Education

Online undergraduate programme to train engineers across Denmark

For the first time ever, you can study for a bachelor's degree at DTU regardless of where in Denmark you are. The brand new online BSc in Technology replaces auditoriums and group rooms with online teaching platforms so you can study to become an engineer from your very own desk.

Head of studies at the new BSc in Technology, Peter Stanley Jørgensen. Photo: Jeppe Willum Kejser

Wednesday 14 June 2023

Simon Koefoed Toft

Engineers will be in great demand in the coming years when green energy generated by the massive new offshore wind farms is transformed into green fuels and other vital chemicals. The most recent political agreement on offshore wind alone makes provisions for a capacity of between nine and 14 gigawatts—at least a fourfold increase on the present-day capacity of 2.3 gigawatts.

Thanks to its almost 100% online-based BSc in Technology, DTU is now extending the opportunity to even more students to follow a study programme that will allow them to find jobs in the green transition. The programme will provide not only a firm engineering footing, but also include Power-to-X specialization. Teaching will take place in danish online during the daytime, and students will only need to attend some exams in person.

In the video, you can hear more about the new BSc in Technology.

Engineers needed across Denmark

It is no coincidence that a programme with a thesis focusing on Power-to-X has become the first fully online BSc offered by DTU.

Power-to-X technologies are being developed at a rapid pace, and many businesses across Denmark are already working to convert green power into green fuels—in Esbjerg, Viborg, Ringkøbing-Skjern, to name but a few. As such, the need for skilled, locally-based engineers will soon become even greater.

So for Head of Studies Peter Stanley Jørgensen, it is only natural that DTU will produce the green chemical engineers of the future across the whole country:

“Thanks to the online programme, the students that want to stay in their local area will not have to miss out on becoming a student at DTU—we’ll come to them. We’ll be offering them a study programme in which they learn to solve real-world problems—just like the ones they will be facing in their future jobs.”

It is also important to Peter Stanley Jørgensen that the students make good academic and social connections, even if they don’t meet in person:

“Engineering is a team sport, and we know you learn the most when you’re collaborating with others—whether that’s your fellow students or faculty staff. Digital technologies allow us to work together and socialize without having to be physically in the same location, and we’re eager to exploit this to the full,” he says.

The programme offers 30 places, and the application deadline is 5 July. Read more about the programme (in Danish) here: BSc in Technology

Contact

Peter Stanley Jørgensen Senior Researcher Mobile: +45 93511607 psjq@dtu.dk