MSc Sustainable Energy Technology

Current energy systems are primarily based on fossil fuels. The energy transition aims to significantly reduce or even completely stop the use of fossil fuels by implementing a sustainable energy system. This transition requires fundamental changes and innovations affecting the world’s energy landscape.

The energy transition needs to take place in order to secure a sustainable energy future and that will require a new generation of dedicated engineers and researchers capable of developing, designing, and optimizing sustainable energy systems. These engineers will work on innovative technologies that need to be integrated into new and existing electricity and heat infrastructure that are supported by new market structures.

The Master of Science programme Sustainable Energy Technology (MSc SET) covers the entire sustainable energy system: from generation by for instance solar PV or geothermal heat, to conversion, and from transport and storage of energy to consumption. The MSc SET programme has 2 different tracks: one track focusing on electrical energy, and one track on heating and cooling and the integration of the electricity and heat sectors.

System integrators of the energy transition

Engineers graduating from the MSc programme Sustainable Energy Technology have a broad knowledge of the field and act as the system integrators of the energy transition. Their engineering skills include renewable energy generation, distribution systems, and storage. There is a lot of demand for engineers with these skills because governments and industry have ambitious plans for investments in sustainable energy.