International Civil Engineering semester

About the programme

As an exchange student you can sign up for The International Civil Engineering Semester, which covers various subjects in the field of ‘The build environment’ and ‘Civil Engineering’

Expanding infrastructure leads to many civil engineering projects. Traffic planning, motorways and roads are being decided to shorten travelling time. Traffic on rail is being expanded. Solutions for city centres traffic jam during rush hours are being called for. Ports connecting our islands, and to our neighbouring countries are being discussed and decided. Ports are being extended to serve both tourists and goods. Clean water both for drinking and for nature is an issue of great concern leading to water conservation and cleaning plants. Climate change, leading to more heavy rainfall, calls for redesign and advanced calculation of the storm water and sewage systems to avoid flooding of housing areas and of nature.

Virtual design and construction is becoming an ordinary approach to the project phase, to the construction phase, and to the management phase for both buildings and for civil works. Industry is asking for qualifications on Lean Construction, Last Planner, LBS - Location Based Scheduling. Bearing in mind the complexity and unpredictability of the contemporary Building and Construction Project, it is important to have a knowledge and understanding of processes part of the planning, scheduling and execution of the Building and Construction Project.

BIM Building information modeling is an important approach for consultants, construction companies and for management of the building in use. Working in 3D and in cooperation with all parties has become a necessary qualification for the engineer.

DTU offers an International Semester in the Civil Engineering field, dealing with all these issues. You can sign up for a 30 ECTS package or you can sign up for each course separately.

The exchange programme teaches from a CDIO principle (conceive – design-implement-operate) with a focus on providing you with new skills in:

- Practical problem-solving
- Project planning and implementation
- Cooperation and intercultural awareness through
- Hands-on, problem-based learning
- Projects based on input from companies
- Projects groups composed of students from more than 25 countries
- Intercultural communication

The courses are open to both foreign students and Danish students. The optional courses are taught with presentation of theory and engineering methods and combined with students' project work. The presentations are in English, and the project work is supervised in English.

Studying the ICES programme

Courses are provided by the Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) programme.

All courses are based on course projects. You work in smaller groups and work on engineering assignments from the building and infrastructure industry and from the consultants and contractors perspective. It is an ‘applied science’ approach integrating relevant theory.

You can sign up for a 30 ECTS package.  The package is composed by selecting courses within the group of optional courses of 5 or 10 ECTS each, and the final bachelor project. The composition of the programme is decided by the student and the department in collaboration.

Programme content

All courses are based on projects. You work in smaller groups and work on engineering assignments from the building and infrastructure industry from the consultants and contractors perspective

Optional courses

The optional courses are offered within:

Civil Engineering

• Civil structures: construction pits and ports

• Traffic and transport, road construction, railway construction

• Environmental engineering: Water supply, ground water protection, soil and ground water pollution ‐ remediation techniques, run off water and SUDS, sustainable urban drainage systems