DTU Engineering Technology is a research department with a particular focus on technology implementation – how technologies move from potential to practical application and create value in practice.
We research the entire pathway from technology development and testing to implementation, operation, scaling and organisational integration. This requires both technical expertise and an understanding of the people, companies and organisations that will put the technology into practice.
Our research spans three main technology domains: digital technologies, electrical technologies and materials technologies, with a particular focus on three key sectors: construction and the built environment, industry and manufacturing, and life science and healthcare.
A defining feature of the department is its close interaction with practice. Each year, we engage in more than 600 collaborations with companies through research, education and development activities. This gives us direct access to real-world implementation challenges and enables us to develop and test methods and solutions under actual operating conditions. Practice-based learning and collaboration with companies are also integral parts of DTU’s Bachelor of Engineering programmes.
The department’s activities are organised into a number of research sections. In addition, two units provide academic, technical and administrative support: DesignBuildLab (workshops and laboratories) and the Administration.
Through continuing education, the department contributes to competence development for experienced professionals and managers. We offer a range of diploma programmes through DTU Learn for Life, and a large proportion of our teaching staff have professional experience from industry. This helps connect new research knowledge and technological development directly with the competences organisations need when implementing new technologies in practice.
The department is based at DTU Ballerup Campus, where laboratories, workshops and DesignBuildLab support research, teaching, experimentation and prototype development in collaboration with companies and other external partners.
Our name and history
DTU Engineering Technology has existed since 1 January 2021, when the former DTU Diplom – Center for Bachelor of Engineering Studies became a department at DTU under the name DTU Engineering Technology. The term Engineering Technology is used internationally to describe a practice-oriented and application-focused approach to engineering education and technical research. DTU Diplom was established in 2013 when the Copenhagen University College of Engineering (IHK) merged with DTU.
