Admission requirements for the BSc in General Engineering

General admission requirements

When you apply to DTU you have to fulfil two sets of admission requirements:

1. The general admission requirement: You must have an upper secondary exam that equates a Danish upper secondary exam
2. The specific admission requirements: You must have certain subjects at certain levels

You can visit the Exam book to find out if your secondary exam gives access to higher education in Denmark.

Specific admission requirement

In addition to the general admission requirement, you also have to fulfil the specific admission requirements. The specific admission requirement means that you have to have certain subjects at a specific level. The A and B-levels refer to how advanced the subject is and does not refer to grades. A-level means the highest level in a Danish upper secondary exam and B-level the second highest level. 

The four specific admission requirements for the BSc in General Engineering are (Danish levels):

• Mathematics A-level
• English B-level
• Physics B-level
• Chemistry B-level

If you have a Danish upper secondary exam Biotechnology A-level can substitute Chemistry B-level and Geoscience A-level can substitute Physics B-level.

The grade requirement is that you have passed the course. DTU will convert your levels and grades, if you have a non-Danish upper secondary exam. However, if you have an IB or an exam from the Nordic countries, you can use the conversion tables below or visit the Exam book.

If you do not fulfill the specific level requirement you must pass supplement courses. You can use our Supplementary courses guide to help find online supplementary courses or you can find something on your own. If you do find courses on your own, make sure that DTU approves that the syllabus meets the required level in Denmark. 

Re-calculation from 2022

If you have a Danish upper secondary exam finished after 1 May 2022 and take supplementary courses afterwards, please be aware of the new rules for re-calculation of your grade point average.

Nordic countries

If you are applying on the basis of an upper secondary exam from the Nordic countries, you can find a subject conversion table here.

IB

If you are applying on the basis of an IB exam you can find a subject conversion table here.

All other countries

If you are applying on the basis of an upper secondary exam from any other country, the assessment of your subject levels is carried out by the bachelor admission’s team at DTU when you apply for admission. Alternatively, you can apply for a pre-assessment between 1 September and 1 November to find out if you fulfil the admission requirements. Find more information on how to apply for a pre-assessment. 

Language requirements

For admission to the English-taught General Engineering bachelor’s programme, all applicants with an international upper secondary exam/high school exam, must fulfill the English language requirement. Meeting the requirement of English at B-level from your upper secondary education does not exempt you from also taking an English test.
The English language requirement can be fulfilled by documenting the completion of one of the below accepted tests with a final test result over the minimum score.

We only accept certificates that can be verified online. The verification of TOEFL and IELTS tests expires after 2 years and will not be accepted if they are non-verifiable on July 5^th.

Please note that when taking a TOEFL test you must register both DTU’s TOEFL code (1684) prior to the test and subsequently receive a physical certificate (score report), which must be scanned and saved in pdf format and uploaded with your application for admission.

Applicants exempt from the English language test requirement:

• “Native speakers” holding an English taught access-giving upper secondary exam/high school exam from USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain or Ireland. (The exam must contain a passed academic English subject/course on a level the Danish Agency for Higher Education considers comparable to Danish B level English)

• Applicants holding one of the following access-giving exams, and having passed subjects on a level that the Danish Agency for Higher Education equivalents with the Danish B or A level in English

• Nordic high school exam
• Duborg-school exam
• International Baccalaureate (IB diploma programme)
• European Baccalaureate (from the “ScholaEuropaea”)

Exams from other countries