Technical University of Denmark Master of Science in Communication Technologies and System Design

To obtain the degree, 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

Polytechnic foundation courses 

The polytechnic foundation course consists of the following: 

• 10 ECTS points (5 ECTS Innovation course and 5 ECTS Quantitative sustainability course)

Please note that polytechnical foundation courses cannot be replaced with special courses and cannot be credit transferred from other universities.

Programme-specific courses 

The programme specific courses define the M.Sc. programme in Communication Technologies and System Design.

This consists of: 

• 5 ECTS Innovation course II
• 10 ECTS mandatory for all students on this programme
• 20 ECTS that can be chosen amongst a specified list
• 15 ECTS that can be chosen amongst the list of advanced programme specific courses

Elective courses

Any course classified as MSc course in DTU's course base may be an elective course. This includes programme-specific courses above the minimal requirements. Master students may choose as many as 10  ECTS among the bachelor courses at DTU and courses at an equivalent level from other higher institutions. In addition, it is possible to take MSc-level courses at other Danish universities or abroad.