MSc in Civil and Architectural Engineering
Aarhus, Denmark
MSc
DURATION
2 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
01 Mar 2026*
EARLIEST START DATE
Feb 2026
TUITION FEES
EUR 16,300 / per year **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* winter intake | application deadline (Non-EU): 15 september 2025
** for non-EU/EEA students only | EU/EEA students study for free
Key Summary
About: The MSc in Civil and Architectural Engineering is designed to equip students with advanced knowledge and skills in both civil and architectural disciplines.
This course typically spans one year and covers essential areas such as structural design, construction management, and sustainable engineering practices.
You'll engage in practical projects and theoretical studies, ensuring well-rounded expertise.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can pursue various career paths, including roles as civil engineers, architectural engineers, project managers, and sustainability consultants.
The program prepares you for positions in both public and private sectors, where you'll contribute to innovative infrastructure solutions and urban development projects.
Learn about Aarhus as a student city, Aarhus University, our English taught Master's and Bachelor's programmes from staff and students.
At the start of the study, you choose between five study lines. The choice of study line is a choice of a course package that influences the first three semesters. Currently, the study lines are
- Infrastructures and Geotechnical Engineering
- Structural Engineering
- Innovative Structural Design
- Building Science and Technology
- Construction Management and Engineering
Apart from the courses that belong to the study lines, several elective courses can be chosen. In the third semester, a 15 ECTS project course was taken on a topic relating to the study line. Also, in the third semester, many students choose to study abroad at another university. The final semester is the master thesis semester, where you choose the topic. The master thesis work may be in cooperation with an external company.
The program is taught by faculty members who are active researchers, so students benefit from a research-intensive environment and have the opportunity to work with researchers, as well as the chance to complete a project in collaboration with a private company.
Research at the Department
At the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering at Aarhus University, we create sustainable, technological solutions to some of the biggest challenges faced by businesses and society through research and development.
The varied forms of teaching, collaboration in groups and the opportunity for close scientific dialogue with the researchers, as well as the strong relationship with the industrial sector, provide graduates with competencies that are in great demand in the global job market. These competencies include abstract, critical and independent thinking, analytical skills, and strategic planning. You can use these skills in many contexts – even in jobs you didn’t know you were qualified for.
Previous graduates of the MSc Civil and Architectural Engineering programme are employed by consulting engineering firms, entrepreneurial firms, property companies, architecture firms, or in the building component industry. Graduates typically work in roles that involve developing and designing advanced building constructions, advanced energy technology solutions and industrialised building components – frequently in interdisciplinary collaboration with architects and designers.