The students who started the MSc in Aquatic Science and Technology in 2011 is a fifty-fifty mix between students from Denmark and other European countries (Estonia, Greece, Faroese Islands, France, Holland). With BA's in biology, environmental biology, engineering, and other sciences, the students come from an array of different backgrounds. Most are in their twenties, but there is also a small, select group of "mature" students.
We have asked three of the master students, who started their MSc-studies in September 2011, what they think of the Msc program and about studying in Denmark.
See their answers in the three short video-portraits below, which also show images from the classes, research, and fieldwork at DTU Aqua.
The portrayed students are:
Nicolas Schnedler-Meyer, Denmark, background in biology from the University of Copenhagen
Hera Sengers, Holland, background in biology from Scotland
Dionysis Krekuokiotis, Greece, background in engineering from Greece
Nicolas Schnedler-Meyer, Denmark
"We have a great international environment and opportunities to go out into nature to do fieldwork in exciting places"
Age: 24 years
Educational background: BSc in biology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Duration of video: 2:19 minutes
Hera Sengers, Holland
"I wanted courses in modelling and hard sciences - and to be in a vibrant research environment again"
Age: 47 years
Educational background: BSc in biology, University of Aberdeen, Scotland.
Duration of video: 1:34 minutes
"The mix of engineering and biology is very promising. The weather here can be an obstacle though... but you get by ;-)"
Age: 29
Educational background: Diploma (BSc and MSc) in engineering, University of Athens
Duration of video: 1:48 minutes