With courses in business skills and innovation management our goal is to transform you into an energy engineer, entrepreneur or innovator of the future.

The Master's in Renewable Energy is an English-taught programme offered at the following universities: 

• IST: Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal
• KTH: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
• École Polytechnique, Paris, France
• UPC: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech, Barcelona, Spain
  
  

All four institutions are offered in year 1 and year 2. Students need to choose a different institution each year. 

The business and entrepreneurial elements of the programme are delivered as part of the Innovation & Entrepreneurship Journey (more information below) by the highly ranked international business school:

• ESADE Business School, Spain

Year 1

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, CO₂ emissions, 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

You complete your second year with your Master’s thesis in the fourth and final semester which is mostly done  as part of an internship at one of our industrial or start-up partners, or at a research centre. 

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).

After successfully completing the programme, you will receive a degree from each of your chosen universities:

• IST: Master of Energy Engineering and Management
• Master of Science (120 credits), from KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden
• École Polytechnique: Energy Environment: Science Technology and Management (STEEM) Master
• UPC: Master of Energy Engineering

You also receive a diploma from ESADE Business School and the EIT Label Certificate.

EIT 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.

The business and management training starts with a 1-day Innovation seminar, where you will get an opportunity to discuss successful examples of innovation.

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.

The different modules at ESADE Business School account for 150+ learning hours. They prepare to tackle and design a business plan, manage innovation in a company or even create your own start-up. 

All Master's in Renewable Energy students also join a week-long seminar in the outskirts of Barcelona, Spain, to complement their training from ESADE Business School. 

The 'Development Entrepreneurship Experience Revamped' module includes a journey of five stages where the students gain self-awareness, understand team building dynamics and develop their entrepreneurial leadership competencies. The module concludes with a purposeful entrepreneurial project accompanied by an actionable plan on how to bring it to reality.

These insights together with the know-how from the ESADE Business School modules provide the perfect platform to prepare students for EIT InnoEnergy's Battle of Green Talent!

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.

Students of the Master's in Renewable Energy are offered access to complementary training in data science organised by EIT InnoEnergy. 

You can learn about data science skills to analyse, forecast and optimise energy demand using Python. This training ensures you are prepared to land jobs in a high-demand sector within the energy industry. It includes modules such as:

• Introduction to data science
• Exploratory analysis
• Forecasting with machine learning
• Optimisation cases
  and more... 

Next to the activities organised as part of the Innovation & Entrepreneurship Journey of the programme, you will also have access to:

• Career Centre: a dedicated team of career experts at EIT InnoEnergy that support your ambitions through our Career Impact Programme and Career Impact Challenges; coaching, mentoring and industry exposure opportunities exclusive to our students.
• Industry challenges: we work with leading companies in the energy sector such as EDPR, AEInnova, Seaborg Technologies and more so that students can put their skills to practice during their studies.
• CommUnity: a unique platform of EIT InnoEnergy students and alumni where you can connect, interact, join events and even take advantage of an exclusive job board. 

More than 25 companies are currently involved in the Master's in Renewable Energy, 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.

Before applying, make sure you can meet all the general admissions criteria:

• A completed Bachelor’s degree (worth a minimum of 180 ECTS credits)
• English language proficiency
• Programme-specific requirements
  
  

If you are in your final year of undergraduate education, you can also apply and receive a conditional offer.

You can also read more about our application process  here.

A completed Bachelor’s degree* worth 180 ECTS credits or equivalent in engineering (in topics like mechanics, chemistry, electricity, electronics or energy) or in engineering physics, which refers to the study of the combined disciplines of physics and mathematics, together with studies in engineering disciplines.

Applicants holding a bachelor degree in electricity and / or electronics must also demonstrate good foundation in material science and in thermal science (the combined study of thermodynamics, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics). Applicants who lack this background cannot be accepted to pursue year 1 at KTH Royal Institute of Technology. They are adviced to apply to Instituto Superior Tecnico (IST) as year 1 institution, where they can follow harmonization courses to fulfill the gap in this knowledge area. This will allow them to proceed to year 2 at any of the other partner universities.

Applicants with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry, chemical engineering or mechanical engineering must also demonstrate a good foundation in circuit theory, electrical machines and electronic fundamentals. Applicants who lack this background cannot be accepted to pursue year 1 at UPC Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya. They are adviced to apply to Instituto Superior Tecnico (IST) as year 1 institution, where they can follow harmonization courses to fulfill the gap in this knowledge area. This will allow them to proceed to year 2 at any of the other partner universities.

Applicants with a Bachelor’s degree in another topic that covers the fundamentals of mathematics, physics, chemistry, material sciences, thermal sciences and electrical engineering, will be considered on a case-by-case basis by the MSc RENE Steering Committee.

In all cases, knowledge in the principles of economic sciences (macro and microeconomics) and in engineering projects are appreciated.

Ready to launch your career in Renewable Energy? Start your application today.

*Students who have not completed their Bachelor's degree while applying in Rounds 1 & 2 (intake 2022) are not eligible to pursue their year 1 at KTH Royal Institute of Technology. Only candidates who have already completed their studies and/or graduated will be evaluated by KTH Royal Institute of Technology. Candidates who are still pursuing their Bachelor's degree while applying in Rounds 1 and 2 are advised to apply for another year 1 institution (UPC, L'X, IST) or to apply for KTH as year 1 institution in Application Round 3.