Contribute to the energy transition by creating and managing interesting and viable technological economic business cases
- Master
- Full-time
Contribute to the energy transition by creating and managing interesting and viable technological economic business cases
Are you up for the challenge of coming up with smart and interesting solutions to help accelerate the energy transition? Can you design innovative and interesting business plans that take into account technological, economic, legal, social and environmental aspects? And do you want to manage complex issues, convert them into feasible projects and monitor their correct implementation? Then this is the programme for you! What you’ll find:
✔ International learning community ✔ High-end facilities ✔ European network (EUREC) ✔ Real life clients and assignments
During your master’s, you will be involved with projects that combine working in research, education and industry. Through applied research you come up with innovative solutions for genuine societal issues. Below, you can find some examples of projects our master’s students engage in.
While studying this programme you will have the opportunity to study in at least two EU countries. You will learn about the business side of energy systems. You will be provided with economical and management skills and technical knowledge that you will need to succeed in the renewable energy industry. Once you’ve graduated you will be a business engineer with fundamental understanding of renewable energy systems and skill to make a solid business plan.
You acquire a solid foundation in economics, modelling and business concepts related to innovative energy project design and aspects of the energy business. Combined with planning, strategic decision-making and communication, this core knowledge will allow you to analyse energy business challenges from an interdisciplinary perspective. The core is offered at Hanze UAS Groningen and Technical University of the Shannon (Ireland).
Themes of the core semester:
You’ll be focusing on System Innovation Management, Sustainable Energy and ICT or Sustainable Energy Management. In-depth conceptual lectures are accompanied by practical assignments and technically orientated company visits. You are required to actively contribute to the course content by presenting papers and carrying out research tasks. Besides that you can chose between three different specialisations at different universities.
You will apply your knowledge and skills in a research project at a company or a research centre. Based on this research you will write your thesis under the supervision of a core professor, (a professor of the specialisation) and a professor from the project provider. At the end of the master’s programme, you will present your results to an assessment committee, at a EUREC gathering in Brussels.
You have to spend either semester 2 or semester 3 in a different country than the country of your core University.
Applicants are admitted to the course on the basis of the following criteria:
The criteria may be waived for applicants with relevant work experience deemed equivalent to the academic admission requirements.
The English Language proficiency must be approved by submitting a test score (not older than 2 years) from (no other tests will be accepted)
Hanze UAS reserves the right to check, both in the Netherlands and abroad, the authenticity of all documents submitted in support of applications.
First of all, to join this master's programme you need to register and apply through EUREC. The application period for September intake begins mid-January and finishes:
Enrolment will not be final until all requirements as specified on the website of EUREC and Hanze UAS are met. The deadline to finalise your registration in Studielink and registration at Hanze UAS is:
You will receive the information from the enrolment officer at Hanze UAS how to register in Studielink only after you have been accepted for the programme. Studielink is the nationwide registration system for all universities in the Netherlands.
Non-EU/EEA students: the tuition fee for the 16 month SESyM programme is €13000.
EU/EEA students: the tuition fee for the SESyM programme is the Dutch statutory fee, paid per academic year. The tuition fee for 2021-2022 (12 months) is € 2168,- (a reregistration and payment is necessary for the next Academic Year)
EU/EEA students holding a Dutch master's degree: the full tuition fee for the 16 month SESyM programme is €8000,-.
The European Master in Sustainable Energy System Management offers various scholarships to eligible students. Visit this page for more information.