Curriculum for Electrical Engineering
Programme provision
To obtain the MSc degree in Electrical Engineering, the student must fulfil the following requirements:
- Have passed Polytechnic foundation courses adding up to at least 10 ECTS
- Have passed Programme-specific courses adding up to at least 50 ECTS
- Have performed a Master Thesis of 30 ECTS points within the field of the general program
- Have passed a sufficient number of Elective courses to bring the total number of ECTS of the entire study to 120 ECTS
Combine work with studies
This study programme is also available as an Industry master programme where you can combine work and study over a 4-year period. Special rules apply. Industry MSc Eng programmes
Curriculum
The MSc programme in Electrical Engineering is an application-oriented and research-based education.The programme covers all aspects from theory and methodology over components and systems to applications. The courses vary from the highly theoretical to the extremely practical with the opportunity for experimental work in advanced laboratories. The Master's thesis will be associated with current research at DTU and/or in collaboration with a company outside DTU.
Below is a comprehensive curriculum for the Electrical Engineering program, encompassing courses from six different specializations. You are welcome to select courses across all six specializations. If you prefer to focus on one particular specialization, please follow the curriculum listed under that specialization.
Polytechnic foundation courses (10 ECTS)
The following courses are mandatory:
| 12100 | Quantitative methods to assess sustainability (Polytechnical Foundation) | 5 | point | F7 (Tues 18-22) |
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| 12106 | Quantitative methods to assess sustainability (Polytechnical Foundation) | 5 | point | Autumn E3B (Fri 13-17) |
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| 12105 | Quantitative methods to assess sustainability (Polytechnical Foundation) | 5 | point | E7 (Tues 18-22) |
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| 12101 | Quantitative methods to assess sustainability (Polytechnical Foundation) | 5 | point | Spring F3B (Fri 13-17) |
| 42500 | Innovation in Engineering (Polytechnical Foundation) | 5 | point | January |
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| 42504 | Innovation in Engineering (Polytechnical Foundation) | 5 | point | August |
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| 42501 | Innovation in Engineering (Polytechnical Foundation) | 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 |
Programme specific courses (50 ECTS)
Innovation course II (INNO)- - mandatory - choose 5 ECTS among the following courses:
Note:
- The schedule for 34658 is flexible, and the individual topics and schedules must be agreed upon with the course responsible person.
| 30310 | Space Systems Engineering | 5 | point | Spring F5A (Wed 8-12) |
| 34658 | Research immersion 1 - Power electronics and IC design | 5 | point | Outside schedule structure |
| 34755 | Building dependable robot systems | 5 | point | Spring F3B (Fri 13-17) |
| 34847 | Sound Tech Summer School - Innovation Camp | 5 | point | July |
| 34848 | Challenges in Acoustic Microsystems | 5 | point | January |
| 38106 | Developing an Entrepreneurial mindset | 5 | point | Spring F1B (Thurs 13-17), Autumn E1B (Thurs 13-17) |
| 46745 | Integration of wind power in the power system | 5 | point | Autumn E3B (Fri 13-17) |
Core competence I (CORE 1) - mandatory - choose 10 ECTS among the following courses:
| 30300 | Introduction to Satellite Systems | 10 | point | Autumn E5 (Wed 8-17) |
| 30430 | Advanced antenna techniques and measurements | 10 | point | Autumn E5 (Wed 8-17) |
| 34652 | Power Electronics 1 | 10 | point | Autumn E5 (Wed 8-17) |
| 34745 | Linear control design 2 | 10 | point | Autumn E3 (Tues 8-12, Fri 13-17) |
| 34870 | Electroacoustic transducers and systems | 10 | point | Autumn E2 (Mon 13-17, Thurs 8-12) |
| 46700 | Introduction to Electric Power Systems | 10 | point | Autumn E4 (Tues 13-17, Fri 8-12) |
Core competence II (CORE 2) - choose 20 ECTS among the following courses:
Note:
- Courses in CORE 1 can be counted towards CORE 2, but NOT vice versa. The following list includes additional courses for CORE 2, excluding those from CORE 1.
| 30320 | Spacecraft Instrumentation Systems | 10 | point | Spring F2 (Mon 13-17, Thurs 8-12) |
| 30330 | Image Analysis with Microcomputer | 10 | point | Autumn E1A (Mon 8-12) and Autumn E1B (Thurs 13-17), Autumn E2A (Mon 13-17) |
| 30350 | Remote Sensing | 10 | point | Autumn E4 (Tues 13-17, Fri 8-12) |
| 30415 | RF communication circuits | 10 | point | Autumn E2 (Mon 13-17, Thurs 8-12) |
| 30421 | Advanced Microwave Techniques and High Speed Electronics | 10 | point | Spring F2 (Mon 13-17, Thurs 8-12) |
| 34366 | Intelligent systems | 5 | point | E7 (Tues 18-22) |
| 34367 | Project in Intelligent Systems | 5 | point | January |
| 34374 | IoT Hardware and PCB Design | 5 | point | Autumn E5A (Wed 8-12) |
| 34653 | Power Electronics 2. Laboratory course | 5 | point | January |
| 34654 | Circuit technology and EMC | 5 | point | Autumn E4A (Tues 13-17) |
| 34655 | Integrated analog electronics 2 | 5 | point | Spring F4A (Tues 13-17) |
| 34656 | Design and layout of integrated CMOS circuits | 5 | point | June |
| 34746 | Robust and fault-tolerant control | 10 | point | Spring F1 (Mon 8-12, Thurs 13-17) |
| 34764 | Robotics and Automation in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing | 5 | point | January |
| 34765 | Digital Control | 5 | point | Autumn E5A (Wed 8-12) |
| 34846 | Environmental acoustics | 5 | point | June |
| 34865 | Numerical acoustics | 5 | point | Spring F3A (Tues 8-12) |
| 46705 | Power grid analysis | 5 | point | Spring F3A (Tues 8-12) |
| 46711 | Stability and control in electric power systems | 5 | point | Autumn E5B (Wed 13-17) |
| 46720 | High voltage engineering | 10 | point | Spring F5 (Wed 8-17) |
| 46740 | Distributed energy technologies, modelling and control | 5 | point | Spring F1B (Thurs 13-17) |
| 46755 | Renewables in electricity markets | 5 | point | Spring F2A (Mon 13-17) |
Advanced programme specific courses (AVANC): Choose 15 ECTS among the rest of the programme-specific courses:
Note:
- Courses in INNO, CORE 1 and CORE 2 can be counted towards this group AVANC, but NOT vice versa. The following list includes additional courses for the AVANC, excluding those from INNO, CORE 1 and CORE 2.
- The schedule for 34659 is flexible, and the individual topics and schedules must be agreed upon with the course responsible person.
| 02203 | Design of Digital Systems | 5 | point | Autumn E2B (Thurs 8-12) |
| 02205 | VLSI Design | 5 | point | Spring F3A (Tues 8-12) |
| 02209 | Test of Digital Systems | 5 | point | Autumn E1B (Thurs 13-17) |
| 02421 | Stochastic Adaptive Control | 5 | point | Spring F3A (Tues 8-12) |
| 22001 | Acoustic signal processing | 5 | point | Autumn E5B (Wed 13-17) |
| 22003 | Auditory signal processing and perception | 10 | point | Spring F1 (Mon 8-12, Thurs 13-17) |
| 30021 | Digital Instrumentation | 5 | point | Autumn E4A (Tues 13-17) |
| 30340 | Radar and Radiometer Systems | 10 | point | Spring F3 (Tues 8-12, Fri 13-17) |
| 30428 | Advanced electromagnetics | 5 | point | Spring F4A (Tues 13-17) |
| 34349 | FPGA design for communication systems | 10 | point | Spring F5 (Wed 8-17) |
| 34365 | IoT Prototyping | 5 | point | Autumn E2B (Thurs 8-12) |
| 34373 | Introduction to microcontroller development for IoT using embedded C | 5 | point | Spring F3A (Tues 8-12) |
| 34540 | Light emitting diodes and photovoltaics for energy applications | 5 | point | Autumn E2A (Mon 13-17) |
| 34542 | Artificial lighting, science and practice | 5 | point | January |
| 34552 | Photovoltaic systems | 5 | point | Spring F2B (Thurs 8-12) |
| 34657 | System level integrated circuit design | 10 | point | Autumn E5 (Wed 8-17) |
| 34659 | Research immersion 2 - Power electronics and IC design | 10 | point | Outside schedule structure |
| 34748 | Modelling for operation of complex industrial plants | 5 | point | Spring F5A (Wed 8-12) |
| 34752 | Bio-inspired control for robots | 5 | point | August |
| 34753 | Robotics | 5 | point | Autumn E4A (Tues 13-17) |
| 34760 | Safety and Reliability in Robotic and Automation Systems | 5 | point | Spring F5B (Wed 13-17) |
| 34840 | Fundamentals of acoustics and noise control | 5 | point | Autumn E3A (Tues 8-12) |
| 34848 | Challenges in Acoustic Microsystems | 5 | point | January |
| 34850 | Architectural acoustics | 10 | point | Spring F4 (Tues 13-17, Fri 8-12) |
| 34860 | Advanced acoustics | 10 | point | Spring F2 (Mon 13-17, Thurs 8-12) |
| 34871 | Nonlinear transducers | 5 | point | January |
| 34880 | Structure-borne sound | 10 | point | Autumn E4 (Tues 13-17, Fri 8-12) |
| 46550 | Offshore wind grid connection and high-voltage DC (HVDC) transmission | 5 | point | Autumn E4B (Fri 8-12) |
| 46715 | Transients in power systems | 5 | point | Autumn E1B (Thurs 13-17) |
| 46725 | Electrical machines | 5 | point | Spring F2A (Mon 13-17) |
| 46735 | Wind, solar and energy storage electrical drive trains | 10 | point | Autumn E2 (Mon 13-17, Thurs 8-12) |
| 46745 | Integration of wind power in the power system | 5 | point | Autumn E3B (Fri 13-17) |
| 46750 | Optimization in modern power systems | 5 | point | Autumn E5A (Wed 8-12) |
| 46765 | Machine learning for energy systems | 5 | point | Autumn E5B (Wed 13-17) |
| 46770 | Integrated energy grids | 5 | point | Spring F5A (Wed 8-12) |
| 46775 | Real-time electro-magnetic transient simulation and protection testing in power systems | 5 | point | June |
Elective Courses
Any course classified as an MSc course in DTU's course base may be an elective course. This includes programme-specific courses above the minimal requirements. In addition to regular courses, special courses are also accepted in this group of courses, provided that the topic and level of the special course are approved by DTU supervisors. Master students may choose as many as 10 ECTS 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
Ziwei Ouyang Associate Professor Phone: +45 45255764 ziou@dtu.dk