Aquaculture - Specialization

Aquaculture specialization

From a global perspective aquaculture is one of the fastest growing primary industries. In recent years, the aquaculture-based production of fish and shellfish have exceeded capture based production. Graduates with a specialization in aquaculture are needed to ensure the continued growth of the aquaculture industry, which must be achieved through the pursuance of technological improvements and advances in every aspect from facility design to feed manufacture. The specialization covers production systems and methods from low trophic aquaculture (seaweed and shellfish) to production of fish for consumption, with an overarching focus on sustainability, resource use, and environmental footprint. The specialization covers the overall design of production systems for different organisms, technical solutions to water treatment, the nutritional requirements of organisms in production, feed manufacture, selection of raw materials and circular economy, animal welfare in aquaculture, diseases, genetics, physiology of farmed organisms, nutrients and cleaning measures, and environmental impact. The specialization has a focus on land-based production systems, and an aim that students are able to conceive production systems with appropriately dimensioned components, that satisfy the requirements of the produced species.

To obtain the specialization in Aquaculture the following programme specific courses are mandatory: 

25316 Recirculating aquaculture systems 5 point Spring F2A (Mon 13-17)
25346 Water quality in aquaculture 5 point Autumn E1A (Mon 8-12) and Autumn E2B (Thurs 8-12)
25348 Low Trophic Aquaculture 5 point August

and 10 ECTS must be chosen among the following courses: 

25315 Genetic methods in aquaculture 5 point January
25317 Diseases and veterinary aspects related to aquaculture 5 point Autumn E1B (Thurs 13-17)
25321 Fish nutrition and bioenergetics 5 point Spring F3A (Tues 8-12) and Spring F2B (Thurs 8-12)
25322 Advanced course in recirculating aquaculture systems: Design and application 5 point June
25326 Fish physiology and welfare 5 point Spring F3A (Tues 8-12) and Spring F2B (Thurs 8-12)

The schedule below is a suggestion as to how your study plan might look with a specialisation in aquaculture

Polytechnical foundation
Programme specific courses
Thesis
Electives
1.Semester
25350
Introduction to aquatic ecosystems and... Introduction to aquatic ecosystems and their organisms
5 point
25346
Water quality in aquaculture
5 point
25345
Introduction to modelling observations... Introduction to modelling observations of natural resources
5 point
25328
Mathematical models in ecology
10 point
42500
Innovation in Engineering (Polytechnical... Innovation in Engineering (Polytechnical Foundation)
5 point
2.Semester
25321
Fish nutrition and bioenergetics
5 point
25326
Fish physiology and welfare
5 point
25316
Recirculating aquaculture systems
5 point
25331
Exercises in recirculating aquaculture... Exercises in recirculating aquaculture systems
5 point
12100
Quantitative Sustainability... Quantitative Sustainability (Polytechnical Foundation)
5 point
25322
Advanced course in recirculating... Advanced course in recirculating aquaculture systems: Design and application
5 point
25348
Low Trophic Aquaculture
5 point
3.Semester
25317
Diseases and veterinary aspects related... Diseases and veterinary aspects related to aquaculture
5 point
25315
Genetic methods in aquaculture
5 point
25352
Blue Bioeconomy Innovation
5 point
25351
Aquaculture End-of-pipe treatment with... Aquaculture End-of-pipe treatment with focus on residual resources
5 point
4.Semester
Thesis
Thesis
30 point

Joint MSc programme at DTU and NTNU

DTU also offers an MSc programme in Sustainable Aquaculture in collaboration with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). You’ll spend one year at each university and become a graduate with a double degree from two internationally acclaimed universities.

Learn more about the joint DTU-NTNU programme.