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Entry requirements

To qualify for admission, you must have a relevant degree on a Bachelor's level. You are qualified for admission if you hold one of the following degrees:

  • BSc in Mechanical Engineering from SDU - gives you a legal claim for admission
  • BEng in Mechanical Engineering
  • BEng in Maskinteknik, SDU, AU, AAu, AAU (Esbjerg), DTU
  • BSc in Mekanik, SDU, AU
  • Bsc in Mekanik og Produktion, AAU (Esbjerg)
  • BSc in Produktion og Konstruktion, DTU
  • BSc/BEng in Mechatronics, SDU, provided you have passed the following courses: Solid Mechanics (SME) or Mechanics of Materials 1 (ME-MoM1), Fluid Mechanics (ME-FME) or Heat Transfer (ME-HT), Energy Systems (ME-ES) or Cooling and Heating Systems (ME-CHS)

You can apply if you hold a similar, relevant degree in Science or Engineering. To be considered, your degree must include a minimum of:

  • 15 ECTS Mathematics
  • 10 ECTS Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics and Heat transfer
  • 10 ECTS Solid Mechanics, Statics & Materials and Machine Components
  • 5 ECTS Multibody Dynamics and Dynamics
  • 5 ECTS Programming and intro to machine learning
  • 5 ECTS Energy Systems
  • 5 ECTS Finite element methods and Computer Aided Engineering

Language requirements

The programme is taught in English. If your Bachelor's Degree is not from SDU, you are required to submit proof of your proficiency in English. See the English language requirements.

Selection criteria

If there are more qualified applicants than study places, the following criteria are used for the selection of applicants: 

The grade point average of your qualifying degree. If the degree is not completed at the time of application, the grade point average is calculated based on the courses passed at the time of application.

As a Bachelor student at SDU, you can apply for permission to follow up to 30 ECTS Master-level courses even though you have yet to complete your Bachelor’s degree.

You can be granted permission if you have the necessary academic qualifications. The progression of your Bachelor’s programme is crucial to the outcome of your application.

Check to see whether you fulfil the conditions

By choosing your faculty below you can see which conditions you generally must fulfil to be permitted to take Master-level courses. Please acquaint yourself with the rules before you apply for permission since you must indicate in your application whether you fulfil the conditions or not. Read more here.

If you have previously been admitted to the programme, or already are, then special rules may apply when you apply for admission.

Find the scenario that suits you and read more: Re-enrolment, re-admission, transferring and change of programme

Have you completed a Master’s programme?

If you’ve already obtained a Master’s degree, you can only be admitted to a new Master’s programme if there are vacant study places in the programme.

Learn more about rule and the possibility to apply for exemption.

Have you completed another type of study programme?

As long as you do not hold a Master’s degree, you are free to apply for admission to a new programme.