Reductions in admissions to DTU's bachelor's degree programs could cost Danish society up to 0.5 billion DKK annually when the effect is fully phased in. This is stated in a new report prepared by HBS Economics for the university. This is stated by DTU - Technical University of Denmark in a press release.
According to the report, the so-called sector dimensioning, which limits the number of study places in selected programs, will mean that 4,200 fewer engineers will be educated at DTU alone by 2035. At the same time, a forecast from IDA shows that Denmark may lack 16,500 graduates in IT, technology and engineering by 2035, especially in areas such as green transition, critical infrastructure and life science.
These figures should prompt a future government to abolish the SVM government's sector dimensioning - and instead open up the possibility for more young people to get an engineering education, says Anders Bjarklev, rector of DTU.
- DTU has the capacity to educate many more engineers, and society needs that. There is a massive shortage of engineers in the business community, and that will only continue, says Anders Bjarklev.
At the same time, DTU is experiencing increasing demand for its education programs. In 2025, the university had to reject 789 qualified first-priority applicants, and most recently the number of applicants has increased by 12 percent to 2,222. This is above the national average for STEM education, where the overall increase is 2 percent.
- We cannot afford to lack engineers in the areas that drive development in Denmark. Engineers fill the gaps where growth is high, the level of innovation is high, and great societal value is created, Anders Bjarklev.
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