Curriculum for Electrical Engineering

Programme provision

To obtain the MSc degree in Electrical Engineering, the student must fulfil the following requirements:

  • Have passed Polytechnic foundation courses adding up to at least 10 ECTS
  • Have passed Programme-specific courses adding up to at least 50 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

Combine work with studies

This study programme is also available as an Industry master programme where you can combine work and study over a 4-year period. Special rules apply. Industry MSc Eng programmes 

Curriculum

The MSc programme in Electrical Engineering is an application-oriented and research-based education.The programme covers all aspects from theory and methodology over components and systems to applications. The courses vary from the highly theoretical to the extremely practical with the opportunity for experimental work in advanced laboratories. The Master's thesis will be associated with current research at DTU and/or in collaboration with a company outside DTU.
 
Below is a comprehensive curriculum for the Electrical Engineering program, encompassing courses from six different specializations. You are welcome to select courses across all six specializations. If you prefer to focus on one particular specialization, please follow the curriculum listed under that specialization.
 

Polytechnic foundation courses (10 ECTS)

The following courses are mandatory:

12100 Quantitative Sustainability (Polytechnical Foundation) 5 point F7 (Tues 18-22)
or
12106 Quantitative Sustainability (Polytechnical Foundation) 5 point Autumn E3B (Fri 13-17)
or
12105 Quantitative Sustainability (Polytechnical Foundation) 5 point E7 (Tues 18-22)
or
12101 Quantitative Sustainability (Polytechnical Foundation) 5 point Spring F3B (Fri 13-17)
42500 Innovation in Engineering (Polytechnical Foundation) 5 point January
or
42504 Innovation in Engineering (Polytechnical Foundation) 5 point August
or
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
or
42505 Facilitating Innovation in Multidisciplinary Teams 5 point August
or
42503 Facilitating Innovation in Multidisciplinary Teams 5 point June

Programme specific courses (50 ECTS)

Innovation course II - - mandatory - choose 5 ECTS among the following courses: 

Note:

  • 38103 X-Tech is counted as 5 ECTs innovation II and 5 ECTs elective course;
  • 34659 Research immersion 2 can be counted as 5 ECTs innovation II and 5 ECTs programme specific course;
  • 34658 and 34659 schedules are flexible, and the individual topics and schedules must agree with the course responsible person.
34658 Research immersion 1 - Power electronics and IC design 5 point Outside schedule structure
34659 Research immersion 2 - Power electronics and IC design 10 point Outside schedule structure
34755 Building dependable robot systems 5 point Spring F3B (Fri 13-17)
34847 Innovation Camp 5 point August
34848 Challenges in Acoustic Microsystems 5 point January
38103 X-Tech Entrepreneurship 10 point Spring F3 (Tues 8-12, Fri 13-17), Autumn E3 (Tues 8-12, Fri 13-17)
38106 Developing an Entrepreneurial mindset 5 point Spring F1B (Thurs 13-17), Autumn E1B (Thurs 13-17)
46745 Integration of wind power in the power system 5 point Autumn E3B (Fri 13-17)

Core competence I - mandatory - choose 10 ECTS among the following courses:
 
30300 Introduction to Satellite Systems 10 point Autumn E5 (Wed 8-17)
30430 Advanced antenna techniques and measurements 10 point Autumn E5 (Wed 8-17)
34652 Power Electronics 1 10 point Autumn E5 (Wed 8-17)
34745 Linear control design 2 10 point Autumn E3 (Tues 8-12, Fri 13-17)
34870 Electroacoustic transducers and systems 10 point Autumn E2 (Mon 13-17, Thurs 8-12)
46700 Introduction to Electric Power Systems 10 point Autumn E4 (Tues 13-17, Fri 8-12)

Core competence II - choose 20 ECTS among the following courses:

02203 Design of Digital Systems 5 point Autumn E2B (Thurs 8-12)
30300 Introduction to Satellite Systems 10 point Autumn E5 (Wed 8-17)
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)
30350 Remote Sensing 10 point Autumn E4 (Tues 13-17, Fri 8-12)
30415 RF communication circuits 10 point Autumn E2 (Mon 13-17, Thurs 8-12)
30421 Advanced Microwave Techniques and High Speed Electronics 10 point Spring F2 (Mon 13-17, Thurs 8-12)
30430 Advanced antenna techniques and measurements 10 point Autumn E5 (Wed 8-17)
34366 Intelligent systems 5 point E7 (Tues 18-22)
34367 Project in Intelligent Systems 5 point January
34652 Power Electronics 1 10 point Autumn E5 (Wed 8-17)
34653 Power Electronics 2. Laboratory course 5 point January
34654 Circuit technology and EMC 5 point Autumn E4A (Tues 13-17)
34655 Integrated analog electronics 2 5 point Spring F4A (Tues 13-17)
34656 Design and layout of integrated CMOS circuits 5 point June
34745 Linear control design 2 10 point Autumn E3 (Tues 8-12, Fri 13-17)
34846 Environmental acoustics 5 point June
34865 Numerical acoustics 5 point Spring F3A (Tues 8-12)
34870 Electroacoustic transducers and systems 10 point Autumn E2 (Mon 13-17, Thurs 8-12)
46700 Introduction to Electric Power Systems 10 point Autumn E4 (Tues 13-17, Fri 8-12)
46705 Power grid analysis 5 point Spring F3A (Tues 8-12)
46711 Stability and control in electric power systems 5 point Autumn E5B (Wed 13-17)
46720 High voltage engineering 10 point Spring F5 (Wed 8-17)
46740 Distributed energy technologies, modelling and control 5 point Spring F1B (Thurs 13-17)
46755 Renewables in electricity markets 5 point Spring F2A (Mon 13-17)

Choose 15 ECTS among the rest of the programme-specific courses: 

02203 Design of Digital Systems 5 point Autumn E2B (Thurs 8-12)
02205 VLSI Design 5 point Spring F3A (Tues 8-12)
02209 Test of Digital Systems 5 point Autumn E1B (Thurs 13-17)
02421 Stochastic Adaptive Control 5 point Spring F3A (Tues 8-12)
22003 Auditory signal processing and perception 10 point Spring F1 (Mon 8-12, Thurs 13-17)
30021 Digital Instrumentation 5 point Autumn E4A (Tues 13-17)
30300 Introduction to Satellite Systems 10 point Autumn E5 (Wed 8-17)
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)
30415 RF communication circuits 10 point Autumn E2 (Mon 13-17, Thurs 8-12)
30421 Advanced Microwave Techniques and High Speed Electronics 10 point Spring F2 (Mon 13-17, Thurs 8-12)
30428 Advanced electromagnetics 5 point Spring F4A (Tues 13-17)
30430 Advanced antenna techniques and measurements 10 point Autumn E5 (Wed 8-17)
34349 FPGA design for communication systems 10 point Spring F5 (Wed 8-17)
34365 IoT Prototyping 5 point Autumn E2B (Thurs 8-12)
34366 Intelligent systems 5 point E7 (Tues 18-22)
34367 Project in Intelligent Systems 5 point January
34373 Introduction to microcontroller development for IoT using embedded C 5 point Spring F3A (Tues 8-12)
34540 Light emitting diodes and photovoltaics for energy applications 5 point Autumn E2A (Mon 13-17)
34552 Photovoltaic systems 5 point Spring F2B (Thurs 8-12)
34620 Basic power electronics in energy systems 5 point Spring F1B (Thurs 13-17)
34652 Power Electronics 1 10 point Autumn E5 (Wed 8-17)
34653 Power Electronics 2. Laboratory course 5 point January
34654 Circuit technology and EMC 5 point Autumn E4A (Tues 13-17)
34655 Integrated analog electronics 2 5 point Spring F4A (Tues 13-17)
34656 Design and layout of integrated CMOS circuits 5 point June
34658 Research immersion 1 - Power electronics and IC design 5 point Outside schedule structure
34659 Research immersion 2 - Power electronics and IC design 10 point Outside schedule structure
34745 Linear control design 2 10 point Autumn E3 (Tues 8-12, Fri 13-17)
34746 Robust and fault-tolerant control 10 point Spring F1 (Mon 8-12, Thurs 13-17)
34748 Modelling for operation of complex industrial plants 5 point Spring F5A (Wed 8-12)
34753 Robotics 5 point Autumn E4A (Tues 13-17)
34760 Safety and Reliability in Robotic and Automation Systems 5 point Spring F5B (Wed 13-17)
34846 Environmental acoustics 5 point June
34848 Challenges in Acoustic Microsystems 5 point January
34850 Architectural acoustics 10 point Spring F4 (Tues 13-17, Fri 8-12)
34860 Advanced acoustics 10 point Spring F2 (Mon 13-17, Thurs 8-12)
34865 Numerical acoustics 5 point Spring F3A (Tues 8-12)
34870 Electroacoustic transducers and systems 10 point Autumn E2 (Mon 13-17, Thurs 8-12)
34871 Nonlinear transducers 5 point January
34880 Structure-borne sound 10 point Autumn E4 (Tues 13-17, Fri 8-12)
46550 Offshore wind grid connection and high-voltage DC (HVDC) transmission 5 point Autumn E4B (Fri 8-12)
46700 Introduction to Electric Power Systems 10 point Autumn E4 (Tues 13-17, Fri 8-12)
46705 Power grid analysis 5 point Spring F3A (Tues 8-12)
46711 Stability and control in electric power systems 5 point Autumn E5B (Wed 13-17)
46715 Transients in power systems 5 point Autumn E1B (Thurs 13-17)
46720 High voltage engineering 10 point Spring F5 (Wed 8-17)
46725 Electrical machines 5 point Spring F2A (Mon 13-17)
46735 Wind, solar and energy storage electrical drive trains 10 point Autumn E2 (Mon 13-17, Thurs 8-12)
46740 Distributed energy technologies, modelling and control 5 point Spring F1B (Thurs 13-17)
46745 Integration of wind power in the power system 5 point Autumn E3B (Fri 13-17)
46750 Optimization in modern power systems 5 point Autumn E5A (Wed 8-12)
46755 Renewables in electricity markets 5 point Spring F2A (Mon 13-17)
46760 Hands-on microcontroller programming 5 point June
46765 Machine learning for energy systems 5 point Autumn E5B (Wed 13-17)
46770 Integrated energy grids 5 point Spring F5A (Wed 8-12)

Elective Courses

Any course classified as an MSc course in DTU's course base may be an elective course. This includes programme-specific courses above the minimal requirements. In addition to regular courses, special courses are also accepted in this group of courses, provided that the topic and level of the special course are approved by DTU supervisors. Master students may choose as many as 10 ECTS 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.

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