Get a unique position for your future career by combining engineering, management and a new cultural experience in a different learning environment. This programme will boost your CV with a cutting-edge programme in management from two leading technical universities. In addition, you will study abroad at two internationally acclaimed universities, in two great cities, spend one year abroad, and gain a unique specialization focusing on management in an engineering context.
A master’s programme in management from a technical university ensures you a unique position after your studies. You will be able to combine engineering knowledge with management skills.
The DTU-TUM 1:1 offers you a two-year intensive exchange stay for MSc students enrolled at either DTU or TUM. You will spend one year at TUM and one year at DTU.
The Management programme focuses on the interesting interplay between management and engineering. Working with management in an engineering context requires a wide range of quantitative as well as qualitative tools. Combining strategy and innovation, management science, and management disciplines, the Management programme distinguishes itself by being highly interdisciplinary.
The integration of knowledge of the different areas of the programme is an important goal. In a complex and global setting in which most engineers find themselves, these skills will be key attributes to deliver decisive management in engineering-related industries. This programme brings together the best of the Management programmes at TUM as well as at DTU.
Following successful programme completion, you will receive a master’s degree from the university you are enrolled in. Your diploma will bear the logos of both universities and will be supplemented by a special insert which describes your participation in the DTU-TUM 1:1 master’s programme.
The main focus of the programme is themes such as:
Studying abroad kick-starts your career as employers are always looking for graduates with an international outlook and intercultural competencies. Upon graduation, you are eligible to enter a PhD programme, but you are also qualitied for demanding positions in industry.
Career opportunities
In almost any field of industry, engineers are faced with the challenge of dealing with managerial tasks. This gives an exceptional field of interesting career opportunities to engineers with a management program.
Increased product complexity and ever shorter time to market put a focus on innovation, development and production. It becomes essential to have the technical background and the right management skill to lead and manage the organisation.
As a graduate from this Master’s programme you will be qualified to work within consulting, planning, project management, analysis, optimization, analytics, research, teaching, and management to name but a few. Some of the most typical areas are consulting, manufacturing management, logistics and supply chain in a vast range of sectors.
Graduating from the MSc programme with a high grade point average may also qualify you for admission to PhD studies—either as an industrial PhD with concurrent employment in a company, or as a regular PhD student.
1st of February - for start in the fall semester
The DTU-TUM Joint Degree Master's programme is only open to students, who have been formally admitted to DTU's regular MSc in Industrial Engineering and Management programme. Therefore, it is not possible to apply for admission directly the dual degree program. The application form is only accessible with DTU credentials.
1) Fill in the application form and submit it.
2) The Office of International Education will forward the application to the Programme Coordinator.
3) The Programme coordinator will consult their counterparts at the partner university and select the most eligible students.
- Please note, that the partner university MAY ask for additional documents, before taking a decision.
4) The Programme coordinator will inform DTU International Affairs Office about their decision.
5) The Office of International Education will inform the students and issue Nomination Letters.
Courses taken abroad must be approved by the DTU professor responsible for the individual 1:1 programme.
For DTU students a standard period of two consecutive semesters is taken at the host institution. This must be in the 2nd year of the MSc. The master's thesis is conducted at the host institution.
The standard study period is four semesters, corresponding to 120 ECTS credits, consisting of three semesters of course work and a master’s thesis.
Students starting at DTU must pass the polytechnical foundation courses, adding up to 10 ECTS credits, and a number of programme specific courses, adding up to 50 ECTS credits. All courses are conducted at DTU.
Students are asked to prepare a study plan as part of their application for the 1:1 MSc programme. Both programme coordinators must approve the study plan. The programme coordinators from each institution must approve the study plan of each student involved in the programme. The study plan will comprise 120 ECTS with 60 ECTS from DTU and 60 ECTS from TUM, and follow the guidelines described in this section.
The student must pass 10 ECTS polytechnical foundation courses and 50 ECTS programme specific courses, the majority of which should be taken during the first year at DTU, but some courses can be transferred to the second year at TUM. All 10 ECTS polytechnical foundation courses must be passed at DTU. In the programme specific courses, 42112 Mathematical Programming Modelling or 42114 Integer Programming as well as 42417 Simulation in Operations Management, 42402 Sustainable Operations and Supply Chain Management, 42543 Management of Organizational Change, and 38108 Technology and Innovation Management must be passed. This means that at least 25 ECTS out of 50 ECTS within Technology Specialization will be done at DTU.
In the third semester at TUM, the students have the opportunity to attend lectures and, at the same time, to establish the research project they will pursue for their Master's thesis. If students attend courses at TUM from the Operations & Supply Chain Management or Innovation & Entrepreneurship lists during the second year, they will be able to gain ECTS points counting towards DTU’s programme specific courses during that period before concentrating on their Master’s thesis research during the fourth semester (second half of the second year). The student may enroll in the “Project Studium” at TUM. This will count as an elective course.
The master's thesis is usually conducted during the fourth semester of the programme. The Master’s thesis is worth 30 ECTS, and the students have a main supervisor at TUM.
For DTU students, the master thesis is graded using the 7-point grading scale, with the grade appearing on the Master's degree diploma. The grade will be determined by the TUM assessment process and translated to the Danish 7-point scale. The grading will be in accordance with the Danish rules and regulations on examination.
Technical University of Munich (TUM) is one of Europe’s top universities.
It is committed to excellence in research and teaching, interdisciplinary education, and the active promotion of promising young scientists. The university also forges strong links with companies and scientific institutions across the world.
TUM regularly ranks among the best European universities in international rankings.
Michael Bruhn Barfod Associate Professor Department of Technology, Management and Economics Phone: +45 45251540 mbba@dtu.dk