Beer Brewing - Focus area

Beer Brewing

Within this focus area, you will obtain general competences in food technology and more specific competences in beer brewing. You will follow courses at DTU and at the University of Copenhagen. Emphasis is put on sustainable consumption and production patterns (Sustainable Development Goal 12). Upon graduation, you will receive your MSc Eng (Food Technology) diploma as well as a diploma with the title Brewery Engineer from the Scandinavian School of Brewing.

If you have an interest in this focus area, please contact the head of studies when you have been admitted to DTU.

Curriculum

Polytechnic foundation courses (10 ECTS)

The following courses are mandatory:

12100	Quantitative Sustainability (Polytechnical Foundation)	5	point	F7 (Tues 18-22) and Spring F3B (Fri 13-17), E7 (Tues 18-22) and Autumn E3B (Fri 13-17)
42500	Innovation in Engineering (Polytechnical Foundation)	5	point	January
or
42504	Innovation in Engineering (Polytechnical Foundation)	5	point	August
or
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:

42503	Facilitating Innovation in Multidisciplinary Teams	5	point	June
or
42505	Facilitating Innovation in Multidisciplinary Teams	5	point	August
or
42502	Facilitating Innovation in Multidisciplinary Teams	5	point	January

Programme specific courses (50 ECTS)

Innovation course II - choose 5 ECTS among the following courses:

23531	Entrepreneurship in food and bio engineering	5	point	August
23552	Development of innovative future food: Ecotrophelia and Blue Dot course	5	point	F7 (Tues 18-22)
38103	X-Tech Entrepreneurship	10	point	Spring F3 (Tues 8-12, Fri 13-17), Autumn E3 (Tues 8-12, Fri 13-17)

Core competence courses - choose 10 ECTS among the following courses:

23101	Introduction to food production chains	10	point	Autumn E1 (Mon 8-12, Thurs 13-17)
23102	Food safety in production chains	10	point	Spring F2 (Mon 13-17, Thurs 8-12)

Core competence courses - mandatory (30 ECTS):

KU320	Brewing process and technology	7.5	point	Outside schedule structure
KU321	Brewing and raw materials	7.5	point	Outside schedule structure
ku322	Yeast Physiology and Applications	7.5	point	Outside schedule structure
ku323	Beer and Packaging Technology	7.5	point	Outside schedule structure

Note that the courses KU320, KU321, KU322 and KU323 are run by the University of Copenhagen and have participant restrictions.

The following courses are proposals for the focus area:

23521	Hygienic design in the food industry	5	point	Autumn E2B (Thurs 8-12)
NFOK15011U	Food Quality Management and Control	7.5	point	Outside schedule structure (Block 1, A)
NFOK17001U	Food Processing	7.5	point	Outside schedule structure (Block 3 B)
NFOK20003U	Sustainable Innovation in Food Science	7.5	point	Outside schedule structure (Block 4, C)
NPLK19005U	Fundamentals of Beer Brewing and Wine Making - Biochemistry, Organisks and Omics Techniques	7.5	point	Outside schedule structure (Block 1, B)