Masters Degrees in Energy Technologies, Netherlands

Study a Master's in Energy for Society in the Netherlands

Have you ever wondered how your community (village, neighbourhood, company, institution) can make the transition from fossil sourced energy to more sustainable sources? This key issue is the essence of the master Energy for Society.

The aim of the master programme is to educate Energy Transition Strategists focussing on local and regional levels of energy transition. Upon graduation you will

have a broad competence base ranging from how to build (energy) communities, sustainable energy technologies, sustainable business models, governance, communication to spatial transformations. This will enable you to initiate and support local and regional energy transition projects entrepreneurially, i.e. help define and implement community-based projects that create social, environmental and monetary value. You will be able to catalyse complex bottom-up energy transition processes and foster change in people’s ‘energy behaviour’. Working with communities, cooperatives, clusters of companies, municipalities and regional organisations you will establish a dialogue between different groups of stakeholders. 

Throughout the programme you will work and learn in close co-operation with your peers, professional practitioners, researchers and education staff using real life projects. This environment will enable you to develop the knowledge and skills needed to:

• mobilize change in evolving landscapes by navigating a diversity of interests, creating visions and solutions leading to innovative opportunities in existing and new networks and if needed challenge the status quo 
• co-develop energy transition strategies and support their implementation within multi-stakeholder contexts taking place in complex changing environments, leveraging relevant theoretical and practical knowledge
• integrate the acquired interdisciplinary knowledge for handling the complexity of energy community development
• make and evaluate judgments within the setting of energy transition and community development in the face of uncertainty
• engage with stakeholders (specialist and non-specialist audiences) using communication styles appropriate to the context
• independently conduct practice-oriented scientific research
• study in a manner that may be largely self-directed or autonomous and take responsibility for their own personal learning process while actively engaging in communities of learners

Acquire a solid foundation in key renewable energy technologies and related socio-economic issues at Hanze UAS and specialise in a specific technology at a partner institute or at Hanze UAS. Specialisations are available in wind energy, photovoltaics, sustainable fuel systems for mobility, solar thermal energy, grid integration and ocean energy. This programme is for students with a technical background.

• Duration: 3 semesters/18 months
• Credits: 90 ECTS
• Exchange semester abroad
• Degree awarded: Master of Science, as well as EUREC certificate

Study a European Master's in Sustainable Energy System Management in the Netherlands

Acquire a solid foundation in sustainable energy system management. Topics include modelling, technologies, markets & innovation, scientific framework (law, policy, societal acceptance, nvironmental aspects). Work on real life projects, and follow the specialisation semester at a partner institute or at Hanze UAS. The specialisations you can choose are system integration and optimisation or sustainable energy management. This programme is for students with a background in economics, managerial engineering or equivalent.