As a result of the 'sector dimensioning', which is part of the government's university reform, DTU is required to reduce the number of seats allocated to the bachelor's degree programmes by 92 seats in 2025 compared to 2024. The actual implementation was achieved after dialogue with the relevant parties.
“This is a mandatory political task. DTU in no way wishes to reduce the number of seats. We want to educate more engineers - not fewer - for the benefit of Danish society,” says Lars D. Christoffersen, Dean of Studies and Student Affairs.
Unchanged number of seats
Three BSc programmes, Biotechnology, Chemistry and Technology, and Technical Biomedicine, will have an unchanged number of study places, as it is crucial to supply engineers to the life science sector, which is important for the Danish economy.
DTU's English-language BSc programme, General Engineering, will also have an unchanged number of places, as it attracts talented Danish and international students and supplies students for 13 master's programs at DTU.
Reduction of seats
The number of seats on the remaining BSc programmes has been reduced fairly evenly across 17 different programs. Study programmes with low admission quotas have been reduced slightly more to ensure that DTU admits students with good academic qualifications, as there is a correlation between admission quotas and dropout rates. Reducing the dropout rate when DTU admits fewer students is also important.
In addition, 35 seats have been reserved, which DTU can subsequently allocate to programs with many well-qualified applicants.
The criteria for the cuts are rooted in the ambition to maintain DTU's position as an elite technical university and offer Europe’s best engineering education.
