Study plan 2023
Curriculum
Polytechnical Foundation
| 01003 | Mathematics 1a (Polytechnical foundation) | 10 | point | Autumn |
| 01004 | Mathematics 1b (Polytechnical Foundation) | 10 | point | Spring |
| 02003 | Computer Programming (Polytechnical Foundation) | 5 | point | Autumn E4B (Fri 8-12) |
| 02402 | Statistics (Polytechnical Foundation) | 5 | point | Autumn E3A (Tues 8-12), Spring F4A (Tues 13-17) |
| 10063 | Physics (Polytechnical Foundation) | 10 | point | Spring F3A (Tues 8-12) and Autumn E3A (Tues 8-12) |
| 26020 | Chemistry (Polytechnical Foundation) | 5 | point | Autumn E1A (Mon 8-12) |
| 27020 | Bioengineering (Polytechnical Foundation) | 5 | point | Autumn E2A (Mon 13-17) and Spring F2A (Mon 13-17) |
| 42620 | Science, Technology and Society (Polytechnical Foundation) | 5 | point | January, June |
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| 42622 | Science, Technology and Society (Polytechnical Foundation) | 5 | point | August |
Note: If you follow the specialization Living Systems completing at least courses 12701, 25106, 27022, and 27027, then you can substitute 27020 with 27026 in the Polytechnical Foundation.
Programme Specific Courses
Mandatory for all:
| 01034 | Advanced Engineering Mathematics 2 | 5 | point | Autumn E1A (Mon 8-12) |
It is mandatory to choose two of the following four courses:
| 02135 | Introduction to Cyber Systems | 5 | point | Spring F2A (Mon 13-17) |
| 12701 | Introduction to Living systems | 5 | point | Autumn E1B (Thurs 13-17) |
| 41680 | Introduction to advanced materials | 5 | point | Spring F2B (Thurs 8-12) |
| 47202 | Introduction to future energy | 5 | point | Autumn E4A (Tues 13-17) |
The Bachelor programme splits into four specializations: Living Systems, Cyber Systems, Advanced Materials, and Future Energy. In order to ease the access to MSc-programmes it is strongly recommended that the student chooses a specialization. Care must still be taken to combine a study plan with the right prerequistites for a specific MSc-programme.
Living Systems - Programme Specific Courses
Mandatory:
| 25106 | Introduction to genetic methods in engineering | 5 | point | Autumn E5B (Wed 13-17) |
| 27022 | Biochemistry | 5 | point | Spring F4B (Fri 8-12) |
| 27027 | Experimental molecular microbiology | 5 | point | Autumn E1B (Thurs 13-17) and Autumn E3B (Fri 13-17) |
Choose 20 ECTS among the courses below (pay attention to which courses you need for qualifying for a specific MSc-program):
| 22111 | Introduction to Bioinformatics | 5 | point | Autumn E4A (Tues 13-17) |
| 25105 | Ecology | 5 | point | Spring F3A (Tues 8-12) |
| 25107 | Fisheries and aquaculture | 5 | point | Spring F5B (Wed 13-17) |
| 25108 | Applied molecular techniques | 5 | point | Autumn E2A (Mon 13-17) |
| 26211 | Biophysics and biophysical chemistry | 5 | point | Spring F4B (Fri 8-12) |
| 27026 | Molecular biology | 5 | point | Autumn E2A (Mon 13-17) |
| 27034 | Fermentation technology | 5 | point | Spring F5A (Wed 8-12) |
| 28025 | Bio Process Technology | 5 | point | Spring F3A (Tues 8-12) |
For qualifying for a particular DTU MSc programme, please, consult the Head of Studies of that MSc-programme.
Cyber Systems - Programme Specific Courses
Mandatory:
| 01019 | Discrete Mathematics | 5 | point | Autumn E2B (Thurs 8-12) |
| 02105 | Algorithms and Data Structures 1 | 5 | point | Spring F2B (Thurs 8-12) |
| 02141 | Computer Science Modelling | 10 | point | Spring F3A (Tues 8-12) and Spring F4B (Fri 8-12) |
| 02157 | Functional Programming | 5 | point | Autumn E4B (Fri 8-12) |
| 02160 | Agile Object-oriented Software Development | 10 | point | Spring F5 (Wed 8-17) |
Advanced Materials - Programme Specific Courses
Mandatory:
| 02601 | Introduction to Numerical Algorithms | 5 | point | Spring F1B (Thurs 13-17), Autumn E4B (Fri 8-12) |
| 10080 | Physics for materials and energy | 5 | point | Spring F3B (Fri 13-17) |
| 12139 | Resource Engineering | 5 | point | Autumn E2B (Thurs 8-12) |
| 41684 | Materials technology | 5 | point | Spring F2B (Thurs 8-12) |
| 41685 | Materials characterization and testing | 5 | point | Spring F1B (Thurs 13-17) |
Choose 10 ECTS among those courses:
| 02526 | Mathematical Modeling | 5 | point | Spring F3A (Tues 8-12) |
| 02580 | Geometric Data Analysis and Processing | 5 | point | Spring F5B (Wed 13-17) |
| 41789 | Introduction to 3D printing: processes and theory | 5 | point | Spring F5A (Wed 8-12) |
| 47212 | Computer simulation of materials | 5 | point | Autumn E1B (Thurs 13-17) |
For qualifying for a particular DTU MSc programme, please, consult the Head of Studies of that MSc-programme.
Future Energy - Programme Specific Courses
Mandatory:
| 02601 | Introduction to Numerical Algorithms | 5 | point | Spring F1B (Thurs 13-17), Autumn E4B (Fri 8-12) |
| 10080 | Physics for materials and energy | 5 | point | Spring F3B (Fri 13-17) |
| 46055 | General electrical engineering | 5 | point | Spring F1B (Thurs 13-17) |
| 47201 | Engineering thermodynamics | 5 | point | Spring F4B (Fri 8-12) |
Choose 15 ECTS among those courses:
| 10260 | Physics of solar energy and energy storage | 5 | point | Spring F2B (Thurs 8-12) |
| 12205 | Climate change – impacts, mitigation and adaptation | 5 | point | Spring F4A (Tues 13-17) |
| 46000 | Introduction to Wind Energy | 5 | point | Spring F3A (Tues 8-12) |
| 46040 | Introduction to energy analytics | 5 | point | Spring F5B (Wed 13-17) |
| 47205 | Electrochemical energy technologies | 5 | point | Spring F5A (Wed 8-12) |
| 47211 | Electrochemical energy storage and Power2X | 5 | point | Autumn E2B (Thurs 8-12) |
For qualifying for a particular DTU MSc programme, please, consult the Head of Studies of that MSc-programme.
Projects
All the courses in this course block are mandatory. The Head of Studies suggests that students complete the programme with the BSc project in the sixth semester. The BSc project can be 15, 17.5 or 20 points.
| 10240 | Design-Build 2: Rational catalyst design for General Engineering | 5 | point | June |
| 22400 | Design-build 4: Autonomous devices for controlling and studying living systems | 5 | point | June |
| 27016 | Design-Build 1: Devices for measuring cell growth | 5 | point | January |
| 47203 | Design-Build 3: solar cooker | 5 | point | January |
| Bachelor thesis | 15 / 17,5 / 20 | |||
Electives
In this course block, students must choose 35-40 ECTS points from available BSc level courses (including maximum 10 ECTS BEng courses), provided by DTU. Students can choose to take the courses that fall within the scope of the recommended courses of study. Furthermore students are also free to follow courses in advanced mathematics, physics, and chemistry or they can choose more general courses in, for example, management and finance. Finally, students can use the electives to change educational focus, so that they qualify for MSc programmes for which the original BSc programme does not immediately provide access.
Bachelor's students may have up to 10 ECTS credits at the diploma engineering (BEng) level as part of the optional courses in their bachelor's program.
Bachelor's students may choose MSc-courses, provided they are to be found on the pre-approved list of MSc-courses below.
Depending on what MSc programme the student is aiming at there are lists of recommended elective courses. Please, consult with either the Head of Studies for BSc in General Engineering or the Head of Studies for the relevant MSc programme.
For the specialization Living Systems, the following course is recommended:
| 25208 | Sustainability Solutions | 5 | point | June |
For the specialization Advanced Materials, the following courses are recommended:
| 10104 | Introduction to Quantum Mechanics | 5 | point | Spring F1A (Mon 8-12) |
| 10317 | Condensed Matter Physics | 5 | point | Autumn E4A (Tues 13-17), Spring F4A (Tues 13-17) |
| 34020 | Optics and photonics | 5 | point | Spring F1B (Thurs 13-17) |
For the specialization Future Energy, the following courses are recommended:
| 10104 | Introduction to Quantum Mechanics | 5 | point | Spring F1A (Mon 8-12) |
| 10317 | Condensed Matter Physics | 5 | point | Autumn E4A (Tues 13-17), Spring F4A (Tues 13-17) |
MSc-courses that are pre-approved as elective courses for BSc in General Engineering
| 01325 | Mathematics 4: Analysis - a Toolbox in Physics and Engineering | 5 | point | Spring F1A (Mon 8-12) |
| 02162 | Software Engineering 2 | 10 | point | Autumn E3 (Tues 8-12, Fri 13-17) |
| 02170 | Database Systems | 5 | point | Spring F2B (Thurs 8-12) |
| 02180 | Introduction to Artificial Intelligence | 5 | point | Spring F3A (Tues 8-12) |
| 02191 | Computer Security Forensics | 5 | point | January |
| 02193 | Ethical Hacking | 5 | point | June |
| 02233 | Network Security | 5 | point | Spring F4A (Tues 13-17) |
| 02268 | Process-oriented and Event-driven Software Systems | 5 | point | Autumn E4A (Tues 13-17) |
| 02393 | Programming in C++ | 5 | point | E7 (Tues 18-22) |
| 02417 | Time Series Analysis | 5 | point | Spring F4B (Fri 8-12) |
| 02443 | Stochastic Simulation | 5 | point | June |
| 02504 | Computer Vision | 5 | point | Spring F3B (Fri 13-17) |
| 02806 | Social data analysis and visualization | 5 | point | Spring F3A (Tues 8-12) |
| 02807 | Computational Tools for Data Science | 5 | point | E7 (Tues 18-22) |
| 02808 | Personal Data Interaction for Mobile and Wearables | 10 | point | Spring F5 (Wed 8-17) |
| 10316 | Materials design with machine learning and artificial intelligence | 5 | point | January |
| 10411 | Nuclear reactor physics | 5 | point | Spring F4B (Fri 8-12) |
| 10605 | History of Technology | 5 | point | Autumn E5A (Wed 8-12) |
| 10862 | Polymer micro fabrication | 5 | point | June |
| 12240 | Environmental Management, innovation and Ethics | 5 | point | January |
| 22115 | Computational Molecular Evolution | 5 | point | Spring F5B (Wed 13-17) |
| 22117 | Protein structure and computational biology | 5 | point | Spring F5A (Wed 8-12) |
| 22126 | Next-Generation-Sequencing Analysis | 5 | point | January |
| 25316 | Recirculating aquaculture systems | 5 | point | Spring F2A (Mon 13-17) |
| 25331 | Exercises in recirculating aquaculture systems | 5 | point | Spring F4A (Tues 13-17) |
| 25332 | Business Development and Innovation | 5 | point | Autumn E1A (Mon 8-12) |
| 25355 | Genomic Methods for Breeding and Management for Aquatic Resources | 5 | point | Autumn E5B (Wed 13-17) |
| 27220 | Advanced prokaryotic biotechnology | 5 | point | Spring F4A (Tues 13-17) |
| 27230 | Prokaryotic cell biology | 5 | point | Autumn E1A (Mon 8-12) |
| 27246 | Applied enzyme technology and kinetics | 5 | point | E7 (Tues 18-22) |
| 27247 | Experimental enzyme technology | 5 | point | Autumn E1A (Mon 8-12) |
| 27422 | Biosynthesis of natural products | 5 | point | Spring F1B (Thurs 13-17) |
| 27430 | Eukaryotic cell biology | 5 | point | Spring F3A (Tues 8-12) |
| 28485 | Biobusiness and Process Innovation | 5 | point | Autumn E1B (Thurs 13-17) |
| 30300 | Introduction to Satellite Systems | 10 | point | Autumn E5 (Wed 8-17) |
| 34366 | Intelligent systems | 5 | point | E7 (Tues 18-22) |
| 34552 | Photovoltaic systems | 5 | point | Spring F2B (Thurs 8-12) |
| 34745 | Linear control design 2 | 10 | point | Autumn E3 (Tues 8-12, Fri 13-17) |
| 38106 | Developing an Entrepreneurial mindset | 5 | point | Spring F1B (Thurs 13-17), Autumn E1B (Thurs 13-17) |
| 41111 | Hydrodynamics 2 | 5 | point | Autumn E3A (Tues 8-12) |
| 41935 | Super-light structures | 5 | point | Spring F4B (Fri 8-12) |
| 42014 | Environmental and Resource Economics | 5 | point | F7 (Tues 18-22) |
| 42015 | Energy Economics | 5 | point | Autumn E3B (Fri 13-17) |
| 46200 | Planning and Development of Wind Farms | 5 | point | January |
| 47305 | Electrochemistry | 5 | point | Spring F3A (Tues 8-12) |
| 47337 | EuroTeQ course in energy transition - the path towards net zero | 5 | point | August |