Curriculum

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The Master’s in Sustainable Energy Technology (SET) consists of two years, in which you will collect a total of 120 EC. During the first year, you will follow mandatory courses. The second year consists of elective courses, an internship and eventually your master’s thesis.

European Credit Transfer System

Student workload at Dutch universities is expressed in EC, also named ECTS (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System), which is widely used throughout the European Union. In the Netherlands, each credit represents 28 hours of work.

Contents of year 1

Year 1 Sustainable Energy Technology 

Mandatory courses
The courses in the first year are mandatory* and can be divided into the following four themes

1. Energy sources

15 EC

2. Technology and sustainability

15 EC

3. Socio-economics

15 EC

4. Design and System Integration

15 EC

Total EC first year

60 EC


* In the first year, you can use up to two wildcards to swap a mandatory course (1 per theme) for an elective from a diverse range of subjects.

Contents of year 2

During your second year, you will have the opportunity to work towards your own expertise by choosing specialised courses and writing your master's thesis on a specific subject. Examples of research areas you could focus on include Solar energy, Wind energy, Biomass, Energy storage, Intelligent electricity networks or Transition policy. Wherever your interests may lie, there is a great deal of advanced elective courses you can choose from. 

Eva

There is more than enough energy in the world, we just need to find efficient ways to use it. Therefore, I became more and more interested in the transport and conversion of energy and chose the following electives

  • Electrochemistry: Fundamentals & Techniques
  • Electromagnetics
  • Electrical Vehicle System Design
Eva
Diego

I am particularly interested in energy storage, as I found out during my Bachelor’s that there are many ways of generating electricity, but not much is known about storing it. That’s why I chose the following electives:

  • Electrochemical Engineering
  • Energy Storage in Batteries (TU Delft)
  • Hydrogen Technology (TU Delft)
Diego
Marieke

My focus is mainly on integrating different aspects of the implementation of sustainable energy technologies in society, both technical and socio-economic. I want to oversee the bigger picture in order to come up with feasible plans. That’s why I chose the following electives:

  • Environmental Policy
  • Urban Resilience in a Changing Climate
  • Economic Methods Sustainability Assessment
Marieke

Year 2 Sustainable Energy Technology 

Internship
You will go on a ten-week practical internship in the field of sustainable energy technology.

15 EC

The internship is mandatory unless you are a bachelor's student entering from a university of applied science (Dutch HBO) and have considerable industrial experience. In that case, you could also choose to follow 15 EC master’s courses, instead of doing an internship.

Advanced elective courses

In order to prepare yourself for your master’s thesis, you choose three advanced courses out of a wide range of electives.


15 EC

Examples of electives are:

Master's thesis
You will spend the last semester of your Master’s on graduating by writing your master’s thesis.

30 EC

Total EC Second year

60 EC


Your internship and thesis

In your second year, you will go on a ten-week internship to gain practical experience and finally complete your Master's in SET by writing your master's thesis.

  • Internship

    There are many options open to you when it comes to choosing your internship. Roughly speaking, there are two types of companies where you could complete your internship: you can either help ‘grey’ businesses go green, enabling them to successfully implement renewable energy solutions, or you can go for green incubators, companies that are dedicated to the realisation of sustainable energy technology from the start.

    You can even go abroad! We often arrange international internships, in for example China, South Africa, Nicaragua or Brazil. Whatever your choice, we will help you to secure an internship that suits your specific field of interest.

    Examples of internships our students took on, include:

    • Participating in sustainable energy projects at the University Centre in Svalbard (Spitsbergen), for example: detecting heat losses for buildings and heat transport systems;
    • Identifying various options of value chains of carbon capture and usage (converting CO2 tot energy or chemicals) at waste processor Twence;
    • Participate in projects focused on large scale battery energy storage at Tesla, Amsterdam;
    • Designing electric circuits at power management company Eaton.
  • Master's thesis

    The last semester is dedicated to your master’s thesis. The choice of your graduation subject is largely up to you. You could focus on solar energy, wind energy, biomass, energy storage, intelligent electricity networks or transition policy, to name just a few of the many options. You will write your thesis under the supervision of a professor of one of the research groups. You could (partially) execute your research project at an external institution or organisation as well.

    Your master's thesis could involve undertaking projects such as:

    • Developing optimal integration strategies for a green tiny house energy system;
    • Improving the sustainability and financial performance of industrial laundry dryers;
    • Analysing the self-shading effect of Building Integrated Photovoltaic windows.

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