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Working at the United Nations! Montserrat Pitarch Ruiz, MSc RENE
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The programme
Renewable energy is changing the energy industry fast, creating a more diverse sector with huge opportunities for new technologies, new businesses and new ideas. The Master’s in Renewable Energy (MSc RENE) provides in-depth knowledge of all major renewable technologies and gives you the opportunity to specialise in areas that interest you most. With courses in business skills and innovation management our goal is to transform you into an energy engineer, entrepreneur or innovator of the future.
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Universities
Master's in Renewable Energy is taught at the following universities:
In the first year, you will take core modules in advanced technology concepts and methods in one of the four universities offered by the programme, as well as in the production and utilisation of sustainable energy.
Master's in Renewable Energy covers the four sectors where the impact of renewables on costs, market volumes, CO2emissions, and network integration are greatest: wind, solar photovoltaic, solar thermal, and ocean energies. The programme also includes courses on the energy economy and markets, as well as energy and the environment, to give you a broad perspective on the potential of renewable energy.
Throughout your studies you will participate in the Business and Management training by ESADE with several modules distributed throughout Year 1, followed by the Summer School at the end of Year 1, which includes aslo a co-creation workshop at UPC: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech, the Innovation Seminar alongside our industrial and business partners and the ESADE module 3.
Year 2
The second year is your chance to focus on the areas that interest you most. Students can choose from modules on the following areas of specialisation that will also determine which university you will attend:
Solar photovoltaics
Solar thermal electricity
Wind energy
Hydropower
Ocean and offshore energy
Biomass and biofuels
Integration of renewable systems with the energy system
In Year 2 you will be able to select any out of the four universities offered by the programme. It will need to be different from your year 1 university.
Your Master Thesis
You complete your second year with your Master’s thesis in the fourth and final semester. We strongly encourage you to undertake your thesis as part of an internship at one of our industrial or start-up partners, or at a research centre. Currently, more than 90 per cent of our students carry out their thesis at one of our partner companies.
Your thesis will be supervised by a professor at your university and a researcher from your host industrial or research partner. The thesis is worth 30 European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System credits (ECTS). It should be aligned with research or technology projects in renewable energy, and should have a strong practical element. We discourage theses that are 100 per cent research focused.
InnoEnergy continually strives to improve the quality, structure and content of our Master’s School programmes. Therefore, some changes may occur as part of our quality control process.
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Innovation & Entrepreneurship Journey
The Innovation & Entrepreneurship Journey is a parallel track that you follow during your Master’s programme. Each programme offers its unique set of activities such as field trips, summer & winter schools, industrial visits, case-based learning, real-life energy projects and more.
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Engage with industry
The RENE Master’s programme gives you plenty of chances to meet and engage with our industrial partners:
A 1-day Innovation seminar, where you will get an opportunity to discuss successful examples of innovation.
Real-life challenges
As a core part of our programmes is to give you practical experience of bridging the gap between theory and practice we offer our students the opportunity to connect to industry:
Engineering and Business Case®, a core part of the programme, offers several project courses that you undertake over two years of study. This is the principle method for real-life interaction between students and companies in the renewable energy sector.
Business and Management training
At the beginning of the first semester, first year students participate in a one week at ESADE Business School in Barcelona (Module 1). Here you will undertake courses on the basics of entrepreneurship and innovation, including Entrepreneurship, New Ventures Creation Process, Creative Thinking and Innovation & Strategy. At this time, you will start to work in groups to develop a business idea. You will work on this project throughout the three modules in ESADE.
At the end of the first semester, you return to ESADE for a one-week ‘Winter School’ (Module 2). Here you will undertake courses on the fundamentals of entrepreneurship and innovation, including: Entrepreneurial finances, Marketing for start-ups and Introduction to Digital Business.
At the end of the first year, you return to ESADE for a three-week ‘Summer School’ (Module 3) that covers business and management topics in greater depth, including: Dealing with Intellectual Property Rights, New Product Development and Service Innovation, Managing Growth - Operations Management, HR Management/Managing High Performance Teams, Personal and professional skills: Project Presentation and an Innovation practical session at ESADE Creapolis (Innovation Street). At the end of this module, your group will make a presentation of the project developed during the three modules.
After completing this course, you should be able to tackle and prepare a business plan, manage innovation in a company or even create your own start-up.
Innovative industry partners
More than 25 companies are currently involved in MSc RENE, including: Total, Electricité de France (EdF), Energias de Portugal (EDP), Iberdrola, Gas Natural Fenosa, Meyer Burger, COMSA Corporación, Alstom Wind, AEInnova, CorPower Ocean AB, EOLOS, Principle Power Inc, Siarq, Smalle Technologies, and Tecnoturbines.
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Qualifications and learning outcomes
Giving you a unique education comprising industrial practice, innovation and entrepreneurship expertise, and advanced leadership skills, complemented by the active participation of InnoEnergy industrial partners MSc RENE enables you to launch your career in a wide range of renewable energy businesses or research settings.
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Explore the future of sustainable energy systems
In particular, you will gain:
Broad knowledge of sustainable energy systems and sources, and the ability to judge the technical, economical, social, and environmental impacts of each.
Deep understanding of individual renewable energy technologies, as well as energy management, planning, economy and market contexts.
Analytical capabilities, enabling you to formulate and manage technical problems from a system perspective and to solve problems around energy conversion, transportation, storage and utilisation.
Interpersonal skills, including leadership, project management, team working, business management, and communication.
Double degree
After successfully completing the programme, you will receive a degree from each of your chosen universities:
The EIT Label is a quality seal awarded by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) to a KIC educational programme that has been assessed positively by the EIT on the implementation of the EIT Quality Assurance and Learning Enhancement (EIT QALE) system and the application of specific quality criteria with focus on the EIT Overarching Learning Outcomes (EIT OLOs), robust entrepreneurship education, highly integrated, innovative ‘learning-by-doing’ curricula, international mobility and outreach. For more information please checkhere.
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