Curriculum for Earth and Space Physics and Engineering
Programme provision
To obtain the MSc degree in Earth and Space Physics and Engineering, the student must fulfil the following requirements:
- Have passed Polytechnical foundation courses adding up to at least 5 ECTS
- Have passed Programme specific courses adding up to at least 55 ECTS
- Have performed a Master thesis of 30 ECTS points within the field of the general program
- Have passed a sufficient number of Elective courses to bring the total number of ECTS of the entire study to 120 ECTS
Curriculum
Polytechnical foundation courses (5 ECTS)
The following course is mandatory
| 42500 | Innovation in Engineering (Polytechnical Foundation) | 5 | point | January |
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| 42504 | Innovation in Engineering (Polytechnical Foundation) | 5 | point | August |
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| 42501 | Innovation in Engineering (Polytechnical Foundation) | 5 | point | June |
Students with advanced innovation competences may take one of the following courses as an alternative to 42500/42501/42504:
| 42502 | Facilitating Innovation in Multidisciplinary Teams | 5 | point | January |
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| 42505 | Facilitating Innovation in Multidisciplinary Teams | 5 | point | August |
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| 42503 | Facilitating Innovation in Multidisciplinary Teams | 5 | point | June |
Programme specific courses (55 ECTS)
Innovation course II - choose one of the following courses for 5 ECTS (surplus points count as elective courses):
| 30310 | Space Systems Engineering | 5 | point | Spring F5A (Wed 8-12) |
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| 38108 | Technology and Innovation Management | 5 | point | Autumn E3B (Fri 13-17) |
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| 38106 | Developing an Entrepreneurial mindset through serious game | 5 | point | Spring F1B (Thurs 13-17), Autumn E1B (Thurs 13-17) |
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| 38103 | X-Tech Entrepreneurship | 10 | point | Spring F3 (Tues 8-12, Fri 13-17), Autumn E3 (Tues 8-12, Fri 13-17) |
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| 38102 | Technology Entrepreneurship | 5 | point | Autumn E1B (Thurs 13-17) |
Core competence courses - mandatory (20 ECTS) For students enrolled in September 2023
| 30202 | Measurement Technologies in Earth and Space Physics | 5 | point | Autumn E3A (Tues 8-12) |
| 30220 | Synthesis in Earth and Space Physics | 10 | point | Outside schedule structure |
| 30230 | Data Analysis and Modeling in Geoscience and Astrophysics | 5 | point | Autumn E2B (Thurs 8-12) |
Core Competence courses - mandatory (20 ECTS) For students enrolled in February 2024
| 12100 | Quantitative Sustainability (Polytechnical Foundation) | 5 | point | F7 (Tues 18-22) and Spring F3B (Fri 13-17), E7 (Tues 18-22) and Autumn E3B (Fri 13-17) |
| 30202 | Measurement Technologies in Earth and Space Physics | 5 | point | Autumn E3A (Tues 8-12) |
| 30230 | Data Analysis and Modeling in Geoscience and Astrophysics | 5 | point | Autumn E2B (Thurs 8-12) |
Measurement technology - choose at least 15 ECTS among the following courses:
| 02409 | Multivariate Statistics | 5 | point | Autumn E1A (Mon 8-12) |
| 02456 | Deep learning | 5 | point | Autumn E2A (Mon 13-17) |
| 02506 | Advanced Image Analysis | 5 | point | Spring F5B (Wed 13-17) |
| 02610 | Optimization and Data Fitting | 5 | point | Autumn E2A (Mon 13-17) |
| 10200 | The structure and dynamics of materials studied with X-rays and neutrons | 5 | point | Autumn E1B (Thurs 13-17) |
| 30300 | Introduction to Satellite Systems | 10 | point | Autumn E5 (Wed 8-17) |
| 30310 | Space Systems Engineering | 5 | point | Spring F5A (Wed 8-12) |
| 30320 | Spacecraft Instrumentation Systems | 10 | point | Spring F2 (Mon 13-17, Thurs 8-12) |
| 30330 | Image Analysis with Microcomputer | 10 | point | Autumn E1A (Mon 8-12) and Autumn E1B (Thurs 13-17), Autumn E2A (Mon 13-17) |
| 30340 | Radar and Radiometer Systems | 10 | point | Spring F3 (Tues 8-12, Fri 13-17) |
| 30350 | Remote Sensing | 10 | point | Autumn E4 (Tues 13-17, Fri 8-12) |
| 30510 | GPS, GIS and Setting out | 5 | point | June |
| 30540 | Mapping from Aerial and Satellite Images | 5 | point | Autumn E5A (Wed 8-12) |
| 30545 | Analysis of spatial and temporal data within geoscience | 5 | point | January |
| 30554 | Global Navigation Satellite Systems | 5 | point | Spring F2B (Thurs 8-12) |
| 30574 | Earth observations for monitoring changes (EO4Change) | 5 | point | June |
| 30710 | Near-surface Crustal Gravity and Magnetism: Drone, Air- and Ground-based measurements | 5 | point | June |
| 30760 | Inverse Problems and Machine Learning in Earth and Space Physics | 5 | point | Spring F1B (Thurs 13-17) |
| 30794 | Astrophysical Data Analysis | 5 | point | Spring F4A (Tues 13-17) |
Physical large-scale structures and processes - choose at least 5 ECTS among the following courses:
| 10405 | Theory of Relativity | 5 | point | Autumn E1A (Mon 8-12) |
| 25302 | Physical oceanography | 5 | point | Autumn E5B (Wed 13-17) |
| 30428 | Advanced electromagnetics | 5 | point | Spring F4A (Tues 13-17) |
| 30552 | Satellite Geodesy | 5 | point | Autumn E2A (Mon 13-17) |
| 30561 | Physical Geodesy | 5 | point | Autumn E1B (Thurs 13-17) |
| 30720 | Space Physics - Physics of the space environment | 5 | point | Autumn E2A (Mon 13-17) |
| 30745 | Earth and Planetary Magnetism | 5 | point | Spring F3A (Tues 8-12) |
| 30752 | Cryosphere physics and observation | 5 | point | Autumn E5B (Wed 13-17) |
| 30755 | Climate change - physics and observations | 5 | point | Autumn E2A (Mon 13-17) |
| 30757 | Atmospheric plasmas | 5 | point | Spring F2A (Mon 13-17) |
| 30790 | Observational X-ray Astrophysics | 5 | point | Autumn E3B (Fri 13-17) |
| 41111 | Hydrodynamics 2 | 5 | point | Autumn E3A (Tues 8-12) |
If you choose "Theory of Relativity" (10405), it is recommended to take this course as early as possible.
Elective Courses
Any course classified as MSc course in DTU's course base may be an elective course. This includes programme specific courses in excess of the minimal requirements. Master students may choose as much as 10 credit points among the bachelor courses at DTU and courses at an equivalent level from other higher institutions. In addition, it is possible to take MSc-level courses at other Danish universities or abroad.
Head of Studies
Jerome Marie Joseph Chenevez Associate Professor Phone: +45 45259703 jerom@dtu.dk