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How is Engineering, Innovation and Business structured?

Engineering, Innovation and Business is a 3-year Bachelor of Science (BSc.) programme. Every academic year is divided into 2 semesters containing 30 ECTS each. Every semester there is a semester project of 10 ECTS where you build products or prototypes.

This is carried out in groups. You will use your skills from the theoretical courses and apply them in your semester project.

A bachelor project concludes the programme.

The first year of the programme provides students with fundamental knowledge in mechanics, electronics, and programming. In addition, students develop competencies in business development, enabling them to assess the commercial potential of new ideas and solutions.

The semester projects focus on the early stages of the innovation process, such as idea generation and prototype development.

In the second year of the programme, you continue working with product development and digital manufacturing. You gain a deeper understanding of developing a minimum viable product version and you work with digital manufacturing systems using simulation tools. The focus is on applying digital technologies and tools such as Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and simulation software.

Examples of courses include Production Technology, Sensors and Electronics, and Lean Six Sigma. These courses serve as key components of the semester projects, where students develop minimum viable products and digital manufacturing solutions.

During the third year of the programme, you work across multiple engineering disciplines and choose between two semester project options: Experts in Teams and Experts in Teams – Exploring Entrepreneurship: From Ideas to Impact. Students also have the opportunity to complete an exchange semester abroad during the fifth semester.

In the sixth semester, the Bachelor's project integrates the programme’s academic and professional elements through work on a self-selected engineering challenge. Students apply the competencies, methods, and tools they have developed throughout the programme to address a real-world engineering problem.

A typical week

A typical study week combines traditional teaching in the various subjects with exercises, laboratory and workshop work, project meetings, and independent preparation. The workload corresponds to full-time study, and a significant part of the work takes place in international project groups.

A weekly schedule will typically include 20 timetabled lessons, and in addition there will be project supervision, project work, and preparation corresponding to a workload of 20 hours.

Below you can see an example from the 1st semester. 

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
8.15-10 a.m.
Mathematics for Science 1
Teaching
8.15-10 a.m.
Statics and Materials
Exercises
8.15 a.m.-12 p.m.
EIB Semester project 1 - Ideation
Teaching
8.15-10 a.m.
Statics and Materials
Exercises
8 a.m.-12 p.m.
Applied Programming I
Teaching

 
10.15 a.m.-12 p.m.
Mechanical Design
Teaching

 
10.15 a.m.-12 p.m.
Statics and Materials
Exercises

 

 
12.30-2.15 p.m.
Applied Programming I
Exercises
12.30-2.15 p.m.
Mathematics for Science 1
Teaching
12.30-2.15 p.m.
Mechanical Design
Exercises

 
 
4.30-6.15 p.m.
Statics and Materials
Exercises
      

Choices and options

You can shape your profile through electives, Experts in Teams, an exchange period and your bachelor project.

Across Semesters 4, 5 and 6, you select 15 ECTS within fields such as mechatronics, manufacturing, innovation and business.

In Semester 5, you choose between Expert in Teams and Experts in Teams - Exploring Entrepreneurship - From Ideas to Impact.

In Semester 6, you explore a problem of your choice, potentially in collaboration with a company.

You may complete Semester 5 at a university abroad, subject to prior approval.

Further study

The Bachelor's degree programme in Engineering, Innovation and Business is the first step on the path to becoming a Master of Science in Engineering. You are guaranteed admission to the Master's degree programme in Engineering, Innovation and Business. This means that you are guaranteed a place once you have completed your Bachelor's degree.

Here, you complete your education and obtain the title Master of Science in Engineering.

You are guaranteed admission to the following programme:

In addition, the BSc programme gives access to the following:

Other technical or business-oriented Master's degree programmes may be relevant if you meet their admission requirements. There is no automatic right of admission to these programmes.


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Academic culture in Denmark

Danish academic culture is characterised by active participation in class, group work and critical thinking. Rather than simply accumulating and reproducing knowledge, you will be expected to analyse, question and discuss the course topics.

The relationship between lecturers and students is often rather informal; students and lecturers may find themselves joking together and engaging in vigorous debates during classes and lectures.

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