Prerequisites for Civil Engineering
Academic requirements for this programme
National Applicants (holding a Bachelor from Denmark)
Bachelors of Science in Engineering from DTU
The following Bachelor of Science (BSc) in engineering programmes at DTU give students legal right of admission to the MSc Eng programme in Civil Engineering:
Bachelors of Engineering (B.Eng) (diplomingeniør) from DTU
Applicants who have completed the following Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) programmes from DTU:
have access to be admitted subject to having completed the following four courses:
| 01035 | Advanced Engineering Mathematics 2 | 5 | point | Autumn E2B (Thurs 8-12) |
| 02402 | Statistics (Polytechnical Foundation) | 5 | point | Autumn E3A (Tues 8-12), Spring F4A (Tues 13-17) |
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| 02405 | Probability theory | 5 | point | Autumn E4B (Fri 8-12) |
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| 02403 | Introduction to Mathematical Statistics | 5 | point | June |
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| 02323 | Introduction to Statistics | 5 | point | Autumn E4B (Fri 8-12), Spring F4B (Fri 8-12) |
| 02601 | Introduction to Numerical Algorithms | 5 | point | Spring F1B (Thurs 13-17), Autumn E4B (Fri 8-12) |
| 12603 | Materials Science for Civil Engineers | 5 | point | Spring F5A (Wed 8-12) |
Also it is strongly recommended that applicants possess qualifications corresponding to:
| 02002 | Computer Programming (Polytechnical Foundation) | 5 | point | Autumn E1B (Thurs 13-17) |
| 41927 | Open Building Information Modeling (OpenBIM) | 5 | point | Spring F3A (Tues 8-12) |
| 41956 | Concrete Structures | 5 | point | Spring F4A (Tues 13-17) |
| 41957 | Steel Structures | 5 | point | Autumn E1B (Thurs 13-17) |
To be able to seamlessly enter the Civil Engineering MSc education from the General Engineering BSc program, the following courses (or equivalent) should be completed:
| 11562 | Materials Science for Civil Engineers | 5 | point | Spring F5A (Wed 8-12) |
| 12411 | Basic Soil Mechanics | 5 | point | Spring F1A (Mon 8-12) |
| 12412 | Basic Geotechnical Engineering | 5 | point | Autumn E5B (Wed 13-17) |
| 12603 | Materials Science for Civil Engineers | 5 | point | Spring F5A (Wed 8-12) |
| 41815 | Introduction to Finite Element Analysis | 10 | point | Autumn E1B (Thurs 13-17) and January |
| 41953 | Structural engineering 1 | 5 | point | Spring F2B (Thurs 8-12) |
| 41954 | Structural engineering 2 | 5 | point | Autumn E2A (Mon 13-17) |
| 41956 | Concrete Structures | 5 | point | Spring F4A (Tues 13-17) |
| 41957 | Steel Structures | 5 | point | Autumn E1B (Thurs 13-17) |
The following two courses serve as an alternative to 41815:
| 02601 | Introduction to Numerical Algorithms | 5 | point | Spring F1B (Thurs 13-17), Autumn E4B (Fri 8-12) |
| 41958 | Computational Structural Modelling 1: The Finite Element Method | 5 | point | Autumn E4A (Tues 13-17) |
Other National and International (holding a Bachelor from outside Denmark) Applicants
May be admitted after an individual evaluation of their academic qualifications, provided they fulfil the requirements, as outlined below.
The required bachelor-level background for admission into the program includes: (i) mathematics; (ii) statistics; (iii) physics; (iv) chemistry; (v) programming; (vi) numerical analysis, e.g., finite-element method or other computational mechanics techniques; (vii) mechanics of materials, e.g., stress, strain, elasticity, plasticity, strength; (viii) mechanics of structures, e.g., beam theory, plate theory, forces and moments in frames, support types and reactions; (ix) soil mechanics and geotechnics; and (x) construction materials, e.g., Portland cement concrete (essential), steel (essential), asphalt concrete, wood, aluminum, and glass.
In the MSc programme, students should be willing to acquire any prerequisites that they may be missing on their own.
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) Applying for an MSc at DTU - 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
