What can I do with an MSc in Earth and Space Physics and Engineering

With a MSc Eng in Earth and Space Physics and Engineering, you have a wide range of job opportunities with Danish and international high-tech companies, international space agencies, and national authorities. Furthermore, you might get the opportunity to continue your studies and do a PhD, for instance at DTU.

Typical fields of work

Earth and Space Physics and Engineering graduates typically work with the design and development of satellite systems and instruments as well as the design, development, and application of systems for receiving, processing, analysing, simulating, and modelling data.

Career opportunities

A MSc Eng degree in Earth and Space Physics and Engineering will provide you with a sound basis for innovative work aimed at addressing many of the societal challenges requiring new and advanced technological solutions.

The degree offers a wide range of career opportunities with:

  • Danish and international high-tech companies, such as Terma, Rovsing, Astrium, Thales Alenia Space, Arianespace, and CASA
  • international organizations, such as the European Space Agency (ESA), the U.S. space agency NASA, and the EU
  • ·national authorities.

Graduates from the Earth and Space Physics and Engineering programme are also highly attractive to the geo and consultancy industry for carrying out surveying and mapping tasks, including exploration of raw materials, environmental monitoring, and risk assessment.

Potential employers in this area include:

  • Surveying and mapping companies, such as COWI, DHI and Rammbøl
  • GIS companies, such as Atkins, InformiGIS, and Niras
  • Engineering consultants in the environmental field, e.g. COWI, Rambøll, and DHI
  • Major surveying companies, e.g. LE34 and Geopartner
  • Public authorities, e.g. the Danish Mapping Agency SDFE, the Danish Meteorological Institute, GEUS, the Danish Maritime Safety Administration, the Danish Road Directorate, as well as regional and local authorities.
 

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.

Learn more about DTU's PhD prorgramme

Where do graduates from Earth and Space Physics and Engineering get a job?

  • Academic employee
  • AC-Fuldmægtig
  • AC-specialist
  • Acting Chief Executive Officer
  • Adjunkt/teacher
  • Adm. Officer of the Board of Directors Office
  • Administrator, Technical Designer
  • Advisor
  • AIS Algorithm Engineer - Young Graduate Trainee
  • Ambassador
  • Army Officer
  • Artificial Intelligence Engineer
  • Associate professor/lektor
  • Automation Engineer
  • Backend developer
  • BI Backend Developer
  • BI Developer, Enterprise Performance Management
  • BI-udvikler
  • Business Intelligence architect
  • Business Intelligence Developer
  • C++ Developer
  • CAD adminstrator
  • Chief Data Officer
  • Civilingeniør
  • Clerk
  • Climate Risk Expert
  • Co-founder
  • Co-Founder, Director
  • Computer Vision Engineer
  • Consultant
  • Consultant in Data Engineering/Space
  • CryoSat and CRISTAL Data Quality Engineer
  • CryoSat Mission Geophysicist
  • Customer Service Representative
  • Data Analyst
  • Data Analytics Engineer
  • Data Consultant
  • Data Engineer
  • Data Scientist
  • Data Scientist in Climate and Glaciology
  • Developer
  • Development engineer
  • Earth Observation Data Scientist
  • Electrical Engineering Consultant and Technician
  • Electronic Engineer
  • Embedded Software Engineer
  • Energy Consultant
  • Engineer
  • Environmental consultant
  • Expert - Copernicus Land Monitoring Service
  • Field Service Engineer
  • Fuldmægtig
  • Geodata Engineer
  • Geofysiker
  • Geophysicist
  • Geospatial Content Solutions Assistant
  • GIS Consultant
  • GIS Developer
  • Global Middle Office & Risk management
  • Global Product Manager
  • GNC Software Engineer II
  • GreenTalent 2020
  • Head of Robotics
  • IP Contract Manager
  • IT Business Specialist
  • IT Consultant
  • IT-Specialist
  • Junior Remote Sensing Scientist
  • Lead Numerical Specialist
  • Lead Software Engineer
  • Lector
  • Lt.  (Weapon Engineer Officer)
  • Machine Learning Engineer
  • Manager
  • Managing Data Architect
  • Math and Physics teacher
  • MES Digital Tech Developer
  • Microsoft Fullstack Developer
  • Nanofabrication Process Engineer
  • Numerical Specialist
  • Park Ranger
  • Partner
  • Physical Model Analyst
  • Process Engineer
  • Process Specialist / Data Engineer
  • Product Engineer
  • Production Engineer
  • Programmer / Analyst
  • Project engineer
  • QA Engineer
  • R&D Engineer
  • R&D Sofware Engineer
  • Radar Software Engineer
  • RAMS Engineer
  • Remote Sensing Officer
  • Remote sensing software engineer
  • Remote sensing specialist
  • Research Assistant
  • Researcher in AI for EO
  • Revisor
  • Robotics Engineer
  • Rural & Surveying Engineer
  • Satellite and Remote Sensing Engineer
  • Scientific Project Officer
  • Scientific Staff Member
  • Scrum Master
  • Senior 3D Process Modelling and Optimasation Engineer
  • Senior Architect
  • Senior BI Backend Developer
  • Senior Consultant
  • Senior Data Architect
  • Senior Data Scientist
  • Senior Developer
  • Senior IT consultant
  • Senior Numerical Specialist
  • Senior Test Specialist
  • Software Design Control Specialist
  • Software developer
  • Software Engineer
  • Space Avionics Verification Engineer
  • Space Systems Engineer for Rocket & Balloon Experiments
  • Special consultant
  • Specialist
  • Student Assistant
  • Surveying Engineer
  • System Engineer
  • Test Specialist
  • UAV data consultant
  • Work Package Leader
  • Accenture
  • Agilent Technologies
  • Alight Technologies
  • Allerød Gymnasium
  • Altran Engineering Solutions
  • ASML
  • ATP
  • Avanade
  • BEC
  • Capgemini
  • CEA
  • Cenaero - Research Center En Aeronautique
  • Centre national d'études spatiales (CNES)
  • CHEXS
  • China Railway Group Limited
  • Cobham SATCOM
  • Configit
  • COWI
  • Danish Agency for Data Supply
  • Danish Agricultural Agency
  • Danish Emergency Management Agency
  • Danish Energy Agency
  • Danish Meteorological Institute
  • Dansk Sundhedssikring
  • Deloitte Consulting
  • DHI
  • DMI
  • DroneInnovator
  • DTU
  • DTU Aqua
  • DTU Electro
  • DTU Environment
  • DTU Space
  • DTU Space/Geomagnetism og Geospace
  • DTU Space/Astrophysics and Atmospheric Physics
  • DTU Space/Geodesy and Earth observation
  • DTU Space/Measurement and Instrumentation
  • DTU Space/Microwaves and Remote sensing
  • DTU Tech Transfer
  • EasyMile
  • Elasys Security Systems
  • Elecnor Deimos
  • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
  • EMECO
  • Enel Group
  • Energinet
  • Enviroment Agency of Iceland
  • ESA
  • European Commission
  • European operational satellite agency (EUMETSAT)
  • EXO Monitoring
  • Famsun Denmark Research & Development Center
  • Fauna Smart Technologies
  • Federal Ministry of Education and Research
  • Forsvarsministeriets Materiel- og Indkøbsstyrelse
  • FOSS
  • Fugro
  • FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies
  • FutureArctic
  • GeoAnalysi S.A.
  • GEUS
  • GH Energi & Rådgivning
  • Groningen University
  • Herlufsholm Skole og Gods
  • Hexagon Geosystems
  • HOFOR A/S
  • Insights Value
  • Institute of Geophysics and Meteorology, University of Cologne
  • isardSAT
  • IT34
  • JLI Vision

 

  • K.W. Bruun Import A/S
  • KMD
  • KPHorizons Ltd.
  • Kromann Reumert
  • Leica Geosystems (part of Hexagon)
  • LiveIntent, Inc.
  • Lobelia Earth
  • Loft Orbital
  • Lundbeck
  • Løgismose
  • Maribo Gymnasium
  • Masanga Hospital
  • Microsoft
  • Multi Revision I/S
  • NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
  • NetCompany
  • NIL Technology
  • NIRAS
  • NKT Photonics
  • Nordic Group A/S
  • Novo Nordisk
  • Næstved Gymnasium
  • Pandora
  • PEATZ
  • radix.ai
  • Rambøll
  • Region Hovedstaden and KU
  • Rocket Lab
  • Saint-Gobain Distribution Denmark
  • Saxo Bank
  • SDFI
  • Sensata Technologies
  • Silkeborg Gymnasium
  • Sioux Technologies
  • Slotshaven Gymnasium
  • SMT Nordic
  • SpaceTech denMACH
  • SteelSeries
  • Stevanato Group Denmark
  • Stratasys
  • Støvring Gymnasium
  • Sundhedsdatastyrelsen - Datavarehus og Dokumentation
  • Technical Office Matziaris Dimitrios
  • Telenav
  • Terma
  • Thales Alenia Space
  • The European Environment Agency for Copernicus Land Monitoring Service
  • The Information Lab
  • The Royal Danish Navel Academy
  • Tromp Medical ApS
  • Umag Solutions
  • Universal Robots A/S
  • University of Antwerp
  • University of Bergen
  • University of California
  • University of Copenhagen
  • University of Geneva
  • University of Southampton
  • University of Tasmania
  • University of the Faroe Islands
  • University of Vienna
  • Universität Bonn
  • US Army
  • Vatnajokull National Park
  • Velux
  • Weibel Scientific
  • WiRE FS
  • WSP
  • ·Økonomistyrelsen
  • ·Ørsted