Prerequisites for Sustainable Energy Systems

Academic requirements for this programme

National Applicants (holding a Bachelor from Denmark)

BSc Eng applicants. The following Bachelor of Science in Engineering programmes from DTU give students access to admission MSc Eng programme in Sustainable Energy Systems:

• Architectural Engineering
• Artificial Intelligence and Data 
• Civil Engineering
• Data Science and Management
• Electrical Engineering
• Engineering Physics
• General Engineering 
• Applied Mathematics (former Mathematics and Technology)
• Mechanical Engineering
• Design of Sustainable Energy Systems

Other applicants must have completed the following DTU courses or similar to apply for admission to the MSc Eng programme in Sustainable Energy Systems:

Other National and International (holding a Bachelor from outside Denmark) Applicants

To be eligible for admission, applicants must document a relevant Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent). Applicants must have completed a minimum of 75 ECTS credits within relevant subject areas, distributed across the following groups.

• 20 ECTS Mathematics
• 5 ECTS Statistics
• 10 ECTS Programming and computational thinking
• 10 ECTS Physics
• 5 ECTS Economy or Energy analytics
• 5 ECTS Innovative solutions within energy

Additionally, minimum 20 ECTS out of this group:
• 5 ECTS Electric circuits and power systems
• 5 ECTS Operations research and mathematical modelling
• 5 ECTS Data science
• 5 ECTS Energy systems and policy
• 5 ECTS Environmental science and climate policy
• 5 ECTS Thermodynamics
• 5 ECTS Control theory
• 5 ECTS Digital solutions
• 5 ECTS Building Physics
• 5 ECTS Architectural sciences

The assessment will be based on completed and documented courses. Admission is based on an overall academic assessment. Meeting the minimum ECTS requirements does not in itself guarantee admission.

Limited intake and selection criteria

The master's degree programme has a limited intake. Meeting the admission requirements does not automatically ensure your offer of admission. Because of the limited intake all qualified applicants will be prioritised according to a set of selection criteria and a point-based system.

Only if you are a student with a Bachelor’s degree from a Danish institution and meet one of the four criterias listed below will you be guaranteed an offer of admission:

1. Legal right of admission
2. Direct admission
3. Students who have been conditionally admitted under the Supplementary admission
4. Pre-approved students under the *Transition semester* category

Other National and International applicants

Selection criteria

If there are more qualified applicants than available student places, the selection will be based on the following criteria: 

Evaluation Criteria and Weighting: 

* At Bachelor's level or above.

** Assessed on both the commitment and sustained effort demonstrated, and the degree to which these choices reflect a coherent focus aligned with the programme's core themes: 

• Power and energy systems
• Operations research and mathematical modelling 
• Introduction to data science and machine learning 
• Energy technologies and policy 
• Environmental science and climate policy 
• Economics 
• Digital energy society 
• Building physics, services, and installations
• Thermodynamics 
• Architectural sciences

The minimum point requirement for the programme will be determined based on the overall competitiveness of the other applicants.

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.

Supplementary educational activities (only applicable for National students):  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) Applying for an MSc at DTU - 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