Bachelor of Engineering, Energy and Environmental Engineering | full-time

Humanity is at a crossroads in which the world’s energy use needs to be reconsidered at a fast pace: it needs to be based more on renewable energy sources and technical solutions which are increasingly based on electricity. Renewable forms of energy production and the technical competence required by them play an increasingly central role in the development of both societies and the corporate world. The degree programme in Energy and Environmental Technology will provide you with a degree which yields the opportunity to do meaningful work in curbing climate change, in the field of renewable energy now and in the future. In the degree programme, you can obtain a good overall view and competence from the field of renewable energy.

As an engineer in energy and environmental technology, you can work in operating, planning, research and product development tasks, as an independent entrepreneur and in official duties related to the field. By studying the energy field in the degree programme in energy and environmental technology you develop skills and knowledge with which you will learn to understand the challenges and opportunities involved in energy production, storage, distribution, use and energy efficiency.

In studies in the field, you develop your abilities to produce tangible solutions to issues related to the following topics, for example:

• distributed renewable energy production, wind and solar power
• different energy systems based on renewable energies
• energy transfer and storage technologies

The education is based on natural sciences: mathematics and physics, core studies in engineering, language and communications studies and basics in project studies. These topics will be covered in the degree programme in energy and environmental technology in particular in the first two years of studies. The professional studies in the energy field are placed throughout the entire study path, similarly to elective studies. Practical training is mostly completed between academic years, mainly in the summertime. The thesis is completed in the fourth year of studies.

In the specialization in renewable energies, you will focus on the efficient production, transfer, storage, distribution and use of energy. The studies mainly focus on future solutions which are distributed and related to smart production, storage and consumption. You also can deepen your competence by working in research and development projects in the field, in the research group in New Energy.

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