What can I do with an MSc in Architectural Engineering
MSc Eng graduates in Architectural Engineering have plenty of opportunity to find employment with private and public companies, architects, consulting engineers, client consultants, building component and element manufacturers, contractors, public authorities, and research institutions. Furthermore, you might get the opportunity to continue your studies and do a PhD, for instance at DTU.
Typical fields of work
Many graduates find jobs in firms of consulting architects or engineers, where they are involved in the early stages of planning complex building projects, as well as helping the architects carry out optimization and calculation tasks.
Others work with the development of new components for the building industry or advice developers on the technological objectives of new building projects.
Career opportunities
A MSc in Architectural Engineering will provide you with diverse and exciting career opportunities, allowing you to influence the buildings of tomorrow—in Denmark as well as internationally. DTU’s MSc in Architectural Engineering is highly respected on a global scale as a professional, academic engineering programme.
For instance, you can work as:
- consulting engineer focusing on the early stages of the building process
- design consultant specializing in energy or construction
- designer of building elements or components
- product or development engineer in the construction material industry
- construction and project manager in a firm of contractors
- entrepreneur establishing own production or service business
- development consultant advising companies on product and process development
- project manager responsible for urban areas and buildings in the public administration sector
Pursue a PhD
Once you have a MSc in Engineering, you might get the opportunity to continue your studies and apply for admission to the three-year PhD, which at DTU is a research-based programme ranking among the best in the world. You can do either a regular PhD or an industrial PhD, the latter with concurrent employment in a company.
As a PhD student, you will be part of a research group and will carry out an independent scientific project.