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Programme provision

To obtain the Master of Science Degree in Communication Technologies and System Design, the student must fulfil the following requirements:

• Have passed Polytechnical foundation courses adding up to at least 10 ECTS
• Have passed Programme-specific courses adding up to at least 50 ECTS
• Have performed a Master Thesis of 30 ECTS points within the field of the general program
• Have passed a sufficient number of Elective courses to bring the total number of ECTS of the entire study to 120 ECTS

The following deadlines for the Autumn intake. 
November 15, online application portal opens for applicants with a bachelor's degree acquired outside Denmark.
January 15, application deadline for non-EU/EEA applicants. There is no supplementary application period.

The following deadlines are for the Spring intake.
August 15, Online application portal opens for applicants with a bachelor's degree acquired outside Denmark.
September 15, Application deadline for non-EU/EEA citizens. 

See the specific deadlines for DTU 

Academic requirements for this programme

B Eng in IT or in Electrical Engineering from other Danish universities and International applicants are admitted if they fulfill the requirements above or similar requirements.

The academic requirements may be fulfilled differently. This will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis by the head of study.

General admission requirements

Only applicants holding a relevant Bachelor of Science in Engineering, a Bachelor in Engineering (diplomingeniøruddannelse) or a Bachelor of Natural Science degree can be admitted to a Master of Science in Engineering programme. The bachelor's degree must be less than ten years old.

The individual MSc Eng programme states in detail which bachelor programmes qualify and whether applicants must complete supplementary educational activities.

Requirements for supplementary educational activities can equate to up to 30 ECTS credits and are specified as a list of courses under the individual MSc Eng programmes.

The specific requirements must be met before graduating from the bachelor's programme or in connection with conditional admission to a particular MSc Eng programme. The courses must be passed prior to the commencement of studies within one year from the conditional admission.

Supplementary educational activities in connection with conditional admission to an MSc Eng programme do not form part of the MSc Eng programme, and tuition fees are charged. If the supplementary courses have not been passed within the specified deadlines, the conditional admission to the programme is withdrawn.

The Master of Science in Engineering programmes are offered in English. Therefore applicants must demonstrate proficiency in English (B-level, IELTS, TOEFL, CAE) Applying for an MSc at DTU - Language test requirements

DTU offers an Honours Programme as part of all MSc  Eng. programmes. The admission requirements are described at https://www.dtu.dk/english/education/graduate/honours-programmes

Specific prerequisites for the Industry MSc Eng Programmes

The prerequisites are similar to the specific ones that apply to the 2-year-programmes, but in addition, the applicant must have a job relevant to the studies with a workload of at least 25 hours a week, or the applicant may be self-employed in a start-up company. Read more about the rules on https://www.dtu.dk/english/education/graduate/industry-master-of-science-in-engineering