Curriculum
Programme provision
In order to obtain the MSc Eng degree in Quantitative Biology and Disease Modelling the student must fulfil the following requirements:
- Have passed General Competence Courses adding up to at least 30 ECTS points
- Have passed Technological Specialization Courses adding up to at least 35 ECTS points
- Have carried out a Master Thesis of at least 30 ECTS points within the scope of the general program
- Have passed a sufficient number of Elective Courses to bring the total number of ECTS points for the entire course of study to 120
Curriculum
General Competence Courses (30p)
| 02411 | Statistical Design and Analysis of Experiments | 5 | point | Autumn E2A (Mon 13-17), Spring F1A (Mon 8-12) |
| 22231 | Module 1: From idea to project plan in biotech and pharmaceutical research | 5 | point | Autumn E4B (Fri 8-12) and Autumn E3B (Fri 13-17) |
| ku101 | Pathophysiology | 10 | point | Autumn E1 (Mon 8-12, Thurs 13-17) |
One of these innovation courses must be taken.
| 42500 | Innovation in Engineering | 5 | point | January |
| 42501 | Innovation in Engineering | 5 | point | June |
| 42502 | Facilitating Innovation in Multidisciplinary Teams | 5 | point | January |
| 42503 | Facilitating Innovation in Multidisciplinary teams | 5 | point | June |
| 42504 | Innovation in Engineering | 5 | point | August |
| 42505 | Facilitating Innovation in Multidisciplinary teams | 5 | point | August |
One of these courses must be taken. Note: if you go the bioinformartics heavy track, systems biology is preferred.
| 22202 | Molecular diagnostics and precision medicine | 5 | point | Spring F2A (Mon 13-17) |
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| 27641 | Systems biology | 5 | point | Autumn E5B (Wed 13-17) |
It is preferred to take any of the 42500 innovation courses before Module-1. In the 42500 courses, you will get generic training on the innovation process that can be applied in Module-1 (22231)
Molecular pathology (KU115) has been replaced by Pathophysiology (KU101) and Molecular Diagnostics and Precision medicine (22202). Students who has already passed Molecular pathology (KU115) will not be required to take KU101 and 22202. Students admitted before autumn 2020 can freely chose between KU115 or the combination of KU101 and 22202.
22202 may make problmes to take a semester abroad. However, 22202 can be taken as a physical course or online.
Technological Specialization Courses (30p)
Mandatory courses:
| 27322 | Immunology | 10 | point | Spring F3A (Tues 8-12) |
| KU115 | Pharmacometrics | 7.5 | point | Autumn E3A (Tues 8-12) and Autumn E2B (Thurs 8-12) and Autumn E1B (Thurs 13-17) |
At least 12,5 ETCS must be selected among the following courses:
| 02170 | Database Systems | 5 | point | Spring F2B (Thurs 8-12) |
| 02409 | Multivariate Statistics | 5 | point | Autumn E1A (Mon 8-12) |
| 02417 | Time Series Analysis | 5 | point | Spring F4B (Fri 8-12) |
| 02418 | Statistical modelling: Theory and practice | 5 | point | Autumn E4A (Tues 13-17) |
| 02424 | Advanced Dataanalysis and Statistical Modelling | 5 | point | Spring F2A (Mon 13-17) |
| 02429 | Analysis of correlated data: Mixed linear models | 5 | point | Autumn E2B (Thurs 8-12) |
| 02443 | Stochastic Simulation | 5 | point | June |
| 02450 | Introduction to Machine Learning and Data Mining | 5 | point | Spring F4A (Tues 13-17), Autumn E4A (Tues 13-17) |
| 02456 | Deep learning | 5 | point | Autumn E2A (Mon 13-17) |
| 22110 | Python and Unix for Bioinformaticians | 10 | point | Autumn E2 (Mon 13-17, Thurs 8-12) |
| 22117 | Protein structure and computational biology | 5 | point | Spring F5A (Wed 8-12) |
| 22123 | Computational Precision Medicine | 5 | point | June |
| 22126 | Next-Generation-Sequencing Analysis | 5 | point | January |
| 22145 | Immunological Bioinformatics | 5 | point | Autumn E5A (Wed 8-12) |
| 22200 | Mucosal immunology | 5 | point | Autumn E4A (Tues 13-17) |
| 22201 | Immune System, Anatomy & Development | 5 | point | Spring F4B (Fri 8-12) |
| 22236 | Immunotherapy | 5 | point | Spring F2B (Thurs 8-12) |
| 23205 | Fighting infectious diseases | 5 | point | Autumn E4B (Fri 8-12) |
| 23258 | General medical microbiology | 5 | point | Spring F1B (Thurs 13-17) |
| 27102 | Assay technology | 5 | point | August |
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| 27101 | Assay Technology | 5 | point | June |
| 27220 | Advanced prokaryotic biotechnology | 5 | point | Spring F4A (Tues 13-17) |
| 27250 | Molecular host-pathogen interactions | 5 | point | Autumn E4A (Tues 13-17) |
| KU105 | Advanced Physiological Modelling | 10 | point | Autumn E5 (Wed 8-17) |
| KU112 | Physics of Molecular Diseases | 7.5 | point | Spring |
| KU113 | Laboratory Animal Science Function ABD | 7.5 | point | Outside schedule structure |
A Master thesis of 30, 32,5 or 35 ECTS. See rules for the master thesis.
Elective Courses (30 ECTS)
Any course classified as MSc course in DTU's course base may be taken for credit as an elective course. This includes general competence and technological specialization courses in excess of the minimal requirements. Master students may choose as much as 10 credit points among the bachelor courses at DTU and courses at an equivalent level from other higher institutions.
Head of Studies
Martin Dufva Groupleader, Associate Professor Mobile: 5133 3753 dufva@dtu.dk