Arctic and Extreme Environments (including the Arctic Semester)
Arctic and Extreme Environments
This specialization focuses on the arctic and especially the fantastic opportunity to participate in the arctic semester. Students choosing the arctic semester can do this as a replacement for the otherwise compulsory 41936 (Advanced Building Design). The students must take at least 25 ECTS from the list below to qualify for the specialization Arctic and Extreme Enviroments.
| 12611 | Heat and mass transfer in buildings | 5 | point | Autumn E1B (Thurs 13-17) |
| 12859 | Environmental Engineering in the Arctic | 5 | point | Spring |
| 30857 | Extreme Climate and Physical Nature | 5 | point | Outside schedule structure |
| 41462 | Building Performance Simulation | 5 | point | Autumn E5A (Wed 8-12) |
| 41463 | High performance buildings | 10 | point | Autumn E2 (Mon 13-17, Thurs 8-12) |
| 41465 | Computational Fluid Dynamics for Buildings | 5 | point | Autumn E5B (Wed 13-17) |
| 41832 | Experimental Structural Mechanics | 5 | point | January |
| 41881 | Sustainable building in extreme environments | 15 | point | Spring |
| 41882 | The Arctic Infrastructure and Society | 5 | point | Spring |
Alternative courses at exchange universities taken during the programme can be considered as part of the speciality if agreed by the Head of Studies.
Specializations are merely recommended ways of choosing the courses in the curriculum. Applicants are not admitted to a specialization but to the programme and it is possible to choose among all the courses in the curriculum following the directions given. However, if a specialization has been fulfilled the title of the specialization may be added to the diploma.
Specialization coordinator
Asmus Skar Associate Professor Phone: +45 45251807 asska@dtu.dk