Prerequisites for Industrial Engineering and Management
Academic requirements for this programme
National Applicants (holding a Bachelor from Denmark)
Bachelor of Science in Engineering
The following BSc Eng programmes at DTU give students the legal right of admission to the MSc Eng Programme in Industrial Engineering and Management:
- Mechanical Engineering
- Data Science and Management (Former Strategic Analysis and Systems Design)
The following BSc Eng programmes at DTU give access to admission to the MSc Eng Programme in Industrial Engineering and Management:
The academic requirements for admission for other BSc Eng graduates are described below. Applicants from other Danish universities must have mathematical and natural science competencies similar to those of a BSc Eng from DTU. In addition, A BSc Eng applicant must fulfill the following requirements:
The following course is mandatory (Group 1):
| 42101 | Introduction to Operations Research | 5 | point | Autumn E2A (Mon 13-17) |
At least 5 ECTS must come from the following courses (Group 2):
| 41619 | Introduction to Production | 5 | point | Autumn E4A (Tues 13-17) |
| 42009 | Introductory Economics | 5 | point | Autumn E5A (Wed 8-12) |
| 42587 | Introduction to Operations and Supply Chain Management | 5 | point | Autumn E5B (Wed 13-17) |
| 62133 | Supply Chain Management & Design | 5 | point | Autumn E1B (Thurs 13-17) |
At least 5 ECTS must come from the following courses (Group 3):
| 42421 | Management and Organization | 5 | point | Autumn E3B (Fri 13-17) |
| 62074 | Project Management - Tools and practical management | 5 | point | Spring F5A (Wed 8-12), Spring F4B (Fri 8-12), Autumn E5A (Wed 8-12), Autumn E4B (Fri 8-12) |
| 62640 | Freight and Transport Logistics | 5 | point | Spring F3A (Tues 8-12) |
Bachelors of Engineering (Diplomingeniør)
Applicants with a Danish Bachelor of Engineering (BEng - Diplomingeniør) have access to be admitted to the programme according to the academic requirements outlined above. In addition to the academic requirements, the applicant must fulfill at least 10 ECTS credits in mathematics and natural science (see list of courses below). These courses are on BSc level and cannot be replaced by courses on BEng level.
There will be an individual assessment of the academic qualifications of the individual applicant. Separate requirements for Global Business Engineering are listed at the end of this chapter.
The requirement for 10 ECTS in mathematics and natural science courses on BSc level can be fulfilled by completing the courses presented below or by completing equivalent courses with similar level (BSc) and content.
Applicants with a Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) in Manufacturing and Management from DTU have access to admission by completing the required 5 ECTS in Operations Research and the 10 ECTS in mathematics and natural science courses, and thus exempt from the requirement from 10 ECTS in economics and management.
Applicants with a Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) in Chemical Engineering and International Business from DTU have access to admission by completing the required 5 ECTS in Operations Research, 5 ECTS in Management/Project Management, and the 10 ECTS in mathematics and natural science courses. They are thus exempt from the requirement from 5 ECTS in Economics/Managerial Economics.
At least 5 ECTS credits must come from the following courses (Group 4):
| 01017 | Discrete Mathematics | 5 | point | Autumn E2B (Thurs 8-12) |
| 01019 | Discrete Mathematics | 5 | point | Autumn E2B (Thurs 8-12) |
| 01025 | Advanced Mathematics 2 for Mathematics and Technology | 5 | point | Autumn E5A (Wed 8-12) |
| 01034 | Advanced Engineering Mathematics 2 | 5 | point | Autumn E1A (Mon 8-12) |
| 01035 | Advanced Engineering Mathematics 2 | 5 | point | Autumn E2B (Thurs 8-12), Spring F2B (Thurs 8-12) |
| 01037 | Advanced Engineering Mathematics 2 (Summer University) | 5 | point | August |
At least 5 ECTS credits must come from the following courses (Group 5):
| 01227 | Graph Theory | 5 | point | Spring F1B (Thurs 13-17) |
| 02105 | Algorithms and Data Structures 1 | 5 | point | Spring F2B (Thurs 8-12) |
| 02402 | Statistics (Polytechnical Foundation) | 5 | point | Autumn E3A (Tues 8-12), Spring F4A (Tues 13-17) |
| 02403 | Introduction to Mathematical Statistics | 5 | point | June |
| 02601 | Introduction to Numerical Algorithms | 5 | point | Spring F1B (Thurs 13-17), Autumn E4B (Fri 8-12) |
If the applicant has already taken the BEng version of one of the mentioned courses that is not applicable with the BSc version, the applicant will need to choose one of the other BSc courses from the list. BEng versions of the courses above are not approved as prerequisites.
Bachelor of Engineering in Global Business Engineering
Applicants with a Danish Bachelor of Engineering (Diplomingeniør) in Global Business Engineering (admitted September 2018 or later) have access to be admitted to the programme if they fulfill the list of courses below. As the requirements for supplementary educational activities can only equate up to 30 ECTS, the remaining ECTS must be fulfilled as part of the electives included in the bachelor programme (see General admission requirements).
| 01017 | Discrete Mathematics | 5 | point | Autumn E2B (Thurs 8-12) |
| 01035 | Advanced Engineering Mathematics 2 | 5 | point | Autumn E2B (Thurs 8-12), Spring F2B (Thurs 8-12) |
| 02105 | Algorithms and Data Structures 1 | 5 | point | Spring F2B (Thurs 8-12) |
| 02601 | Introduction to Numerical Algorithms | 5 | point | Spring F1B (Thurs 13-17), Autumn E4B (Fri 8-12) |
| 42101 | Introduction to Operations Research | 5 | point | Autumn E2A (Mon 13-17) |
| 62101 | Operations Management 2 | 5 | point | Autumn E3A (Tues 8-12) |
| 62413 | Advanced object oriented programming using C# and .NET | 5 | point | Autumn E5B (Wed 13-17), Spring |
| 62640 | Freight and Transport Logistics | 5 | point | Spring F3A (Tues 8-12) |
Bachelor of Engineering in Global Business Engineering
Applicants with a Danish Bachelor of Engineering (Diplomingeniør) in Global Business Engineering (admitted before September 2018) have access to be admitted to the programme if they fulfill the list of courses below. As the requirements for supplementary educational activities can only equate up to 30 ECTS, the remaining ECTS must be fulfilled as part of the electives included in the bachelor programme (see General admission requirements).
| 01017 | Discrete Mathematics | 5 | point | Autumn E2B (Thurs 8-12) |
| 01037 | Advanced Engineering Mathematics 2 (Summer University) | 5 | point | August |
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| 01035 | Advanced Engineering Mathematics 2 | 5 | point | Autumn E2B (Thurs 8-12), Spring F2B (Thurs 8-12) |
| 02105 | Algorithms and Data Structures 1 | 5 | point | Spring F2B (Thurs 8-12) |
| 42101 | Introduction to Operations Research | 5 | point | Autumn E2A (Mon 13-17) |
| 62074 | Project Management - Tools and practical management | 5 | point | Spring F5A (Wed 8-12), Spring F4B (Fri 8-12), Autumn E5A (Wed 8-12), Autumn E4B (Fri 8-12) |
| 62079 | Operations Management | 5 | point | Autumn E5A (Wed 8-12) |
| 62101 | Operations Management 2 | 5 | point | Autumn E3A (Tues 8-12) |
| 62413 | Advanced object oriented programming using C# and .NET | 5 | point | Autumn E5B (Wed 13-17), Spring |
| 62640 | Freight and Transport Logistics | 5 | point | Spring F3A (Tues 8-12) |
International Applicants (holding a Bachelor from outside Denmark)
International students will be assessed according to the academic requirements for a Bachelor of Science in Engineering (mentioned above) comprising 5 ECTS in Operations Research, 5 ECTS in Economics/Production/Supply Chain Management, and 5 ECTS in Management/Project Management. The international applicants can disregard the specific requirements for the Bachelor of Engineering. However, the Bachelor of Science is expected to contain significant technical and mathematical elements (equivalent to a Bachelor of Science from DTU).
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
