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Mechanical Engineering (Sønderborg)

BSc in Engineering

Programme structure

The bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering is a three-year programme and each semester is based on a theme.

The education consists of a combination of theoretical courses and practical project works. From the get-go you will be part of a project group to work on a mechanical project based on industrial problems.

The education is in English in Sønderborg with a special focus on Mechatronic systems, Solid Mechanics, and Intelligent mechanical and hydraulic systems.

The education is in Danish in Odense with a special focus on Structural Design, Fluid Mechanics or Robot Mechanics and the program structure is described here.

Every semester is based on a main theme:

  1. Discover the mechanical development process
  2. Design and build mechanical products
  3. Manufacture and Operate Mechanical Systems
  4. Cooling-heating and Power Conversion Systems
  5. Experts in Team innovation/Innovation/specialisation
  6. Bachelor project

You can read descriptions of the individual subjects by clicking on them in the study course diagram below. On mobile phones, the diagram is best viewed in landscape mode.

In your 5th semester, you have the opportunity to study abroad at a foreign university. You can choose either a university that SDU collaborates with, or you can choose to arrange your stay at another university. SDU collaborates with more than 200 partner universities, and we want to help you find the perfect place for you.

The rules for your degree are specified in the programmes’ curriculum, which is the formal description of your education.

The curriculum contains information about the purpose and structure of the programme, including which subject elements the program contains, whether there are opportunities for a semester abroad, project-oriented courses or similar, rules for conducting teaching and exams and rules for participation in exams, etc.

As a student, you are responsible for keeping yourself informed about the rules that apply to your programme. Therefore, it is important that you know the curriculum for your programme.

Read the curriculum for BSc in Engineering (Mechanical)

A subject description is a detailed description of a subject, where you can, for example read about the purpose of the subject, the content of the subject, including the form of teaching, the expected workload, and the exam in the subject.

Read course descriptions by clicking the course in the description above.

The programme lasts three years (six semesters) and is standardised at 180 ECTS - i.e. one year of full-time education amounts to 60 ECTS. The ECTS system is an international points system, and ECTS indicates the workload to which the completion of a given education is standardised.

Read more about ECTS on the Ministry of Higher Education and Science's website

The subjects in the bachelor programmes are typically examined at their completion, which means that you go to the exam in January and June.

Many different types of exams are used: written and oral exams, take-home exams and seminars and projects.

A seminar is a form of teaching and examination in which all students in the seminar circle must write an assignment. The assignments are then discussed in the seminar circle, and the students take turns defending their own assignment, opposing the assignment of others and being “general” discussion participants.

Read more about the individual examination forms in the individual subject description (see model above).

A Bachelor's degree is just the beginning of your education

The bachelor's programme lasts three years, after which you take the two-year master's programme to achieve a master’s degree in Engineering. A bachelor in Mechanical Engineering will therefore often continue the programme with a relevant master's degree in, for example, Mechanical Engineering in Sønderborg.


Read more about the master's programme in Mechanical Engineering in Sønderborg

See all SDU's master's programmes

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