Each summer, The Chemical Engineering department of The Technical University of Denmark (DTU), teaches a four-week summer course for international students.
Our Summer University offers an ambitious and unique program with practical exercises covering a wide range of unit operations at our large and modern pilot-plant facility. By performing experiments on large-scale pilot equipment, the course will challenge you to combine theory with practical experience, as well as data analysis, in order to improve your understanding of unit operations and processes used in the chemical, biochemical, pharmaceutical and food industry.
Learning philosophy
The main objectives are to show you the challenges, possibilities and limitations by combining theory with practical experience from large-scale experiments, and to make you familiar with and operate equipment similar to that, which is used in real industrial life.
The DTU Chemical Engineering Pilot-plant facility is considered to be one of the largest of its kind in the world, with more than 30 different large pilot-plant set-ups, all together representing most unit operations to be found within the modern chemical, life science and food industry.
As a DTU summer university student, you will enhance your theoretical understanding, practical and technical experience, as well as process knowledge, by performing six half or full day practical experiments. You will learn how to plan your work including a thorough safety assessment, prepare the utilities and the equipment for the experiments, operate the equipment, analyze the relevant samples, react to the process parameters and take the necessary process decisions – all yourself – in order to maximize the outcome and your learning from the experiments. After the experiments, you will learn how to write a scientific report. Based on the theory and the acquired experimental data, you will calculate and analyze results and provide conclusions and discussion with a critical mind – so that you delve deep into the academic understanding of a given unit operation. All together you will learn how to act and think as a real process engineer!
The 2020 course will run from Thursday 2 July to Wednesday 29 July.
Learn more about DTU, The Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering as well our unique and large pilot plant facilities.
The enviroment
The DTU Lyngby Campus, where the Pilot Plant facilities are located, is situated in the beautiful northern part of Copenhagen close to forest and beaches. You will be offered a modern apartment at the Campus in the DTU U2 Apartment complex - a single bedroom, including own toilet, bath and kitchen. The U2 Apartment complex will give you an excellent opportunity to mingle and socialize with fellow students in an international university environment.
From Lyngby within a radius of less than 50 km, you can use the excellent Danish public transportation system to take the train or bus to exciting and beautiful tourist attractions like Kronborg (The Hamlet Castle), The Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde, the impressive Hilleroed Castle with artifacts from the Danish royal families back to the 15th century, Roskilde Cathedral where the Danish Kings back to the Viking age are buried. Of course you should also not miss wonderful downtown Copenhagen with Tivoli Gardens, the Royal Palace Amalienborg, The Little Mermaid, the cozy harbor environment of Nyhavn and many other famous attractions.