Curriculum
Programme provision
In order to obtain the MSc Eng degree in Biotechnology the student must fulfil the following requirements:
- Have passed General Competence Courses adding up to at least 30 ECTS points
- Have passed Technological Specialization Courses adding up to at least 30 ECTS points
- Have carried out a Master Thesis of at least 30 ECTS points within the scope of the general programme
- Have passed a sufficient number of Elective Courses to bring the total number of ECTS points for the entire course of study to 120
Curriculum
General Competence Courses
To obtain a MSc Eng degree without a study line designation, the general competence courses and technology specialization courses can be selected from the lists below. The reduced lists for each study line are found under the descriptions of the study lines
Mandatory General Competence Courses:
| 28485 | Biobusiness and Process Innovation | 5 | point | Autumn E1B (Thurs 13-17) |
| 42500 | Innovation in Engineering | 5 | point | January |
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| 42504 | Innovation in Engineering | 5 | point | August |
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| 42501 | Innovation in Engineering | 5 | point | June |
Students with advanced innovation competences may take one of the following courses as an alternative to 42500/42501/42504:
| 42502 | Facilitating Innovation in Multidisciplinary Teams | 5 | point | January |
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| 42505 | Facilitating Innovation in Multidisciplinary teams | 5 | point | August |
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| 42503 | Facilitating Innovation in Multidisciplinary teams | 5 | point | June |
A minimum of 20 ETCS must be achieved from the following General Competence Courses courses:
| 02411 | Statistical Design and Analysis of Experiments | 5 | point | Autumn E2A (Mon 13-17), Spring F1A (Mon 8-12) |
| 27230 | Prokaryotic cell biology | 5 | point | Autumn E1A (Mon 8-12) |
| 27423 | Metabolomics and proteomics | 5 | point | Autumn E3A (Tues 8-12) |
| 27430 | Eukaryotic cell biology | 5 | point | Autumn E2B (Thurs 8-12) |
| 27460 | Synthetic biology | 5 | point | Autumn E5A (Wed 8-12) |
| 27641 | Systems biology | 5 | point | Autumn E5B (Wed 13-17) |
| 28857 | Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and quality in pharmaceutical, biotech and food industry - Practical version | 7.5 | point | Autumn E1B (Thurs 13-17) and Autumn E3B (Fri 13-17) |
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| 28855 | Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and quality in pharmaceutical, biotech and food industry - Theoretical version | 5 | point | Spring F1B (Thurs 13-17) |
You may also obtain General Competences in Special courses, such as:
- iGEM International Genetically Engineered Machine competition. See here for more information about iGEM.
Technological Specialization Courses
At least 30 ETCS should be selected among the following courses
| 02443 | Stochastic Simulation | 5 | point | June |
| 22117 | Protein structure and computational biology | 5 | point | Spring F5A (Wed 8-12) |
| 22200 | Mucosal immunology | 5 | point | Autumn E4A (Tues 13-17) |
| 23205 | Fighting infectious diseases | 5 | point | Autumn E4B (Fri 8-12) |
| 26125 | Chromatographic (HPLC) Purification of Biological Macromolecules | 5 | point | June |
| 27101 | Assay Technology | 5 | point | June |
| 27220 | Advanced prokaryotic biotechnology | 5 | point | Spring F4A (Tues 13-17) |
| 27246 | Applied enzyme technology and kinetics | 5 | point | E7 (Tues 18-22) |
| 27247 | Experimental enzyme technology | 5 | point | Autumn E1A (Mon 8-12) |
| 27250 | Molecular host-pathogen interactions | 5 | point | Autumn E4A (Tues 13-17) |
| 27255 | Advanced experimental prokaryotic molecular biology and ecology | 5 | point | Spring F5B (Wed 13-17) |
| 27325 | Advanced protein structure engineering and analysis | 5 | point | Spring F2A (Mon 13-17) |
| 27330 | Quantitative analysis and modeling in protein science | 5 | point | Spring F3B (Fri 13-17) |
| 27410 | Computer-aided cell factory design | 5 | point | Autumn E4A (Tues 13-17) |
| 27419 | Filamentous Fungi: Biology and Biotechnology | 5 | point | Spring F1A (Mon 8-12) |
| 27422 | Biosynthesis of natural products | 5 | point | Spring F1B (Thurs 13-17) |
| 27432 | Experimental molecular biology of eukaryotes | 5 | point | January |
| 27455 | Microbial adaptation to industrial processes | 5 | point | Spring F2B (Thurs 8-12) |
| 27510 | Biosensors and bioanalysis | 5 | point | Spring F1A (Mon 8-12) |
| 28233 | Recovery and purification of biological products | 5 | point | Autumn E2A (Mon 13-17) |
| 28345 | Industrial BioReaction Engineering | 5 | point | Spring F4A (Tues 13-17) |
| 28455 | Process adaptation in Fermentation Based Biomanufacturing | 5 | point | Autumn E2B (Thurs 8-12) |
Elective Courses
Any course classified as MSc course in DTU's course base may be an elective course. This includes general competence and technological specialization courses in excess of the minimal requirements. Master students may choose as much as 10 credit points among the bachelor courses at DTU and courses at an equivalent level from other higher institutions. In addition, it is possible to take MSc level courses at other Danish universities or abroad.
Head of Studies
Mogens Kilstrup Associate Professor Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine Phone: +45 45252528 mki@bio.dtu.dk