1st semester is about the legislation that construction projects are subject to, and the different industry standards that are in force in the given area.

Through the project work, you will investigate how the different statutory requirements have influence on the projects, including the possibilities and restrictions they cause.

Project

• Industry Standards and Legislation (15 ECTS)

Courses

• Systems Engineering (5 ECTS)
• Applied Statistics and Probability Theory (5 ECTS)
• Risk Analysis (5 ECTS)

During the 2nd semester, you work with analysis of risk and safety management. Through the courses, you learn about risk management and decision-making. In addition to that, there is an opportunity to choose courses in maintenance planning and risk communication.

The content of the courses is integrated into the project work. For instance, based on risk analysis, you can work with how you outline and choose between alternatives to a current solution.

Project

• Risk Analysis and Management (15 ECTS)

Courses

• Risk Management (5 ECTS)
• Decision Making (5 ECTS)
• Electives (5 ECTS) (see the curriculum for Risk and Safety Management)

During the 3rd semester, you will work with the operative part of risk management in connection to construction projects. In the project you and your project group will investigate how you can use risk management to prevent and handle the emergencies that can occur when carrying out a project.

Project

• Operational Risk Management in Projects (15 ECTS)

Courses

• Simulation of Emergencies (5 ECTS)
• Emergency Management (5 ECTS)
• Electives (5 ECTS) (see the curriculum for Risk and Safety Management)

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.

Project

• Topic of your choice (30 ECTS)

For more detailed description of the courses on each semester, please see the current curriculum for Risk and Safety Management (under the article Overview of the programme). 

You will obtain competences that enable you to identify the risks connected to a company’s operations, to analyse risks, and to make suggestions for reducing or avoiding risk in accordance with both the legislation and relevant standards within the area.

Furthermore, in connection with operations, you will be able to set up possible crisis scenarios and work out plans for coping with such situations. Moreover, you will be able to work with preparation and implementation of procedures for managing health, safety and quality (HSEQ) in risky operations.

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”.

With a Master of Science in Technology in Risk and Safety Management, you have various job opportunities. You can for instance work as

• a risk analyst,
• a work environment coordinator or
• a project manager

The sectors you could work in would be wind, oil and gas, structural and civil engineering, transportation or the public sector.

With a degree in Risk and Safety Management, you will become part of a field which will be marked by growth and development in the future. The possibilities of making a career in either Denmark or overseas are therefore great.

Examples of risk scenarios:

• the collapse of a building or a bridge
• an oil leak
• fire on a drilling rig
• a chemical accident in the pharmaceutical production
• accident during discharging and installation of parts for wind turbine generators in wind parks

AAU Career helps you on your way from student life to job life in Denmark by giving you the tools to examine your options and find out what to do.

While studying at AAU, you can participate in career and job-related events, find help on our website, and book a personal career counselling session to talk about e.g.:

• Finding your way in your career
• Danish working culture
• Application and CV the Danish way
• What you can offer an employer
• How to go about job search in Denmark – both student job, internship and full-time job

Read more about AAU Career here.

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.
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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.

The Department of Energy Technology works closely with the industry; particularly some of the leading companies within the field of energy technology. This means that you have the possibility to work with some of the real-life issues and problems that companies and organisations face. This gives you the opportunity to enhance your academic competencies with an industry-oriented and practical angle.

At the Department of Energy teaching is research based. This means that your lecturers are doing research within the same academic fields that they teach. Therefore, you have access to the latest knowledge and dedicated and passionate teachers. The teaching material not only includes books but may also consist of, for example, current academic articles from journals.
Learn more about the teaching methods at AAU and the research programmes at the Department of Energy Technology.

The laboratories at the Department of Energy are of the highest standard and you will work in the best laboratory conditions with access to the latest technology.
Learn more about the laboratory facilities at the Department of Energy Technology.

Previously known primarily for its fishing industry, Esbjerg has developed into a city with two universities and more than 60 higher educational study programmes. Furthermore, Esbjerg has a lot to offer in terms of culture and leisure activities. It is not difficult to find affordable accommodation near campus and Esbjerg is cheaper to live in than most of the other university cities in Denmark.
Learn more about student life in Esbjerg.