Applying for an MSc at DTU
Source: https://www.dtu.dk/english/education/graduate/admission-and-deadlines/application_procedure/apply/important-dates-and-deadlines Parent: https://www.dtu.dk/english/education/graduate/admission-and-deadlines/application_procedure/apply/international-admission-process
Get an overview of the important dates and deadlines in connection with your application procedure. The dates below are applicable for applicants with a bachelor's degree acquired outside Denmark.
The following deadlines are for the Autumn 2026 intake. Please refer to the deadlines that are relevant to your nationality group. \ Deadlines for the Spring intake can be found here.
Please refer to important information on the admission process and relevant deadlines.
Please note the changes to the EU/EEA application deadlines starting from Autumn 2026. See below for information.
The application period for Autumn 2026 opens 1st December.
| Date | Admission Procedure | |
| Non-EU/EEA Applicants | EU/EEA Applicants | |
| December 1 | - Online application portal opens for applicants with a bachelor's degree acquired outside Denmark | - Online application portal opens for applicants with a bachelor's degree acquired outside Denmark for the regular 2-year MSc and for the Industry Master of Science in Engineering. |
| January 15 | - Application deadline for non-EU/EEA applicants. - Deadline for payment of the application fee. - Deadline to apply for readmission for non-EU/EEA students who have previously been enrolled at DTU. - Deadline to apply for exemption. - Deadline to submit and fulfill the language test. | |
| March 1 | - Application deadline for all EU/EEA applicants for Autumn 2026. Please note, this is the final deadline for Autumn 2026. There is no second round of application. - Deadline to apply for readmission for EU/EEA students who have previously been enrolled at DTU. - Deadline to apply for exemption. - Deadline to submit and fulfill the language test. (Specific for autumn intake 2026: Extension of the deadline for language test can only be approved by the MSc Admissions office. Contact us onmscadmissions@dtu.dk.) | |
| March 1 | - Application deadline for applicants to the Nordic5Tech programmes. - Deadline for payment of the application fee for non-EU/EEA applicants to Nordic5Tech programmes - Nordic5Tech: Deadline to submit and fulfill the language test. | - Application deadline for the applicants to the Nordic5Tech programmes. - Nordic5Tech: deadline to submit and fulfill the language test. |
| April | - Tuition fee waivers awarded | |
| May 1 | - Deadline for tuition fee payment | |
| July 15 | - Deadline for submission of Diploma and Diploma supplement or completed academic transcripts. Please note the deadline to submit the language test is 15 January. | |
| August 15 | - Deadline for submission of Diploma and Diploma supplement or completed academic transcripts. Please note the deadline to submit the language test is 1 March. | |
| August 24-28 | - Introduction week | - Introduction week |
| August 31 | - Semester start | - Semester start |