Study lines
The MSc Eng programme in Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture allows you to specialize in a study line:
Master of Science (MSc) in Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture
With an MSc Eng in Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture, you can contribute to sustainable harvest and production of fish and shell-fish, assessment and management of human impact and environmental change as well as cutting-edge research on aquatic ecosystems, traits of their inhabitants, and their impact on global climate. (The programme was previously named Aquatic Science and Technology.)
Please note that from 1 September 2023, this programme will move from Lyngby Campus to Hirtshals Campus, where the research facilities for this programme are based. At the same time the study line Oceanography will no longer be part of the programme but offered as a new study programme named Ocean Engineering from Lyngby Campus.
Study Programme
The MSc Eng in Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture is a two year graduate program, consisting in total of 120 ECTS credit points.
Categories of courses
The programme's 120 ECTS are divided between mandatory courses giving general interdisciplinary competences common for all students, technological specialization courses, elective courses, and a master thesis.
Technological specialization courses, elective courses, and the master thesis give the possibility to focus on one of our three optional study lines.
General competence courses
- Introduction to aquatic ecosystems, anthropogenic threats and sustainable solutions (25301)
- Mathematical Models in Ecology (25328)
- Aquatic Ecosystem Management (25318)
- Applied Statistics and Statistical Software (02441) or equivalent
- Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (25316) or
- Aquatic Systems Engineering (25333) or
- Business Development and Innovation (25332) or
- Fish Capture Technology (25336)
Technological specialization
The recommended technological specialization courses depend on your study line.
See the full list of courses for each specialization under Study lines
Electives
You can, for instance, choose courses from Department of Environmental Engineering, from other DTU departments or from the University of Copenhagen.
See all DTU courses in the DTU Coursebase
Thesis
See suggestions for thesis projects
Knowledge, skills and competences
The MSc Eng in Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture will give the graduates a common basis of interdisciplinary knowledge, skills and competences, as well as in-depth academic and technological competences in their selected field. Our ambition is to educate engineers who will be able to make a substantial contribution for solving the global challenges related to aquatic environments, and the structure of the education is designed to fill this ambition.
Read more about the knowledge, skills and competences of the Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture graduates in the Programme Specifications.
Combine work with studies
This study programme is also available as an Industry study programme where you can combine work and study over a 4-year period. Special rules apply.
