two-year MSc program. The research project is most often carried out at DTU and in many cases in collaboration with one of our many industrial partners. All projects include elements of fundamental research, innovation and application.

Special MSc program

DTU also offers five so-called special MSc programs in Digital Media Engineering, Engineering Acoustics, Petroleum Engineering, Sustainable Energy and Wind Energy. These programs represent unique and world calss research and innovation activities have been identified. The programs are characterised by their inter-disciplinary nature.

Graduating with a special program diploma provides you with a unique set of engineering competences only to be obtained from the DTU research and innovation environment.