Programs

Requirements for International Applicants (holding a Bachelor from outside Denmark)

Prerequisites, Bachelors from other universities

Students holding a BSc in engineering or natural science may be admitted. The competencies and qualifications of the applicants will be considered individually based on the material submitted together with the application form. In general, it is an advantage that students have a solid knowledge of basic molecular biology and some knowledge of basic programming. We suggest that applicants should have competences corresponding to:

• At least 5 ECTS points basic molecular biology - 27002 Life Science
• At least 5 ECTS points basic programming - 02631 Introduction to programming and data processing

To obtain the MSc degree in Bioinformatics students must fulfill 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