Readmission into the MSc Eng programme

If previously enrolled students want to study at DTU again, they can apply for readmission.

Applicants who have withdrawn from their study programme themselves or DTU has withdrawn them can be readmitted to the same study programme five months after their enrollment at DTU was terminated. In relation to the summer admission, that means an applicant must be unsubscribed by 1 April to be able to be readmitted for the semester start 1 September. 

If the applicant is applying for readmission and already has a completed master's degree, they will be subject to the master's rule, which means that they can only be admitted if there are available seats in the programme.

Applicants who are in conflict with DTU's study rules
Applicants who have been disenrolled from their study programme by DTU because of a violation of DTU's rules (the first-year exam, used up exam attempts or maximum duration of the study, etc.) or who are in violation of those rules at the time of application for readmission will need to apply for an exemption. Such an application is only to be submitted once DTU has notified the applicant that they must apply for an exemption. Please note, that an exemption must be applied for regardless of whether the student is applying for a place on a different study programme than the one in which the student was previously enrolled. 

In connection with the application for exemption, DTU assesses whether the applicant's opportunities to complete the education have significantly improved since they were last enrolled at DTU. This assessment can, i.a., include academic and health conditions. The applicant must thus not apply for an exemption for the rule with which they were in conflict. Instead, they should focus on why the opportunities to complete the study programme have been improved.

If the application for an exemption is accepted, it will be assessed whether the applicant can be readmitted. If it cannot be accepted, the student’s application for readmission will be rejected.

Read more about exemption from DTU's rules at DTU Inside under 'Study rules'/'Exemption'.

Limitation period for previously passed courses
Courses/educational elements passed more than five years before readmission to DTU cannot - as a general rule - be transferred to the student's new enrollment. However, the relevant head of study may, in special cases, make an exemption from this rule based on a specific academic assessment. Whether an exemption can be granted is assessed by the head of study in connection with the assessment of the readmission application. Courses that date back more than five years will only be transferred to the applicant's new study programme if the applicant wishes to do so.

Application and application deadlines
Applications for readmission to the MSc programme are submitted via DTU’s ordinary admission to the MSc programme according to the applicable deadlines and admission requirements.

See more at  DTU’s website under ‘How to apply for MSc programmes’.

Processing of the application
Applicants will be readmitted if all the following conditions are met:

  • The applicant has applied within the deadline for readmission.
  • The applicant meets the applicable admission requirements for the study programme on the date of admission.
  • The applicant is granted an exemption following any application for this.

Deadlines, courses and exam attempts
The maximum study period for readmitted students is the prescribed study period + one year from the readmission date. The maximum study period will be reduced by one semester for every 30 ECTS credits the student has already passed. In the industry MSc Eng Programmes, the maximum study period will be reduced by one semester for every 15 ECTS credits the student has already passed.

If the student is readmitted to the same master's programme, all courses, both compulsory and optional, which the student has previously passed or failed in this programme, will automatically be transferred to the new enrollment and will, therefore, still be part of the student's new study plan.

The student is granted a new exam attempt on courses for which all exam attempts have been used if the course forms part of the study programme.