Prerequisites for Architectural Engineering
Academic requirements for this programme
National Applicants (holding a Bachelor from Denmark)
Bachelors of Science in Engineering from DTU:
The following BSc Eng. programmes at DTU give students legal right of admission to the MSc Eng programme in Architectural Engineering:
Students holding af BSc in Civil Engineering are advised to supplement their bachelor education with knowlegde about architecture and design.
The following courses forms the basis for the general competences for the Master programme. It is advised, that the applicant has achieved the content from at least five of these course in the previous education.
Please note that there have been changes to the course numbers from the previous byg institute prefix 11xxx to Construct with a prefix of 41xxx. Please note however that the numbers after 41 will also have changed.
| 02402 | Statistics (Polytechnical Foundation) | 5 | point | Autumn E3A (Tues 8-12), Spring F4A (Tues 13-17) |
| 12601 | Thermal Building Physics | 5 | point | Autumn E5A (Wed 8-12) |
| 12603 | Materials Science for Civil Engineers | 5 | point | Spring F5A (Wed 8-12) |
| 41465 | Computational Fluid Dynamics for Buildings | 5 | point | Autumn E5B (Wed 13-17) |
| 41812 | Introduction to Finite Element Analysis | 10 | point | Autumn E1B (Thurs 13-17) and January |
| 41919 | Digital design tools | 5 | point | Spring F1A (Mon 8-12) |
| 41956 | Concrete Structures | 5 | point | Spring F4A (Tues 13-17) |
| 41958 | Computational Structural Modelling 1: The Finite Element Method | 5 | point | Autumn E4A (Tues 13-17) |
Bachelors of Engineering from DTU:
Applicants who have completed DTU’s Bachelor of Engineering in Architectural Engineering have access to be admitted to this programme subject to having completed at least 10 ECTS credit from the two following groups of courses - at least 5 ECTS from each group.
Mathematics, minimum 5 ECTS from this group:
| 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 |
| 02323 | Introduction to Statistics | 5 | point | Autumn E4B (Fri 8-12), Spring F4B (Fri 8-12) |
| 02402 | Statistics (Polytechnical Foundation) | 5 | point | Autumn E3A (Tues 8-12), Spring F4A (Tues 13-17) |
| 02405 | Probability theory | 5 | point | Autumn E4B (Fri 8-12) |
| 02601 | Introduction to Numerical Algorithms | 5 | point | Spring F1B (Thurs 13-17), Autumn E4B (Fri 8-12) |
Technological courses, minimum 5 ECTS from this group:
| 41465 | Computational Fluid Dynamics for Buildings | 5 | point | Autumn E5B (Wed 13-17) |
| 41812 | Introduction to Finite Element Analysis | 10 | point | Autumn E1B (Thurs 13-17) and January |
| 41958 | Computational Structural Modelling 1: The Finite Element Method | 5 | point | Autumn E4A (Tues 13-17) |
Applicants who have completed the DTU Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng) in Architectural Engineering and Civil Engineering have access to be admitted to this programme with the same supplementary requirements as mentioned above.
Bachelors in Engineering from other Danish universities
Applicants who have completed a Bachelor in Engineering, Civil Engineering, from other Danish universities, have access to admission to this programme with the same supplementary requirements as mentioned above, supposed the actual bachelor programme has a similar curriculum of courses in mathematics and physics as the bachelor educations at DTU have.
International Applicants (holding a Bachelor from outside Denmark)
Applicants for admission to the MSc-programme in Architectural Engineering should hold a bachelor degree in Civil Engineering.
A bachelor including mathematics, physics, civil- and architectural engineering is a prerequisite.
A year's full time study at DTU amounts to 60 ECTS points. The MSc Eng programme builds on a bachelor curriculum with the following content of natural sciences and architectural engineering:
- Mathematics, 20-25 ECTS points
- Physics, 10 ECTS points
Specific basics of civil and architecural engineering should be covered by the curriculum of the applicant's bachelor degree. A working knowledge at bachelor level of the following two subjects is prerequisite for the general competencies of the MSc-program:
- Civil engineering design experience by the practice of creating holistic-oriented building design projects
- Abillity to express conceptural thinking in sketches and drawings
A working knowledge at bachelor level of at least four of the following six subjects is further prerequisite for the general competencies of the MSc-program:
- Architecture and design theory
- History of architecture and the background of architectural engineering
- Building materials
- Structural design in steel, concrete and wood
- Building physics including heat and moisture transport
- Building Information Modeling
- Mathematical programming
The required levels may be gauged by comparison with the contents of the corresponding DTU-courses.The applicant should have passed necessary prerequisites with good results. Additionally, some of the technological specialization courses in the MSc-programme have one or more of the following subjects at bachelor level as prerequisites:
- The Finite Element Method
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
The description of the corresponding DTU-courses may be used to assess the expected level of knowledge when any of these subjects are prerequisites.
Admission will be decided on the basis of the relevance and quality of the applicant's educational background. The applicant's grade point average or equivalent, as well as individual grades for relevant courses will be taken into account.
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) 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
