Program Overview

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Program Overview

The Afgangsprojekt for Diplomuddannelsen Engineering Business Administration (EBA) is a final project that concludes the Engineering Business Administration diploma program. This project is worth 15 ECTS and consists of two teaching days, a written project report, and an oral defense.

Purpose

The purpose of the final project is to qualify students to identify, reflect, and analyze a practical problem, and to propose solutions and action possibilities through the application of theories, strategies, and methods from the program's modules.

Practical Information

• The project begins with two teaching evenings, introducing the use of methods and theories in larger written projects.
• Teaching: Two teaching days from 5:00-8:30 PM, followed by individual guidance.
• Project agreement will be available for download on Inside at the first teaching session.
• Submission of the project agreement does not replace registration.

Examination

• The final project must be submitted on the day of submission by 11:59 PM at the latest.
• The final project is submitted electronically via DTU Inside.
• Examination dates will be announced later.

Submission Date

• Autumn 2025: Monday, December 15, 2025, by 11:59 PM at the latest.

Content

The project methodology teaching covers the following topics:

• Start, introduction to project methodology, and final project.
• Initial description of the problem, project phases.
• Purpose, limitation, problem formulation, choice of theories and models.
• Information needs, method selection, and data collection, analysis, and presentation.

Examination

• Examination form: The examination is an oral defense and dialogue based on the written assignment.
• The final project can be prepared individually or in a group of 2 or 3 students.
• The scope of the assignment: minimum 40 - maximum 50 standard pages (including spaces, approximately 120,000 characters) excluding front page, table of contents, and appendices.
• The report can be extended progressively with a maximum of 20 standard pages per student.

Assessment

• Individual assessment with external censorship on a 7-point scale.
• The assessment criteria include both the written product and the oral defense.
• The result of the assessment should be an overall evaluation of the written product and the oral defense.

Learning Objectives

Knowledge and Understanding

• Understand the scientific theoretical basis related to the methods and theories used in the final project.
• Understand that several methods, when applied correctly, give higher overall validity in investigations.
• Apply knowledge of economic, marketing, management, and organizational theories, as well as related methods, in a reflective manner.

Skills

• Relevantly select and evaluate one or more methods for collecting empirical data.
• Relevantly select theories and models that can provide the project with fruitful perspectives.
• Collect empirical data that builds the necessary argumentation basis.
• Evaluate the results of the analyses in relation to the chosen theories and methods, and relate reflectively to the results' potential for application in one's own practice.
• Communicate complex problem statements in relation to the organization.

Competence

• Formulate a concrete project purpose briefly and precisely.
• Conclude based on the existing argumentation basis and come up with recommendations for initiatives that can address the challenges the project seeks to solve.
• Apply the skills of the education in one's own business/everyday life.
• Perspectivate and discuss applied theories and methods in relation to one's own practice.

Price Information

• The price is set based on factors such as lesson length, the Ministry of Education's subsidy rate, and special conditions.
• Note: DTU has price-regulated as of August 1, 2024, according to current rules and announcements.

Literature

If the module is offered, you can find the associated literature for the current semester here.

Enrollment

Duration | 5:00-8:30 PM, 2 evenings
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Location | DTU Ballerup Campus
Price | 16,300.00 DKK
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Variant | Choose an option: Wednesday, February 4 + March 4, 2026, 5:00-8:30 PM, or Tuesday, August 26 + September 30, 2025, 5:00-8:30 PM

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