Prerequisites for Earth and Space Physics and Engineering
Students with any Danish or foreign Bachelor degrees in technological or natural science can be admitted according to the academic requirements following below.
Academic requirements for this programme
National Applicants (holding a Bachelor from Denmark)
Students from the following BSc Eng Programme at DTU have a legal right of admission to the MSc Eng programme in Earth and Space Physics and Engineering:
Students from the following BSc Eng programmes at DTU
can be admitted if they have completed the following as part of their bachelor programme, in addition to the Polytechnical Foundation:
As the minimum, one course in each of the following two groups providing advanced knowledge in mathematics and electromagnetism (10080 for General Engineering only), respectively:
| 01034 | Advanced Engineering Mathematics 2 | 5 | point | Autumn E1A (Mon 8-12) |
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| 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) |
| 10036 | Electromagnetism for physicists | 10 | point | Autumn E4 (Tues 13-17, Fri 8-12) |
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| 30400 | Electromagnetics | 10 | point | Autumn E1 (Mon 8-12, Thurs 13-17) |
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| 10080 | Physics for materials and energy | 5 | point | Spring F3B (Fri 13-17) |
Additionally, central courses on the bachelor are strongly recommended to acquire the right prerequisites, and it is advised to take as many courses (or equivalent) as possible - at least 5 ECTS - from the following list to prepare the desired study plan:
| 10034 | Thermodynamics and statistical physics | 5 | point | Spring F5B (Wed 13-17) |
| 30015 | Basic electronics for instrumentation | 5 | point | Autumn E5A (Wed 8-12) |
| 30121 | Astrophysics | 5 | point | Spring F1B (Thurs 13-17) |
| 30131 | Geo- and Planetary Physics I | 5 | point | Autumn E5B (Wed 13-17) |
| 30142 | Geo- and Planetary Physics ll | 5 | point | Spring F5B (Wed 13-17) |
| 30160 | Continuous and Discrete Time Signals | 5 | point | Spring F2B (Thurs 8-12) |
Other National and International (holding a Bachelor from outside Denmark) Applicants
Applicants with other BSc Engs from DTU and other BSc Engs and BScs in Natural Sciences from Danish or international universities may also be admitted to the programme, based on an individual assessment.
Applicants should possess good qualifications in basic mathematics and physics, including electromagnetics, thermodynamics, astrophysics, geophysics, basic electric circuit theory, as well as numerical methods and programming.
BScs in Oceanography from the University of the Faroe Islands can be admitted but must expect to upgrade their knowledge of basic electric circuit theory in the first semester.
The specific academic requirements for the MSc courses can be found in DTU's course database, and it is the individual student's responsibility to ensure that these requirements are met.
As a guide, the following two groups of DTU courses form the basis for the general competencies required to enter the ESPE master degree programme. It is advised that applicants during their bachelor have completed similar courses equivalent to at least the first group of courses mentioned below.
| 01003 | Mathematics 1a (Polytechnical foundation) | 10 | point | Autumn |
| 01004 | Mathematics 1b (Polytechnical Foundation) | 10 | point | Spring |
| 01034 | Advanced Engineering Mathematics 2 | 5 | point | Autumn E1A (Mon 8-12) |
| 02003 | Computer Programming (Polytechnical Foundation) | 5 | point | Autumn E4B (Fri 8-12) |
| 02402 | Statistics (Polytechnical Foundation) | 5 | point | Autumn E3A (Tues 8-12), Spring F4A (Tues 13-17) |
| 10033 | Mechanics and Physical Modeling | 10 | point | Autumn E2A (Mon 13-17) and Spring F2A (Mon 13-17) |
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| 10063 | Physics (Polytechnical Foundation) | 10 | point | Spring F3A (Tues 8-12) and Autumn E3A (Tues 8-12) |
| 10036 | Electromagnetism for physicists | 10 | point | Autumn E4 (Tues 13-17, Fri 8-12) |
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| 30400 | Electromagnetics | 10 | point | Autumn E1 (Mon 8-12, Thurs 13-17) |
Note however that the above list of courses does not ensure all necessary prerequisites for the courses of the MSc programme. Depending on the focus area of interest during the MSc programme, different courses from the list are more relevant than others and choices should then be done in order to secure the necessary prerequisites.
Moreover, the 2nd group of courses (or similar) in the list below form a good basis for the ESPE MSc programme.
| 30015 | Basic electronics for instrumentation | 5 | point | Autumn E5A (Wed 8-12) |
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| 34600 | Electric circuits 1 | 5 | point | Autumn E3A (Tues 8-12) |
| 30020 | Electronic Measurements and Instrumentation | 5 | point | F7 (Tues 18-22) |
| 30121 | Astrophysics | 5 | point | Spring F1B (Thurs 13-17) |
| 30131 | Geo- and Planetary Physics I | 5 | point | Autumn E5B (Wed 13-17) |
| 30142 | Geo- and Planetary Physics ll | 5 | point | Spring F5B (Wed 13-17) |
| 30150 | Mathematical and Numerical Methods in solid Earth Physics | 5 | point | Spring F1B (Thurs 13-17) |
| 30160 | Continuous and Discrete Time Signals | 5 | point | Spring F2B (Thurs 8-12) |
| 47201 | Engineering thermodynamics | 5 | point | Spring F4B (Fri 8-12) |
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
