The keywords of the first semester are ventilation, indoor climate, airflow and health. 

The teaching combines lectures, laboratory work and project work and on the first two semesters, you will spend half of your study time on courses and the other half on a semester project.

Each semester has an overall theme and within this theme, you conduct a semester project with your project group, where you investigate and attempt to solve a relevant issue within your field of study.

Description of courses
Read the description for the respective courses for the semester in the most recent version of the curriculum for Indoor Environmental and Energy Engineering, see under the paragraph Overview of the programme. 

In the second semester, you will work with the integrated design process and integrated building concepts in relation to energy efficient buildings.

You will explore the natural possibilities for passive solar energy, passive cooling, daylight and natural ventilation in combination with advanced technical climate installations and continuous energy systems.

The teaching combines lectures, laboratory work and project work and on the first two semesters, you will spend half of your study time on courses and the other half on a semester project. 

Description of courses
Read the description for the respective courses for the semester in the most recent version of the curriculum for Indoor Environmental and Energy Engineering, see under the paragraph Overview of the programme. 

During the third semester, you have different options for the structure of the semester:

• You can do an internship in Denmark or abroad, where you take part in the day-to-day operations in the business. During the internship, you will write a project about one or more of your tasks during the process
• You can study a semester at another educational institution abroad or in Denmark
• You can do a regular semester at AAU with courses and project work
• You can begin your Master’s thesis, so your work is spread out over both your 3rd and 4th semester.

On the fourth semester, you write your Master’s thesis, where you draw on all the knowledge, experience and skills you have acquired during your studies. Depending on your topic choice, the thesis will be in the nature of developmental work, further development, or actual research.

Master’s thesis

• Topic of own choice (30 ECTS)

Examples of thesis topics

• Prognosis of heat consumption of smart grid buildings on basis of the weather forecast
• Risk of contamination in hospitals
• Ventilation window with solar shading/night blind
• Air currents in large rooms with many people
• Optimisation of personal ventilation in aircrafts

For more detailed description of the courses on each semester, please see the current curriculum for Indoor Environmental and Energy Engineering (under §18 Overview of the programme). 

You can choose to do an internship in Denmark or abroad during your 3rd semester, where you take part in the day-to-day operations in the business. During the internship, you will write a project about one or more of your tasks during the process. 

You can choose to study for a semester at another educational institution abroad or in Denmark.

Aalborg University has collaboration agreements with universities around the world, and the programme’s research environment has a wide range of internship contacts.

You can work with specific building assignments doing calculations, choosing materials, and supervising the construction process.

Your work tasks may include:

• Energy efficient buildings
• Alternative energy
• Computer simulations of airflows
• Indoor climate in offices and houses
• Heating plants
• Mechanical and natural ventilation

Graduates from Indoor Environmental and Energy Engineering have many possible career paths, both in private companies and the public sector.

Problem based learning and working in groups during your study programme will give you many useful skills that make you an attractive candidate on the job market. You know how to approach a problem and solve it in collaboration with other people, which is often how things are done in the “real world”. Furthermore, you have experience with collaborating with others from different professional and cultural backgrounds.

Examples of where graduates are now employed:

• R&D in the private and public sector
• Danish Technological Institute
• Contracting industry
• Consulting engineering companies
• In EU working with patenting

If you need guidance on the content and workload of the study, admission, study environment or know more about what it is like to study at Aalborg University, you can contact your student counsellor. The student counsellor is a student themselves and under an obligation to maintain confidentiality. 

Student guidance
Department of the Built Environment
Thomas Manns Vej 23
9220 Aalborg Ø

Phone (Wednesdays 15-17): 2075 8277
E-mail: studievejledning@build.aau.dk 
Office hours: Wednesdays 15:00-17:00

See who is in the study guidance team

Do you have questions regarding the composition of your education, admission, study changes, examination rules, credit, exemptions, etc. you can contact the Study Board. 

Study Board of the Built Environment
Thomas Manns Vej 23
9220 Aalborg East
E-mail: inst.build.sdnvn@build.aau.dk 

Read more about the Study Board.

Are you a student at AAU? In AAU Study and Wellbeing Guidance, we can help you with, among other things, choices during your study programme, study doubts, study techniques, motivation, wellbeing, leave and study resignation or perhaps just a conversation about your thoughts regarding your study programme and wellbeing. We are happy to talk to you about anything big or small.

See opening hours and contact information

Aalborg University is famous for its problem based learning which means that you work in a group on a written assignment each semester - possibly in collaboration with an industrial partner. This study method is also called “The Aalborg Model for Problem Based Learning”. The method is highly recognised internationally; including by UNESCO.
The problem based project work at Aalborg University gives you the opportunity to acquire new knowledge and competencies at a high academic level in an independent way. You get to apply theory to practice when you work to solve real-life problems, which will ensure that you are well prepared for your future career.
Learn more about PBL.

When doing project work, you work closely in groups with other students who have roughly the same academic interests and ambitions as yourself. This gives you the opportunity to cooperate, share knowledge and to explore larger and more complex academic problems than you would have been able to do on your own. Furthermore, the groups serve a social purpose and make it easier for you to get to know your fellow students.
Learn more about group work at AAU.

Aalborg University works closely with the business community, which means that during your studies you work with real issues from companies and organisations. Thus, you will already have the opportunity while studying to obtain practical experience with the theory you learn at the university.

At Aalborg University, we offer research-based teaching, which in short means that your lecturers conduct research in the same area they teach. You thus have access to the latest knowledge and dedicated teachers who are passionate about what they teach. The teaching material thus not only includes books but may also consist of current articles from journals. 

The laboratories at Aalborg University are of the highest standard, and they play an important role in the teaching. You will work under the best laboratory conditions with access to state-of-the-art technology, which is vital for your benefiting from the teaching.

As a university city, Aalborg has many advantages. The city is Denmark's fourth largest, and a good 20 percent of the municipality's inhabitants are students. The city has much to offer when it comes to culture, sports and leisure, but at the same time, has a manageable size and safe environment. Compared to other university cities in Denmark, it is easy to find good student accommodation in Aalborg.
Learn more about student life in Aalborg and what it means to study in Aalborg.