Prerequisites for Biomaterial Engineering for Medicine
Academic requirements for this programme
National Applicants (holding a Bachelor from Denmark)
Bachelors from DTU:
Bachelors with similar qualifications can be admitted after individual evaluation.
In order to get the optimal benefit of the MSc Eng programme, it is recommended that the elective parts of the bachelor programme are used to build up the right prerequisites for the desired study plan.
The following Bachelor programmes from DTU:
- Biomedical Engineering
- Biotechnology
- Quantitiative Biology and Disease Modelling
- Chemistry and Technology
- General Engineering
have access to be admitted, subject to having completed courses that covers the following five areas of expertise:
- Statistics (one of DTU courses )
- Chemistry (one of DTU courses)
- Physical Chemistry (one of DTU courses )
- Either Life science (one of DTU courses ), Biochemistry (DTU course 27022), Human Physiology (University of Copenhagen course KU002), Biological Chemistry (DTU course 23932) or similar.
Organic chemistry is no longer on the list above. However it is strongly recomended if you wish to choose among electives as courses within the field polymer chemistry.
Bachelors from other Danish Universities
University of Copenhagen
The following Bachelor programme at University of Copenhagen (KU) will have access to be admitted to the MSc Eng Programme in Biomaterial Engineering for Medicine:
- BSc in Biochemistry (University of Copenhagen)
The following Bachelors, with courses in each of six expertise areas listed below, together with the obligatory courses in the respective BSc program listed below, will have access to be admitted to the MSc in Advanced Materials and Healthcare Engineering:
- Biology-Biotechnology
- Chemistry with specialisation in biochemistry
- Chemistry with specialisation in medicinal chemistry
Bachelors from these study lines need to have at least 5 ECTS points from each of the five expertise areas listed here. The courses are all from KU.
- Mathematics (one of the courses NMAB13022U, NKEB13004U, LMAB10066U
- Statistics (one of the courses NMAA08015U, LMAB10069U)
- Chemistry (one of the courses NKEB13003U, NKEB10006U, NKEB11004U, LKEB10108U)
- Physical Chemistry (one of the courses NKEB14006U, NKEB14004U, NKEB14013U
- Biochemistry (one of the courses NBIA04003U, NBIA04003U) or life science (one of the courses NBIB13010U, NBIB14027U, LBIB10125U, NPLB14002U)
University of Southern Denmark
The following Bachelors from University of Southern Denmark (SDU) with courses in each of six expertise areas listed below, together with the mandatory courses in the respective BSc programme listed below, will have access to be admitted to the MSc in Biomaterial Engineering for Medicine:
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Chemistry
- Biomedicine
Bachelors from these study lines need to have at least 5 ECTS points from each of the five expertise areas listed here. The courses are all from SDU.
- Mathematics (MM555)
- Statistics (ST520)
- Chemistry (FF503, KE521)
- Life Science (BMB538 or BMB533, or Biochemistry (BMB532)
- Physical Chemistry (KE523) or Physical Biochemistry (BMB540)
Aarhus University
The following bachelor programmes at Aarhus University (AU) will have access to be admitted to the MSc Eng Programme in Biomaterial Engineering for Medicine:
- BSc in Medicinal Chemistry
- BSc in Biotechnology
The following Bachelor programmes with courses in each of six expertise areas listed below, together with the mandatory courses in the respective BSc programme listed below, will have access to be admitted to the MSc in Biomaterial Engineering for Medicine:
- Medicinal Chemistry
- Biotechnology
Bachelors from these study lines need to have at least 5 ECTS points from each of the five expertise areas listed here. The courses are all from AU.
- Mathematics ("Calculus Beta")
- Statistics ("Introducerende statistik og data analyse")
- Chemistry ("Uorganisk Kemi I: Almen Kemi")
- Life science ("Grundlæggende molekylærbiologi") or Biochemistry
- Physical Chemistry ("Fysisk Kemi I: termodynamik og statisk mekanik" or "Fysisk kemi i bioteknologi"))
International Applicants (holding a Bachelor from outside Denmark)
Bachelors with degrees in chemistry, molecular biology, biotechnology, bionanotechnology and similar may be admitted provided that student can document 5 ECTS point of courses at the BSc level in each of these five competence areas:
- Mathematics
- Statistics
- Chemistry
- Physical Chemistry
- Life science of Biochemistry
The courses must be at a similar or higher level than corresponding DTU courses (see list above).
Other applicants must be able to document that they possess corresponding qualifications and will be assessed individually.
General admission requirements
Only applicants holding a relevant Bachelor of Science in Engineering, a Bachelor in Engineering (diplomingeniøruddannelse) or a Bachelor of Natural Science degree can be admitted to a Master of Science in Engineering programme. The bachelor's degree must be less than ten years old.
The individual MSc Eng programme states in detail which bachelor programmes qualify and whether applicants must complete supplementary educational activities.
Requirements for supplementary educational activities can equate to up to 30 ECTS credits and are specified as a list of courses under the individual MSc Eng programmes.
The specific requirements must be met before graduating from the bachelor's programme or in connection with conditional admission to a particular MSc Eng programme. The courses must be passed prior to the commencement of studies within one year from the conditional admission.
Supplementary educational activities in connection with conditional admission to an MSc Eng programme do not form part of the MSc Eng programme, and tuition fees are charged. If the supplementary courses have not been passed within the specified deadlines, the conditional admission to the programme is withdrawn.
The Master of Science in Engineering programmes are offered in English. Therefore applicants must demonstrate proficiency in English (B-level, IELTS, TOEFL, CAE) https://www.dtu.dk/english/education/graduate/admission-and-deadlines/language_test_requirements
DTU offers an Honours Programme as part of all MSc Eng. programmes. The admission requirements are described at https://www.dtu.dk/english/education/graduate/honours-programmes
Specific prerequisites for the Industry MSc Eng Programmes
The prerequisites are similar to the specific ones that apply to the 2-year-programmes, but in addition, the applicant must have a job relevant to the studies with a workload of at least 25 hours a week, or the applicant may be self-employed in a start-up company. Read more about the rules on https://www.dtu.dk/english/education/graduate/industry-master-of-science-in-engineering
