Prerequisites for Pharmaceutical Design and Engineering
Academic requirements for this programme
National Applicants (holding a Bachelor from Denmark)
Students from DTU
The following Bachelor of Science in Engineering programmes at DTU gives students legal right of admission to the MSc Eng programme in Pharmaceutical Design and Engineering
The following Bachelor of Science in Engineering programmes at DTU gives students access to admission to the MSc Eng programme in Pharmaceutical Design and Engineering
- Biotechnology
- Human Life Science Engineering
- Quantitative Biology and Disease Modelling
- Chemistry and Technology
subject to having passed the following courses:
| 27020 | Bioengineering (Polytechnical Foundation) | 5 | point | Autumn E2A (Mon 13-17) and Spring F2A (Mon 13-17) |
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| 27002 | Life Science | 5 | point | Autumn E4B (Fri 8-12) |
| 27022 | Biochemistry | 5 | point | Spring F4B (Fri 8-12) |
N.B. 27008 is the English language equivalent to 27002.
The following Bachelor of Engineering programmes at DTU have access to be admitted to the MSc Eng programme in Pharmaceutical Design and Engineering
subject to having passed the following course:
| 27022 | Biochemistry | 5 | point | Spring F4B (Fri 8-12) |
Other National and International (holding a Bachelor from outside Denmark) Applicants
BSc Eng and BSc (Natural Science) students with relevant background such as
- Biotechnology
- Biochemistry
- Chemistry
- Materials Science
- Molecular and cell biology
may have access to admission subject to an individual assesment. The applicants should have a strong working knowledge of biological and chemical natural sciences as well as clear evidence of applied mathematics related skills (e.g. mathematics linked to engineering, biostatistics, physical chemistry etc.).
The MSc Eng programme builds on a bachelor curriculum comprising the following DTU courses or other university natural sciences courses corresponding to these:
| 01005 | Advanced Engineering Mathematics 1 | 20 | point | Autumn and Spring |
| 26400 | Organic Chemistry 1 | 5 | point | Spring F5A (Wed 8-12) |
| 27002 | Life Science | 5 | point | Autumn E4B (Fri 8-12) |
| 27022 | Biochemistry | 5 | point | Spring F4B (Fri 8-12) |
The required level will be evaluated by comparison with the contents of the corresponding DTU courses and the courses must be passed with good grades. Admission will be decided on basis of relevance and quality of the applicant’s educational background. Degrees with significant clinical or clinic-related courses (e.g. Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Pharmacy etc.) are not eligible for this degree programme.
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) https://www.dtu.dk/english/education/graduate/admission-and-deadlines/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
