Job and career

Job fair helps clarify career options and fosters networking

Over 150 companies participated in this year's DSE Fair, providing students and recent engineering graduates opportunities for employment or internships.

The two-day DSE Fair is designed to provide students and recent engineering graduates with the perfect setting for networking and career advice. Photo: Bax Lindhardt.

Monday 14 April 2025

Linnea Lundberg

Novonesis, Topsoe, Ørsted and Siemens. In addition to being large, established companies, they all have in common that they participated in this year's DSE Fair at DTU's campus in Lyngby. A job and career fair run by student volunteers that creates the perfect setting for networking and career advice.

Here you could learn more about career opportunities in your field, find a good internship match or land a job or student job. A huge tent was also set up to accommodate even more stands with representatives from the over 150 companies and startups that participated.

During the two days, there were also presentations from companies such as Carlsberg and Novo Nordisk and panel discussions where students could get answers to the challenges faced by recent graduates, and how best to navigate the transition from student life to working life.

The search for collaborators

Sigrid Høj, a bachelor’s degree student in Life Science and Technology (currently Human Life Science Engineering), attended the fair to seek a company for collaboration on her bachelor's project.

“I'm about to start my bachelor's project, so it was obvious for me to drop by the DSE Fair and learn more about which companies could be a good match,” she says.

Emma Rokkjer Langball is also studying Life Science and Technology at bachelor's level and participated to get an overview of what career opportunities she has and what she would like to specialize in while still studying.

“I'm here today to get more clarity on what specialization path I would like to take during the rest of my education and find out which companies could be a good future choice for me,” she explains.

Emma Rokkjer Langball (left) and Sigrid Høj (right) are both studying for a bachelor's degree in Life Science and Technology, so one of their plans during the DSE fair was to visit Novo Nordisk's stand. Photo: Bax Lindhardt.

Graduate bridges academia and industry

It wasn't just bachelor students who attended this year's DSE fair. There were also industry master students who combine their master's degree with a part-time position at a company of their own choice. One of them is Anne Tranberg Petersen, who will graduate in December 2025, completing a four-year programme that has given her the best of both DTU and the business world.

“When I started looking for a company that I could do my education in collaboration with, almost no one knew about the industry master's programme, but today, as I'm nearing the finish line, I can see that interest has only increased and increased along the way. And that makes me happy, because I've really gained a lot from being able to study at DTU and at the same time be part of a company,” she says and continues:

“I highly recommend choosing to do an industry master's degree, and it sounds like a good solution that it is now structured in such a way, that at first you study for one year and then split your time between study and work for the next two years.”

Anne Tranberg Petersen (left) combines her studies at DTU with a part-time job at Siemens Energy. Photo: Bax Lindhardt.

Facts

About DTU's new Industry Master of Science in Engineering

The new, upcoming Industry Master of Science in Engineering combines work and studies. It’s an ideal option for students who want to learn and gain insight into the industry while pursuing their master’s degree at DTU – one of the leading technical universities in Europe.

The Industry MSc is also a great opportunity for companies that need a qualified workforce, want to spot new talent, further educate their employees, or recruit new and highly competent engineers.

With the new 1+2 Industry MSc model, the student spends the first year doing full-time studies, while the last two years consist of a mix of studies and a 25-hour workweek within a company. This structure creates opportunities for both the industry and the students.

A future at the European Space Agency

František Komárek is studying for a bachelor’s degree in General Engineering and dreams of one day joining the European Space Agency (ESA). That's why you could find him at the ESA stand at the DSE fair, where he had a chat with the agency's representatives and learned more about what it takes to make his dream come true.

“It's been really informative to be able to talk directly to the company that may end up hiring me, and I've received advice and guidance on what I should specialize in for the rest of my education, so hopefully one day I can call myself an engineer at ESA,” he explains.

Gustav Hugod is also studying General Engineering at the bachelor level, and this is the second time he has participated in the DSE fair, but that has not diminished the benefits. On the contrary.

“I also participated last year, and even though it's going to be a while before I graduate, I get a lot out of participating. The atmosphere is good, people are happy, and I don't think you can start getting an overview of your career opportunities too early,” he says.

František Komárek (left) and Gustav Hugod (centre) learned more about what it takes to become an ESA employee at this year's DSE fair. Photo: Bax Lindhardt.

The sports hall at DTU Lyngby campus was filled to the brim with stands at the DSE fair. Photo: Bax Lindhardt.

Guests at this year's DSE fair could also learn more about DTU's industry master's programme. Photo: Bax Lindhardt.

In case one needed a break from networking during the fair, gaming was also an option. Photo: Bax Lindhardt.

Facts

About the DSE Fair

Students' Business Relations, also called De Studerendes Erhvervskontakt (DSE), is a student-run association that runs the country's largest job and career fair for engineering students at the DTU Lyngby Campus every year.

At this year's fair, visitors were able to meet more than 150 companies and hear about different job and career opportunities for engineers.

Find more information on DSE's website.